Not So Secret Anymore!
Remeber your favorite lure or bait? It was probably the lure that produced a day of fish catching that will never be duplicated. Now remeber the enormous lengths you went through to keep it a secret? It was hard to explain to your buddy why he was never allowed to fish with you at certain times. If you were able to save face than maybe you just went out without them knowing about it. Well those days are long gone.
What anglers used to keep a secret because of how much money it used to put in their livewell is being replaced because anglers are now realizing the amount of money a bait can put into their pocket through media and publicity opportunities. Anglers still do their best to keep a bait a secret for a period of time, but it’s virtually hard to do now days with gabbing co-anglers, media cameras, and such. I have had good luck obtaining inside scoop from touring pros in the past on the hottest thing going under the radar. Who is dealing and who isn’t. It almost sounds like a drug ring. Call it an underground bait ring. But is it really the bait?
In some cases I would say yes. If I introduce a bait to angler for a specific situation, and he proceeds to hammer the snot out of them, he may have just been presenting his original bait wrong. None the less, I still don’t believe this to be the ingredient missing. With circulating knowledge so abundant in todays game and increasing angling pressure on the water, every angler can virtually equip themselves with a good idea or genral direction of where to start. The true diffrence is were they end up. So with that I say location, location, location more so than the bait. You and your lure will still be outfished at times by your buddy and his lure, but as long as you continue to present a new look to the fish you will continue to catch fish. That is were the true secret lies. It’s in the appeal of a new look never seen before. From the standpoint of an angler, if he can be the first to capitalize off of a new bait in a tournament and then be the first one to capitalize from it in a media perspective, he has “outdone” the competion twice.
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3 opinions for Not So Secret Anymore!
Ryan
Oct 8, 2007 at 1:46 pm
Any insight as to what are some of the “hot” baits these guys are using right now?
Don
Oct 8, 2007 at 4:23 pm
I would never disclose any information or inside lines that are given to me, but what I will say is that there is alot going on in the swim bait industry!
Ryan
Oct 9, 2007 at 1:41 pm
Come on, now … how can ya give me popcorn with no butter?!?!
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