Does Your Fishing Lure Look Alive?

I believe that this is an important question to ask when it comes to fishing lures; Does your fishing lure look alive? It may sound like a stupid question, but I still think it's an important question to answer. Of course all fishing lures claim to look alive, but do they really? In many case no, they don't. And any time you go with an off-brand fishing lure, they never seem to perform properly. If the fishing lures that you use are designed properly, then your fishing lure will look alive. That is to say like the natural bait that the lure is trying to imitate.

If you purchase fishing lures from quality manufacturers, such as Rapala, your fishing lure will look alive. As a matter of fact a Rapala looks as much like a live minnow as a synthetic lure can probably look. But what about when the native baitfish in the water that you're fishing don't look like minnows? What if they look more like a shad, or something between a shad and a minnow? Then you need to become a bit more creative to make you fishing lure look alive.

A great tip to make your fishing lure look alive is to vary the speed of you retrieve and to jerk your rod during the retrieve, in order to create a more "alive" look. The jerking of the rod tip is a great idea, and something I've been doing for many years, in order to make my fishing lures look more realistic. When trolling., you can even grab the line and jerk it every minute or so, to add some "life" to your lure. These are both good tips, but the one thing that can't be controlled by the angler is the fishing lure itself.

This is why purchasing fishing lures that already look alive underwater is very important. I recently found one called the KickTail Minnow, and it looks as alive as any lure that I've ever seen underwater. In fact, it's hard to tell the difference between this fishing lure and real bait fish. If you want to make your fishing lure look alive, you may want to take a gander at the KickTail Minnow, because it already acts like a live minnow.

Trevor Kugler is co-founder of JRWfishing.com and an avid angler. He has more than 20 years experience fishing for all types of fish, and 15 years of business and internet experience. He currently raises his three year old daughter in the heart of trout fishing country…..Montana!

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