no more sp's!!hardbody and bait only!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ozwald]

I'm with you Gunna - my missus insists on fishing with bait but I find all the activity associated with sp's the go. I also find I get a much better "feel" with whats going on on the end of the line that just dangling a bit of bait around. I cant say the catch rates between me and the missus show a huge variation but on the whole I tend to get the bigger fish of the day.

[petelaska]

my son is into the latest lure & plastics we mainly fish fresh with them. I don't tell him to use bait as I think that he should work out a few things for himself so we go out on the dams and trow/troll all maner of bits and pieces.jackals, spinners. lures,plastics, poppers but when its nearly time to head home we will put on a couple of live shrimp and get a couple of bass or yellows to take home for a feed. when we get to the tackle shop during the next week the fellow inveriably says "you should have been using this colour that style or ice jigs(which were the only ones we didn't have. How did he know?)"
as a side note we had a camping weekend at Moreton island 4 weeks ago and he got his first lure caught flathead on a lure he got for xmass about 4 years ago, this lure has had about 20km of throwing & towing in the past 4 years and is definately his favourite.(we also got quite a few on bait)
The only thing I need to know is how do you get boney bream as all schools apparently feed on these.
Pete

[gutzy]

Unreal.
I like the hyperactive fisherman , that was funny(but true).
If you want to feel what is happening at the end of the line then hold onto it.
I agree with the "quick fish" for using sp's but why fish quick.
When I fish it envolves finding a spot , anchoring up , cooking my bacon and eggs havin a coffee , riggin my rods , sittin back enjoying my time on the water as it runs out on monday.
Everyones got their view ,
For me , well , you all know.

[maxwellson]

sp's rule

[PinHead]

Nothing can match coming home with everything smelling of chook gut

[Green]

Gunna & Gutzy, great to see both sides of the coin.

[Steve_Monckton]

G'day fellow fisherpeople, I have not used bait for years and have had better results on SP's and HB's than most people realise, but each to their own I say. If you get a buzz out of a pleasant day's fishing with bait, good onya. The same applies if you get a buzz out of fooling the fish by using plastic and metal. For me it's a personal challenge to fool fish by artificial means. I like to pursue the fish in an active mode and that means moving around until I find the fish and if the fish are hungry the will take whatever is chucked in front of them regardless, sometimes on the first cast, sometimes on the one hundred and first cast. I get plenty of exercise and have fun. Double bonus! cheers, steve.

[finding_time]

Can anyone join this ' STINKY FISHERMAN CLUB and does a nose peg come with the membership.

Ian

Chook gut [smiley=uhoh.gif]