What a lot you've got! It makes me wonder if they're all necessary. When I did my bass fishing, now we'll over 60 years ago, we just had metal spoons and spinners and we still caught fish, also used the same ones for pike. I think that the bass often attack lures through aggression and not hunger. Undoubtedly some of those modern lures are great fish catchers and also angler catchers!
Just wanted to say thank you for the advice. I tried a mark I had caught from before but was blanking after a couple of hours on sandeel imitations and a dexter. I had not seen any activity although it was calm but remembering your comments about getting takes on floating lures even when no fish are seen on the surface I tried a patch lookalike and third cast had my first top water bass! Very exciting and proves you never stop learning
Really appreciate your editing style Matt, informative and relaxed and respect for the thought and effort that goes into these in terms of different locations, angles and mixture of footage and etc 🙏🏻
Thanks for your thoughts mr saltwater , very interesting indeed but alas after all that I think I’m gonna need a bigger box 🤪 so much choice out there it’s mind blowing like sweets as a kid you want to try everything . As for me 🤔 do like my lucky craft and developing a fondness for lazy lures range . Thanks for sharing another alluring 😉 video and best of luck for the coming summer season and may a PB grace the shingle for you
I think the eye on the weighted heads is in a good position for off-shore fishing, like for dropping off boats and stuff, but for surf-casting, and shore fishing, where they're retrieved horizontally, I find them to be weed-catchers, and snag prone. I know Fiiiiiish Black Minnows do a more forward eye position option on there shore, and seeker models, but only in the lighter wieghts. Anyway, that's that, and it is what it is. Many thanks. Raymondo.
Great video with loads of info. I'm guilty of carrying 3 boxes round and probably throwing only 4 lures out of them all. Love the wobble action of the Sandy Andy
Yes they are a beaut. Thanks Nathan I used to disregard sandeel type imitations as we don’t see them much here in Sussex. But recent catches on the Sandy Andy have changed my mind !
I think if I could only use 1 lure till the end of time I'd have to pick the sidewinder skerrie , I dont think there's a fish in the sea that wont hit it , comes in loads of different colours , sizes and slims , and if they weren't around I dont think you can go wrong with a classic red gill
Cheers Matt. So…. ‘The Silver Season’ begins 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 As much as I’d like to limit myself to just one box of lures I always end up taking 3 at least. With some slots doubled up (2 lures per space) but I do find myself using ‘The usual suspects’ most of the time. I change until I catch - or submit to a blank 😅trying different depths , colours, effects etc. I’d feel disappointed if I’d blanked but had some I could have tried but they were left behind 😅😊 I think last ‘season’ I had fish on about 5 or 6 lures that regularly caught. (From kayak). Maybe I’ll be more adventurous this year. I’m hoping to try more late evening into early night fishing 🤞🏻🤞🏻 Keep ‘em coming. Might see you on the south coast some time 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Megabass zonk Savage seeker A weird one nobody knows,flying lure at night close in on the rocks with a tiny starlight Redgill type behind a float = ragot ball or sbrilino
Good video 🙂 I like shallow-divers, so I would swap out those sinker-plugs for shallow divers. Also, I like the Savage Gear Sandeel Pencil. A good metal that one, looks nice, swims nice, and casts like a bullet. I fish Langstone Harbour.
Great video again :) I like videos like this, you are great at it. My favorites nowadays are fiiish black minnow no 2 10 gr & storm gt 360 9cm 21gr, ima pugachev cobra for top water & Zipbaits Fakie Dog , pd garage sprank walker 90 & Daiwa Crosswake 90F. Tryin not to exceed 10cm nowadays.
I caught a 1.5 lb squid on a SG Seeker (white and silver, 3 inch) a couple of years ago! Portsmouth harbour entrance. I was obvs after bass and I couldn't believe it when I hauled this beast in! It wasn't even "squid season" and I thought I just had a lump of seaweed when I was reeling it in. But NO! Big squid out of season on an SG Seeker! The rear treble hook had got it right through the pad on one of its two "catching" tentacles! Stroke of luck - it made a tasty calamari pasta dish 😀
I,ve caught more bass in uk and France with the Do live .white 6"" weighted in the hook , pintail or paddle tail..... than any other lure .and I,ve got dozens...like you in boxes..
I found a huge bass on the surface near the shore. Looks fresh as well. But it had it throat ripped out. The rest of the body was all fresh and intact. Anyone have any clue what would have caused that. I’m to afraid to eat it so I stowed it in my bag to use as bait latter instead. Also if anyone knows do you think it will work as bait
Seal maybe ? Or a released fish that seagulls have got too! What a mystery. Bass too valuable to use as bait normally but that skin is super tough so strips could be a good tip bait
Great informative video Matt, as you say what works in your own area. Im in Felixstowe Suffolk, drift fishing in our area pays dividends, not so many on shore. PS was waiting for the draw on friday, did it take place? as i was waiting for it form 8pm to 9pm. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🎣🎣🎣
I presume that as fish don’t have ears they don’t hear a ,lure rattle, they respond to vibrations so the rattle is a good addition.Thother solid lures must all visual unlike the flexible tails,that also produce vibrations, However real fish don’t have a rattle .only tail vibrations ans appearance.
Bass have a inner ear the way I understand it / there’s evidence to suggest the rattle they “hear” is a vibration. Even the thudding of a paddle tail can be picked up by bass in murky water. So yes you make a good point - these bass never cease to amaze me. I have often thought a rattle can be an unnatural sound - even the sound of clanging treble hooks could be either an attraction or an un natural noise. Thanks for that
