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Making the right choice
The choice of approach to catch a sea bass depends on several factors. While your technical preferences may lead you to choose spots and contexts conducive to your preferred approach, the choice of the latter will depend on the activity, often linked to weather and current conditions. Of course, the characteristics of the spot will also condition the techniques you use to maximize your chances of hitting the target.
Hard lure fishing
We can divide hard lures into two broad categories, namely swimming fish and surface lures (mainly stickbaits and poppers).
Contrary to popular belief, depth is not a limiting criterion for using these lures successfully, and it's perfectly possible to get bass to the surface in more than 20 metres of water. Nevertheless, spots between 1 and 10 meters deep are ideal for this type of fishing.
There are two ideal contexts for using hard lures. The first, of course, is when bass are feeding in open water. These lures will enable you to fish fast and make bass react from a distance, often aggressively.
The second context in which jerk minnows and stickbaits, particularly in the larger sizes, are most effective are moments of apathy, such as slack water or flat seas and big blue skies. In fact, these lures tend to displace a large volume of water and, above all, to arouse the aggressiveness of predators. You'll then be able to unleash very violent attacks to punish this intruder who disturbs the tranquillity of the sea bass at times when any other lure presented discreetly and slowly will be totally ineffective.
Blades, which are hard metal lures, can be used in the same way.
Soft lure techniques
When fishing with soft lures, it's possible to fish linearly, on the fly, on the pull or even to scrape.
When bass are at their most active and feeding phase, open water approaches are the best choice. You can animate your softbaits by darting in the water column or cranking on the reel, or by big pulls aimed at producing powerful vibrations.
On the contrary, when sea bass are stuck to the bottom because of their favorite prey at that moment or because of their low feeding activity, it is better to fish with a scraper.
When activity is low but bass are suspended between two waters, the most effective technique for attracting them is a simple diagonal line from the bottom to the boat. This natural presentation attracts a large number of predators, especially when fishing pressure is high.
