More help. Ha ha.

Nooo Fish

Nooo Fish

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Alright everyone.

After me thread about rods the other day and a good think I've decided to go for a proper lure rod. But before I pick a rod I want to learn more about the weight of the lures. Here's a picture of all the lures I've got. Is this enough to get me started. Has anyone got any links I could look at. I don't even know how to fish with the jelly worms.



I don't want to keep starting threads on here asking daft questions I'd rather read up a bit if I can cos I know next to nothng. :confused:

I'm really looking forward to a different kind of fishing and will be putting catch reports up if I get the hang of it

Thanks a lot for any help.

Andy
 
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Without doubt, the best spinner and one that you must have in your box is a zenith silver minnow!! I know philitofish will agree with me here. 28g, casts like a bullet, catches any fish I have ever cared to try and catch and will often outfish more expensive lures. You can buy online or at reelsport in hebburn or South Shields. Well worth £1.00 a spinner! You NEED to buy some, other than that your box looks canny!
 
The hard plastic lures you have should all weigh about 20 gms , if that's an original frosty it weighs 17gms, a high % of HP's on the market weigh between 12 and 28gms, a rod with a casting wieght of 10/40 gms would be well suited to them , allowing you to cast metals up to a ounce and a half
 
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Thanks for the input so far lads. I'm going to look for those zenith minnows today.

Outkast. When you are fishing with the jelly worms hooked like that would I just cast the worm by its self? I wouldn't have thought it would be heavy enough.
 
No mate use a bullet lead just above the hook,protect the knot with a bead or you could use a carolina style rig with the bullet lead,bead and swivel then your trace to your hook and jelly
 
OuTkast76 said:
No mate use a bullet lead just above the hook,protect the knot with a bead or you could use a carolina style rig with the bullet lead,bead and swivel then your trace to your hook and jelly
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Good job you put that pic up mate cos your post went straight over my head lol. Thanks again.
 
You will not go far wrong using zeniths or that style of lure m8 I used them all last summer and had some cracking sport casting 28g up to 40g is ideal they cast great and you can cover a lot of water just get them down deep then start working them you will have sum great fun m8 I can't wait to get back up to eyemouth for those red cod and lovely Pollack
 
A few things to remember mate, metal lures are normally fished quite fast. Let the lure sink then draw and retrieve, sink draw and retrieve. Soft plastis should be fished alot slower you can use the same sink and draw technique but slow more time for the lure to sink. Hard plastics are more trial and error, watch them in the water and put a few ticks into your retrieve, you'll soon see what makes them dart and turn the best.
 
broon shoe said:
You will not go far wrong using zeniths or that style of lure m8 I used them all last summer and had some cracking sport casting 28g up to 40g is ideal they cast great and you can cover a lot of water just get them down deep then start working them you will have sum great fun m8 I can't wait to get back up to eyemouth for those red cod and lovely Pollack
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I had mackerel, launce, pollock, shad, coalfish, whiting and codling all the zenith last year without really targeting any specific species. They are not my fave looking lure but they are hellishly effective for almost anything on our coastline. Some of the sub surface lures can also be quite successful but not ht great from the piers etc. as outcast has mentioned rig those worms Texas style and the pollock love them. I find black with the fire red tail slightly better than the other colours no matter what the water clarity is
 
For that money mate savage gear bushwacker.... Or something like that, is the same price and has cracking reviews. Philitofish has one. Not heard anything about the one in your link.
 
I always use a clear leader of about 8-10ft. I persaonlyl use mono but fluorocarbon is probably a better alternative. Braid tends to be easier to see by the fish hence a clear length of leader. Braid has no stretch either an is a bit like cheese wire if you pull it when snagged. The mono also allows you to snap off a snagged lure that's not coming back without loosin expensive braid
 
Juliogeordio said:
I always use a clear leader of about 8-10ft. I persaonlyl use mono but fluorocarbon is probably a better alternative. Braid tends to be easier to see by the fish hence a clear length of leader. Braid has no stretch either an is a bit like cheese wire if you pull it when snagged. The mono also allows you to snap off a snagged lure that's not coming back without loosin expensive braid
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Cheers. I was wondering if that was what it's used for. What's the difference between mono and fluro then? This is starting to feel worse than when I took up fishing.

My grauvell is loaded with ultima power braid 20lb. I've got a spool of 12lb there as well.
 

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