Anyone tested their soft plastics in a tank on whiting or bream?

[eSquire]

Just wondering if anyone has ever set up their own tank for testing out their favorite plastics, jigheads, styles etc like at the fishing shows. Difference though - for your own targets species. If so, I would be interesting in hearing.

We usually see Barra at the shows in those great long tanks. One of the presenters at a recent show, cited water temperature as a big factor in getting them to perform. They certainly do hit the lures when prompted. I think there were also some farmed Bass or the like at a recent Boat show which didn't feel much like putting on a show for the audience - apparently due to the pellet feeds they had been used to. I don't think they took at a single plastic lure
during the whole show I watched.

So what about whiting, bream and flathead ? With the money and time we spend on plastics, jigheads, finding our favorite combo's etc, maybe someone has done this ?

Cheers
Adrian

[Duane Walker]

I think the thing a tank test tells you is the fish was hungry at that time. I reckon they they are a lot like the snake oil ads on TV