What do you do when you are getting skunked

I change thru everything in my box change spots,then if all else fails I go bluegill fishing lol may sound lame but I feel like a pos if I get skunked all my buddy's burn on me cuz im the best fisherman out of our crew its only because I pay attention to the fine details I only have one buddy that can hang or out fish me thats because he understands it like I do and does research,I also think thats Wat makes the difference one times is the small things I try to show them and tell them ,its not like i have secret baits or something,I also think its because im a trapper so you gota pay close attention

better off giving up! If i dont catch something in the first 5 or so casts then theres no fish in the water
 

yeah when there is a slow bite, it seems like the most common advice is to slow everything down.  i tried that, but i still think i was moving too fast.  i tried just bouncing a texas rigged tube worm slowly off the bottom with no success, just a few follows.

Ask and hopefully Dad isn't aboard! For me, if having the "S" going, dad will be the one to "usually" get the "S" out of the box. Problem is, dad is cheap, he doesn't change line often and when he does, its from a spool he bought 10 years ago, or he gets it on one of those 5-10$ combos he thinks is a deal an just can't pitch cause it still works or I got it fixed. It just never seems to change, he'll get the fish on that saves the trip ( as far as big or such goes) and he'll lose it cause of equipment. But in his defense, he caught the largest smallie I'd ever seen and I didn't have the camera, tape or scale to go further, only a scale on a cooler....... And it was big!
 
 
Smitty

After I get to the point of giving up- I throw down at the nearest buffet

I usually think slower and smaller. Sometimes it seems like you have to let the fish tell you what they want. I've fished for hours with my favorite color plastic worm, and toward the end of the trip start using stuff I almost never pull out, and then start catching fish. Is it because they like the new stuff or just because, for what ever reason, or were they just ready to start hitting. Of course I got out Friday and Saturday and got skunked two days in a row! Makes me think I shouldn't be giving advice on what to do when skunked.

Don't hold too tight to that "slow everything down" motto. Many times I've seen only a faster retrieve or a larger bait work. In fact, I've had that very thing happen the last two times I went bass fishing. They didn't want my small baits fished slowly. They would follow them all day, but not strike. So I switched to a j-11 Rapala and ripped it as fast as I could and caught fish after fish. Here's a good rule of thumb though. If  you don't care what you catch, use worms. If there are smallies in the stream, use crawfish. Use as little weight as possible and you should get something. If you're still not catchin, then do what the other fella said and go gillin'!

Move.

skunked? havent been there in years ;-)