Sebile Magic Swimmer

[Jeff Hahn]

I posed this on the Fishing Techniques Board, but have not gotten a response yet. So, I'll give it a shot here.

A friend's son is a swimbait nut and catches some big fish on both hard and soft swimbaits. I have had some success with soft swimbaits, but I have zero experience with hard swim baits. But, this weekend I had a table at a fisherman's swap meet and the guy at the table behind mine had a bunch he was trying to sell. He was selling new in the box Sebile Magic Swimmers for $5.00 each. At that price, I bought two. They are the 145 mm, 1 1/2 oz, fast sinking baits. I also bought one of the 165 mm slow sinking baits for $8.00.

I am assuming that 15-20 pound copolymer line and a flipping rod with a flexible tip is the way to go. Correct? But, after I make the cast, how do I fish these things?

[Lund1625]

Like most baits I've tried, I didn't get bit when I first tried the bait, didn't fish it after that and now it's out of the box.

[188Musky]

Just dangle it over the water, and they jump in the boat. It's magic, it says so right on the box.

Or, you can let it sink to the desired depth, then simply reel it in at a moderate clip, like a spy bait.

[fishwest]

They work pretty well in spring. You have to get the right speed down reeling them. Very slow but fast enough to make them wiggle.
I like to use them in shallow water when bass are cruising or when you can't see beds but know they are in the area.

[pureoil313]

The only thing magic about that bait is the money disappearing from your wallet. I stumbled across a whole clearance rack of them for $5 each marked down from $17 and I must have bought ten of the darn things thinking they looked so good. They were the larger sized ones and I thought they would be great for pike fishing in Canada. I must have thrown that bait for two days with zero strikes. I threw it on a st croix mojo swimbait rod and they went for a mile.

[TightLip]

They work great here on lakes where we have Blue Back Herring. Mostly in the spring and post spawn. Herring are fast swimmers so you want to duplicate them by casting it out, let it sink and burn it back to the boat. When bass are schooling on shad you can also cast it into the school and catch them that way.

[csasbill]

I'll gladly take any of these off of your hands if you don't like them. Like tightlip said these lures have a time and a place and seem to shine on herring lakes during April and May.

[DiawaKid]

I have one that I got from Mystery Tackle Box. The sinking one if you fish it like you see shad during a kill, you'll get hammered, Caught a 6 at Guntersville first time using it. Great early spring bait, mimics dying shad to a tee.