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PLASTIC FISHING LURES
PLASTIC FISHING LURES
GO ELECTRONIC
by Ken Liebeskind
Yalesville, Connecticut
Plastic fishing lures, which have become the most popular lure for most anglers, date back to the late 1950s when small worms or grubs molded from hard rubber were introduced. The hard rubber didn't allow for flexible action so in 1972 the first soft plastic fishing lure was introduced, which was more life like. This led to the introduction of a wide variety of soft plastic fishing lures in a variety of shapes, colors and sizes.
Plastic fishing lures can be used in many configurations, including the popular jighead with a weighed hook threaded through the lure.
Plastic fishing lures are popular because the flexible bodies allow them to appear extremely lifelike in the water
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Specialized techniques and rigging methods have evolved for anglers, such as the Texas rig and Carolina rig.
Today, plastic fishing lures take on many forms and hybrids. One of the best new examples is the Bite Lite lure from www.scientificfishing.com, the electronic lure that blinks blood red when it swims in the water to mimic injured prey. The Bite Lite operates through a battery-powered electrical system that flashes a blood red light down the lure's tail when it's moved in water. The technology reacts to movement so every retrieval generates a different flash, so if a fish passes on the first flash it will respond to the next one.
The Bite Lite is a plastic fishing lure that has been so successful that one state, Wyoming, has banned it. But bass anglers and other fishermen are using it in 49 states and around the world, including three anglers in Mexico who caught 650 largemouth bass in 25 hours, an average of one every seven minutes for each angler.
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