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Lures

Shopping for lures can be a bit overwhelming. There are a lot of companies thatmake a lot of lures in a lot of sizes, shapes and colors. But that'spart of the fun, and most lures are priced about the same.

For more informationon what lures to use for your target fish, checkthe Species Explorer section of this Web site, or join one of our chatrooms and cast out a question.Lure Tips

As you understandmore about the environment fish live in and how theybehave, you will learn which bait or lure is best for specific fishduring different seasons of the year.

Jig

Jigs have weightedmetal heads and a tail made of animal hair, softplastic, feathers or rubber. Anglers sometimes add a minnow or piece of pork rind to the jig's hook. Jigs can be used to catch nearly every kind of freshwater and many saltwater fish.

Poppers and Flies

Poppers and flies aresmall lures used with spincasting and fly-fishingtackle. These baits are very good for pan fish and other fish that feed on the surface such as trout and bass.

Poppers get theiraction from a cupped face carved or molded into the front of the lure body.

Fly action is totallycontrolled by the angler.

Spoons

Spoons are metallures designed to look like a swimming bait fish orminnow. Many spoons are made to be cast while others are meant to be trolled behind a moving boat.

Depending on whereand how you're fishing, you can buy weedless,structure or trolling spoons. Ask your tackle shop which ones you need.

Plugs

Plugs have a plasticor wood body and are designed to be used on top ofthe water or at depths below the surface. Top-water or floating plugs are designed to float on the surface. Diving plugs have plastic or metal lips so they will dive to a certain depth. These diving plugs are often called crankbaits because they are often used with baitcasting reels that operate like a crank.

Spinners

Spinners have one ormore blades that spin, or revolve, around astraight wire shaft. Some spinners have tails made of soft plastic or animal hair.Plastic Baits

Soft-Plastics

Soft-plastic worms,minnows and crayfish are available in many sizesand colors. You can use them with or without a weight. Sometimes,plastic baits are used with a jig head, spinner or spinner bait. Some plastic bait have scents attractive to fish built into them.

spinner Baits

Spinnerbaits arelures with one or more blades that spin around asafety pin-type shaft. Most spinnerbaits have skirts made from animal hair, vinyl, rubber or other materials.Surface Lures

They're made toimitate things like mice, lizards, frogs, largercrawling insects and smaller injured fish. Surface lures usually have a solid body made out of wood or plastic, carry one or two treble hooks and have an eyelet at the front to attach your fishing line.

Waddlers

Waddlers get theiraction from a scooped metal dish attached to the front of the lure body.

Fizzers

>Fizzers get theiraction from the angler and from one or more bladesattached to the lure body. They get their name from the fizzing noise they create that imitates the buzzing wings of a drowning insect or a freaked-out rodent.

Catching a fish witha surface lure can be a real rush. Sizeable fish can create quite an explosion when they hit the bait.

Blade Bait

Blade bait is aweighted, fish-shaped blade made with a swinging hook and designed for fishing in deep water.Buzz Baits

Crank Bait

These are safety-pin lures for surface fishing that have a propeller blade on one piece of wire and a weighted body, skirt and hook on the other.Crank Bait

Tube Bait

A fish-like hard lureor plug designed to swim under the surface oftenmade of plastic or wood. Some are combined with replaceable softplastic tails.Tube Bait

Vibrating Bait

Made of soft plastic,these tubular lures are fished with special weighted hooks inserted into the hollow body.Vibrating Bait

Oh, the wonderfulworld of technology. A vibrating lure contains a tinymotor that sends out a sound-producing vibration to attract fish. The lure body simulates a living creature. A programmed microprocessor is used to randomly operate the motor.

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