For me I still enjoy both bait and lures, but I do feel and believe it sharpens you eye in watercraft, travelling light, following the feeding fish, and where are they feeding on the state of tide and weather conditions. that has in returned improved my bait fishing, finding better results and catch rates than before.
Lure fishing stated back in Zimbabwe, fishing for Tiger fish, Large Mouth Bass and Robustus. best session the bass was 214 fish in one day, between two of us. The best tiger on spoons was 15lbs of pure anger.
arriving here in the UK, 2009, I was so glad to see bass fishing on lures, but only took it up in the last 2 years.
Definatly the more I can get out the better