Sea fishing; please help a beginner
Hello! l tried beach casting with an old friend yesterday, and now I am
hooked (no pun intended!). He is been doing it for years, and although it
was a choppy day he got a good hour is worth of basic tuition across to me
before the weather forced us to the cover of a local pub. He
did touch upon something that interested me, but as l wo not see him for
another week, l was wondering if anyone on this site might be able to
help. We were fishing with ragworm, but my query concerns weighted lures (plugs?). Am l right in thinking that these weighted plugs have hooks attached, and so there is no need for live bait? Is shock-leader needed when rigging a weighted lure, or does it just slip straight on to the end of the mainline- if so, this seems like a very simple way to fish...no float, no lead, no swivels, no 'bait', just a weighted lure on the end of the mainline....is this right? Is exactly the same true of spinners? l probably got the wrong end of the stick! Thanks!
Plugs are not generally weighted,at the front of them there is
what looks like a spoon,this is called a diving vane, as you wind the
water hitting this vane makes the plug dive & the shape of the plug causes
it to wiggle like a swimming fish,by twitching the rod tip you can impart
more action to make it seem as though the fish is injured & easy prey.
There are also plugs with concave faces , these are poppers & are fished
on the surface ( in calm conditions very effective ) & by twitching the rod tip you make them pop & splash on the surface. Spinners are of a metal construction & are cast out & retrieved bellow the surface at varying speeds , when cast out you can count until you feel the spinner hit bottom then count less each time you cast before retrieving so you cover all different depths. Hope that is been of some help
all freshwater baits will & do work on salt water. you have to
clean them thoroughly to stop corrosion & rust & they (the companies that
make fresh water baits) make way bigger baits for salt water species (they
still need to be thoroughly cleaned & dried after each use) & yes they work
as good but for the most part are specie specific I use bomber long A deep
diving crank baits however for many in shore saltwater species with great
success. And yes tied right straight onto my mainline.
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