Secret Fishing Ingredients - Original Thinking On Big Carp And Catfish
'The big fishing rip-off; 'how second-hand' recommendations of anglers using over-used baits and tackle and methods and many which have been 'over-sold' are often very possibly costing you fish, big-time and maybe giving you a limiting 'herd mentality!'
The biggest part about fishing is being different, everyone appears to say they 'know' this there is a vast difference between understanding a concept and having actually being prepared to constantly takes those incredibly valuable and productive 'risks' with baits methods and items of tackle to keep ahead of the herd ('majority') and be different!
What I mean is, the whole modern bait and tackle industries are supposed to be geared towards providing the modern angler with every 'edge'. However the paradox here is that those very 'edges' become the very reason anglers often DO NOT catch fish; since fish can very quickly adapt to changing baits and tackle and techniques!
Many items are even 'red herring' type short-term gimmicks without really being intended that way. Products tend to follow a sales life-cycle and baits and items of tackle and associated methods and techniques in regards to fish themselves are no different. At first introduction, excitement and demand for the new product can be the highest as anglers want the easiest instant edge to keep them ahead of the crowd. (I hope you see how these often do not!)
The fact is that after enough exposure to the fish, by use of the majority of anglers, what is sold to keep you 'ahead' can lose its edge incredibly quickly. In carp and catfish fishing this might mean a genuine edge may only last a matter of weeks if it is very highly successful and hit the fish hard in catch results!
Virtually any part of tackle and bait and fishing activity like casting in leads to 'spodding baits' to utilising baits that have nothing but well-recognised ingredients and flavors, can all be associated with danger by fish.
The tackle and bait industries are forced to give angler what they want. It is the marketing and advertising and sales departments' jobs to ensure the majority of anglers use their products and will do almost anything simple to very highly sophisticated, to make this happen. If the greatest edge in fishing is being different, then it is certainly being under-sold. For instance, how many anglers fish 3 rods with 3 different baits, with 3 different rigs?
Now I'm not saying this is a beneficial thing in all circumstances, but there are obvious benefits of not doing things like the majority. In fact it pays you back very much sometimes, to fish commercial baits with different flavours because one will almost certainly cause a better response than others, in some spots in swims, at any particular time of year (compared to another baits and flavor pH.)
Many products are not well-known commercial successes, even commercial 'failures' because the vast majority of anglers seem to actively resist being individual in their approach and thinking. Many miss out on the gigantic benefits of using alternative methods or techniques or using much less products which are massively superior in very many situations but perhaps take more time or skill or patience to use or apply and so are largely ignored!
From rig materials which tangle very easily to extremely soft totally digestible baits, anglers so often seem to be drawn to easy quick solutions, which in fishing can often result in a limited successful life of many products due to them being over-used and losing that 'competitive edge!' I guess it really makes you think what homemade or kitchen table or garage or garden shed designed baits and techniques, tackle and methods are waiting to empty your water.
But unfortunately, the 'herd mentality' has been intricately interwoven into many aspects of fisherman's' psyches by the conditioning effects of so many advertisements, 'advertorials' and so on over the years. (I hope not in your case; but reading this will help you be more aware of its detrimental effects on your fishing results!)
I'm sure that the innovators who design new products have your best interests at heart but often using things just because they appear the next best thing can turn out to be of limited use or effect or even eventually 'anti-productive.' If you find everyone else is raving about them remember it is generally the 'herd' and what they use and how they use it, that conditions the fish! As someone with a great perceptive mind once said to me: "Most of the problems and their solutions in life are found between your two ears!"
So if you want to 'think differently' and get more edges over the fish and the crowd then, 'seek and you will find' thought-provoking books and articles to help you develop this skill in your very own mind...
This fishing bait secrets author has many more fishing and bait 'edges.' Just one could impact on your catches!
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