GET HOOKED ON LURE FISHING
, what exactly is lure fishing then? In its most basic form lure fishing is based around the use of artificial lures to try and fool fish into eating them. Indeed, lure fishing in my view is very similar to fly fishing in that regard. Within UK and Irish saltwater sport fishing we target a lot of our fish with bait and lures – together with a bit of saltwater fly fishing – and while there’s no getting away from the simple fact that bait fishing gives you a far greater chance at some of our larger species such as conger, huss and rays, over the last few years the whole lure fishing scene has really opened many anglers’ eyes to what can be caught and where. If bass, cod and pollack were once the principal species that an angler fishing with
