Lure Tutorial

Surface Lures

 This type of lure fishing is by far the most exciting way to fish! The best way to use surface lures is cast as FAR as you can, once the lure hits the water, bring up the slack line until it tightens up and give the rod a slight “Jerk “ or “Pull” motion. This technique will create a small wave or pop along the surface of the water to entice a strike from most pelagic species from Tuna to Bass & Bream.

 

 

Minnow Lures

These are very commonly used for deep trolling off the boat to casting into bait schools off the rocks. When using minnow type lures, all you need to do is cast out , wait for the lure to hit the water and slowly reel the lure in. Most fish will hit the lure when it is at its quickest retrieve.

 

Soft Plastics

There are many different approaches when using soft plastics, from throwing them into feeding salmon and kingfish with a fast erratic retrieve to casting along a river bank with a slow twitch and wind. With soft plastic fishing, the most common way is to work your lure along the bottom and twitch the rod tip to give the plastic a life like action. There are a few different types of plastics, from paddle tails, to grubs & worms but the majority of the time you will have great success when you pick the correct plastic to the targeted fish i.e Snapper Paddle tails work great, Bream like Grub Style & trout like worm style plastics.

 

Crank Lures

These are the most common style of lure used today. They usually are cast from jetties  or boats around estuary’s and harbours. The best way to work these is once the lure hits the water, give the rod a few jerks to get the lure at the dive depth, then slowly retrieve while twitching the rod slightly “every now and then” to give the lure a great action.

 

Squid Jigs

These jigs have many different types of techniques; from the violent EGI Style, to the slow subtle jerk. The most important part of using jigs is to get the lure to the bight zone with the least amount of weight. Some great places to try squidding is shallow, clean clear water, with broken sand & weedy bottom. The general rule of colour choice is (but not always correct) Bright day = bright lure, Dark day = dark lure.