I would think Elmo can’t sleep at night the amount of over thinking he does lol,
fish are funny creatures they are rarely where we think they should be and when we find them it’s usually why are they there
my theory is
1 find them first
2 give them something they may like to eat
3 use a sharp enough hook
4 everything else really doesn’t matter to much whether that be rigs what your gear looks like on the bank or if you only go once a year or every day