Top 10 Lure Fishing Tips

Lure fishing is not simply a matter of cast, wind and hope for the best. Put the numbers firmly in your favour by changing up your technique and optimising your lure's chances of being hit. Here are 10 top lure fishing tips to help you get more strikes...

2. Test swim your lure: Whenever you change, or rig a new lure, drop it in the water in front of you to ensure it is swimming straight and exactly as it should. Use your rod to move it around, back and forth and make any adjustments necessary before it sails off on its first mission.

4. Sun angles matter: Fish will be able to see your lures differently, based on the angle and position of the sun in the sky. So remember to use the sun to maximise its advantages.

5. Tip angle counts: Adjusting the angle of your rod tip to the water will make your lure swim higher or lower, deeper and shallower. These considerations can give your lure greater appeal and put you in the strike zone more often resulting in more fish.

6. Bounce the bottom: When targeting bottom feeding species such as flathead on plastics, it’s crucial your lure is hopped along, making contact with bottom every time. Flathead are ambush bottom dwelling predators that lie in wait. This bouncing motion and disturbance are flathead calling cards for dinner.

8. Sweeten your lure: If using a small pusher style skirted lure as a teaser for marlin and sailfish, try stitching a belly flap of dolphin fish or a tuna into it. The scent will make the billfish hang on so much longer and give you a better change to prepare your fly or bait, so you can present it to the fish.