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der, etc. people who find and read this series of blog posts may not own or intend to purchase expensive power tools just for the sake of making a few lures. My L u re Ma ki n g Pl a n - J e r kb a i t s F o r Pi ke Fi s h i n g Okay, with the three questions above answered it's time to plan my lure making project. I have already established that the first few lures that I'm going to make will be wooden jerkbaits made specifically for pike fishing and the way I intend to go about making them will be based on what I learned from an article that I read in Pike and Predators magazine. (Edit since writing this post I have actually found the article online, to check it out - Click Here - well worth a read). B a s i c H a n d To o l s S h o u l d Do f o r Ma ki n g T h e s e L u re s Fairly Basic Hand Tools For Lure Making This type of lure can be made using the most basic of hand tools and does not require the use of any expensive power tools. Although the use of some power tools would speed up the lure making process I intend not to use them on this occasion as I suspect that many L u re s De s i g n e d f o r Fi s h i n g a S p e c i f i c L a ke ! Although I am interested in learning how to make lures as a hobby in itself I do intend to catch some fish with the lures that I make. With this in mind the plan is to make my first few lures to fish a specific venue in a specific way. The venue in question is a reasonably clear watered lake of about fifty acres in size. It contains pike and perch and nothing else. I have had some good catches of pike from this venue with bait fishing tactics but never really tried lures here.