When I plan a fishing trip its always set up around being pretty much by ourselves. I agree with the "I would rather fish all day for a couple fish by myself than fish in a crowd for 10" approch. However, seems like when I go along with other people on their trips I wind up fishing in a crowd. The times I have done that It was still pretty fun but different. Flew into Rivers Inlet thinking it was going to be great remote location. Wound up playing bumper boats for 5 days but still had a good time. One things for sure, you sure do see some characters in that type of situation. Funnyer still is the stuff you hear people saying.. you know, when the water is still and you can hear people talking from 300 yards away