Thanks Mike. Many anglers hold different views when it comes to lure choice and which ones to use in certain situations. My thing is that a large variety good multi-presentation lures catch as many fish – and maybe more – than one or a few lures limited to one presentation.
Soft plastic shapes include lures that cover all the bases: surface, mid depth, bottom. Adjustments must be made for cover or no cover, deep or shallow bottoms, bottom type and contour, clouds/ no clouds, pre-front/post-front, season and general activity level of fish. Retrieves must be tailored to all of the above and especially to general fish activity level.
Ex. the floating Rapala is a great surface lure, but unless C-rigged, can only target fish near the surface that are active near the surface.
Ex. You all know the versatility of the plastic worm
Ex. A deep dive crankbait or Rat L Trap is more versatile than the Floating Rapala
Ex. Small soft plastics blow them all away when it comes numbers of fish caught, the many species caught and the size range. In one outing I can catch 3.5″ bass and sunfish to 2 lb crappie and 3 lb catfish – all on one lure.
The +12″ crappie pictured was caught on the same lure that caught many small to medium size yellow perch, sunfish and bass along with more crappie ranging in size.
I am addicted to the strike and the excitement of wondering what just got hooked or almost hooked. The more ways I can experience that, the better! At over 400 fish/yr., I’d day that happens more often than not.
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