Rec and Sports

Fishing Lures

Fishing lures are mostly used in recreational fishing. They consist of objects attached at the end of the line and they are designed to look like the prey of the fish that you want to catch. The methods of attracting the fish consists of such aspects as color, shape, movement and vibration. If there were no lures attached to the lines, the bait could pass unnoticed by the fish. All fishing lures have a hook at the end onto which fishermen attach the bait. Once the fishing lures play their part, the fish gets hooked.

fishing lures

With the help lures, hiding fish are also attracted out of their hidings becoming an easier prey. Anglers move the fishing lures with progressive regular hand motions that make the plastic or fiber material look like swimming. The movement of the lure will also make light reflect and thus attract the attention of the fish.

Several categories describe fishing lures according to the manufacturing concept and the purpose they serve. The jig as a first mention consists of a a sharp lead hook onto which artificial or natural bait is placed. The bait is shaped in a such a way so as to resemble a worm, a craw-fish or a minnow. Then come the surface fishing lures, a bit lighter than the jigs they float on water looking very much like surface prey. Last but not least, the spawn fishing lures have been created for surface fishing; they are thin and shiny so that they can get fish attention as quickly as possible.

saltwater fishing lures

Another category is that of plugs or crank-baits; these fishing lures are designed to move at faster speeds and to go back and forth exactly as fish prey would. In the popular group of artificial baits, bass worms and flies are extensively used.

As for popularity, fishing lures have been with human beings since the beginnings of history. What has changed about them is that today they have become artificial; they are made of plastic, wood, metal, rubber or cork. Somehow, this seems to be better for the environment as the bait species required to catch the fish we tend to consume more would not become endangered; consequently, the food chain will be preserved if regular living baits are not used extensively.

bass fishing lures

Another advantage of today’s fishing lures is that they encourage recreational fishing without causing death of caught and released fish. The hooks that today’s fishing lures are provided with are no longer that dangerous for the fish and do not harm the mouth as deep as the old type hooks used to. Therefore, more and more fish live after being released by amateur anglers.

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