Selection of soft baits

The selection points for different types of baits vary, but there are a few basic principles in common.

Size

Martial arts practitioners often say "an inch long is an inch strong, an inch short is an inch dangerous".

The same applies to lures.

The longer and bigger the bait, the more it can attract big fish, which is easy to understand.

The bigger the bait, the more eye-catching it is, and the more it moves and disturbs, the more effective it is for highly active fish. The smaller the bait, the more alert the fish will be, and the more bites there will be.

So, fishing for big fish with big baits, fishing for small fish with small baits, high activity with big baits, low activity with small baits.

But you must have heard that you should not worry about the bait being too big for fishing largemouth black bass.

Yes, I have caught 8 taels of largemouth black bass with a 10cm 14g deep diving fatty.

Because the size of the mimetic bait, i.e. the size of the baitfish that the roadrunner species preys on, is actually matched not with the size of the fish, but with the size of the fish's mouth.

Largemouth bass in the wild can eat baitfish half the size of its own body length.

So to be precise, it should be: big bait for big-mouth fish, small bait for small-mouth fish, big bait for high activity, small bait for low activity.

There is a prerequisite for "eating all the big baits", it has to be a high activity largemouth bass.

In the black hole, hot and cold weather, steal the donkey high pressure fish situation, the bait should actually be the smaller the better.

North American professional anglers will also cut the bait short before using it in high pressure fishing conditions.

Gary Yamamoto's senko is usually 5", but also offers 3" senko, and in Japan Gary Yamamoto even sells 2" senko.

Of course, the casting distance should be taken into consideration when choosing the size, and generally speaking, larger lures can be cast further.

Color

The color of the lure is important, even more important for soft lures.

High water visibility: clear, daytime, sunny

Natural, light, dark colors

Low water visibility: murky, cloudy, night

Bright color, black

High activity

Bright, eye-catching colors

Low activity

Natural colors, dark colors

Special preferences of fish species

Some fish have special color preferences, for example, rainbow trout love bright colors such as pink and bright orange, and white pompano love pink and purple.