What do you base your selection of new lures you never used before 2024

SENKOSAM reply :

I thinks most of us keep a basic set of lures stocked. I have my seasonal baits that usually work and then the extra junk I own that I imagine might be an addition to my standard stock. The problem is that my lure success changes from year to year based on a number of factors - ie. I suck more this year than last year and it's really not the lure(s) at all or fish seemed to hit better this year than last.

RickZaleski (an excellent fishing writer) gave a nice seminar a few years back and showed us his lure selection from one small tackle box. The man can fish! He rarely runs out to buy the latest model of any lure he owns. His color selection is small, same for sizes. He fishes bodies of water he knows well.

More and more, I'm adopting his philosophy - KISS, though it is nice to own a few new toys that I could only guess have potential.

The more I look at the new catalogs, the less impressed I am - must be getting old.

One other thing - does a lure's higher price justify buying it?

fishfordollars reply :

Occasionally i will go purchase a new lure i have never fished. Usually it comes from fishing a tournament on a lake i have never been on and i will purchase a couple of the local, hot lures reccommended by a local tackle shop. To be honest with you i don't ever remember catching a lot of fish on them either. Just usually stick with the ones i have been fishing for years. They have not let me down yet.

Paul Roberts reply :

I love to experiment, and add new tricks. And these tricks can be real additions. But lures are cheap and it's easy to end up with more than you really have time for.

Rich IS one heck of an angler. But realize he's far from new to the game, dialed into some specific waters, and developed his preferences. Doesn't mean there aren't others that fish differently and do well, even have found patterns Rich doesn't hit. Rich developed his repertoire over many years and you can be sure he's done his share of testing. His KISS kit wasn't simple in the making. I specifically remember adding soft plastic jerks from Rich's writing -raving -about the Slug-Go.

Can't offer definitive advice here except to say keep experimenting within your budget and develop your own KISS kit -you'll have to earn it though. You can definitely fish from a tiny box, and I do -but this tiny kit is what hits the water and it's contents vary locationally and seasonally.

CSimon2 reply :

I usually base my new lure purchases off of the reviews it receives. There are a lot of good looking lures on the market, but they all don't work as well as they look. Price does play a part in my selection. I refuse to pay over $20 for a cranbait that I might have a good chance of losing on a bad cast.

SDoolittle reply :

I just run out and buy whatever Roland Martin and Bill Dance are plugging. ;D

Ima Bass Ninja reply :

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I love to experiment, and add new tricks. And these tricks can be real additions. But lures are cheap and it's easy to end up with more than you really have time for.
Rich IS one heck of an angler. But realize he's far from new to the game, dialed into some specific waters, and developed his preferences. Doesn't mean there aren't others that fish differently and do well, even have found patterns Rich doesn't hit. Rich developed his repertoire over many years and you can be sure he's done his share of testing. His KISS kit wasn't simple in the making. I specifically remember adding soft plastic jerks from Rich's writing -raving -about the Slug-Go.

Can't offer definitive advice here except to say keep experimenting within your budget and develop your own KISS kit -you'll have to earn it though. You can definitely fish from a tiny box, and I do -but this tiny kit is what hits the water and it's contents vary locationally and seasonally.

That is great advice. Everyone's kit will be different and as long as you enjoy yourself while figure out what works for you, then you can't go wrong.

Gatorbassman reply :

I started a KISS kit a couple of years ago when my wife and I decided it was time to get out of debt. It has saved me hundreds if not thousands of dollars since then and I can easily look at my stock at the beginning of each year and know exactly what I need. I still fished over 100 days last year and I still guided about half of those and I still saved money. It's a wonderful thing if you want to keep cash in the bank.

Fish Chris reply :

Well first off, I hardly ever use "new lures". But once in a blue moon, I'll start hearing stuff from my inside circle about a lure they are sticking big fish on. If I hear it enough, and I'm fishing in a time and place that it seems to me like that lure should work, I might try it. If it does work, I'll fish it some more. Eventually, it might become a normal part of my arsenal.... but I'm talking about maybe 1 new lure, every 2 years.

I don't waste a lot of time with stuff I'm not already sure about.

IMP experience, the latest, greatest lure, is almost never better than my old standby's.

Peace,

Fish

JigMe reply :

I don't buy many new lures to stock my Plano boxes, because the old stuff still works. So there isn't a need to change, unless the fish stop biting then I will just use whatever I am using now.

DeBassin619 reply :

I like the idea of Having "One" tackle box and having more on stock of what is in there.

The less you have and the more your forced to fish it. You begin to teach yourself how to fish it with new techniques learned from trial and error from all angles. You'll know when it works/doesn't work well by the season, water clearity, conditions and based on the waters you fish (fish pop and aggressiveness).

There are people that only fish with 1-2 lures all year long but they are masters at their craft and are so familiar with the bait in all ways.

This keeps us from wanting to give up to easily on a lure and fall for the next big thing .

The Jitterbug is a lure that has stood the test of time. It is easily one/if not the best top water bass catching lure of all time.

I know once I understand all the factors that impact a lure success or choice of a lure, The less I need to buy and become a better fisherman.

If one has to pay 15-20 dollars for a Crankbait, I would hope it catches fish on almost every cast. But, I never experienced enough success with a Crankbait to put that amount of faith in it. it's not that much of a versatile bait compared to a jig or a worm which can cost considerablyless but has probably produced more fish.

I'm a patterns guy and I go by what the majority finds true. You can easily get talked into or talked out of by what you read. It's one of those things you have to find out if it's right for you by experience and putting all the facts together.

Jigs were the one bait I didn't have much faith in but once I understood better how to fish them and how most of it is a "One bite for Big fish" philosphy; They are all I want to fish now.

Things have been produce for so long and looked from all angles, That I don't think there will be much "Newness" or Difference from the lures from here on out.

Grey Wolf reply :

I basically stick with proven lures but I will buy something new if it fits my style.

Hot Rod reply :

I apply the KISS method too as I only have one tackle box. It just happens that that tackle box is 18 1/2 feet long and I have to pull it around with a full size truck! ;D

Joking aside, I probably only buy/try two new baits per year on average though I will often try different colors, sizes, or styles of a bait I already have confidence in. I figured I either needed to keep my bait buying to a minimum or I was going to need to buy a house with more strorage Now I only try something when I hear something good about it from fellow anglers mostly.

farmpond1 reply :

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I love to experiment, and add new tricks. And these tricks can be real additions. But lures are cheap and it's easy to end up with more than you really have time for.
Rich IS one heck of an angler. But realize he's far from new to the game, dialed into some specific waters, and developed his preferences. Doesn't mean there aren't others that fish differently and do well, even have found patterns Rich doesn't hit. Rich developed his repertoire over many years and you can be sure he's done his share of testing. His KISS kit wasn't simple in the making. I specifically remember adding soft plastic jerks from Rich's writing -raving -about the Slug-Go.

Can't offer definitive advice here except to say keep experimenting within your budget and develop your own KISS kit -you'll have to earn it though. You can definitely fish from a tiny box, and I do -but this tiny kit is what hits the water and it's contents vary locationally and seasonally.

I couldn't have said it better myself. If I stuck with the same lake all the time, I could probably stick with a few old reliable baits too. But I try out many different bodies of water each year and, thus, need a pretty good selection of baits to cover all those lakes and the various seasons/conditions. It is probably true that I could downsize some but I've been out often enough with friends to know that it's the one bait I don't have that is catching all the fish.

Paul Roberts reply :

I guess if I took ONE KISS kit and tried to get it to fit all the waters, locations, conditions, and seasons I fish, I'd be left wanting. Sortof like saying I'd be able to cover it all with one rod. I make good use of everything from light spinning to heavy casting rods over the course of the year. But neither rod is apt to be with me every outing.

I guess when adding a new lure I long ago dumped the idea of "magic" lures that emit some irresistible vibrations or something. Lures are tools that do two basic things: get to the fish and trigger strikes. Bass habitats vary a lot and can require different things. The waters I fish range from almost coverless "swimming pools" to brushy swamps. If I fished only one of them, my tackle choices would be far simpler and less expensive.

I've had single days where sky and water conditions required that I alternate between tackle -big spinnerbaits on a casting rig when tempests blew, jigworms on medium spinning when the sun blazed and wind died, and wakers/walkers/swimming jigs in between. On one particular day last year I was able to keep my rod bent all day while another guy with one rod sharing the pond only got bit when conditions matched what he chose to throw. It pays to recognize when things change and be equipped to do so. I guess KISS is relative.

J Francho reply :

Lure selection is just problem solving to me. You simply have to get the bait to fish to trick them into eating. There are some exceptions - topwater, big swimbaits. But for the most part, you use a certain bait due to what the situation dictates. For that reason, I don't have just a few baits.

SENKOSAM reply :

Great replies everyone! and I'm pretty much in agreement, but as you've seen with every new and improved gadget that comes out (tv, phones, reels), there's something to keeping an open mind.

One thing that will get me to purchase something different is seeing-is-believing. I fished with a gent last fall on a large reservoir and he used a Rage Tail as a jig trailer. He outfished me 10:1.

I've always used a craw trailer with flat claws that hang more or less straight back. The R.T. design was clearly superior, as is the Zoom Super Craw when used as a trailer. From then on, my swim jig technique produced more and far stronger hits than with the old trailer.

Is the Slugo as good as the Senko or other stick that came much later? In my opinion, no and, as mentioned above, versatility is another reason I look at a new bait design. I never use Slugos anymore or 3" FinS Fish or Mann Shadows - and I have a bunch of each cluttering up my basement. Round sticks IMHO are an improvement.

Remember how much harder it was to set the hook with Slugos before wide gap hooks came out? Something brand new made something old work better, but still not enough to switch back.

Floating Rapalas, Rebel Minnows and the Devil's Horse still have their place and time as jerkbaits, but X-Raps and other suspending baits seem to do better for me especially when I need long pauses at a fixed depth.

- a functional improvement.

Skirt materials have come a long way - great color patterns and silicone vs. living rubber. Living rubber rots in a year or so - silicone holds its color and shape.

Something that lasts longer and produces, doesn't get replaced, so I look for that quality in a new lure.

MNGeorge reply :

I am a self confessed tackle junkie as anyone who has seen my garage and shed can attest. I am retired and spend a fair amount of time looking for new (to me) baits. If I see something that looks like it might fool an upper Mississippi River Smallmouth, I'll order it. Needless to say, what I thought would fool the Smallies and what they actually fell for differ on a grand scale. Seeing Glenn's post about saving significant money by reducing new tackle purchases will help me stick to a New Year's resolution to reduce my tackle purchases in 2011 and going forward.

As to the question of price for a bait, it does enter into my buying decision. The main factor in deciding whether a potential bait is worth the cost mostly comes down to how likely it is to get bit off by the toothy critters (Northern Pike and/or Muskies) we have to deal with. Hence, I have very few high priced crankbaits or topwater baits. I do have some higher priced hard jerk baits because they work so well it's worth the risk of losing one every so often.

senile1 reply :

My decision making criteria for the selection of new lures incorporates the ideas mentioned by Paul Roberts and J Francho. Different conditions and different lakes require different presentations. I am not an extreme lure junkie but I'll buy a lure if I think it will fill a niche that no other lure in my tacklebox will fill.

SENKOSAM reply :

My wife knows enough to keep receipts from Dicks or Gander for after-Xmas lure returns. :-*

Most of the lures she choses I either have or wouldn't stock, which allows me to buy something I would try and bank the rest.

pitchin fool reply :

I mainly stick to buying what I like also, and only buy a couple new ones per year if my buddies are haulin' em in and I am not. What I do like to do, however, is ask for lures for my birthday and not specify what I would like. This is a fun way to get more gear and you never know what you will unwrap. I have received some lures I have really liked and some that haven't caught a darn thing, but hey it's all fun, as long as your fishin'!!!

slonezp reply :

"If I were a bass I'd eat this" ;D

flippin and pitchin reply :

There's very few lures that are new, they are just different from those already on the market. An example is the Excalibur square bill or the Rapala Thug. I might buy one or two because of a unique color or they hit a specific depth range. I will admit, couriosity has played a roll but my bank account has made me less curious these days. I will buy if i'm going to a new body of water and it has a history of a specific bait being the go to lure, i.e. Table Rock and Wiggle Warts.

jdw174 reply :

Mostly on reviews of a bait, and whether or not they fit into my fishing style. For instance, I like to fish shakeyheads, and when I read the article on the Hag's Tornado I ordered a couple of bags. It quickly became my favorite soft plastic for that, so this year, I ordered several more bags.

Over the years, I've never listened to what a pro was pushing in the way of lures.....until KVD came along with his RedEye Shad and the Sexy Shad color. I've caught a bunch of fish on that lure and it remains my favorite lipless crank. I also listened when read about shallow running square-bills and now throw those in place of spinnerbaits most of the time. Thanks to a gift certificate I got this year, I now have several of the new KVD 1.5 and 2.5's and have high hopes for them.

As for price, let's just say that $7+ spinnerbaits give me a pucker factor of +10, not to mention $15 cranks. If you like 'em and can afford them, drive on, brother. As for me, I stick with Bandits, Bombers, SK's, and a couple others. Heck, I've done very well on BPS copies.

Catt reply :

If you do what you're always done you'll get what you always got!

I've fished the same lures using the same techniques on the same structure with above average results for years. It is very hard to get me to try new lures but when I do I'm there 100%.

When I leave the lake after struggling I don't think If I'd thrown War Eagle spinner bait instead of that Stanley Wedge.

SirSnookalot reply :

I'll buy something different every once in a while for a change of pace. In reality most are no more productive than what I'm already using. A new lure is catches my attention, I'm not so sure a fish feels the same as I do.

SENKOSAM reply :

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I've fished the same lures using the same techniques on the same structure with above average results for years.

I think you could divide anglers (of all freshwater species) into two categories: the above and

those that get bored doing the same thing with the same thing year after year - successful or not -and prefer the challenge of catching fish as fishing something different, using different methods or presentations or different gear.

There are advantages and disadvantages to either points of view and I confess I'm in the second category. I can stick with driving my 10 year old car year after year, but rarely use the same lure with as much frequency or at allafter a few years. This explains the huge inventory of old lures. What it doesn't explain is why I bought so many of the same thing knowing I would stop using them completely? :-? >!!!

The reason I believe we buy a lure style in bulk is based on :

high lure expectations and the fantasies we have when not fishing and bored, gliding around the aisles in our local tackle store or looking through a catalog for the tenth time) ;

fear that this wonderful new lure will be discontinued :-[;wanting to believe in bargains : ; being fickle; wanting to be on the tv show Hoarders; and an undecisive personality :-/.

If anything, we keep people employed and the pros 8-) endorsed $$$$!

Siebert Outdoors reply :

here is how I pick a lure.

I look at water temp, time of year, past experience in this situation.

Then I throw a jig. ;D

If that doesnt work I start switching areas then lures.

roadwarrior reply :

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here is how I pick a lure.
I look at water temp, time of year, past experience in this situation.

Then I throw a jig. ;D

If that doesnt work I start switching areas then lures.

I think the keys are often depth and focus. Sometimes

the fish are concentrated shallow, deep or at a specific

depth. The "focus", to keep this concept simple, is

baitfish or bugs; swimming or crawling!

As a specific example: At the Guntersville Roadtrip

lipless cranks and spinnerbaits were hot, worms were

not. On the trip last year at Pickwick both swimming

baits and soft plastics worked, but soft plastics dominated.

My suggestion is to start out with something rigged

for every depth, top to bottom. One presentation will

tend to dominate on any given day.

8-)

Catt reply :

Locating active bass is the challenge not walking the aisles of a tackle shop

J Francho reply :

Catt needs to be cajoled by a luremaker before he tries anything new!

bilgerat reply :

I too have scaled way back. Going through my tackle storage totes in the basement has turned up many baits I had forgotten about that I used to do well with.

I got caught up with tying on new stuff too often and not really thinking about what I was doing. I got away from the basics and my fishing suffered for it.

This is the first time I'm really focused on what I need to do to be a better fisherman. Clearing out my tacklebox = clearing out my head. I realized fishing is something you can over think too easily and lose your way.

Paul Roberts reply :

Really good stuff here, from everyone. Fun subject. I really like GMAN's tact (know something well and go find it), RW's "depth and focus" (might be the ultimate nutshell), and bilgerat's comments about clearing your head of the wrong focus.

Sometimes things come outta seemingly nowhere and turn your head. Like the time a young kid took me to a pond he had permission for. I had three expensive rods and was weighed down with my exploratory "KISS kit" (LOL). He had one cheap rig and a little plastic box held closed with a rubber band. In it were like three cheap no-name lures and some snelled hooks -some with dried worm guts still on em. He tied on a little chrome crankbait that turned out to be so badly out of tune it spun circles as he cranked it in. And he cranked it in so fast it just made big loops through the water. PATHETIC! But he had several good bass on the bank before I caught one. Now I can think back now and figure out that those bass were on a metabolic high and aggressive, and I could've caught those fish too with a burned Spot or 'Trap. But I didn't know about burning lipless then. Shortly thereafter I added that to my repertoire and it opened up a new door for me.

Another story: I met a guy fishing a corporate pond (J Francho knows it) and we hit it off. He fished two lures: a black plastic worm (he poured himself) and a Jitterbug. And he was happy. But I introduced him to some things (spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, JnP, jumpbaits, and a translucent worm color) that he couldn't avoid. Some lures covered water SO much faster, or offered more appropriate triggering characteristics than his choices, that I'd have 15 to hand before he had 3. For instance, on bright sunny days a translucent worm outfished an opaque one 15:1. And on and on.... His tackle grew, as he grew as an angler. He eventually got divorced and I'm not so sure that's not irrelevant. :

I fish a small res here in CO that was a favorite of a buddy of mine. He always did really well with SBs and cranks, until one year he started getting skunked. Well we discovered what the deal was. Heavy rains and high water allowed for tremendous YOY bass survival -there were hordes of fingerling bass and the mature fish were on em. We went to finesse gear (actually UL had the highest catch rate) and were right back in business. I made the switch pretty quick bc I'd seen this exact same thing before -YOY bass dominating the food chain. One year I broke out 3" streamer flies on fly tackle and had a ball while SB pitching buddies failed miserably.

It pays to know your water, conditions, seasons, etc... and have a warehouse backing up your KISS box lol. Granted some lures are more versatile than others, esp for someone who knows the game. I was a jig man for years and would still fall back on them if I was forced to fish one lure type. But...the slice of the world called "jigs" can be enormous. You should see my jig boxes.

Sometimes things come outta seemingly nowhere and turn your head. But the trouble begins when we start looking for that "nowhere", as if some magic is going to solve persistent angling problems. Buck Perry said, repeatedly, that if you are relying on, or looking for, some magic "twitch" that will solve all your problems, your gonna continue to fail. It just doesn't work that way.

SENKOSAM reply :

Nice Paul!

Brings to mind why I buy a new lure or replace ones I own:

1. Speed range of retrieve.

Every lure has its own speed range - deadstick to slow; slow to medium; medium to fast.

2. the lure has a profile, motion or vibration right for the conditions or is unique in those qualities (ie Chatterbox vs Helin's FlatFish)

3. an attractive new color (I need to have confidence in it before I cast it) or a color that fits my idea of a condition

There have been some excellent revolutionary lures that have come out in the last few years that I now always carry and there will be new lures to tempt the monkey in the future, I'm sure!

Paul Roberts reply :

Speed Control

Depth Control

Triggering characteristics -where the voodoo begins lol.

...

Confidence -hmmmm....I try not to fool myself. But where does reality leave off (10feet down in a fish's brain) and the voodoo begin (banging around in my own head). Sure glad fishing is innately fun, otherwise, who'd bother??? ;D

Catt reply :

Keeping your lure selection simply does not imply a lack of versatility; it means you don't need 5 or 6 different name brand spinner baits. The versatility of spinner baits is having different blade & skirt combinations not who made it. Plastic worms all you need are straight tail, curly tail, ribbon tail, & paddle tail; one reason Zoom is so popular they cover all 4 types.

I realized years ago you'll never find that magic lure or magic color & you'll never have every scenario covered

The reason why it called fishing & not catching is you'll spend a lot more time fishing that you ever will catching.

Siebert Outdoors reply :

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here is how I pick a lure.
I look at water temp, time of year, past experience in this situation.

Then I throw a jig. ;D

If that doesnt work I start switching areas then lures.

I think the keys are often depth and focus. Sometimes

the fish are concentrated shallow, deep or at a specific

depth. The "focus", to keep this concept simple, is

baitfish or bugs; swimming or crawling!

As a specific example: At the Guntersville Roadtrip

lipless cranks and spinnerbaits were hot, worms were

not. On the trip last year at Pickwick both swimming

baits and soft plastics worked, but soft plastics dominated.

My suggestion is to start out with something rigged

for every depth, top to bottom. One presentation will

tend to dominate on any given day.

8-)

Roadwarrior, Your explanation is alot better then my sarcastic truth one. Thats really how I do it. But I also follow what you said. I start with my strongest most confident lure then build upon that. My goal is to break the ice and get the skunk out of the boat before I start experimenting with other lures an locations different then the seasonal patterns. Certain times of year the jig will not work as well as the trap, jerkbait, etc. But most times it will work for me.

Its also odd how it changes day to day. Even with identical weather patterns.

SENKOSAM reply :

Seeing is believing! whether it be on YouTube or DVD - underwater video cannot be faked! Also, seeing a fellow bass angler catch multiple fish on something you've never used, never had much confidence in or been successful at catching fish on, forces those with an open mind to admit their ignorance or inexperience with that particular lure. I have fallen into that category more than once! :-[ Only after I caught fish with the lure under the same conditions (depth, cover), did I see it's potential for future outings.

Most articles in different magazines can mislead if advertising is behind them and I don't trust them much anymore. Just because a BASS tourney was won on X, Y and Z custom lures at a certain time of year in a different climate zone doesn't mean it will work where I fish. It's ludicrous to expect it would.

But the first year Roland Martin won a Hudson River tournament (in my backyard) on a giant willow leaf spinnerbait, I knew I had to buy one! It has worked for me ever since it was introduced in the 90's and worked better at times than smaller blade(s) combos.

Seeing is believing!

tholmes reply :

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There's very few lures that are new, they are just different from those already on the market. An example is the Excalibur square bill or the Rapala Thug. I might buy one or two because of a unique color or they hit a specific depth range. I will admit, couriosity has played a roll but my bank account has made me less curious these days. I will buy if i'm going to a new body of water and it has a history of a specific bait being the go to lure, i.e. Table Rock and Wiggle Warts.

There's a lot of truth in that^. There's not much out there that is truly new, just variations on the same themes.

I fish a couple of small community lakes and a few large reservoirs, almost exclusively from the shore. I've been fishing the same waters for many years, so I've got a pretty good grasp on what works in different situations on these lakes. My new tackle purchases tend to reflect that.

Tom

VABassin'14 reply :

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"If I were a bass I'd eat this" ;D

I wish I had a dollar for every time I've said/heard that.

Paul Roberts reply :

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"If I were a bass I'd eat this" ;D

I wish I had a dollar for every time I've said/heard that.

;D I've been apt to say, in my excitement in the moment, "How could they resist THIS?!" And somewhere inside I almost believed it. But...over time, I've had it beaten out of me. My rudimentary understanding at this point sounds something like this:

It seems we carry expectations that fish can make their choices on a whim like we can. Few anglers seem to recognize the real, and dire, environmental and physiological limitations imposed on fish. These limitations explain a lot of why (where, when, and how) fish feed or strike lures, or don't.

-Fish are ectothermic, meaning their muscle power and physiological processes are dependant on surrounding temperatures. They have pretty strict energy budgets to work with. Endothermy (which we enjoy), in which the animal carries much of it's physiological environment around within, is a whole different thing.

-Many fish, bass included, have depth change limitations that directly affect their energy budgets.

-Prey fish are not easy to catch, having been as honed to avoid predators as predators have been honed to catch prey. If fish just ran around chasing everything they saw (and many do when they are young) they'd be dead. They have to use their energy resources wisely. Mature fish, those few that actually survived, have learned what's worth the energy to pursue. Pursuit is not just a run over a grab it sort of deal most of the time it's a process that results in a final decision to commit energy. For bass this is exhibited in a number of patterned behaviors, a most common one is to identify, stalk, flush, and capture vulnerable prey. Not every individual bluegill fits this 'vulnerable' category at all times. Individual fitness (in all its forms), and immediate conditions, matter. The final decision to commit can be aborted at any moment, right up to the very last moment. I've watched bass doing what appears to be speed/fitness testing of potential prey like lions moving wildebeest to get a bead on which individuals are vulnerable. Water/lighting conditions weigh in, aiding one side or the other. A lot of things weigh in to the decision to commit to a target, and then finalize it.

-Added to this, in waters that are fished, fish do learn to avoid lures to a certain extent, and this enters into final decisions about what they put in their mouths.

I guess the bottom line is a lot of things weigh in to the decision to commit to a target, for a fish. What we think or wish has nothing to do with it. It's a very real world down there and each predator earns its prey -just like we earn every fish we catch.

Scorcher214 reply :

I'm still young in my fishing so I still buy new stuff a lot. but when i find something i like, i tend to focus on it more.

Like my spinnerbaits. I have several different brands. My first ones were BooYahs, then i tried the KVD signature series and now those are my favorites. Then I Tried the terminator T-1 serires. Meh, they are okay, but I think I'm gonna stick with my KVDS. Oh wait, i bought some more today from Red Dirt baits....Well, gonna have to try them out some ice-out!

Senkoman12 reply :

i have been trying to cut down on buying tackle right now. it is hard becuase im paying the price for buying cheap rods and finding out they are obsolete or dont do the job well.

but when i go to buy lures i mostly look through my collection and see what im lacking. when i say im lacking im talking about lacking where it could hurt me in a tournament because i dont have it.

btw one way i buy most of my tackle is by clearance and sales, i was in gander mtn yesterday and got a couple rapalas DT for $5 a peice and yum dingers for $3. major deals, no but good enough sale for me, i have been in there where i found SK hardbaits for $1.95 a peice. i got about 30 of them.

BassThumb reply :

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Speed Control
Depth Control

Triggering characteristics

This is the basis of all lure selection, in my opinion. It's is what I have in mind when I choose a lure from my tacklebox or rig up my rods at the beginning of a fishing trip. I don't try new lures and techniqes very often, but often than not, trying something completely new is simply out of curiosity and the desire to catch a fish on something different.

These are good posts, folks. I really enjoy this thread. Thanks.

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