lures vs. bait

[Clogston29]

Originally Posted by numbskull

Yup.
Bait is for when you are learning to catch large fish and plugs for when you know how to catch large fish (but prefer to catch smaller ones ).
A time and place for everything.

Eels, of course, are for those who are really bad learners.
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plugs are more fun. eels are more productive, on larger fish anyway.

i usually only fish eels when I think I have a shot at some big fish, otherwise its just too boring (i like catching on eels, not fishing them).

riggies are a nice compromise, as much fun to fish as a plug and give you a good chance at big fish, but its alittle more mindless than plugging as there aren't as many decisions to be made. drawback is that, like most plugs, they can't match eels in deeper water. Also, the time spent making a bunch of well-made riggies is not exactly enjoyable.

[JohnnySaxatilis]

Its funny there's one beach around here where everyone fishes their own fresh caught sand eels on a hi-lo rig no matter what and drink miller lite. if you bust out a plug, ppl look at you like you're a leper. Not a mile down the shore line, everyone plugs ronz's with a 1oz jig head, if you do anything else, ppl look at you like you're a leper

I find plugging a beach and getting one or two fish, watching the strike happen and learning how to present a variety of plugs correctly is a whole lot more enjoyable than rigging a hi-lo with a piece of skinking bait, putting it in a sand spike, and waiting till it does something. probly get more fish on average, but its not as fun to me

[Albie1guy]

Fished a lot of bait and caught a lot of large. Nauset beach was a sea worm beach.