My experience is that half the dudes I meet that say they "fish" ain't fisherman. Another small percentage of them look at how I fish and thinks it's ridiculous. Then there are few real sticks chunking big baits that know what they are doing. Matter of fact I bought my first swimbait (a bullshad) because of one of them. I don't knock the dude or worry about where he's at on the river but look forward to running into him so I can learn some from him. This same dude is the one who taught me not to worry about how and what everyone else is fishing because they will get tired of it when they don't get instant results.
Catching the fish you are after is hard work. Quit worrying about what everyone else is doing and keep putting in work.