buttaluns Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 http://www.profishingresearch.com/eShop ... _lures.asp Has anyone seen this???? It was posted on a local forum im on......one swimbait in the top 50, which i wouldnt even consider a swimbait.....what do you guys think about these "pros" choices? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooky007 Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 I think since jersey jockeys don't fish what we would call "true" swimbaits here, the vast majority stick to traditional bass fishig methods. Can't really argue that list in the traditional bass fishing world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttaluns Posted January 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 I'm not saying there aren't good baits listed, I guess I'm just kind of shocked at the order and some of the baits listed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i feed fish Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 I agree with spooky, I think you are missing the point of that list. Your comparing apples to oranges regardless of the fact we are all targeting the same species. The swimbait mentality of sticking big fish is completely different compared to the numbers games a normal recreational angler is after. That list is all about quantity not quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echoedd Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 The list is no surprise. It makes sense with their thoughts and style on bass fishing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offduty Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 The list is no surprise. It makes sense with their thoughts and style on bass fishing. I have to agree they need 5 fish every time out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttaluns Posted January 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Again....you guys aren't getting what I'm saying...I don't think the top ten should be swimbaits, I just found it interesting that let's say the lucky craft jerkbait is number #1.... I was hoping to discuss more what some of your say top 5 baits would be in a tourney....and where I don't think every bait should be a swimbait I feel there should be atleast one or two more in the list used to get that big kicker fish.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalliebigs Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 To me, it is interesting, but too little data sliced into slices too small to really effect my opinion about specific baits much. Just my opinion, but absent a lot of pros tend to be a little like "sheeple" for the hot baits, not really trying comparable baits, which can further skew the info. I think segmentation definitely skews the list so it tells more about what is happening within a market segment than what kind of lure is more effective. Think of how many jig makers are out there. If you go to the "lure types" tab you can see more than twice as many jigs (93) were selected than jerkbaits (42). The top jig only had 7 votes, while the top jerkbait (pointer) had 16. Even topwaters are more selected (44) than jerkbaits as a whole. So all we really learn is that A) jerkbait is a more narrowly defined market segment and the pointer is the most popular jerkbait. Not really a surprise to me. Actually confirms my usual decision to throw a different jerkbait to give the fish something other than what everybody else is throwing. Swimbaits as a category had a total of 16 selections, equal to the number of selections for the "#1" bait. It beat categories "tube", "lizard", "buzzbait" and "chatterbait". Even though it may mostly be hollow style baits, that's better than I would have expected from the tourney crowd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offduty Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 It also helps to keep in mind that a tournament fisherman is probably not going to tell you what his best bait is to keep an edge on the competition. Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttaluns Posted January 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 It also helps to keep in mind that a tournament fisherman is probably not going to tell you what his best bait is to keep an edge on the competition. Rich Exactly Rich, I can believe in proven baits, but after awhile its the guy who throws something different that that I feel will have an edge... so that's why I thought I would share Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offduty Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 I had a guide tell me he got pissed off because a past client approached him on the water to say hi. He said I could have something on my deck I dont want to be seen. I now have a few baits like that, not that I would get pissed if someone approached me on the water to say hi but I do have some mods I use that work well. Every once in a while you find something different that works. I have to ask myself is it because the fish are not conditioned to it yet? I think that matters on highly pressured western reservoirs. Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CombatWombat Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 The more underground swimbaits are, the better. My 2 cents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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