Lure fishing for Bass

Sebile Magic Swimmer – Soft, SP25-Electric Rainbow

The Magic Swimmer Soft has an action to die for, to be honest on a straight retrieve it swims so well that it doesn’t really look like an injured bait fish. You get three in a pack with a custom hook already inserted into one, it’s a great quality hook and the idea is that once you have worn out one bait, you just chuck it and insert the hook into another one. There are hook holes in the bait so rigging is easy and a slot in the top to conceal the point of the hook so it works well in weedy areas, though suspended weed will still collect on the nose. You also get small rubberised weights to slide onto the hook, by mixing the amount you can adjust the weight of the lure and also by positioning the weights forward or towards the back of the hook you can effect how it swims and dives.

Model: Magic Swimmer Soft   Manufacturer: Sebile
Length: 130mm   Weight: Variable    Dives: Sinking

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Xorus Sayori Shad, colour – left: Shirasu (3) & right: Togoro (6)

With gales in November and the early onslaught of a hard winter, with all this snow, the Bass fishing seems to be over for another year. So what to do over the winter months, well as usual I’ll be on the look out for new lures and kit for the spring when the bass fishing kicks off again. New to me is the Xorus Sayori Shad it’s a cross between a stick bait and a paddle tail. Pictured above is the 120mm version, there’s also a giant version at 160mm.

As with the Rolling Shad I’ve coupled it with the Xorus Coyotte jig head (32g with 5/0 Decoy hook) which is designed to rapidly descend through the water column, which is great if your fishing deep water in a swell where fish may well be holding on the bottom. Also I’ve shown the Sayori rigged with a Xorus Rolling jig head (3og with 5/0 Decoy hook) it’s shape is supposed to help the rolling effect of soft plastics on the drop, especially the Xorus Rolling Shad, though it looks like it would be suitable for a variety of soft plastic baits. Time will tell with this one and I hope to give you more feedback once I’ve got to use it in anger.

Model: Sayori Shad    Manufacturer: Xorus
Length: 120mm &  Giant 160mm