How many casts should I give a lure before switching it for another type?
Posted Fri Sep 28, 2007 1:26 pm How many casts should I give a lure before switching it for another type?
I'm fishing for bass but wonder if I have much chance for success without more experience and knowledge of how to **really** use them the best way to attract the fish?
Posted Fri Sep 28, 2007 1:37 pm Re:How many casts should I give a lure before switching it for another type?
The answer to your question depends on the water you are fishing; fresh or salt. Another factor is are you trolling along or staying in one spot. I do alot of wade fishing in salt water and I will let the water color and conditions determine what I use and how long I stay with a particular lure.
Posted Fri Sep 28, 2007 1:56 pm Re:How many casts should I give a lure before switching it for another type?
One of the biggest mistakes beginners make when fishing with artificial is they reel in to fast. Make your cast let the lure sink a little then cut your retrieval speed in half and vary the speed when reeling in as well as stop and let the lure drop during retrieval which will also trigger strikes
Posted Fri Sep 28, 2007 2:01 pm Re:How many casts should I give a lure before switching it for another type?
if you are staying in one spot and casting cast in an ark starting from one side and work to the other incorporating everything I just mentioned, if you do not get any strikes by the time you get to the end of the ark change lures.
Using a time limit is not the best way to judge when to change lures, covering an area completely is the best way to know if a lure change is recommended
Posted Fri Sep 28, 2007 2:11 pm Re:How many casts should I give a lure before switching it for another type?
Do not be shy about throwing back to an area you just caught a fish at because there is a reason it was there, who knows there may be a school there and it may be a solitary fish.
Good Luck and Tight Lines
Posted Fri Sep 28, 2007 3:20 pm Re:How many casts should I give a lure before switching it for another type?
All great tips! I stick to a certain lure as long as Im getting fish...... if they havent hit in quite a while usually it's not the lure it's the spot!
Mike :)
Better to be loose then tight!
Posted Sat Sep 29, 2007 4:10 am Re:How many casts should I give a lure before switching it for another type?
It's really up to you.If you think the particular sport you're in isn't conductive to the type of lure you're using,move to another spot.Or if you feel like trying everything in your box that day do that. Eventually with enough practice you'll know what type of area to use what, or what color to use in water or weather conditions. That's how lots of folks learn.
Posted Sat Sep 29, 2007 4:21 am Re:How many casts should I give a lure before switching it for another type?
I have 3 rods I take fishing with me. One with plastic worm, 1 with a Jig, 1 with a SpinnerBait. Bass are finkey sometimes. Just changing the color of the same lure class can induce a strike.
Posted Sat Sep 29, 2007 4:24 am Re:How many casts should I give a lure before switching it for another type?
Plastic worms and jigs. Bounce them off the bottom slow. This time of year with it being cool and getting colder here in the south. I find it best to use the Jig-crawfish lure. Slow sinking and can be worked very very very slow. Across the bass nose.
Posted Sat Sep 29, 2007 4:29 am Re:How many casts should I give a lure before switching it for another type?
Changing the retrieve helps too. Try slow, medium, fast on your crankbaits, spinners.
Posted Sat Sep 29, 2007 4:36 am Re:How many casts should I give a lure before switching it for another type?
I would say no more than 15 minutes, you can get in around 30 or more casts in this amount of time and cover a very large area. If nothing has shown interest that amount of time switch it up.
If that doesn't work there's always dynamite
Posted Sat Sep 29, 2007 4:39 am Re:How many casts should I give a lure before switching it for another type?
i also use 2 or 3 pole's so i dont have to retie so much i use rubber salamanders the most cast tward the shore i use something that looks like a fish on one some times a rubber frog for the lillypads and a gitterbug for towater when its weedy
Posted Mon Oct 1, 2007 7:40 am Re:How many casts should I give a lure before switching it for another type?
Sometimes its not a lure switch that is needed as most everyone has already mentioned, but a slight change in the lure. I can use the same spinnerbait, and change the trailer a few times and catch fish from the same area. A change in the retrieve always helps as the erratic movements trigger reaction strikes as well.
GET YOUR SWAMP DONKEY ON!!!
Posted Mon Oct 1, 2007 1:52 pm Re:How many casts should I give a lure before switching it for another type?
This week ONLY ONE!!!lol
MA
Posted Sun Oct 21, 2007 6:08 am Re:How many casts should I give a lure before switching it for another type?
Well it depends if your cathing fish. If a lure works stick with it. About a new lure every 20 casts without a fish.
Bass, Salmon, And Breathing
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