its mostly luck mate,ive been fishing for 4 year now and it was in my 1st month i got my PB,5lb 12oz codling,everything was wrong according to my fishing buddies,shallow water,flat calm,to early,but i got it,and i didnt really have any knowledge on baits,conditions etc,just listen to people around you and mainly go with your gut on where to fish and what bait to use,fingas crossed youl nail 1