Types Of Bass Fishing Lures
February 27th, 2009 | Fly Fishing News | No Comments »Fishing lures are mostly used in recreational fishing. They are 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. Color, vibration, movement and shape, all influence the capture as such. If there were no lures attached to the lines, the bait could pass unnoticed by the fish. Bass fishing lures come with a hook on the end for the attaching of the bait. Once the fishing lures play their part, the fish gets hooked.
Lures can also help fishermen look for and actually find the places where fish may be hiding. Anglers move the fishing lures with progressive regular hand motions that make the plastic or fiber material look like swimming. The lure often reflects light contributing to attracting the fish even further.
Bass Fishing lures fall into several categories depending on the manufacturing concept and the purpose they serve. A first type is the jig, a lead hook with a sharp tip onto which artificial or natural bait is placed. The bait is shaped in a such a way so as to imitate 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. The spoon lures are also for surface fishing; their shiny thin surface attracts the attention of the fish that mistake them for spawn.
Another category is that of plugs or crank-baits; these fishing lures allow rapid back and forth motion like that of small fish prey. Flies and bass worms are two more types of fishing lures artificially made and widely used nowadays.
Fishing lures are not an invention of our times, as they have been part of fishing ever since the appearance of this occupation. The change results from the possibility to manufacture the lures artificially; thus the most common materials for fishing lures are rubber, cork, plastic, wood and metal. In a way, 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 remain unaltered if regular living baits are not used extensively.
Last but not least, with recreational fishing, caught and released fish have better chances of survival if artificial fishing lures are used. The hooks that today’s fishing lures are provided with are not very dangerous for the fish and do not harm the mouth as deep as the old type hook varieties used to. Therefore, more and more fish live after being released by amateur anglers.