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I was chatting with Henry yesterday and mentioned that I was communicating with a friend of a friend (he's a guide across a lot of the Japanese archipelago) and he was genuinely interested in hearing about the state of the UK plugging market. So I thought I'd expand and open it up on here regarding a certain aspect of lure he mentioned.
This guy wanted to know things like our best sellers, what works best, the rods we use and what not. So I told him about UF/Mr Fish, Tide Minnows/Feed Shallows/Zonks/Xlayers/Tenryu's etc and the fact that we are someway behind our continental cousins but things are finally starting to catch up. He then asked me what lures did we use to catch the big bass? I replied a little perplexed with "ummm a lot of the time its the same lures we use to catch smaller bass!?" I then told him about Nathans fathers double and Nath's 9lber (caught on a feed shallow if I remember rightly) in January whilst most of the country was covered in snow and he was impressed but surprised that we don't take advantage of big swimbait lures to target the larger predators.
After writing back to him to find out exactly what he was referring to (the language barrier was a bit of a problem) I found out that was talking about those big (35-60g) ultra life-like, normally jointed, jelly/rubber effect paddle tail lures that when you touch them they feel like neither a hard or softbait. Kind of a hybrid between the two. The likes of Tunny/Mick/BJF/Alex/K&K/Vidar etc etc will know of companies who produce these lures. I also mentioned this to Henry and he has seen/heard of the these type of lures but never used them.
I gave this some thought whilst walking the dogs yesterday evening and could only think of the following reasons why we haven't taken advantage of these type of lures if they do genuinely improve our chances of catching bigger specimens. I'm not so sure they do personally, purely guess work on my part and the fact more experienced pluggers than me on here don't seem to use them.
1. The heavier set up needed to punch out a 30-60g lure?
2. The cost. Some of these can retail between £30 - £50.
3. They don't look quite as pretty and blingy as a 12-14 cm minnow?
4. We're not quite ready for them yet?
5. They don't suit our predator fishing? Ultimate lead the field in sw/fw predator angling and I could only really find a Megabass XS Limberlamber in their catalogue.
6. Generally speaking they don't need as much working as our current lures, thus decreasing our overall enjoyment when fishing? These are big "jalopy" like lures that slowly cruise around in an enticing "S" shape motion.
Pointless post or worthy of debate?
This guy wanted to know things like our best sellers, what works best, the rods we use and what not. So I told him about UF/Mr Fish, Tide Minnows/Feed Shallows/Zonks/Xlayers/Tenryu's etc and the fact that we are someway behind our continental cousins but things are finally starting to catch up. He then asked me what lures did we use to catch the big bass? I replied a little perplexed with "ummm a lot of the time its the same lures we use to catch smaller bass!?" I then told him about Nathans fathers double and Nath's 9lber (caught on a feed shallow if I remember rightly) in January whilst most of the country was covered in snow and he was impressed but surprised that we don't take advantage of big swimbait lures to target the larger predators.
After writing back to him to find out exactly what he was referring to (the language barrier was a bit of a problem) I found out that was talking about those big (35-60g) ultra life-like, normally jointed, jelly/rubber effect paddle tail lures that when you touch them they feel like neither a hard or softbait. Kind of a hybrid between the two. The likes of Tunny/Mick/BJF/Alex/K&K/Vidar etc etc will know of companies who produce these lures. I also mentioned this to Henry and he has seen/heard of the these type of lures but never used them.
I gave this some thought whilst walking the dogs yesterday evening and could only think of the following reasons why we haven't taken advantage of these type of lures if they do genuinely improve our chances of catching bigger specimens. I'm not so sure they do personally, purely guess work on my part and the fact more experienced pluggers than me on here don't seem to use them.
1. The heavier set up needed to punch out a 30-60g lure?
2. The cost. Some of these can retail between £30 - £50.
3. They don't look quite as pretty and blingy as a 12-14 cm minnow?
4. We're not quite ready for them yet?
5. They don't suit our predator fishing? Ultimate lead the field in sw/fw predator angling and I could only really find a Megabass XS Limberlamber in their catalogue.
6. Generally speaking they don't need as much working as our current lures, thus decreasing our overall enjoyment when fishing? These are big "jalopy" like lures that slowly cruise around in an enticing "S" shape motion.
Pointless post or worthy of debate?