Fish hook with some form of corrosion-resistant surface coating. Corrosion resistance is required not only when hooks are used, especially in saltwater, but while they are stored. Additionally, coatings are applied to color and/or provide aesthetic value to the hook. At a minimum, hooks designed for freshwater use are coated with a clear lacquer, but hooks are also coated with gold, nickel, Teflon, tin and different colors. There are a large number of different types of fish hooks. At the macro level, there are bait hooks, fly hooks and lure hooks. Within these broad categories there are wide varieties of hook types
Bait car Mounted Police in 2002. Their bait car program was launched in 2004, and has contributed to a 55% drop in auto theft since then. In 2010, the Anti-Vehicle Crime Association of Minnesota presented an award to the Minneapolis Police for its Bait Vehicle Program, which had been running for twelve years at the time. In 2002, the Minneapolis program inspired a similar project in Essex in the United Kingdom. Bait cars (and the stings they are used in) have been featured in numerous documentary and reality television programs, including "COPS", "World's Wildest Police Videos", and "Jacked: Auto Theft Task Force".