Fishbites.

Post by **Ken K** » October 10th, 2003, 2:36 pm

What has me confused Cranfield is why you are so adamant about not trying them? Is it because the UK distributor has offended you or do you think there is something intrinsically "wrong" with the concept of the fishbites?

Post by **Tom Keels** » October 10th, 2003, 2:43 pm

I submit for anyone's approval this link in which d-tox touts the use of fishbites in Cran's neck of the woods.

http://www.bigbendfishing.net/phpbb/vie ... highlight=

Post by **Cranfield** » October 10th, 2003, 2:46 pm

Its as dificult to explain my viewpoint, as it is to prove that FishBites work.
Both subjects rely so much on the personal feelings and beliefs of the individual involved.
These can be challenged, but not denied.

Writing such a profound statement has given me a headache.

chugbug · Post by **chugbug** » October 10th, 2003, 3:00 pm

Not that it matters a whole hell of alot, but this is my take on Fishbites. I wouldn't trade them when fishing offshore for black seabass and grunts and sometimes grouper. Inshore where the fish seem to be more "finicky" I don't think they make a difference. Yes, you might catch fish on them but you might have caught fish on a piece of shrimp as well. I'm not sure. I do know that as far as rigging is concerned, they are alot easier to deal with (for kids and people that don't like to touch shrimp). For bait they are unbeatable. You can catch 20 pinfish on a piece of fishbites. Try that with squid or shrimp. As far as freshwater, I have no idea, never tried it. I do think Mullet tried them for Bream but don't know what the outcome was. Just my .02 worth. No need to attack anybody over it.

Post by **Cranfield** » October 10th, 2003, 3:29 pm

There you are then, obviously a wonderful bait.

There have been mention of "agression", "sparring partners" etc, regarding this thread.
I hope nobody is interpreting my attitude as being agressive.
Please be assured, I do not get agressive over fishing bait.

chugbug · Post by **chugbug** » October 10th, 2003, 3:33 pm

I wasn't referring to you Cran. I did get a good laugh over the Fox story though

. Woops got off track....Sorry

lightchop · Post by **lightchop** » October 10th, 2003, 4:26 pm

Ken & Cran,
Can't you two, just, get along!
You don't see me in anybody's face -- well, maybe you 2 and Chalk, sometime!
Weren't y'all going at each other a while back, over crickets?
Maybe y'all can get a lively discussion going about Robo-Tuna, the bionic bluefin that, I believe MIT or Woodshole, or someone is building to get more information on this amazing fish.
Could be Fishbites, the all un-natural fish bait could be used to catch Robo-tuna, if he were to escape and nothing else would work to get him back.
Maybe Fishbites is a step too far towards the un-natural bait direction, and maybe that's why Cran hates it's un-natural guts, but all lures are un-natural, too. Most fish lures are un-natural sight-lures, whereas, Fishbites, is an un-natural olfactory (smell) lure. Is fooling a fish's eyes more acceptable than faking a fish's nose? Fishbites is a stink bait that doesn't stink, to a fisherman's nose, at least! There seems to be some underlying moral/ethical/fairness sentiments involved with the overseas discussion -- could just be my bias! The domestic differences mostly seem to hang on to, "does this stuff catch fish?" The later gets all muddled-up with, not so much, the bottom fish/pinfish issue, but the trout, Spanish, and blue fish thing.
For me, Fishbites has very limited use for fish you are after that are mostly sight feeders and you work a bait or lure fairly fast in the water. This is not absolute because, some few times, say, a trout will detect something with a hook in it from visual contact, run up to it and not strike it because it just wasn't that hungry, but if it had some scent, the added biological trigger could mean the trouts bio-response to the added scent would result in a strike and without the scent there would not be a strike. If my life depended on the outcome, I'd always go for both sight and smell appeal. If I were to use Fishbites for trout, I'd use them in a slow bite or big fish scenario where I fished them with finesse and a slow retrieve. I haven't done this, yet, and maybe I'm missing something, so I'm now going to take some Fishbites along for those few special situations.
I'd like to hear Cran's reason for not, "tipping" other bait or lures with Fishbites or even shrimp.

Post by **Tom Keels** » October 10th, 2003, 4:48 pm

Alright, the poor horse is dead. Let's agree to be somewhat in agreement.