THE BAIT DEBATE

These days anglers are faced with a multitude of fishing options and styles. Long gone are the days of a bait only proposition with a plethora of lures now available on the market to suit even those species that were previously never considered a potential lure target. Such advancements have meant a shift develop over time across the recreational fishing spectrum. At one end you have the avid lure nuts that simply won’t deviate from their use regardless of the scenario. Instead they’d prefer the risk of returning home empty handed than resorting to dirty old bait fishing. The sport fishing vibe ties in here as there’s undoubtedly a more challenging and rewarding effort in landing fish on artificials as opposed to “cheating” with bait, which is how I’m sure these lure fishos would describe it. At the other end is the fishing beginner or old school salty that will stick to baiting techniques through thick and thin as a result of either sheer inexperience or the perception of a generally fail-safe system. And somewhere in-between