Great advice on this topic.
I will also piggy back on Jim's patterning the fish.
Since you mentioned KVD I am going to use him. KVD may be throwing a red eye shad and fishing it a certain way catching a ton of bass or just catching big ones so you in turn want to learn how he fishes the red eye shad. There is more to it that just "how" there is a "what" and "why" factor. As in what is he imitating then why.
To optimize your results in addition or I suggest prior to mastering a certain technique learn the fish's available food. If you can learn the shad's life cycle, pan fish spawning tendencies and crayfish molting cycles or habitat to name a few key ones you'll be able to put yourself in better situations on the water.
Example: Fishing a shallow soft bottom flat right now (which would be good for bluegill spawn) may not produce near as well as it would for bass 2 months from now.
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