High End Baits- Make you a better fisherman?
Do Lucky Craft, Mega Bass, Team Diawa and other high end Japanese baits make one a better bass fisherman?
In my opinion, yes. No doubt about it.
They may be a status symbol for some, overpriced example of the inflation in the price of fishing tackle to others. Try and throw a couple of these lures in the appropriate places at the appropriate times. Your opinion on whether any lure is worth 15$+ may change quickly.
In terms of inflation, a Rapala husky jerk was 5$ 20 years ago. By inflated measures it should cost more than it does today.
Most people who successfully throw higher end lures use heavier line to protect their investment from the pike family as well as hangups. Even easier to retrieve 15$baits from a boat while fishing.
Why are they more effective?
Attention to detail. You get the feeling that Japanese engineers really are looking to engineer the most fish catching lure. Some of their ideas are wacky, like the Gatta X Buggy(above) or Xpod. Japanese culture breeds a very unique form of perfectionism. The Japanese love to fish and have fondness for creating bio mechanical things.
But a Lucky Craft lure is usually more than just a life like finish and profile. Internal weight transfer systems allow extemely longs casts. This keeps your lure in the strike zone longer in the case...
News
CNY fishing report (for weekend of Oct. 9-11) The Post-Standard Syracuse.com- Oct 08, 2009
CNY fishing report (for weekend of Oct. 9-11)The Post-Standard - Syracuse.comNorthern pike have been “hitting like crazy” on minnows and Husky Jerk lures. Muskie fishing is just getting started and a few 40 inchers have been landed.