Fishing with surface lures

Surface lure fishing has grown in popularity in recent years as it is a very exciting way to fish. Surface lures are often intimitations of frogs, rats, mice or ducks. The advantage of surface lures is that it can be used almost anywhere because the hooks are "hidden" in the lures, so that they can also be fished over aquatic plants. The Netherlands has many waters that are overgrown, such as streams and ditches where no lures can be used to fish. These are the pictures where surface lures come into their own.

What are surface lures?

Surface lures are floating bait that mimics prey on the surface of the water. Examples of imitations are frogs, rats and ducks.

Fishing with frogs

In the frog imitations, the hook (usually a large single hook) is hidden in the body. This allows the frog to be fished by aquatic plants without getting stuck. As soon as a pike attacks, the hook will be pushed out of the lure (soft rubber) so that it can penetrate the mouth of the predatory fish. TIP: If the pike attacks the frog or other surface lures, it is advisable to wait a while before hitting. This way you know for sure that the pike has caught the lure well, after which you hit hard.

Fishing with mice and rats

all larger predatory fish such as pike, catfish and walleye do not flinch at the sight of a mouse or rat splashing about in the water. This makes imitations of these prey popular. The difference between the mice and rats compared to the frogs is that they have a very nice action. This lure has a real swimming movement (from left to right) which will attract the big predatory fish.

Fishing with ducks

The imitation ducks are a good lure for spring. This is the time when young ducks naturally swim on the water. Any weak prey, including a duckling, will be attacked by a pike. However, this does not mean that these are always large pike, a pike of 70 centimeters can do this just fine.