02-01-2008, 06:30 AM
It is true that I often fish the Super Stretchy but why not! If you can swim that thing in front of a fish you are going to get him to eat it. The S.S. phenomena is really more of a system built around the Magic Lure. The S.S. is just one size and color combination that works well in my area. In Louisiana, at the mouth of the Mississippi, the colors were all Chartreuse or Chartreuse. If no Chartreuse then no Redfish. S.S. killed them. In Ohio, Just north of Columbus the Muskie ate 4 1/2 inch rainbow trout Sluggos on a Jighead. The original Magic Lure. No wire, just good (lucky) hooksets. 95% of the fish caught on these lures are hooked right in the top of the mouth. Even if they do bite you off, they are cheap so if you lose a few, so what of it. You will get more chances.
There is also the Mini-Magic. More for Trout, I have caught huge Redears (Shellcrackers), Big Crappie, and a surprising lot of 2 to 4 pound Channel Catfish. Go figure. There are pics of them in the Members Albums section of this Website. They are in the ' Various Pics' Album I think. It is truly the action of these lures that makes them so deadly. A gentle up and down slither works well in Spring and more and more pulses during Summer.In Fall and Winter I mostly just barely swim it, letting it fall to the bottom a few times during the retrieve. Try to start where the thermocline meets the bottom. Work your way up from there. Just remember it has to wiggle in front of the fishes mouth. Start by trying to fish there. What you are using matters less than where you put it. I just have fallen into using them becuse I am lazy and like my fishing to be easy. They are lighter than most lures and yet they cast far. Easier on the arms. It is easier to unhook one hook than two trebles. Far less damage to fingers in the long run. Mostly I just pinch the barb down, that way after the fish is beside the boat , just a shake and some slack will let them go. Bass stink pretty bad anyway so no worries.
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There is also the Mini-Magic. More for Trout, I have caught huge Redears (Shellcrackers), Big Crappie, and a surprising lot of 2 to 4 pound Channel Catfish. Go figure. There are pics of them in the Members Albums section of this Website. They are in the ' Various Pics' Album I think. It is truly the action of these lures that makes them so deadly. A gentle up and down slither works well in Spring and more and more pulses during Summer.In Fall and Winter I mostly just barely swim it, letting it fall to the bottom a few times during the retrieve. Try to start where the thermocline meets the bottom. Work your way up from there. Just remember it has to wiggle in front of the fishes mouth. Start by trying to fish there. What you are using matters less than where you put it. I just have fallen into using them becuse I am lazy and like my fishing to be easy. They are lighter than most lures and yet they cast far. Easier on the arms. It is easier to unhook one hook than two trebles. Far less damage to fingers in the long run. Mostly I just pinch the barb down, that way after the fish is beside the boat , just a shake and some slack will let them go. Bass stink pretty bad anyway so no worries.
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