Taking Light Tackle Fishing to Another Level - Article
 

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May 2004 - by Richie Gaines

Ask a group of light tackle sal****er anglers what their favorite
artificial lure is and you'll probably get as many answers as there
are anglers in the group. Many will say they just cannot narrow it
down to one lure. Well I sure can. In the past few years I've
experimented substantially and had terrific success with one certain
type of artificial. This year I used them exclusively and my clients
and I caught stripers up to forty inches, we caught fish from two feet
of water down to forty and every depth in between. In addition to
stripers of all sizes, we caught largemouth bass, yellow perch, white
perch, bluefish, weakfish, and Spanish mackerel. Heck, I even caught a
slew of dolphin on these lures while fishing offshore last summer.
What is my favorite artificial lure you ask? Well, let me tell you a
little story first.

An Event Occurred That Changed The Way I Looked At Artificial Lures
I am a former largemouth bass fisherman. The goal in this sport was to
put fish into the boat and I got upset if I lost a fish. We went to
great lengths to ensure that this didn't happen. Many lures...


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