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Short answer: yes, unfortunately very normal. I've been fishing all over the western U.S. since I was a kid, lakes, rivers, streams and even the occasional surf fishing on the ocean. Some days are good, other days not, and there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it. Here's an example. Some years back, I took my boat for the first time to the Flaming Gorge in Utah. I took the boat out from the boat dock, went around a bend in the shore to a small cover, and parked there. I was still very close to the dock and hadn't ventured out to the open water of the lake. I proceeded to fish and within four hours had landed dozens of beautiful sized trout and smallmouth bass. I thought, oh my god I have found the best fishing spot ever! I went home after only four hours because I already had my limit. Well, I returned two weeks later, went to the same spot, but this time I only caught a couple trout and a couple smallmouths. So I ventured out into the lakes, tried different spots, but had only marginal success. I went back again a month later, went back to the same cove: nothing. Not even a bite. I went around to different spots in the lake: nothing. I spent all day and didn't have a single bite. Why? I don't know. That's just how fish are.