Fresh vs Salt

[bloocrab]

Being completely spoiled living on the coast my entire life......it would take alot to get me into fresh/pond/lakes. That being said, here's my 2cents//+

Since most of the country is not bordered on the coastline, I would think there may be more fresh water fisher(people) than salt, therefore drawing much more attention to fresh-water tackle. Visit ANY nation-wide (chain) sporting goods store whether it be on the coast or not and you'll see Fresh water tackle out numbers Saltwater tackle almost 10 to 1. As far as new and "innovative" tackle, in the retail world, if you want to succeed, you must re-invent the wheel every few seasons. People like to buy and try different things. Let's face it, fish will hit just about anything. Now take that "anything" and make it appealing to the human eye...and you've made a sale.

Do I think fish are smart enough to

get educated and become more selective over time,

,,,personally, NO. (Sorry Tony). I just can't give them that much credit. It could have been a philosophy started by the retail world in keeping the fishing crowd believing they need new and different tackle.

If you were stranded on an island with a box of kastmasters, you would not die of starvation. You would catch more species of fish than you could ever imagine. You would learn to fish those lures in ways you'd never have thought of because you would have no other choice. In the real world, you have that choice, the retail world gives you that choice. Fish aren't that smart in my opinion, but then again....neither am I

[fishermanjim]

go ice fishing

[Goose]

Originally Posted by bloocrab

Do I think fish are smart enough to ,,,personally, NO. (Sorry Tony). I just can't give them that much credit. It could have been a philosophy started by the retail world in keeping the fishing crowd believing they need new and different tackle.

If you were stranded on an island with a box of kastmasters, you would not die of starvation. You would catch more species of fish than you could ever imagine. You would learn to fish those lures in ways you'd never have thought of because you would have no other choice. In the real world, you have that choice, the retail world gives you that choice. Fish aren't that smart in my opinion

Why do you have to be such a pork & cheese?
We're talkin about two completely different habbits. Most fresh water bass live farely long lives because the majority of the fish are released that being said why don't more guys catch large mouth over 8#? Most of those fish over 8# are caught in the spring on live bait (natives) biggest shiners. From about mid april through the spring just about everyone is throwing spinner baits, you can only imagine how many spinner baits a 6 pound bass has seen. Fresh water heads are throw baits with conv gear casting their arms off, some all day and some getting the skunk, you can imagine in the course of just one year how many lures them fish have seen. I personely know many hardcore fresh water heads that have driven this point to me on this subject, not that difficult I know.
I'm with you on the kast master theory but you know how I feel when it comes to big bass....I got Pork& Cheese in me too

[Bazza]

I think the fresh water guys are way ahead of the salt water guys. As pointed out ,many of the lures/ rubber we use were originaly for fresh water use, only to be modified for salt water. Large mouth bass can be caught all over the country. With sponsors and fishing tournaments, the fresh water crowd has a huge following. Maybe the biggest number for people partcipating in recreation in the country.