This is the first of a series of 11 articles that will describe different types of wooden fishing lures that you can make for yourself, and the advantages, limitations and fishing applications that each type is suited to.

In this article we will focus on one of the most popular lures made by wooden lure makers recreationally and professionally - bibbed minnows that float at rest, but dive when they are retrieved or trolled. In subsequent articles we will look at other styles of bibbed lures, then we will touch on the various types of topwater lures and finally on those wooden lures that......
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There is a huge range of bibless wooden lures out there, but most of them are topwater lures like poppers, fizzers, buzzbaits and the like, which are all very effective fishing lures but are not the subject of this article. In this article I'm going to focus on bibless wooden lures that do their thing beneath the water surface.

Bibless wooden lures are a wonderful asset in any tacklebox. They will double your catch rates because they are used in different situations than bibbed lures, so having both bibbed and bibless wooden lures in your arsenal gives yo......
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Designing wooden fishing lures is always a compromise. In order to achieve a particular feature in a lure you also have to accept that some other qualities will be lost. Designing wooden lures for fast retrieve/trolling speeds or for fishing where there are strong currents is no exception, so in this article I will go over some of the design features you can use to make wooden fishing lures (other than topwater lures) that work well under these conditions

Fast speeds and strong currents create challenges

So lets have a look at the challenges that face the wooden ......
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A shoal of whitebait erupted once again alongside a rocky point well behind us, and Mike swung the boat around for another pass. It was a familiar annual scenario - schools of the tiny fish would work their way along the bank in shallow water and under cover of overhanging and submerged vegetation. Every so often they would come to a rocky outcrop, a log or some other structure that forced them into deeper water to continue their journey. That's where the fish would lie in wait. Fat, resident sea-run trout would savage the schools of bait as they skirted the structure and headed for the shallo......
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