Lure Fishing

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Category: Fishing Tricks

Published on Monday, 08 August 2011 15:31

Written by KC

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Lure Fishing Tips

There are several reasons a lure gets attacked.

1) Aggression - Invasion of territory or something threatening them.

2) Curiosity - Something unusual that needs investigating.

3) Hunger - Lure looks good enough to eat.

We need to promote a strike!How often have you seen a fish race out from cover only to "look" at the lure then turn away without taking the lure? That lure may not be the right one for that fish, or it was not presented properly. A strike can be promoted when the "opportunity" outweighs "caution". And to promote, I mean even If the strike is inevitable we need to make the fish strike when we want it to, and this will maximise the hook up rate)How can we do this?

By limiting the time that the offer is available.You know, if you don't buy it now the price will increase, or, someone else will buy it if you don't buy it now. Well with fish it's a bit like that, if the fish thinks the lure is getting away, it will grab the opportunity to strike.This can be achieved by speeding up the lure as if it was desperately trying to outrun the fish, (a technique used for mackerel spinning) or giving the impression that the lure (or bait) is heading for cover.Another thing that promotes strikes is a crippled fish imitation.

For example most lure manufacturers now incorporate red colouring under the front of the lure giving the impression of bleeding gills, a sure sign that fish is wounded and would be easy prey.It is a very good idea to give your lure "action", by this I mean throwing in a couple of twitches that are not normal for the bait that you are imitating, so the fish thinks that it has a better chance of catching it without wasting too much energy.

In nature, it is the weak animal that is preyed upon first, so if your lure looks like it's weak there's a good chance it will get nailed.That's dealt with the hunger side of things, but what about curiosity? Soft plastics or rubber lures look like nothing alive and yet most fish love eating them.And aggression may be as simple as running a lure past a snag for Jacks, or past a good lie for flathead.

Do it often enough and they'll nail the lure with a ferocious attack. And that really gets the adrenalin pumping.In fact, fishing with lures is probably the most exiting way to catch fish, because the anticipation is high, and when you hook up the adrenalin rush is always there, wether it's a Marlin or a Bream the rush is still there.

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