NEW LURES

THE LATEST MAY NOT BE THE GREATEST.

BY JEFF JOHNSTON

By the middle of summer Shane had mowed enough lawns to buy a big new tackle box and fill it with the best, most advanced lures, so one stormy Saturday his father drove him a couple hours to the largest tackle store in the state. It had been a full year since Shane’s last trip to the tackle mecca, and he couldn’t believe all the new baits that looked more lifelike than ever. There were wind-up grass frogs with legs that actually kicked, so Shane plopped one of those in his basket. $6.99. Next, he was drawn to lipless crankbaits with shimmering, 3D-printed paint jobs that looked more like minnows than real minnows. $7.95 each. He found squishy plastic, scent-impregnated lizards with rattling inserts and jiggly tails, titanium-bladed spinner-baits, molded silicone…

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Game & Fish East (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2023

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