What would give you a better chance at a fifty?

[nightfighter]

Livelining pogies, preferably the same size, 8-10", as last year! Separates the nice fish from the cows.

[Gunpowder]

Originally Posted by nightfighter

Livelining pogies, preferably the same size, 8-10", as last year! Separates the nice fish from the cows.

that it does... though i can attest for catching my largest on a plastic, i know the truth that live fresh real bait will by far in the long run catch the larger cows. juveniles are kinda dumb when their young and will munch on anything that floats by them..... the 15 year-olds and up have a lotttttt more wisdom and it is much easier to entice them with a well presented bait than an artificial lure.

[Tagger]

I have to say live bait .. The goal of fishing a lure is to imitate live bait . I have seen some more skilled than me at getting certain lures to imitate live bait . The ultimate is to be so good with plugs you can skip all the hassle of live bait ,, transporting and keeping it alive . Not throwing logs on fires . I think there's a boat man, surf man point of view also .. Surfman is always thinking about being mobile ,,, travel lite as possible .. Some just take pride in there skills to catch on plugs .. good question.. raises another question ... The 3 record 73lb. fish in Mass .. caught on what ? 1. goo goo eyes 2. a teaser ,, forgot .. what was the 3 rd ?