Just wondering do you knock them along the bottom?
Fast retrieve or slow retrieve?
Got the bandit stuck nearly 6 euro down the drain got it out eventually
Have any of you lads have had much sucess with either of the above?
Bass Bandit and shads...
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James Barry
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Bass Bandit and shads...
Picked up the above today in the local tackle shop,
Just wondering do you knock them along the bottom?
Fast retrieve or slow retrieve?
Got the bandit stuck nearly 6 euro down the drain got it out eventually
Have any of you lads have had much sucess with either of the above?
Just wondering do you knock them along the bottom?
Fast retrieve or slow retrieve?
Got the bandit stuck nearly 6 euro down the drain got it out eventually
Have any of you lads have had much sucess with either of the above?
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eric
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the bandit is a cracking lure, when spinning too far out for plugs
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Stan
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Bass
It is always better to have the lure up in the water rather than bumping along the bottom. Bass will rise to take a lure but apparently will not dive down to take it. I also find that fishing a lure quite fast is productive for bass. They are very quick on the attack. Fishing a lure slowly may give them more time to inspect it and change their mind! My most successful lure fish quite near the surface. The only exception is the Sliver which is use in deep water off the rocks or from my boat.
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padge73
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Stan have to disagree with ye Im afraid.. Bass will certainly take a lure that is bouncing on the bottom. Admittedly neither of the lures mentioned are the right ones for the job but with the right kit bass will definetly be tempted. I have taken a good number of fish this way particularly in the colder months... In the summer over clean shallow beaches I often fish a diving lure and bump it into the bottom to send up puffs of sand and it attracts a strike from bass.. Also lures should not always be fished at speed, if you have quality lures then often slowing things down a bit will induce a take, twitching as opposed to just winding like the clappers.. Particularly with surface lures which can be fished very slowly to great effect! Hope this helps a bit James!
