I don't feel that I am brain washed because my brother and I have poured our
own jigs, spinner baits, and soft plastics for some time now.
"Rodney Long" wrote in message
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Me wrote:
How do you guys feel about using live bait to bass fish with?
Does it take any of the sport out of it?

A lot of people are going to disagree with me on here, the reason will be
self evident

This whole thing about "sport" with lures was started with the lure
manufacturers that sponsor Bass tournaments, (and just made their livings
from selling lures) they were designed (the tournaments) for only one
purpose "sell more lures". I think the only tournaments today you can't
use live bait are Bass, tournaments for most other species allow you to
use either lures or live bait.

These lure manufactures spent/spending huge sums of money
convincing,(brain washing) through their "sponsored" bass professionals,
the fishermen into believing, it's not a sport unless you use lures and my
sponsor's lures are the best to use. (most TV fishing shows do the same as
the lure manufacturers pays their bills) It's called marketing. Now many
bass fishermen believe what they have been sold is true, there is no sport
unless you use fake baits, they will fight you over this, they will flame
you over this. I make my living from people using lures, I'm now on the
inside of this industry, I should not be telling people this, but I think
it is a huge disservice to the fishermen not to, especially those
fishermen who have never used live bait. DO I get a bigger thrill
catching a hog on my rigs, and lures, of course "I" do. Am I disappointed
when a big bass hits a live Blue gill I've thrown out for a huge cat fish
? Heck NO ! It's a blast to land, just the same


My neighbor spends the winter in Florida and fishes with large shiner for
bass.
I just don't think I would get the same satisfaction catching a bass on
live baits as I do with artificial,

Your mind has been brain washed from years of advertising, and convincing
from those who make their living by selling or marketing lures, or from
other fishermen who have had their brains washed.

but I am shore that a 15lb base on live bait would change my mind.

Maybe,, I mean you would enjoy it, but because of your mental training by
the lure industry, you would feel a little hollow in the pit of your
stomach

Bill Dance was filming a TV show on bream fishing with his grand daughter,
see asked him, Grand Pa, why are we not fishing with chirppers (what she
called crickets) , We always bream fish with chirppers, His reply, no
chirpper company will pay me to fish with them.

Now in other species professional tournaments, the lure companies are
minor sponsors, the boats, motors, rod's and reels, electronics pay most
of the bills, actually they do now in bass fishing as well, but he lure
companies is where it all started, and their first rule was "NO LIVE BAIT"

Don't get me wrong, I never fish for bass with live bait any longer, Heck
my Wiggle rig is better than live bait, I've proved it in head to head
testing against live bait, over and over again. Now sometimes I will use
"dead" minnows or shad on it, and these do out catch the lures on it, as
well as out catching the "live" minnows and shad not on it.




--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Mojo SpecTastic "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread,
Nutri Shield insect repellent. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures,
Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, and the EZKnot
http://www.ezknot.com