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About the Lineaeffe Crystal Minnow Lure, Tiger Blue

The Crystal Minnow is part of Lineaeffe's Hiper Catch Predators Master Series, and the box gives the code 5300411 for this 11cm, 13g Tiger Blue version. The listing describes it as having a calibrated swimming action.

It's a diving minnow with a short clear lip. Lineaeffe doesn't publish a diving depth, so the retrieve does the steering: Sea Angler's guide to shallow-running lures says holding the rod tip up at about 45 degrees and slowing the retrieve bring a hard lure up shallower. Drop the tip and wind faster to fish it a little deeper. That lets you work it where bass hunt sandeels, sprats and small mackerel, over rocks, reefs and in the surf. Blue and silver copies the colours of those small baitfish.

Hard lures like this cover water quickly. Sea Angler notes that in a bouncy sea, shallow-running hard lures can get knocked about and not swim true, so in rough water fish it a little deeper with a lower rod tip, or save it for calmer days. Start with a steady retrieve, then try a few fast turns of the handle and a pause, which Gerry's describes as copying a fleeing baitfish.

Tie it on with a loop knot or a small lure clip so it can swing freely, and check the current rules before keeping a bass: the gov.uk rules allow three bass per person per day at 42cm or more, with catch-and-release only from 1 February to 31 March.

This page is for one lure in Tiger Blue. If you'd like a choice of colours, the Lineaeffe Crystal Minnow lure also comes in Silver, and our other minnow lures include the Storm 360GT Coastal Biscay Minnow. Rinse it in fresh water after every session in the sea.