Its slap bang winter in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Generally, it's has been a cold winter with cold front after cold front, which amazingly, always hit the worst just in time for the weekends! :-)
My fishing has been much slower than usual, I still believe it's the combination of fewer fish in the estuary along with less hour's fishing. An uneasy doubt keeps creeping into thought that...perhaps conditions have changed so much that I need to devise new tactics and discover new 'Hot Spots' to ply my fishing! The Old adage says, "Hold the line", but as a fisherman confidence is key. Nothing tests your confidence quite like a quiet spell! LoL
A question I get asked allot in conversation is always about lure actions. Now, I believe certain lures catch more fish than fisherman and once you have weeded through all the masses of 'gimmick' lures you will whittle lures down and classify them down to action only. Very loosely this will boil down to the following: Top Water, Flutter/Slow Pitch Jigs, Sinking Stick Baits, Soft Plastics and Bucktail Jigs. Within that broad classification of lures you will find hundreds of variations and then naturally thousands of patterns or colours!
The trick here is to discover a lure that meets the basic quality in build, finish and action that will suite your fishing style and preferences. This, while still being suitable for the species found in your local waters. Buying lures for any passionate angler is HIGHLY ADDICTIVE and we have to avoid the consumer traps which are intentionally placed in our minds eye through social media feeds. The best lures are not always the most expensive brands and the most expensive brands are not always the best actioned lures...never minding the intended actions and results!
A simple way to wade through all the lure clutter is to pick a lure classification and use variations until you find a setup with which you feel comfortable and confident. Confidence in fishing plays a major part in your success. If you are doubting every cast made...well, it's going to become a long old day spent at the water while you hope for some 'luck' to swing the momentum! Once you have selected a good all-round lure type you can experiment with two or three lure variations and colours. The trick is now to zone in onto these lures, fishing them constantly until you have mastered several actions. Once you can consistently and confidently target various species, then it's time to expand your choices moving onto the next lure classification and repeating the learning process!
In this video I have picked up from where I started my journey, using the humble Bucktail Jig as the first line of gaining knowledge. Within the simple Bucktail Jig there are countless options in lead head, material, builds, colours, weights...to consider. Then the ongoing question of colour always crops up and adds confusion! Here, we have not even considered where to cast, depths to fish and action to be applied. If you have access to a swimming pool you can practice visually and perfect a number of lifts, twitches and pokes to make that bucktail jig literally come alive under the water! Best practice now is to apply these live in the theatre, remember or record your experiences as these will be the tools you will recall when trying to 'Think Like a Fish'!
In this tutorial I will take you through the three typical retrieves I have used to produce some stunning catches. Its the retrieves I'm most confident with and seldom doubt the processes I'm going through while the score card still reamains ZERO! If you take the time to gather experience, then these three simple retrieves will produce your catches. Within these three retrieves you also need to consider your speed, cast weight and colour. A good topic for another video! LoL
Fishing was a bit slow on this day, but conditions were perfect for the purpose of the video. I enjoy making these tutorials and hope that they make a slight difference to the success of other anglers. Remember that a confident angler is always a consistent angler, try to do repetitive actions, but don't shy away from doing a few different things in your retrieve here and there. There is no doubt whatsoever that our once abundant fish stocks are under threat from overfishing and negative environmental impacts. As you improve in your success and your catch rate improves...give a little back as credit for the next BIG ONE! Limit your catch, don't catch your limit...catch n release! :-)
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Brett Harris
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