[The_Rookie]

Do you guys think the splash your lure makes when it hits the water makes a difference... like a big splash is good sometimes and bad other times... I know they say never scare the FISH with sound etc.. Just comment your thoughts.. I really dont have an opinion either way.. just thought it might be a interesting post to start.. dont know if this have been discussed before..

[oscarsteel]

I don't think it makes a lot of differance. If big splashs scare fish my boy would have never caught one. Many times I have been hit as soon as the bait hit the water...........Oscar

[Spike-A-Pike]

I think it's relative to the size of the body of water... A big splash will scare fish in a small stock pound more that a big splash on a larger lake. There is also more stuff in the larger body of water to defuse the sound, weeds and grasses, fallen logs and trees, an uneven bottom - all that would kill the sound from the splash. JMO

[Dean McClain]

Hey Rook, it's like my last birthday present last week.

Depends...


Dean

[6_feet_deep]

I think the placement of the lure after the cast makes more of a difference than the splash...I've missed my mark where I thought a fish would be and threw too short and saw the fish dart away, but casting to the right distance beyond the spot and hooked one. I'll agree to the reaction bite of the splash as well, in certain circumstances. Good question Rook.

[jamie]

I think what kind of fish your fishing for matters. Here in WV when you go to the mountains trout fishing ,native brook trout are very sensitive. You really have to watch your casts and even how close you walk to the edge of water to make a cast. Musky fishing on the other hand just let her fly. And for bass fishin stick a hook in his back and put a float on him Im going musky fishin.

[slope*n_c]

Sometimes the splash will call the bass from under cover like matted weeds esp. with a top water floater but you have to be patient enough to give the fish time to find it & more time to decide to eat it...........alot of fisherman will "dead-stick" a worm but no other bait. Most of the time they've be "bombed" so many times they gone before the bait is totally wet. LOL. Vern

[cheesehead]

It all depends upon where and what you are fishing for.
Frogs make splashes when they jump in the water
fish make a splash when a bird of prey drops it
rodents splash when they fall off a limb.
Fish make a splash when they hit a surface lure or any of the above.

[BobP]

IMO occasionally yes but mostly no. When bass are hitting minnows on top or when minnows are flipping on top for whatever reason, the splash seems natural. But more often, a quiet entry is more natural and catches more fish. That's one advantage of throwing light balsa baits - less splash. And when you can't be quiet, it helps to let the bait sit until the ripples fade away to start the retrieve. In these days of 70 mph bass boats and run & gun fishermen, that doesn't happen very often!

[The_Rookie]

We got a whole new thing to add to the lure package!!

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SPLASH Rating: DEPENDS now that's FUNNY!!