Lure vs bait: the winner is...

[Cuz]

With the water warming grass and moss are now appearing on most river bottoms. Sometimes every cast you have to clean your hook and split-shot from gooky green slim. This is when spinners and small light weight spoons will catch more fish and save valuable fishing time.

[ATH1089]

Originally Posted by Lard Almighty

There is no right or wrong answer to this question. Sometimes only a delicately hooked shiner will do the trick. Sometimes fish will crash a plug that looks like a radioactive banana. For me, as long as something is putting a bend in the rod, I don't really care how it got there.

What exactly does a radioactive banana look like?

[Lard Almighty]

Originally Posted by ATH1089

What exactly does a radioactive banana look like?

Probably something like this:

[Super]

AndyS fishes Round Valley. I'm surprised he would write that. Nearly none of the RV tournament contenders use bait.

And, on some rivers, picking the right fly will be the only way to catch a wild trout, unless someone can figure out how to put 2mm scud or mayfly on a hook.

Sure…brook trout right out of the hatchery, catfish, carp…Bait is the way to go. But most of my fishing is done with artificial. I find bait and wait to be boring.

[Bergen Angler]

Here's a question to a carp fisherman. Can you catch carp on artificial lure or live bait?