You're not alone FroMan.
New guys can get fish on their first outing, but nobody gets really good at it without some serious practice and a whole lot of misses.

Learning to hit fish with an arrow is one thing, but as I found last Summer, hitting them from a moving boat is a whole different game.
I know lots of people who shoot very well at targets, and regularly takeanimals, but miss more often than not at fish. It a tough game, especially when part of your brain is preoccupied with maintaining your balance and making sure you don't skewer any of your boatmates when the fish runs sideways.

Hey, if it was easy, we'd all get bored and have more normal looking boats. What fun would that be?!