Lures over live bait , why ? I struggled for four years putting that question to the test . I was not a guide at that time and was not even thinking about making a living fishing but I wanted to win a fishing tournament . Live bait caught fish , lots of small fish and I usually anchored fishing a small area never exploring the rest of the water world around me . Lures and a trolling motor forced me to move over vast stretches of water and with a depth finder I was not just floating over the bottom I knew what was down there. Lures caught big fish and that was the single big drive. There was no limits in lure fishing and if you did not like the way a certain lure was made you could change it or make one yourself . Once I figured out patterns on what fish liked times of year, tide changes , and bait forage . Things became easier and it was only a matter of time before something big was going to happen.
Lures over live bait , why ? I struggled for four years putting that question to the test . I was not a guide at that time and was not even thinking about making a living fishing but I wanted to win a fishing tournament . Live bait caught fish , lots of small fish and I usually anchored fishing a small area never exploring the rest of the water world around me . Lures and a trolling motor forced me to move over vast stretches of water and with a depth finder I was not just floating over the bottom I knew what was down there. Lures caught big fish and that was the single big drive. There was no limits in lure fishing and if you did not like the way a certain lure was made you could change it or make one yourself . Once I figured out patterns on what fish liked times of year, tide changes , and bait forage . Things became easier and it was only a matter of time before something big was going to happen.