want to start lure fishing
Sat Apr 24, 2010 7:21 pm
Hi all i am looking to start lure fishing i have been bait fishing for a while and have tried a bit of lure fishing have a rod and reel but just need to know what lures to use i have a few popper lures some tobies a eddystone eel and a few diving lures but want to start lure fishing more so need to know what lures to use and anyother essentials and a few marks around wexford
cheers Darragh
cheers Darragh
Re: want to start lure fishing
Sat Apr 24, 2010 9:55 pm
Darragh
it depends on what you want to fish for and where you're gonna fish. If all you want is pollock or coley then try a sidewinder jelly or a dexter wedge. However if you want to start plugging for bass then try yo zuri, maria or lucky craft for surface or sub surface plugs. These ain't cheap and in the case of surface lures take a bit of practice, but are effective .Saying that I took my best bass plugs to Cornwall in England last year and caught nothing on them. A good old dexter wedge that I bought locally for two quid came up trumps!
it depends on what you want to fish for and where you're gonna fish. If all you want is pollock or coley then try a sidewinder jelly or a dexter wedge. However if you want to start plugging for bass then try yo zuri, maria or lucky craft for surface or sub surface plugs. These ain't cheap and in the case of surface lures take a bit of practice, but are effective .Saying that I took my best bass plugs to Cornwall in England last year and caught nothing on them. A good old dexter wedge that I bought locally for two quid came up trumps!
Re: want to start lure fishing
Sun Apr 25, 2010 11:33 am
Hi Darragh,
It can seem like a complicated affair at first when you look online at the profusion of lures available, but if you reduce it to just two simple questions it can make it easier choosing at first:
1. What species do you want to catch?
2. What are the places you intend to fish?
In the case of the first point above, certain lures have a proven track record for say bass, as opposed to pollack (though frequently you can be angling for one, and end up catching the other!). In the case of the second point, you would often adopt a different kind of lure for estuary, as opposed to rock fishing. Be warned - lures can become an expensive obsession (the old joke being they catch as many anglers as fish
). Start off simply with just two or three cheaper proven models, and as your confidence grows so will your knowledge about which lure to look for what species in a particular location, maybe to start:
1. Surface lure: Yozuri Mag Popper or similar. (Bass/Pollack)
2.Subsurface lure: Maria Chase/Angel Kiss. (Bass/Pollack)
Veals sell each of the above for a tenner each.
Aside from the range of expertise on this forum, the Lure Forum (http://www.thelureforum.com/) is an astoundingly knowledgable source of information and advice. Jim Hendrick's Probassfishing blog (http://www.probassfisher.com/) is a wise and detailed survey of lure-related info, and for sheer state of the art lure-lust, Henry Gilbey's blog (http://www.henry-gilbey.com/blog.html) is required reading.
The important thing at first is not to be intimidated by the sheer amount of technical information and swayed by glossy adverts for expensive lures out there, we're all continually learning. Once you've found your feet, then you can consider remortgaging the house in order to get a really serious lure habit
Good luck!
It can seem like a complicated affair at first when you look online at the profusion of lures available, but if you reduce it to just two simple questions it can make it easier choosing at first:
1. What species do you want to catch?
2. What are the places you intend to fish?
In the case of the first point above, certain lures have a proven track record for say bass, as opposed to pollack (though frequently you can be angling for one, and end up catching the other!). In the case of the second point, you would often adopt a different kind of lure for estuary, as opposed to rock fishing. Be warned - lures can become an expensive obsession (the old joke being they catch as many anglers as fish
). Start off simply with just two or three cheaper proven models, and as your confidence grows so will your knowledge about which lure to look for what species in a particular location, maybe to start:1. Surface lure: Yozuri Mag Popper or similar. (Bass/Pollack)
2.Subsurface lure: Maria Chase/Angel Kiss. (Bass/Pollack)
Veals sell each of the above for a tenner each.
Aside from the range of expertise on this forum, the Lure Forum (http://www.thelureforum.com/) is an astoundingly knowledgable source of information and advice. Jim Hendrick's Probassfishing blog (http://www.probassfisher.com/) is a wise and detailed survey of lure-related info, and for sheer state of the art lure-lust, Henry Gilbey's blog (http://www.henry-gilbey.com/blog.html) is required reading.
The important thing at first is not to be intimidated by the sheer amount of technical information and swayed by glossy adverts for expensive lures out there, we're all continually learning. Once you've found your feet, then you can consider remortgaging the house in order to get a really serious lure habit
Good luck!