How To Use Fishing Lure

Are you doing fresh-water trolling? Then you are probably using the standard glass fiber fishing gear. This is optimal for this type of fishing, since it is proven to be both lightweight and durable.

In my experience, the usual bait-casting reel is adequate for most applications. The exception would be deep trolling.

As in other forms of fishing, small, light lures require light tackle. Medium-size lures call for medium tackle, and heavy lures for heavy tackle. Medium and medium-heavy action spinning outfits can also be used for most freshwater trolling. Heavy fly tackle can also be used in trolling for landlocked salmon and large rainbow and brook trout.

To reach different water depths, you can try out one type of lure with different weights, or you can go for testing out several types of lures in combinations with varying weights.

For trolling, wobbling spoons are well suited. You will find that some can be trolled at various speeds and perform well, while others need a particular speed for best results. You have to test this out for each one.

If you are fishing for muskies, lake trout or pike, use some of the larger spoons or spinners. My personal preference is a spoon that wobbles rather than spins when trolled. I find trolling the latter a bit too tiring.

Spinners pull harder in relation to their size than spoons, and big, round-bladed spinners are an effort to use on light tackle. Spinners have a tendency to twist a line, so when you are trolling with them, it is usually advisable to add extra swivels. Some spinners twist a line so badly that a rudder-shaped sinker or a plastic keel placed ahead of them will save you from much grief.

A tangled line is so hard to untangle that you may feel like giving up and throwing it away. In case it is actually twisted and not tangled, you can un-twist it by removing the lure and let the line out in a fast-moving stream. It then eventually unwinds. In the case when the line is tangled, you can use large amounts of patience to get it right - you may resort to giving up and getting a new line.