ok so i've been lure fishing a few times now, all short sessions of 3-5 hours, mostly on a canal and i'm already seeing a pattern in my fishing (its not a catching loads of fish pattern btw lol)
so following some very good advice on here, i am now a spinnerbait convert ... and i find myself setting up and starting off with spinnerbaits on the canal, i follow more advice from here by casting along the near bank on either side, then around in a fan shape till i've covered the water in front of me, casting 2 or 3 times on each line so as to give the pike a good look at the lure.
then moving on and repeating this .... on a canal i can cover a fair distance in 3 or 4 hours in this way
however i've noticed i'm so intent on searching the area in front of me that i stick to the spinnerbait, as its so versatile at searching different depths with reduced snagging problems, altho i did lose one on my last session, god knows wot it snagged on but it wouldnt move at all (sorry derek)
so basically i hardly try any of my spinners, spoons or other lures other than maybe 5 mins each on my way back to the car,
i was wondering should i search an area with spinnerbait, then repeat with a spoon, and repeat again with a crank or swimbait, before moving on and repeating?
any lure alternating tactics or ideas would be most welcome
so following some very good advice on here, i am now a spinnerbait convert ... and i find myself setting up and starting off with spinnerbaits on the canal, i follow more advice from here by casting along the near bank on either side, then around in a fan shape till i've covered the water in front of me, casting 2 or 3 times on each line so as to give the pike a good look at the lure.
then moving on and repeating this .... on a canal i can cover a fair distance in 3 or 4 hours in this way
however i've noticed i'm so intent on searching the area in front of me that i stick to the spinnerbait, as its so versatile at searching different depths with reduced snagging problems, altho i did lose one on my last session, god knows wot it snagged on but it wouldnt move at all (sorry derek)
so basically i hardly try any of my spinners, spoons or other lures other than maybe 5 mins each on my way back to the car,
i was wondering should i search an area with spinnerbait, then repeat with a spoon, and repeat again with a crank or swimbait, before moving on and repeating?
any lure alternating tactics or ideas would be most welcome