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[Monster]

I went to Angling Africa yesterday and to honest the baits they had there did not by any means blow my socks off. I think in most cases the same effect and colours can be very closely matched with spike pens.

I aslo do no see the pont is spending so much money on plastics. If you can get something that only needs a little modification at less than half of what these guys are charging. I do support proudly SA but my own finanses comes first. I would much rather modify a baby bass or a watermenlon gold fluke with a spike pen.

If the prices where a little lower I would however be a supporter.

 

[Johanvc]

My whole argument is that we have fished without these lures for how long now and we got fish. Now what makes these so special? Yes they closely resemble our bait fish but we have caught fish before without it and I know of somebody that used those lures in a comp and still blanked. Like I said I would much rather stick to the brand I know and that has delivered for me on all trips No matter what the conditions are

 

[bandit365]

i think it comes down to confidence in the tackle you use.

If you are happy with your zoom, strike king ect and it works for you then great stick to.

The plastics look great and I am sure that in the right conditions they will work and catch you some good fish.

if you have the extra cash try it. It wont hurt, i am sure there are loads of us that have bought tackle before and found that it was a waste.

In the end if you dont try it you will never really know.

But like I said if you feel comfortable with your set up that is what is important.

You not going to catch fish if before you throw in your line you already doubting what you doing.

 

[Johanvc]

I think the main problem with South African companies are they are trying to become rich over night. Yes they have a great product. But why try and break the bank. Drop the price get more people interested in the product and sell more. What would be better selling 10 packs at a very high price or drop the price and sell a 100.

 

[bandit365]

i agree aeen it with loads of companies all on the get rich fast track

 

[HennieS]

All bass baits are made to catch the angler first and then the fish!! Called Marketing.

 

[Johanvc]

HennieS wrote:

All bass baits are made to catch the angler first and then the fish!! Called Marketing.

That is so true

 

[tauruck]

bassing africa wrote:

there's only problem, the South African Bass fisherman is very brand specific, most competitive anglers only use Zoom and Gary Yamamoto as they have been proven the best over many hours on the water, I only fish Gary Yamamoto and then Zoom Super Flukes, and will not try any other bait on the market, as these two brands have got my livewells full on many outings

Are you trying to enforce "only" on the boys?.

What happens when local starts out catching imported?.

A rather jaundiced view in my book.

I hope your philosophy holds true when it comes to Rugby as well because LOCAL is not lekker.

Give local a chance brother.

I started Bass fishing 25 years ago and I've never had full livewells.

You must be good.

Mike Ike needs help.

 

[Little Green Fish]

Saying that SA companies are trying to get rich quickly is not so far fetched, but now what if there was something on the market that is entirely made, poured and painted by hand, to match what SA bass is eating, will that lure still be deemed expensive if it was the same price of a similar looking bait that has an american aksent and that was mass produced in china?

 

[Johanvc]

If it cost the same then I will defiantly buy it even if it was made in Taiwan. At the end you want something that is going to catch fish and not put a whole in your wallet. I am going to admit that I bought two packs of the Trima Vlei curper lures. I bought the 4” and the big one. We fished them at EBA over the weekend. And not one take. The bass were not interested at all. I went over to the strike king plastics and first cast fish on. Attie used Zoom super flukes and Junior flukes and he was getting fish. The qualities of the Trima lures are a bit of a disappointment as well. Tails were still stuck together and needed to be cut in the shape they were supposed to be. The fluke needs to be cut open so that the hook could fit inside the fluke. Now these were stuff that were suppose to be done when they are made. Anglers don’t have time to sit next to the water and do these things. I will take pics of them tonight and post them tomorrow. But I will try them at bass lake the end of this week and see what they do there

 

[Nic 7342]

hi guys just a suggestion ,mayb try the tournament series which are about 50 a packet and work way beter than zoom and gary yamamoto

 

 

[jav123]

I bought the hole range and the only one that works for me is the 3 spotted barb.

 

[Frogstar]

We had this discussion on another forum when these lures hit the market, the price of these lures also scared me off. I understand that they are hand made etc but if that increases the price to a point that peole dont want to buy them then they need to relook at it.

The price actually doesn't annoy me, it's they fact that they insult our intelligence with two different ranges.

I read the article about these lures in SA Bass Mag last year and this is what the article said:

Tournament Series - If you want lots of bites and fill up your livewell with small fish. (implying that you cant catch big fish with this series you have to have the other series to do this sorry). Once you have your five fish limit, you can now pull out....

The natural series - Once you have filled your live well with what i can only assume to be small fish, you can now use these to catch kicker fish.

I mean honestly. Do we look that stupid.

Fisherman: "I want to catch lots of fish....mmmm but i also want to catch big fish.....darn i'll have to by a packet from each series"

Rapala:"Score!"

a bit cynical perhaps?

 

[Ant01]

Hi guys,

Trima natural lures were designed to provoke a reaction bite similar to crankbaits, and on what lures are the big fish caught during comp?.......

The tournament series will catch big bass, but not as much as the natural series.

At the hunting and fishing expo in pretoria the guys from trima had a presentation on this and real video's . Maybe they have this on there website.

 

Regards

Ant

 

[chrisv]

I'v seen them adverstised in SA Bass but haven't seen them in the shops I frequent in Cape Town. Anyone seen them on the shelf down here?

 

[Frogstar]

ja seen them at the fishing specialist and somerset sports

 

[Nic 7342]

Frogstar wrote:

ja seen them at the fishing specialist and somerset sports

hi guy trima have recently released a new range the stuff is amazing, should be priced about R25 per packet they have some amazing new baits, esp. the D2,D's slugger slither and fishbone!Ireally suggest that you guys try them ,have only good things to say, and they are way cheaper and beter than other baits1

 

[Ant01]

Hi,

I caught my PB with a finesse trima tournament senko.

Cheers.

 

[sealady]

Nic 7342 wrote:

Frogstar wrote:

ja seen them at the fishing specialist and somerset sports

hi guy trima have recently released a new range the stuff is amazing, should be priced about R25 per packet they have some amazing new baits, esp. the D2,D's slugger slither and fishbone!Ireally suggest that you guys try them ,have only good things to say, and they are way cheaper and beter than other baits1

R25 a packet is haaaard to believe, hope so. way cheaper and better doubt it