Excellent explanation. When I was a working man and raising a family, I couldn't pick & choose when I could go fishing. Week days were basically out as my days ran an average of 10 hrs.. And that was usually 6 days a week. Then you had to take care of the house.....the kids......the wife......the relatives. Picking a time to go fishing never focused on the weather. You just went fishing....period! In those 40 - 50 years of living a "normal" life, I learned a thing or two, especially if I wanted to catch fish.

I came to the same conclusions you have in your research. But instead, it taught me when to go fast.....when to go slow.....when to fish heavy cover and when more open water structure was best to target. Tough way to learn though. Lots of times the "skunk" came out to play! Now a days, with computers, sites such as this, electronics and technology of the equipment, the task is somewhat easier - if you pay attention to what's going on around you!

Thanks for the write up. Very informative piece.