Been in front, and been in back, front does have an advantage where skills are almost equal. I met a guy on line years ago that wanted to go musky fishing, he didn't have a boat, but knew the lake from back seat experience. When we got onto the water, I told him to try the front, he couldn't believe it, but I told him I'm picking his brains, so its a fair trrade. He caught two, I got one.mine was a fluke but a 36 inch throw back sure felt good.