
The "Maples Minnow" pattern was born from the vision of muskie and bass fishing guide, Jacob Maples. Jacob has used this color pattern with devastating effect. He continues to win championships as well as putting his clients on incredible fish with this color pattern. We're honored to name this color after him and we continue being his biggest fans.
This is the absolute best all-around lure for all bodies of water including small streams, rivers, and lakes. These hand-painted lures are floating and work in shallow water while easily diving 8ft to get you wherever the fish are suspended. They can easily dive over 10ft while drifting or trolling. They have phenomenal control for diverse styles of retrieve. The floating action helps get these lures over under water obstacles just by momentarily pausing when striking the bottom or other submerged hazards. Quick jerks often clear the lures of any moss, leaves, or vegetation you might pick up along your retrieve. Complete with an attractive rattling sound, these lures have excellent action and are simply the most diverse lure in our line-up.
This lure was specially designed for drifting streams and rivers like the White River, Current River, and you guessed it, Taneycomo! It's paired with a 3/16oz weight that's designed to get it to the bottom while drifting from a boat, kayak, or canoe. The ideal way to use it is to cast it behind your craft and wait until it reaches the bottom to target fish sitting on the bottom of the stream waiting for food to come to them. You can easily swap the weight out with one heavier or lighter depending on how fast the water is moving. Easy-to-follow instructions on the packaging.
Specs:
Length- 2 in
Weight- 3/16oz
(casting weight)
Sinking/Suspending
"We strive to create the very finest fishing products through countless hours of research and development and only release what we know works to exceptional standards."
•All Master Angler series lures are hand-painted in the USA to the perfect point of exaggerated realism. No two are perfectly identical but all perform to the highest standard.
• Rigged with top quality double-strong treble hooks and heavy duty USA made stainless rings and finished with super durable high gloss clear-coats. Countless hours have gone into finding the perfect hook and ring combinations to balance the performance of these lures.
•There’s more work than meets the eye. For example; the Rainbow pattern uses 8 different paints and has over 100 handed painted dots.
•This Master Angler series of lures are all individually hand signed.
• Can be custom ordered with single hooks, or single barbless hooks upon request.
“Most everyone else was using the LŌZ Lures jerk baits and were catching [fish] hand over fist”.
"it's a lure, it's a piece of art, it's LOZ!"
"Over the weekend, they caught over a 100 fish and a MDC Master Angler class smallmouth using LOZ lures"
Mario Lozina
LOZ Lures
Mario's decades of experience as an oil painting artist and his guide-fishing experience have resulted in an obvious passion to create functional art for anglers who share his passion. He has fine tuned his art to create exceptional craftsmanship that caters to not only the most discriminating angler but also to new anglers who are ready to achieve the next level.