Soft Lure Fishing

[paulus 26]

20 minutes ago, walshie said:

Do you need a wire trace if you're likely to catch jack pike?

Yes and no Lol 

[paulus 26]

3 minutes ago, neil r said:

I suspect there’d be more salmon caught over here if more salmon anglers took the blinkers off and realised there’s loads of brands doing brilliant lures that would do well for them and there’s more to life than flying c’s and tobies . Seen a few walk round videos of cabelas and bass pro shops , they’ve got some gear in them , think I’d be skint within minutes of going in there . 
If you’re ever round peoria in Arizona check out the hook up tackle . They do a few American brands like st croix but specialise in Jdm brands . Their YouTube channel is worth a look just to see the amount of Japanese gear they do 

I have a Bass pro shop rod roughly 7 to 19g.

[neil r 1,796]

18 minutes ago, walshie said:

Do you need a wire trace if you're likely to catch jack pike?

When I’m perch fishing with just a small barbless jighead from spring to late autumn I just use Preston reflo but in winter when the perch are harder to come by and it’s mainly pike I use single strand titanium 

[neil r 1,796]

Just now, paulus said:

I have a Bass pro shop rod roughly 7 to 19g.

I had a little 5 ft pistol grip one a few years ago that one of the lads brought back from I think Florida but never used.    That was rated something similar and it wasn’t bad , had some decent pike on it 

[mackem 23,801]

17 minutes ago, neil r said:

I suspect there’d be more salmon caught over here if more salmon anglers took the blinkers off and realised there’s loads of brands doing brilliant lures that would do well for them and there’s more to life than flying c’s and tobies . Seen a few walk round videos of cabelas and bass pro shops , they’ve got some gear in them , think I’d be skint within minutes of going in there . 
If you’re ever round peoria in Arizona check out the hook up tackle . They do a few American brands like st croix but specialise in Jdm brands . Their YouTube channel is worth a look just to see the amount of Japanese gear they do 

I was fishing in Thailand years ago when a Japanese bloke turned up to fish for barramundi with a lure box on wheels like a suitcase,do you remember when Harris angling started importing the yo-Zuri and stuff,they had a huge selection of mouthwatering lures.

yes,salmon take lures,had quite a few on fake eggs this year.

 

[paulus 26]

55 minutes ago, neil r said:

I had a little 5 ft pistol grip one a few years ago that one of the lads brought back from I think Florida but never used.    That was rated something similar and it wasn’t bad , had some decent pike on it 

this one is a 6ft pistol grip, brought it off a South African bloke the other week, To be honest i am not 100% sure that i like it. 

A question for you, is there something like a rubber float stop that you can use to slide up an offset weed hook to secure the bait at the top, tried a normal float stop but just managed to hook my finger half a dozen time Lol

[neil r 1,796]

1 hour ago, mackem said:

I was fishing in Thailand years ago when a Japanese bloke turned up to fish for barramundi with a lure box on wheels like a suitcase,do you remember when Harris angling started importing the yo-Zuri and stuff,they had a huge selection of mouthwatering lures.

yes,salmon take lures,had quite a few on fake eggs this year.

 

I used to get the Harris catalogue, it was probably the no1 place for lures at the time . They had the yo zuri’s , heddon, halco , northland , kussamo and all the rest plus all the gear to fish them . Sue Harris used to appear on total fishing every now and then with lures , shame they sold up . I’ve never seen anyone using eggs , are they scented or do they just look like eggs . How do you fish them , just let it drift under a float or do you put a bit of bait in like trotting with maggots . Got to admit I’ve got a bit of a thing for Japanese gear . The only hardbaits I’ll buy these days for trout are jdm , the quality and attention to detail in them is amazing and they just handle fast water better 

[neil r 1,796]

55 minutes ago, paulus said:

this one is a 6ft pistol grip, brought it off a South African bloke the other week, To be honest i am not 100% sure that i like it. 

A question for you, is there something like a rubber float stop that you can use to slide up an offset weed hook to secure the bait at the top, tried a normal float stop but just managed to hook my finger half a dozen time Lol

I have seen hook with a little stop that you could slide up the bend to keep the lure in place but can’t remember where . Maybe something like the Korda hook beads might have the same effect but I’d be a bit concerned that they would impede the hook up . I know the bass lads put vasilene on the bend so the lure slides down easier but just nick the very point of the hook back into the lure so it holds in place but comes free with a little touch 

 

just found some at todber , it’s not letting me copy and paste the link so I’ve screenshotted it 

 

Edited November 20, 2023 by neil r

[paulus 26]

3 minutes ago, neil r said:

I have seen hook with a little stop that you could slide up the bend to keep the lure in place but can’t remember where . Maybe something like the Korda hook beads might have the same effect but I’d be a bit concerned that they would impede the hook up . I know the bass lads put vasilene on the bend so the lure slides down easier but just nick the very point of the hook back into the lure so it holds in place but comes free with a little touch 

Keep getting creature baits hammered, appendages missing but no hook up, its getting a tad frustrating now Lol

[mackem 23,801]

2 minutes ago, neil r said:

I used to get the Harris catalogue, it was probably the no1 place for lures at the time . They had the yo zuri’s , heddon, halco , northland , kussamo and all the rest plus all the gear to fish them . Sue Harris used to appear on total fishing every now and then with lures , shame they sold up . I’ve never seen anyone using eggs , are they scented or do they just look like eggs . How do you fish them , just let it drift under a float or do you put a bit of bait in like trotting with maggots . Got to admit I’ve got a bit of a thing for Japanese gear . The only hardbaits I’ll buy these days for trout are jdm , the quality and attention to detail in them is amazing and they just handle fast water better 

Sue Harris was the driving force behind the business,my mate Steve went to their eco-lodge/fishing business they started in Costa Rica I think it was?He knew Sue quite well,the full colour catalogue they did was fantastic,she virtually pioneered micro lure fishing importing the rods from the states,first time I ever heard of microlures.

Those eggs aren’t scented,they are a hard rubber?just fish them under a float trotting it through a swim,I did the same with red wool fished under a float and woolen balls And plastic beads.

[neil r 1,796]

2 minutes ago, paulus said:

Keep getting creature baits hammered, appendages missing but no hook up, its getting a tad frustrating now Lol

I just fish them on jigheads , still get them biting bits off but hook a good percentage . There are days when you can see them just grabbing the tail of the lure and not taking it properly but the next day they’ll smash them and engulf the lure 

[paulus 26]

1 minute ago, neil r said:

I just fish them on jigheads , still get them biting bits off but hook a good percentage . There are days when you can see them just grabbing the tail of the lure and not taking it properly but the next day they’ll smash them and engulf the lure 

Its six of one and half a dozen of the other mate, The canals are full of crap so its either weedless hooks or risk picking up leaves and other crap off the bottom, Plus with a weedless set up when i overcast i don't loose the set up Lol

[neil r 1,796]

6 minutes ago, mackem said:

Sue Harris was the driving force behind the business,my mate Steve went to their eco-lodge/fishing business they started in Costa Rica I think it was?He knew Sue quite well,the full colour catalogue they did was fantastic,she virtually pioneered micro lure fishing importing the rods from the states,first time I ever heard of microlures.

Those eggs aren’t scented,they are a hard rubber?just fish them under a float trotting it through a swim,I did the same with red wool fished under a float and woolen balls And plastic beads.

Recently saw some of their own mean lures for sale on Facebook . They are not something you see very often . Wish I’d have kept some of the lures i got off them , some are bringing decent money now . 
The ones in the bag look interesting, look like they’d do well for perch . 
wonder why you don’t see people fishing the fake eggs over here for salmon, they obviously work and you see egg flies on trout fisheries 

[mackem 23,801]

2 minutes ago, neil r said:

wonder why you don’t see people fishing the fake eggs over here for salmon, they obviously work and you see egg flies on trout fisheries 

I don’t think it’s the done thing in the UK Neil,it’s not tradition nor will you get fish runs like you do here,watch how many hook up.,and this was only in one pool.

 

[neil r 1,796]

9 minutes ago, paulus said:

Its six of one and half a dozen of the other mate, The canals are full of crap so its either weedless hooks or risk picking up leaves and other crap off the bottom, Plus with a weedless set up when i overcast i don't loose the set up Lol

You want to try the canal near me , virtually no boat traffic so gets really weedy , it’s soul destroying at times when you’re lures in weed before you’ve even got chance to retrieve and if you try fishing on the bottom you’ll lose your end gear nearly every cast on the rubbish that’s been chucked in over the years and then once it gets into summer the floating duckweed takes hold meaning mile after mile is unfishable for months on end .