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Bait & Lures

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A few of the words

CRAWDAD
Crawdads, freshwater crayfish known by a dozen regional nicknames, are a favorite live bait for smallmouth bass, which hunt them naturally along rocky stream bottoms.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
SPINNER
A spinner lure works by rotating a metal blade around a central wire as it moves through the water, creating flash and vibration that triggers a fish's strike reflex.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
CRANKBAIT
Crankbaits get their name from the angler's steady retrieve, cranking the reel, which drives a plastic lip on the lure to make it dive and wobble like a fleeing baitfish.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
POPPER
A popper is a topwater lure with a cupped, hollow face that splashes and gurgles when twitched across the surface, imitating a struggling frog or insect.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Bait and lures word search, free and printable, from the humble worm to the flash of a spinner on a still morning.

About Bait & Lures

Every fish has its weakness, and every angler has a tackle box full of theories. A fat worm threaded onto a hook has fooled trout and bass since long before store-bought lures existed, and a lively crawdad drifting along the bottom can be just as persuasive. Fly tying is its own quiet art, wrapping thread, feather, and fur around a tiny hook to mimic the exact mayfly drifting on the surface, and a perfectly cast streamer unfurling across a riffle is one of fishing's most satisfying moments.

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    Find a word.Tap its first letter, then tap along to its last. The trail fills in and finishes itself when it spells a word. Or press the first letter and drag.
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    Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
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    It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft colour on the grid and is crossed off the list.
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