Nice thing about fishing - there's always something new to learn
I fished with someone today I'd rather not fish with again and it all comes down to boater consideration for his partner while fishing. I told him once before the only way I was fishing from his boat is if I run the trolling motor and I'm able to choose different areas of the lake I know that have potential this time of year. Early in May we caught close to 200 fish in areas I knew had good potential for many fish species.
Granted, today we caught over 84 fish between us in less than 3 hours, but I was bored early on catching mostly dink crappie, anchored in 6'. I was forced to go to a heavier jig weight because he was fishing areas in front of the boat I couldn't reach with 1/24 oz. jig
My rule of thumb: once I find fish in one direction, I make sure the boat is broadside to those fish so both of us have shots. Plus, I move the boat closer to where fish were caught and then anchor so I don't have to make long casts.
He promised before we went out that he would try north and south ends and at different depth less than 6'. He reneged. He never watches the sonar and doesn't have a clue what's beneath the boat (baitfish, humps, game fish.) We stayed in the northwest near emerging pads. (Early on I got a 6" swimbait cut off by a large pickerel and lost a large bass on a tandem-blade spinnerbait.) Blindly casting is not my thing and both of those fish were in the middle of nowhere. Needless to say, I won't fish with him again or share info such as where I caught fish and other details on this particular lake.
I was forced to relearn that a 1/16 oz jig & plastic lure does better for covering water on long casts and in water over 6' attached to a Ribbon Tail (c.t.)grub that did well. I was reminded that he tires easily in the warm sun and wanted off the lake by 11 am. I would have stayed until 4pm and those numbers would have been much higher.