Our Pitch:
Picture this: You’re out fishing----catching nooooothing. It’s 100 degrees out, your phone is almost out of battery, and you’re getting tired........
In a last ditch effort, you switch from one type of lure to another and begin catching fish on almost every cast. It seems as if the fish gods have blessed you and your day has been completely turned around. So, what characteristics of this new fish-catching lure has caused such a drastic switch in your favor? What differences in lure presentation and design could possibly cause this change? Our project essentially seeks to answer these questions through "on the water" lure research and design. Our project is a multi-faceted approach to fishing strategy, documentation, and lure creation based on local knowledge of lure making and fish behavior. This project can essentially be broken down into four parts: educational videos, local luremaker knowledge, lure recreation, and business orientation. Our initial work will consist of the video making process. In this stage we hope to film and edit 8-10 videos showcasing a variety of different species that dwell in our local area. Each video will focus on a different species and will showcase an in-depth look at what lures are commonly used to catch each type of fish, as well as our local knowledge and strategy that can be used to catch these fish. Our summer blog posts will consist of fishing reports and an overall sense of what the fishing was like on that particular day, as well as reports on weather conditions and how these may be affecting the fish we are trying to catch.
With our well documented knowledge of optimal lure characteristics for each species, we will plan and create lure designs to make into an actual product. Over the school year we will work on the creation of these lures, whether it is fly tying, open pour lures, or injection mold soft plastic lures. Once created, our lures will be put to the test on the water and demonstrate the success of our research and design with many fish in the boat!
In a last ditch effort, you switch from one type of lure to another and begin catching fish on almost every cast. It seems as if the fish gods have blessed you and your day has been completely turned around. So, what characteristics of this new fish-catching lure has caused such a drastic switch in your favor? What differences in lure presentation and design could possibly cause this change? Our project essentially seeks to answer these questions through "on the water" lure research and design. Our project is a multi-faceted approach to fishing strategy, documentation, and lure creation based on local knowledge of lure making and fish behavior. This project can essentially be broken down into four parts: educational videos, local luremaker knowledge, lure recreation, and business orientation. Our initial work will consist of the video making process. In this stage we hope to film and edit 8-10 videos showcasing a variety of different species that dwell in our local area. Each video will focus on a different species and will showcase an in-depth look at what lures are commonly used to catch each type of fish, as well as our local knowledge and strategy that can be used to catch these fish. Our summer blog posts will consist of fishing reports and an overall sense of what the fishing was like on that particular day, as well as reports on weather conditions and how these may be affecting the fish we are trying to catch.
With our well documented knowledge of optimal lure characteristics for each species, we will plan and create lure designs to make into an actual product. Over the school year we will work on the creation of these lures, whether it is fly tying, open pour lures, or injection mold soft plastic lures. Once created, our lures will be put to the test on the water and demonstrate the success of our research and design with many fish in the boat!