BaSs SeAsOn coming up

[scoocer101]

I thought this might get your attention. Well i must say i'm getting very very excited for the bass season to start firing. I'm a die hard lure fisho but i must say i do have a live bait out when im luring fishing. I no some poeple on here just stick to there gulps, squidgies and other types of lures but i just have a different perspective to freshwater fishing. Lure fishing is great its easy to prepare and its just AWESOME but i dont mind sometimes in the summer to hav a grasshopper unweighted and cast it in the direction of the swirls in the water and hooking onto a big toga or bass.

i just want see whats your perspective on live bait fishing in freshwater dams and rivers??

[derfla]

scoocer101, I guess I'm a bit like you. When we go out we always take a supply of bait with us (usually worms/shrimp). I get tired chucking lures about, while the wife is quite happy using bait, usually suspended under a float. At cania especially she will outfish me 90% of the time catching silvers & saratoga, even catching toga on the bottom using a sinker. I guess this just means that I am hopeless at lure fishing.

Russ

[slyman]

hmm grasshopper... how does one rig up a grasshopper?

[scoocer101]

Slyman
So by the sounds of it u have never used a grasshopper before. Well theres different types doing rigging a grasshopper. If your fishing in the hot summer and u see surface action i rig my grasshopper through there wings for lightweight presentation, so that the grasshopper kicks and struggles on the surface and then wham zzzzzzzz your on.

It might sound bad because u have to collect grasshoppers but if your fishing from the bank and there flying around, there probaly feeding on them, and there easy to collect in the morning when there warming up in the sun.

It pays off when the lure fishing isn't that great on the surface, trust me.

[scoocer101]

I almost forgot. Use fairly small hooks depending on the size if the grasshopper so it doesnt weigh down the grasshopper. Unless u want to fish the grasshopper in the mid water then use a couple of splits shots.

[seajay39]

Caught this Bass on a 27cm live gar
You can see the gar just below the Bass
I don't normally target bass on live bait.

Much more fun using lures....

[magicmarlin]

u simply cant beat an un-wieghted cicada on a hot summer arvo cast hard up against the snags...we make lures that look like these food items...so why dont we just use them for bait instead....cut out the middle man.

mm

[scoocer101]

magic marlin u hit the nail on the head as they say, spot on! But i still enjoy my lure fishing.

regards gavin

[robyoung1]

u simply cant beat an un-wieghted cicada on a hot summer arvo cast hard up against the snags...we make lures that look like these food items...so why dont we just use them for bait instead....cut out the middle man.

mm

Well if you have to travel any distance to actually fish at all I suppose the extra effort of scrounging up the cicadas, sorting tackle and adding a few hooks, sinkers (?) floats maybe; is no big deal. But you can't beat the convenience of grabbing the rod out of the cupboard, putting a few small lures in the pocket and walk out the door. When you come home it's just the simple reverse by tossing the lures back in the draw, and leaning the rod back in the cupboard. It's the simpicity of it all that tips the ballance for me.
And if you restrict the fishing the bass and the odd saratoga, it removes ANY temptation to remove any fish home; there-by gauranteeing no cleaning of fish either.
All in all, a very civillised day of fishing


rob