Whether you are one of the elite and make your own wooden fishing lures or one of the masses who buy them from the fishing store or online, making a few simple improvements can make all the difference to your lure fishing results – or even change the lure so that it can be used for a completely different style of fishing. Here’s 6 tips to get you started:
Change the terminals
Hooks add weight to the lure, and the rear treble on most crankbaits is the worst offender, because it adds weight where you least want it – at the tail of the lure where it has the greatest effect in dampening the action.
If you are fishing in relatively snag-free waters, a simple approach is to retrofit the lure with lighter gauge hooks and rings, and then compensate by easing back on the drag a little and taking a little longer to play out the fish. Using a lighter gauge hook also has the advantage that they can be sharper and require less force to drive the point home than heavier gauge hooks.
If you are fishing in snaggy areas where you need to put a lot of pressure on fish, Prism Holograms going a hook size smaller, or changing the trebles for doubles or even singles will not only reduce the weight, but will also reduce the chances of a point finding and biting into a snag. If you are having trouble finding double hooks, just snip one of the points off your trebles with a pair of pliers.
Plastic Surgery
An advantage of making your own wooden lures is that you have a lot of flexibility to mess about with the size and shape of the bib 
while you are actually out fishing. By lightly gluing the bib in, you can remove it with some gentle sideways pressure, then replace it with another. A small dab of hot glue (melted with a match or lighter) will hold the new bib in place. I do this all the time when I’m developing new lures, and often have a pocket full of bibs and a stick of hot glue on hand.
It’s amazing what a difference you can make to the action or diving depth of the lure just by putting in a wider/narrower, longer/shorter, larger/smaller bib.
If you are after a shallower diving lure, or want to change an existing diving lure into a jerkbait or stickbait, why not just take to the bib with as file or some coarse sandpaper? It’s obviously not something you would do with an expensive, prized custom lure, but the next time I create a jerkbait or stickbait from a diving lure won’t be the first or the last!
Color makeover
I’ve never been a great believer in the influence of color on fish, but there are some circumstances where it can definitely make a difference. Night fishing is one of them. Like the baitfish that they imitate, many lures have a lighter colored belly with darker colors on the back. Baitfish have this color combination to make them harder to see, right? Predatory fish rarely come from above and swim downwards to attack their prey, they almost always attack from below, so a light colored belly is more camouflaged against the sky above, even the night sky. Coloring in the belly of your lures with a permanent black laundry marker can create a stronger silhouette, which makes the lure easier for fish to find.
Sometimes increasing contrast can also help make your lure more effective, for instance, drawing stripes onto a lighter-colored or silver lure. Again, a permanent marker pen can be used to do this while you are out on the water – and can often be removed afterwards using a tissue dampened with a little methylated spirit. Test the spirit first to ensure it won’t take off the entire paint job, and avoid getting it on clear plastic bibs, as it can turn them cloudy.
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