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Fishing Lures
June 11, 2007 | 1 Comment
LURE FISHING is one of the most exciting ways of catching predatory fish.The sight of the first predator attacking your lure and gobbling it is a sight you’ll never forget.
There are five main types of lures: Spoons, Spinners, Plugs, Jigs and Soft Lures.
Within each category there’s a huge diversity, in this post I’ll try to cover the basics.
Spoons:
Spoons are named so because of the shape of their head that resembles a spoon.
Spoons are excellent lures for beginners, as they are easy to use and relatively inexpensive.
The spoon lure’s action resembles a real fish, as it flickers and wobbles through the water. Its bright colors and random movement helps it attracts the predatory fish.
Spinners: The spinner bait has one or more metal blades located close to the swivel or head.
When reeling the spinner in, the metal blades spin, rotating the lure as it’s being pulled through the water, making the blades shine and flash as the sunlight reflects off of it .
You can find spinners with additional feathers, plastic tassel or even a tail attached, to make the lure more attractive when targeting specific species of fish.
Plugs:
“A Plug” refers to a whole family of lures made of hard plastic or wood that imitates all manner of baitfish, usually attached with two or three treble hooks.
Plugs are designed to look and move in the same way as a small fish, which often swims in distress.
Plugs come in a great variety of colors, sizes and shapes, and are divided into a few “families”: top-water plug, float diver plug, crank-bait plug, jerkbait plug and suspending plugs.
The plugs world is so rich; I’ll have a dedicated post for it in the next future.
Jigs: One of the most basic and effective lures for targeting any predatory fish during any time of the year is the jig.
A jig is a heavy, lead-headed bait with a single hook. The jig’s color may vary between brightly colored to black, and may have additional feathers, tails or reflective parts (the additional parts’ color can be altered to change the appearance of the bait quickly and economically).
Jigs are usually used for fishing close to the bottom of the sea, where the jig is bounced off the surface, giving the “jigging” motion to the lure.
When using a jig, it’s best to use a fast action, medium-heavy to heavy rod, in length of 1.80 meters to 2.4 meters.
Soft Lures:
Soft lures are mostly made up of scented latex and are divided to two main categories: soft baits and soft sticks often referred to as fry worms.
The soft baits are featured with a thicker head and belly with a tapered tail, sometimes forked like a baitfish. When using soft bait it’s best to reel it back as slowly as possible.
The soft sticks do not have a defined head or tail; rather, they look like short blunt-end worms. These sticks are most often presented as drop or drag baits.
That was just an introduction to the lures world, a separate post for plugs and posts about lures fishing techniques are yet to come.
Happy fishing 
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