Prawn imitation lures?
For a long time I was obsessed with the one lure rod to do it all for me, but I require a bit more these days (yep, this weather isn’t helping!)
I am really starting to like this Berkley X9 braid, but the labelling is so confusing it can easily put you off using it
Sometimes the conditions seem to be so perfect that I am left completely confused when I blank!
I find the “connection” to a lure rod more involving than I used to find the connection to a beachcaster
When nearly everything is perfect but you’ve got a little niggle……
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Is there something about a pink coloured lure in bright and bouncy conditions?
So easy to spend your time blasting lures to the horizon when in fact the fish were in the gutter almost beneath my feet
Favorite Skyline '25 862M 8'6'' 8-24g and 862ML 8'6'' 5-18g lure rods review - around £270 (but there is 15% off everything at Veals Mail Order for a few days!)
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With how thin many braids are these days, is there much advantage to going lighter/thinner for the more finesse stuff? (frigging labelling!)
Can or does a rattle in a soft plastic produce more bass? Previous sneaky behaviour stuff comes to light!
Awful conditions, but my mate got his first bass on a creature bait, lovely fish as well
Fishing like this makes me so happy!
I do love a good hard lure, but I do feel extra confident with soft plastics and that bigger, single hook
Amazing how this bass hit me in such shallow water and so close to the beach, all this estuary fishing is also helping my open coast fishing
I convince myself that this sort of lure colour works best for me in a specific situation, then this goes and happens
Favorite Black Swan 772ML 7'7'' (2.31m) 4-18g lure rod review - £259.99 in the UK, weighs almost nothing at 84g
As much as I am enjoying the discovery of so much more estuary fishing than I ever realised, heading for the open coast is always magical
