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Choosing to fish along a straight line is just one part of your strategy for the trip. The location and timing are another, and finally, the lure you use rounds out the whole picture.
Thus, while line fishing is often associated with the use of shads?particularly because they allow anglers to cover all depths?many other lures can be used in the same way, especially in areas ranging from 0 to 8 meters.
Freshwater anglers call this "cranking."
Minnows and longbill minnows
Minnows and longbills are slender, streamlined lures with a lip. While they can be twitched or jerked, they?re also particularly effective when retrieved in a straight line. The main advantage?but also the limitation?of these lures is that they swim at a constant depth ranging from 50 cm to 3 m, depending on the model.
In particular, there are "suspending" models that have neutral buoyancy and remain stationary at their swimming depth during pauses.
Many of them have beads, which makes them much more audible and intimidating to predators.
Cranckaits
Crankbaits are also lures, but they have a much more bulbous shape than the previous ones and are designed to displace a very large volume of water, thereby attracting bass from a distance. There are shallow, medium runner, and deep diver models, which swim at different depths depending on the size and angle of their spoons.
Spinnerbaits
Spinnerbaits are typically freshwater lures, but they also work well for sea bass. They are V-shaped lures with a jig head on one end, featuring a skirt of silicone filaments, and one or two blades on the other end that spin as the lure is retrieved. While they can be worked in several ways, they are particularly effective when retrieved in a straight line and have the advantage of passing very easily through obstacles without getting snagged. The major drawback of spinnerbaits is that they are very difficult to cast.
Spinning spoons that work on the same principle are also very effective for sea bass.
Chatterbaits
Chatterbaits are also jig heads equipped with a blade, but the blade is attached to the jig?s eye and wobbles from side to side as it?s retrieved. This type of lure produces very strong vibrations and can entice even lethargic sea bass to strike. However, they sink very slowly and should only be used at depths of less than 5 meters.
Vibrating blades
If there?s one lure that can rival soft plastics in terms of swimming depth, it?s definitely the vibrating spoon. This is a metal lure with the attachment positioned on the back and, as its name suggests, it vibrates when retrieved. Dense and aerodynamic, these lures cast far, sink quickly, and emit very strong vibrations. They?re an excellent choice when sea bass are active.
