Favourite sea lure

[slowworm]

If you were to only take one or two lures with you or a trip to the beach what would they be? I've collected quite a few different types over the years and for the type of fishing I do I'm starting to think most will catch something, if the fish are about!

As the beaches near me are quite shallow I like to use something with a bit of weight. In the past I've not had any success with Dexter style wedges/flashers but recently I've had plenty of mackerel on them and the odd pollack. I even had the luck to watch a mackerel strike the wedge right under my feet while fishing from the rocks.

They're just a cheap set, 20g -30g, plain silver with some added holographic foil on the plain side and will be the first thing in the tackle box from now on.

 

[DavidJT]

If I'm limited to two, a small Viking Herring, and a slightly larger Toby Flash, both in Silver + Black colour combination.

 

[slowworm]

Well, two or three, or a small box...

Anyone else? I've found this while doing a bit of reading, I found some of the historical references interesting: http://www.hagstone.net/basslures.html

 

[redsalmon]

i've never had any luck with dexters, shame cos theyre nice and cheap and good casting.

i like to have a silver-blue toby with a bit of orange or red and a floating rapala blue and silver. guess i'm sticking with colors i like rather than what the fish like but as long as i believe they'll work they (usually) will work. yes, rapalas are costly, i can cry when i lose one, but they are fun.

 

[Trencakey]

Xorus Patchinko and todays catcher a Rapala Max Rap.

 

[Phil P]

Abu Toby, Mepps Aglia No.6, Dexter Wedge and a "Flying C".

If the truth is known I take as many as I can and always too many, but hey, I'm a "Lure slut".

It really all depends on what you're targeting and the location. Everything from a small, £3 Mepps up to a £20 jap import may or may not catch.

Bear in mind that All lure manufacturers design lures, primarily to catch customers more than fish.

Stick to the ones I listed above (2 of each.....1 dark and 1 silver) and you shouldn't go far wrong. However, purely from a bushcraft perspective I prefer to use Flies as they can be carried with very little weight in ratio to variety.

Phil