One of sport fishing’s most well-known lure-makers, Capt. Bart Miller believed that lures out-fish natural bait for marlin because of the lure’s action as it moves through the water. ©️Scott ...

We’re focused here mostly on artificial lures since live bait is best sourced locally and flies are very particular to the area and the angler (though we do make an overall pick below for flies).

Even artificial lures with treble hooks (Rebel Pop Rs, Rat-L-Traps and Bomber crankbaits for fishing different depths) at 18 percent mortality had a higher death rate than Carolina-rigged live bait.

Soft plastic lures for threading a hook through with tinsel bits in their bodies that glitter like real fish scales. These crankbaits are best retrieved slowly to avoid startling fish with overly ...

Artificial lures work better than live bait But first, we are talking here of two types of bait, artificial and living. We don't need to use night crawlers, worms, minnows or crayfish to catch fish.

The same dangerous chemical, dioxin, that can be found in PVC, exists in most soft-plastic lures which, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources, is known to cause cancer.

There is insect bait as well as reptile or amphibian bait and fish bait. Minnow bait is one of the most popular types of bait, both natural and artificial in creation.

My first fishing experience, like that of many anglers, involved a worm on a hook suspended under a bobber. To this day this is still an effective method of catching fish. Live bait of many types ...

Expo lures with boys’ toys, lets anglers rise to the bait; Fishing: A fast, shiny boat, tell-all sonar and a few stinky, slimy artificial baits and these guys are in the net.

As for lures, there are hundreds of varieties to choose from that can be effective in our local waters of Monterey Bay. Stick baits are a generally fish-shaped hard lure. Most are designed to dive ...

Dennis Armani had an interesting question for the state Department of Environmental Conservation last week concerning “artificial” bait and lures. Armani, 63, of Syracuse, said he ...