Lures do not attract fish at all

[DocV]

When I use bait fish pretty much jump at the fishing rod, but once I use lure I can wait over 5 minutes and nothing. Anyone got any idea why?

[in]

Make sure you use proper lure (lake for lakes, river for rivers, swamp for swamps). And if for some reason you're not already doing it, slowly reel in when waiting for fish to hook.

[IDwLoD]

using the correct lure?
lake lure at a lake,
river lure at a river,
swamp lure at a swamp....

and lures are for bigger fish,
so if you see mostly small fish,
it can take some minutes before a large fish spots your lure yeah.

on a side note/tip:
* toggle dead eye before casting out the lure,
* aim for the big fish and cast.
* press the fire button 1x (that you give your fishing rod a quick tug < wich counts as a trigger to lure the fish faster, don't press it 2x though, cause that will scare the fish away),
* toggle dead eye again,
* slowly reel in, can even be interrupted by tapping the reel button.
* course correct if you see a fish on the right or left side while in dead eye, by pushing your fishing rod to the right or left side < moving the lure in a slightly different direction and path.

[Scrogdog]

My guess is you're not slowly reeling in your line. Using lures requires that even though you'll often get hits using live bait without reeling in at all.

[DocV]

Originally posted by Scrogdog:

My guess is you're not slowly reeling in your line. Using lures requires that even though you'll often get hits using live bait without reeling in at all.

I am slowly tapping space occasionally, I think that's it right?

[RickyRider]

Press space until you feel a bite.

[Scrogdog]

Originally posted by DrVeil:

Originally posted by Scrogdog:

My guess is you're not slowly reeling in your line. Using lures requires that even though you'll often get hits using live bait without reeling in at all.

I am slowly tapping space occasionally, I think that's it right?

Yep, but you'll also want to set your reeling-in speed to the slowest setting using R (and F to speed up again), and you will also want to occasionally flick the line by left clicking. Also, I prefer to hold space for constant motion for the same reason we flick. That is trying to fool fish in to thinking the lure is alive. :)

Even so, using lures requires more patience that live bait fishing even if you're doing all of those things.

[☠Malarky☠]

The Lake lure for lake
Swamp lure for swamp is all BS.

I specifically only use Special Lake and Swamp lures and I catch all kinds, everywhere.
Lures have to be in motion to work.

[JuiceWSA]

If you want to catch ONLY Sockeyes - use that magnum Swamp Lure.
Nothing else will hit it - and when you're loading the wagons you don't want to have to stop for a tug of war with a giant logfish.