MB wrote: Haven't tried Catch or Daiwa softies, but my gut feeling is that it doesn't make any difference. It's just a question of buoyancy, resilience and possibly UV activation. I think the scent thing is just marketing. Like Kandrew, microjigs have replaced softies for me with one exception, and that's winter fishing when the fish are lethargic. Then I use Gulp. I know you want to leave Gulp out of the equation, but it's damn effective under these circumstances. As a point of interest I have alternated between Gulp and Zman when fishing over sign in 40 metres. Guess which got a fish, or at least a decent bite every drop. Guess which got a very occasional tentative bite? |
The Tamure Kid wrote: Fair call. I see they're still made in the good 'ol US of A! Whereas there must be international lure brand reps bumping into each other outside factories in China, going inside to say "We want a stretchy one identical to this, but put [insert name riffing on Banana] on the packet". So far we've got Bananarama, Banana Split... |
Muppet wrote:
And Hush-Hush sauce 😂 |
The Tamure Kid wrote: As you can tell by my choice re Gulp, i have an inkling that movement often attracts fish - wriggling tails etc. hinting at some kind of injury or life. Daiwa has made a lot of the waist on the Junkie jerk shads, supposedly providing extra side to side movement.
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MB wrote: Haven't tried Catch or Daiwa softies, but my gut feeling is that it doesn't make any difference. It's just a question of buoyancy, resilience and possibly UV activation. I think the scent thing is just marketing. Like Kandrew, microjigs have replaced softies for me with one exception, and that's winter fishing when the fish are lethargic. Then I use Gulp. I know you want to leave Gulp out of the equation, but it's damn effective under these circumstances. As a point of interest I have alternated between Gulp and Zman when fishing over sign in 40 metres. Guess which got a fish, or at least a decent bite every drop. Guess which got a very occasional tentative bite? |
Kandrew wrote: Interesting you say softies in the winter, I’ve found the opposite but I’ve been fishing with kavemans tungsten jigs which are really small, my thoughts being when the fish are lethargic they take a smaller bait cause they don’t need to eat as much and it takes less energy to chase a small bait. |
MB wrote:
Well, Gulp in particular and to add a bit more context, I rig them on a jig head as normal, but basically fish them like bait. Send them down vertically and don't move them much at all. |
Helmsy wrote:
And Hush-Hush sauce 😂 |
Pcj wrote: For the mere point of discussion. I have green/pink,both Zman and gulp 5 inch there about Have yet to have a take on zman yet gulp get bitten in half,why would that be??
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