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Originally Posted by Tim1
http://www.harrissportsmail.com/ is a good source of baits. Top tip; make sure you buy baits rigged for sea water. Ordinary bronzed hooks will rust in no time. Usually, subtle actions and colours work better in calmer, clearer, shallower conditions and visa versa.
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Hi Tim, I missed this post first time through (& BTW we are a diverse website & so will not discriminate against "politically incorrect bigots" like yourself
).
I was planning to ask about
how folk choose which lure to use. I currently opt for subtle colours in bright clear conditions (a grey-brown top, white bottom J13 rapala for example) and more colourful options (e.g. a shiney blue-silver mackeral pattern lure, like Magpies middle row, 2nd down; or a red-head white body) in cloudier/darker conditions -- it helps me see them, even if the fish can't! Sounds like I'm on the right track. Hadn't thought about the action ... although I stopped using one lure when the lip broke as the action looked rubbish (fixed now though).
Was interested to see magpie goes for blue silver a lot (as I have) but also
green-silver. Are these used interchangeably or are they for different conditions? I avoided green as the lures often appear to look like perch to me, so I figured they are for pike. However, I recently noticed more greenish fish in the sea, small wrasse mainly (still didn't find out what the green & pale Nemo-pattern fishes were...wrasse, trigger fish?).
Was thinking of taking my painted Lidls lure back to its original orange colour but the acrylic paint & varnish are really tough -- it won't be practical. Would like to have at least one v. bright coloured lure ... maybe a spinner or Toby would work. Turns out the Lidl's fishing box I bought has a couple of very big & heavy Mepp's style spinners -- & some smaller, lighter spoons (seem more pike/perch-oriented) -- which might fill the sinker gap for now. Tried one out and it casts like my 20g lure.
The tackle box also include various 1oz weights (balls, coffin shape, barrel shape) ... was thinking of rigging one in-line with an Eddystone eel.
I have been using
American clips (also from the Lidl's box) to attach the lures. Seems like some folk like these (for quick change) while others think that a direct knot tie-in is the only way to get the proper action. Enough good fisherman use the former to make me think both will work OK. I use the small one but the lure I found had a huge clip.
Something like this:
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...293&id=0011853
or even this:
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...293&id=0011850