Fishing Lures
Recreational fishing relies most on the use of fishing lures. They are objects hung 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. Without the fishing lures attached to the lines, the bait could pass unnoticed by the fish. All 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 movement of the lure will also make light reflect and thus attract the attention of the fish.
Fishing lures fall into several categories depending on the design and the purpose they serve. A first type is the jig, a lead hook with a sharp tip onto which we attach the natural or artificial bait. 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. The spoon lures are also for surface fishing; they are thin and shiny so that they can get fish attention as quickly as possible.
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. 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, the decreased use of smaller fish species as baits poses no longer a threat for the survival of such small-sized specimens; consequently, the food chain will be preserved if regular living baits are not used extensively.
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 not very dangerous for the fish and do not impale the mouth as deep as the old type hooks used to. Therefore, more and more fish live after being released by recreation interested fishermen.
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