[Gwyn Edwards]

Just wondering if worth using a teaser in front of my plug this season? what works best and how should I attached it?

 

[kevin white]

Just wondering if worth using a teaser in front of my plug this season? what works best and how should I attached it?

if you want to more than double your catch rate, then yes, there are sometimes i've had 90% of my fish in a session fall to a teaser when the bass are on small profile baits.

there's only a few times that i wouldn't use a teaser, when there's lots of weed, lots of bigger fish( you donot want 2 big fish on at the same time ), head on winds, other than that i'll use one.

as for rigging them, use either a drop shot style, or tie on to a swivel via a 8-12" dropper, when i fish teasers i like to have a gap between the main lure and the teaser longer than the biggest fish i'm likely to catch, IE. approx 30"-36".

teasers can be either small flies/soft plastics etc in the 1"-4" range, i've found the 3"- 4" range to be the best length

kev

 

[Steve Lewis]

if you want to more than double your catch rate, then yes, there are sometimes i've had 90% of my fish in a session fall to a teaser when the bass are on small profile baits.

there's only a few times that i wouldn't use a teaser, when there's lots of weed, lots of bigger fish( you donot want 2 big fish on at the same time ), head on winds, other than that i'll use one.

as for rigging them, use either a drop shot style, or tie on to a swivel via a 8-12" dropper, when i fish teasers i like to have a gap between the main lure and the teaser longer than the biggest fish i'm likely to catch, IE. approx 30"-36".

teasers can be either small flies/soft plastics etc in the 1"-4" range, i've found the 3"- 4" range to be the best length

kev

Any chance of a diagram or photo Kev, please !

 

[Gwyn Edwards]

if you want to more than double your catch rate, then yes, there are sometimes i've had 90% of my fish in a session fall to a teaser when the bass are on small profile baits.

there's only a few times that i wouldn't use a teaser, when there's lots of weed, lots of bigger fish( you donot want 2 big fish on at the same time ), head on winds, other than that i'll use one.

as for rigging them, use either a drop shot style, or tie on to a swivel via a 8-12" dropper, when i fish teasers i like to have a gap between the main lure and the teaser longer than the biggest fish i'm likely to catch, IE. approx 30"-36".

teasers can be either small flies/soft plastics etc in the 1"-4" range, i've found the 3"- 4" range to be the best length

kev

what type of flies? I have no idea about sea flies and any help would be appreciated

 

[kevin white]

steve, as soon as i can get my laptop to work with my camera soft ware i will, i was going to write a tutorial on it, diagrams, pics, etc.

kev

 

[Steve Lewis]

steve, as soon as i can get my laptop to work with my camera soft ware i will, i was going to write a tutorial on it, diagrams, pics, etc.

kev

Will look forward to that Kev, thank you !!

 

[Keith White]

Teasers ?

Oh, yea.

Just like Kev said, sometimes they save your bacon big time.

Small soft plastics work too as teasers but flies are generally better, being lighter.

 

[Rob F]

What lures would you use a teaser with?

 

[Keith White]

What lures would you use a teaser with?

Anything subsurface bar subsurface walk baits and bottom bumping plugs.

Not topwaters unless a pure popper.

 

[Tim Griffin]

That's exactly what I wanted to know - which lures to team a teaser with. On the subject of flies, Keith is it feasible if you don't have access to bona fide bass flies, to take a single lure from a string of suitable lures designed for pollack etc?

 

[Keith White]

Keith is it feasible if you don't have access to bona fide bass flies, to take a single lure from a string of suitable lures designed for pollack etc?

Absolutely.

Me and kev often keep our teasers really simple. I like purely bucktail on many of mine with red thread.

The yanks carry pre rigged teaser leaders in quick seal plastic bags. I do that too in season.

 

[Tim Griffin]

Right - defo trying that this year then. Got some lures I can adapt and a mark in mind. Might have to be careful as I had two (small) fish on a Feed Shallow at once last year!

 

[Gwyn Edwards]

Right - defo trying that this year then. Got some lures I can adapt and a mark in mind. Might have to be careful as I had two (small) fish on a Feed Shallow at once last year!

Me too, bet I catch more on teaser than main plug, but at least it gets into the 'fly' thinking and working out what works best on different marks.

 

[Simon L]

Bloody hell . . . . more stuff to try !!!

 

[kevin agnew]

Interesting stuff never gave teasers much thought before, but now having read kevins post that he has caught 90% of his fish in one season on one time to give it a go i think.what type of line would you attach the teaser to your mainline with would it be best with a stiff mono that would keep the teaser away from the mainline.
Thanks
kevin.

 

[Rob F]

Do you think a teaser without a hook would still be effective?

 

[kevin white]

Interesting stuff never gave teasers much thought before, but now having read kevins post that he has caught 90% of his fish in one season on one time to give it a go i think.what type of line would you attach the teaser to your mainline with would it be best with a stiff mono that would keep the teaser away from the mainline.
Thanks
kevin.

i use the same size line for my teasers as i do with my main lure, remember also, you don' t always have to use a lure that catches fish, because if the fish are feeding on small baits only, just use a lure that'll will deliver the teaser out there and get down to where the fish are feeding if that makes sense.


as for using a teaser with no hook why ?

kev

 

[Gwyn Edwards]

Interesting stuff never gave teasers much thought before, but now having read kevins post that he has caught 90% of his fish in one season on one time to give it a go i think.what type of line would you attach the teaser to your mainline with would it be best with a stiff mono that would keep the teaser away from the mainline.
Thanks
kevin.

I think he said 'one session' !!! I read it as season too at start but hey I'll try anything to improve my catch rate

 

[Keith White]

there are sometimes i've had 90% of my fish in a session fall to a teaser when the bass are on small profile baits.

I've had some of those sessions too. Best be prepared for them.

 

[kevin white]

I think he said 'one session' !!! I read it as season too at start but hey I'll try anything to improve my catch rate

yes i did say one session, but that has happened more than enough times over the years to know a good thing when it comes along, like i said theres only a few times i will NOT fish with a teaser,times many teaser fishing has saved a blank and not just smal fish, alot of fish to teasers can be over 5 pound, sometimes all the fish will fall to teasers and none to the plug, that's just the way it goes sometimes.

kev