Using a Top Water Lure

Live bait is preferred by many anglers. Most of these fishermen are fishing for the catfish, the perch, and sometimes the bass. The serious bass fisherman generally likes artificial lures and they have a tackle box that is filled with choices of lures to use. Among the many choices they have will of course be some of the top water lures.

A top water lure is designed to as its name implies glide along the water surface making the fish want to grab it. Bass are territorial fish and if something is on top of the water in their area they are going to grab it. Watching a five pound bass propel themselves out of the water to grab a lure is a sight that will hook you on the experience forever.

Generally the design of the top water lure is one that imitates something the bass would naturally see in their habitat. Frogs are popular in top water lure design as are small bait fish like minnows and even bluegill perch. Many of the lures are designed to resemble some of the local insect life that the fish is accustomed to seeing on the water.

The hooks on these lures may be positioned in several different ways. It really depends on the size of the imitation animal and the shape of the lure. A lot of the time these lures have treble hooks on them to provide the angler with a better chance of setting the hook in the mouth of the fish. Bass are notorious for taking a lure and then jumping out of the water and simultaneously flipping their head and spitting the lure back out. The treble hooks reduce the chances of the fish spitting the lure out without being snagged.

Some of the newer top water lures have been designed to be battery powered and have natural croaking sounds and lights on them. The main thing that the angler must do when they are fishing with a top water lure is learn how to move the lure in a manner that makes the fish curious. This takes some practice and some knowledge of how your particular rod and reel respond to different motions that you make. Most anglers either give the rod a slight pull to the side using their wrist, or they gently lift up and reel in as they are dropping the tip of the rod back down.