The ARTIFICIAL sport fishing lureS
By: Chepe Lopez
Rapala Pro Staff/Representing IGFA Sport Fishing Costa Rica
Which is the operation of the artificial sport fishing lures in
the water when sport fishing?
The concept of the water column is interpreted
like the different levels from depth from the surface to the zone of
bottom (measured from zero meters in ahead to the level of the bottom),
is there where the different types from sport fishing lures have their action of the
box of the fisherman.
The fish can be located in the zone of bottom, suspended swimming in
intermediate waters a (variable depth) or in low brief waters near rocky,
low of sand, bottoms with aquatic plants, islands and borders.
Being consequent with the previous point the concept of limits of
incapacity of escape of the prey exists and is important to know that
for the fish predator these limits exist in the water column and are
essential part of their strategies of hunting, include/understand: the
included/understood vertical limit in the superior layer of the water
before leaving to the atmosphere, the water produced one of greater
depth by other predators on the lookout above or below the prey, the
limit of zone of bottom, in addition the horizontal and lateral limits
in the zones that present/display impediments of escape of the prey and
the limits of incapacity natatoria of the prey in where the predator is
able to surpass in speed and agility to its prey to capture it behind or
frontally; the limits are important in the mobile battle of the
artificial sport fishing lures to be captured with the ferocity of the great fish of
waters.

The fish in addition have natural variability of movement within the
water column in the day, as well as in the different stations from the
year depending on the temperature, food availability and hereditary
customs of the species, so the fisherman of cane and spool must adapt to
these variabilities with his limits associate and to use the sport fishing lures that
give to greater probabilities of fishing within the limits of incapacity
of escape of the prey (adaptability him from sport fishing lures to the situation.
Therefore and at the general level for a good understanding of the
fisherman, the sport fishing lures can be classified in their majority of the
following form by their action natatoria:
1. sport fishing lures of work in total surface (0 to 0,3 meters), defined like all
those artificial ones of floating type or that by their action can be
worked in a very superficial layer of the water or upon the same one.
Within these they are possible to be categorizar: oscillating or
rotatory teaspoons (spoons), floating witches (spinnerbaits and
buzzbaits), sport fishing lures with frontal glass (poppers), bananas (Skitter Walk),
pececillos (minnows), sport fishing lures with helix (propelers), smooth plastics of
flotation and any other variant of sport fishing lure that is floating net or that can
very superficially be worked in the water.
2. sport fishing lures of work in brief waters (Sub Surface) that are those that
penetrates of 0,3 to 1,8 meters of depth. Within these they are possible
to be categorizar: Oscillating or rotatory teaspoons (Spoons), witches (spinnerbaits),
pececillos of flotation - immersion (Minnows with small plastic lip),
RattliŽn Rapala or sport fishing lures without plastic lip (Lipless sport fishing lures), smooth
plastics covered with lead at the internal level, with head jig of lead
or armed with styles Texas, Carolina or Drop Shot.
3. sport fishing lures of work to average water (Mid Surface) that are those that
works of 2 to 4 meters of depth. Within these they are possible to be
categorizar: Oscillating or rotatory teaspoons (Spoons), witches (sippnerbaits),
pececillos of flotation - immersion (Minnows with medium plastic lip),
RattliŽn Rapala or sport fishing lures without plastic lip (Lipless sport fishing lures), smooth
plastics covered with lead at the internal level, with head jig of lead
or armed with styles Texas, Carolina or Drop Shot.
4. sport fishing lures of work to depth (Bottom) that are those that works in very
deep waters or in the zone of bottom of 5 to 10 meters or more. Within
these they are possible to be categorizar: Oscillating metal teaspoons (Spoons),
pececillos of flotation - immersion (Minnows with great plastic lip),
RattliŽn Rapala or sport fishing lures without plastic lip (Lipless sport fishing lures), sport fishing lures
nonfloating (Countdown Rapala), smooth plastics of any class covered
with lead at the internal level, with head jig of lead or armed with
styles Texas, Carolina or Drop Shot.
I will at this moment introduce the original concept of zone A.B.S. that
it establishes the pattern of effectiveness in the fishing, this
corresponds to the definition: feeding, well-being and security for the
fish, zones A.B.S. in general they go associate to zones of currents and
is in this zone in where are generally the great fish. In other words in
this zone the food is present (shrimps, pececillos, frogs etc.), the
temperature or termoclima is pleasant for the life of the fish, it has
good oxygen levels and there is cover to place in ambush prey and not to
be devoured in himself by other predators.
The sport fishing lures of work to total surface are ideal to work the zones of the
borders, brief waters, water deep or in where they appear, vegetation,
trunks semi - submerged, natural or artificial cavities or structures
that harness Zona A.B.S.
The sport fishing lures of work in brief waters are ideal to work the zones of the
borders, on the brink of madness the vegetation, trunks semi - submerged
or natural or artificial structures.
The sport fishing lures of work to average depth are ideal to work the zones in where
it changes the depth (unevennesses) from the zone of border, working the
edges of fall of depth of earth ends that penetrate the lagoon, islands,
trunks semi - submerged great and to zones of artificial and/or natural
structures as well as fish suspended at mean level in the water column.
The sport fishing lures of work to depth are ideal to work fish suspended in the
column of water to different depths, natural and/or artificial work in
zones of trunks at heart, structures of bottom.
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