| The basics of fishing lures: | | | | safety pin. This wire lure has one or more spinner |
| Bucktails are also called 'jigs.' These weighted lures | | | | blades on one end, and a weight, a skirt--and a |
| are molded onto hooks, and rigged either with a | | | | hidden hook--on the other. Anglers use spinnerbait |
| plastic skirt, a hair tail, or a work. | | | | when they're fishing around structures such as |
| Buzzbait looks like a safety pin. This lure for | | | | piers or stumps. A spinner, on its lonesome, has |
| surface fishing has a propeller blade on one wire, | | | | blades that rotate around this weighted-body |
| and a hook hidden inside a skirt with a weighted | | | | treble-hook lure's straight shaft. |
| body on the other. | | | | Topwater lures are designed to float on the |
| Crankbait is a fish-like lure or plug, that's designed | | | | water's surface; when they're twisted or moved, |
| to float just under the surface of the water. | | | | they prove irresistible to fish. Usually, these are |
| They're often made of long-lasting plastic or | | | | made of hard plastic, wood, or hollow rubber. |
| wood, and some are combined with soft plastic | | | | Now that you're tackle box is fitted out, learn to |
| tails that can be replaced as necessary. | | | | hook bait the right way. You'll use a different |
| Soft plastic lures are manufactured to resemble | | | | method, to hook different baits. Use a 'bait-holder' |
| natural bait--worms, lizards, crayfish, shrimp, or | | | | hook, with barbs on the hook shank, to grip soft |
| wiggling creatures of indeterminate species. These | | | | baits such as clams, worms, and insects. Check |
| are often sold in bulk, for angler's ease in rigging | | | | local regulations, however, to confirm which baits |
| them on the hook. | | | | are prohibited in the waters where you fish. |
| Spinnerbait, a great lure for bass, looks like a | | | | |