strategy for using lures on spots you don't want to ruin

[GoneFishingLTN]

Do you have a strategy, like using a light line lure to break off so you don't ruin a spot (obv there are texas rig baits but they also get snagged) Just curious on how people break their line on 18lb on a curly tail worm or do they just ruin the spot and still not get the lure half the time?

[Tennessee Boy]

Sometimes I pick up another rod and make a few cast before I go in to retrieve the lure.  

[scaleface]

I usually go get my lure

[A-Jay]

strategy for using lures on spots you don't want to ruin

 

Cast Accurately.

A-Jay

[Bird]

Here's my best tip from a boat.

When there is some resistance on your bait don't YANK and try to free the bait and possibly set the hook in wood.

 

Relax and reposition opposite of snag and 99% of the time you recover bait.

I never break off deliberately to save a hot spot........ don't want the fish to see what I'm throwing. ?

[Catt]

Don't worry about it ?

 

If breaking off is required, I break it off & continue fishing. Sometimes it ruins a spot, sometimes it doesn't. 

 

Down here it ain't if ya gonna hangup, it's how often, & how solid. 

 

It's part of fishing, accept it & move on.

[king fisher]

I don't worry about it.  After all it is difficult to ruin a spot that is 10 feet high in a tree, or 5 feet up the bank on dry land.

[Mike L]

10 hours ago, Catt said:

Don't worry about it ?

 

If breaking off is required, I break it off & continue fishing. Sometimes it ruins a spot, sometimes it doesn't. 

 

It's part of fishing, accept it & move on.

Ditto

Give it a rest, move on and come back in an hour or so, if they’re resident fish she’ll be back. 
 

If not it could be the area, not a specific spot that holds they’re interest for whatever reason and others could be moving in and out all day. 
 

 

 

 

Mike

[Jig Man]

I don’t go after hung baits unless they are expensive.  Like Catt said here you’re going to get hung up.

[Bankbeater]

It depends on what I am snagged on, and how much that area has already been disturbed. 

[Vilas15]

I go get it free and keep er movin onto the next spot. Usually quicker than having to retie.

[Woody B]

18 hours ago, king fisher said:

I don't worry about it.  After all it is difficult to ruin a spot that is 10 feet high in a tree, or 5 feet up the bank on dry land.

 

Last year during the mayfly hatch I air mailed a lure into a tree.  When I shook the tree it dislodged a bunch of mayflies, and started a feeding frenzy.   I propped the rod up, picked up another and caught a couple before I retrieved my lure.   I done that on purpose a few times since.