Flesh-like jacket for fishing lures

A method of encasing a crankbait in a cavity of a jacket;

• said jacket having at least one opening to provide access to the cavity, said method comprising the steps of:
• dilating the opening and rolling said jacket, starting from said opening, into a minimized configuration;
• inserting said crankbait through said dilated opening;
• and
• unrolling said first portion of said jacket over said crankbait such that the crankbait is positioned within the cavity of said jacket and said jacket clingingly conforms to said crankbait;
• forming a second opening in said jacket and attaching at least one hook to said crankbait through a second opening.

A fishing lure comprising:

• A crankbait;
• and
• A flesh-like stretchable jacket molded in a substantially cylindrical shape with a tail and a cavity, said cylindrical shape having at least one opening for insertion of said crankbait into the cavity or for removal of said crankbait from the cavity, said opening having dimensions substantially smaller than the smaller of the length or girth dimensions of the crankbait;
• said jacket substantially conforming to the surface of the crankbait when said crankbait is positioned within the cavity.

A fishing lure comprising:

• A plug having at least a head segment with an attachment loop for attaching a fishing line thereto and a hook attachment loop for attaching at least one fish hook;
• and
• A synthetic flesh-like outer covering formed over said plug;
• said covering having a thickness sufficient to permit said attachment loop and said fish hooks protrude through said covering.