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iversonbaby
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this thread went so far down the toilet the snake wont reach it now...
anyways. i usually throw out 1 rod as a "bait rod" and then use my 2nd as a lure option take the other morning in derby was throwing a bloodworm and rockin the large plug..sure enough the 23.5 inch striper i caught was on the worm lol the bottom line is live bait is generally always better (including chunk baits here as well) but lures do take skill in general especially in deciding color for appropriate times and reeling in or presentation pattern (speeds)
i will be down in stratford fishing the mouth early friday morning. there has been some pigs caught over the past 2 weeks. rest assured ill have my sandies and bloods with me but also my timber and rubbers  as well |
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fishfinder
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| Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 2:27 pm Post subject: |
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Live bait vrs plugs can really depend on what they are after and whats available to use as live bait. I have to say as someone who use to throw chunks I have way better luck and a way better time throwing plugs.
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ctsalt12
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| Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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I think baitfishing takes skill as well, the difference is that there are far less types of bait to learn than there are lures to learn and different strategies for different conditions.
I used to have a bait rod and a lure rod, but had too many lost fish on my bait rod. When I fish bait (rarely), you can bet that rod's in my hand. Sometimes it's a very subtle bite on chunks and when they feel that bit of resistance they're gone |
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fishfinder
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That holds true also hence why when I bait fished I had bait feeder reels and others use elastic bands so when the bite happens there is far less resistance for them to feel.
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iversonbaby
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| Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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| I use okuma bait feeders when I throw bait with the resistance on the feeder set appropriately to the fish I'm targeting. Too loose and a huge run will knit the line at the reel too tight the fish feels resistance. Like anything it's what you make of it and how serious you wanna be. |
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Michael
Joined: 28 Jan 2012
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| Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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| fivestring wrote: | | Michael wrote: |
I've never fished a piece of bait and have no problem with the better chunkers such as iversonbaby.
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I guess worms don't count as bait.
1) Started off by looking for worms so I could try and get into some suckers.
2) Headed over to Bunnells Pond Sunday evening looking to get into some channels. Brought 2 medium action setups with me and bait was dead silversides that have been sitting in the freezer for a while. Also played with worms.
Fished the old cement wall facing north from 4:30pm til 7:40pm. All that happened was 1 hard hit when a large nightcrawler hit bottom. Nothing happened with the smelly bait.
3) Before leaving I decided to throw worms out to the bottom at the same spot I was hitting some fish at this past winter but never got any hits.
Headed down to Beardsley Park and casted the worms from the old cement wall facing up the Pequonnock. Had 2 hits with 1 of them being a 7" yellow perch.
Nothing else happened after that so I went to the Wonderland of Ice and tried drifting worms there but was surprised to not have a single hit knowing all the aggressive redbreasts in there.
There's a spot I fish that's over an hour from where I live, and if there is someone fishing on the bottom when I arrive, I'm out of luck. Either I wait till they leave or I drive home. That's part of the game. |
If we were talking freshwater fishing I would have said I use worms in freshwater. |
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