I love sinking lures, where you can use them.
Over kelp, they're out, but most other ground.

In tide cast out, bit of slack line, to let them find depth (rod up or down helps fine tune), and just let them swing.

Annoyingly, never tried a DC, though I fish Rivers a bit and nearly all my lures are slow sinkers.
I fish them like a fly there. Cast across, and just let them swing, virtually no retrieve, just the odd twitch to work the lip, making them wiggle.
As long as it is swinging back, hard to snag them.

Over reefs, retrieve over shallow bits, then slow and drop rod tip and let them settle into gulleys.
Just imagining how a fish swims will give you ideas.

Deep water, just count them down to approx depth.

On beaches, across rips same as in tide. Let them sink the other side, pull into the rip, let them swing round and through.

In surf waves, I just stay in contact, occasional sweeping draw.


All that said, the DC (Down and Across) is designed for rivers and estuaries.
Good sea trout lure. Think that is their main prey target?
They are supposed to be used as I fish sinkers in a river. Literally cast across rip or estuary, let them swing across.

Don't know if they would be as effective as a lipped sinker over reefs etc., but just try them?

 

I think the correct term is suspending lures, but happy to be corrected on that. I think it just means that if you find fish feeding at a particular depth you can use a suspending lure and it's going to stay in the zone and not float up or sink down. I think that this is useful as when cranking a lure back in we all know the pause is important, but if you pause and the lure floats up or sinks down this could put the fish off. There must be something in it as the Duo Terrif DC range do catch fish and definetly work. Personally it's too much for me to worry about, I heard they catch fish, I bought some, they caught fish. Not only that a mate of mine had a Gannet dive bomb one about a few feet from the rod tip good lures.

 

I think the correct term is suspending lures, but happy to be corrected on that. I think it just means that if you find fish feeding at a particular depth you can use a suspending lure and it's going to stay in the zone and not float up or sink down. I think that this is useful as when cranking a lure back in we all know the pause is important, but if you pause and the lure floats up or sinks down this could put the fish off. There must be something in it as the Duo Terrif DC range do catch fish and definetly work. Personally it's too much for me to worry about, I heard they catch fish, I bought some, they caught fish. Not only that a mate of mine had a Gannet dive bomb one about a few feet from the rod tip good lures.

Hmmmm ..... bit of right from us both, LOL

When I read yours, I double checked, thinking I must have been thinking of a different Duo DC.

Think I am going to have to pick some up after all this time!


Here's a pro review. Think it is from Mr. Fish? -



The DC in DC-12 means Down Cross, and this is a technique used in Japan, mainly for Sea Trout, where the angler will cast across the river and allow the Terrif to drift down the river whilst slowly bringing the lure across it whilst retrieving. There is why it is called Down Cross.

Terrifs have a strange head design (vein), this is really designed more for movement rather than a diving depth. The lure tends to swim shallow due to the fact it isnt a diving style vein, so if you start retrieving the lure when it hits the water it will run at about 12" deep, but if you allow it to sink it will slowly swim upwards until back at the shallow 12" running depth. This can be handy if you are fishing in an area where it steadily gets shallower as your lure gets towards the shoreline.

Going back to the Japanese river technique, they tend to cast across and allow the lure to sink slowly and drift down stream. At the same time as it is drifting down, they retrieve the line to maintain contact, but just a little faster so it looks like a fish trying to swim across the river. Supposedly Sea Trout hammer this method in Japan, and I have a few customers in Ireland now that buy a lot of these lures for themselves and friends.

In the UK they are more popular used as Bass lures, where they are not really bought for their sinking abilities, but more for the fact they cast miles, run very shallow and have a lovely swimming action.

I hope this helps.

 

this duo terrif DC 12 ( or smaller ) is a good lure : it caught from the start for me : use it above structure , steady retrieve with pauses.
i like/use suspending lures a lot but you can't find these everywhere AND , once out the box , they Don't really suspend .
if you want to make SP , you have to adjust the buoncy : ad/change the split rings and hooks ( i use a aquarium) , sometimes you have to adjust it at the shore because the temp/Density of the water is different.
love them because on the pause , they drift thru the current at the same depth , so you can stay longer in the strike zone , it makes them easyer to catch , they behave more naturally

in my boxes , i have booth : "normal" lures and "tuned": use them on different conditions.

on fresh water , i use them ALL the time : the bites occurs ALWAYS on the pause :BigGrin:

 

Thanks guys might invest in one again, sure ive owned one before when first getting into lure fishing but lost it in a snag.

 

Something like a slug go can be lethal for this type of fishing. I often use them carolina rigged for pollock as they fall so slowly that your lure spends more time fluttering down.