We now have a Tracker boat but I told my kids that a $50,000 bass boat still doesn't mean you will catch more fish. I've caught tons of nice fish from my canoe back in the day and grew up running jon boats.
I completely believe your story because this past summer I was sitting in the boat near the ramp waiting for my wife to back the trailer down and there must've been 20 boats there. The guy beside me starts throwing a crankbait for the heck of it can caught a 5+ pounder in between us. He said he fished all day and got nothing until that one.