How Many casts per lure?

[stessco]

I voted for maybe once or twice, if my favourite lure dosnt work nothing will!

[greenie.77]

I was about to change a lure today, my brother said, just finish this section first. 2nd cast, bass 36cm, one of 4 for the day.

[OISTA]

Depends on what lure i'm using. If we're fishing with spinners or slugs I tend to leave them on all day. When flicking soft plastics i'll swap every 20 minutes or so unless i'm catching

[tunaticer]

Fished last weekend with my trusty for about 3 hours, about a dozen yaks about throwing all assortments of colours brands and styles in every sq inch of water for zero result, I came away with a 12lb snap and threw back 3 smaller versions. Same water, same time, only thing that was different was my choice of lure that i selected before starting for the day.

I believe that most people miss fish they are either not detecting or are not ready for and blame the lure for nil results. 7/8ths of the battle is keeping mentally alert and timing a strike on a shy fish.

[PNG1M]

Similar to what Nagg said earlier...

In PNG when after barra & bass I generally had three set-ups on standby, pre rigged with a hand picked "can't miss" lure variety.

Once we started fishing I'd generally cast solidly for 15mins or so and if there were no strikes or hits (or boils) I'd pick up a different rod & continue flicking.

While transiting from one section of water to another I'd usually change at least one or more of the lures. Or I'd swap a few on location.

I used a quick lure-change system involving split rings so there was no need to mess around cutting leader & re-tieing knots. If the lure change is quick then you can change them more often & with less hassle.

Its handy to try both deep & shallow lures, rattling & non-rattly lures. I used HBs 98% of the time.

I had (and still do) a large selection of lures to choose from so it could be a bit tricky sometimes deciding what ones to use. If I had a kind of 'sixth sense' about a certain lure, I'd leave it on.

Some lures stayed on most weekend - especially if they got results - while others'd be lucky to last 5 minutes. Some I'd change before they even got wet..!?
On one trip my 'Tilsan Big Barra' in the Green Mackerel pattern stayed on for four days straight while the lures on my other rods were changed heaps.

Generally, on promising water it'd be an average of 15mins a lure.
But it does vary according to circumstances...

[snagking]

I'm like most people, I have a range of lures that I really like, and will swap between them quite quickly until I find the one that is working that day.