Hard plastic baits are the favorites of many anglers. Let's be honest. There's not much to make one fall in love with a soft plastic worm or a shiny spoon. Jigs come and go with no emotional attachment. Anglers fish them and forget them. With hard plastic lures however, anglers tend to get attached to them. Whether crankbaits like SEBILE's Crankster line or lipped lures like SEBILE's Koolie Minnows, it is the realism in shape, the ornate details, lustrous finishes and exaggerated actions that we find endearing in hard lures.
Now SEBILE has added two new models that look so fine, you'll certainly want to add them to your personal favorite lure collection in 2011.
About the Crankster SR Shallow Runner
The Crankster SR Shallow Runner has the same body shape as the Crankster MR Medium Runner and it has the same heavy metal free-floating ball bearing inside for mass transfer of much of the Crankster's weight into the tail for increased casting distance and accuracy. It's this heavy bead inside that also gives the Crankster SR its attractive rattle that can be heard for long distances underwater.
The Crankster SR has its lip designed at a special angle, matched to the shape and the balance of its body, so that the bait will swim seductively a few inches under the surface, creating an attractive trail of subsurface turbulence and heavy rattling noise that predators sense with their lateral lines.
It is very easy to change the swimming level from very close to the surface and almost waking on a slow retrieve to swimming several inches deep by changing the rod angle. If you keep the rod at about a 45-50 degree angle, that will help keep the bait right under the surface throughout the retrieve. By holding the rod tip down, it will then swim from 4" (SR 50) to 10" (SR 65) deep. You may even alternate between the actions on the same retrieve by switching between holding the rod up and keeping it down.
Summer, when weeds are at their thickest and rise closest to the water's surface is a great time to capitalize on the Crankster SR's shallow nature and loud rattle that calls bass out from under the thick grass.
In tidal rivers, other crankbaits may become unusable at low tide, due to emergent vegetation as the tide ebbs, making the Crankster SR's shallow swimming level and rattle indispensible once again.
Night fishing is a great time for the Crankster SR's large profile to be silhouetted against the night sky, making it an obvious target for any predator that hones in on its large profile, subsurface turbulence trail and loud sound at night.
During the day, any time when it gets very windy and the surface of the water is choppy, rippled or wind-smeared, you may want to try the Crankster SR. Under these conditions, a typical topwater lure may get lost in the surface commotion and a topwater may not be able to call attention to itself because of all the surface action of the water itself. The beauty of the Crankster SR is that it descends a few inches underneath the chaotic surface of the water when it's choppy or windy. There, a few inches beneath the surface chaos, the Crankster SR is very visible, very vulnerable, singled out and susceptible to any gamefish that is ready to grab at it!
So you can see how the subsurface nature of the new Crankster SR Shallow Runner gives you many possibilities under many conditions.
About the Koolie Minnow 102 LL Long Lip
Whenever predators are feeding on long, slender baitfish in fresh or saltwater, there is a SEBILE Koolie Minnow to cover any situation or species.
What's innovative about the new Koolie Minnow LL 102 is it is the sole member of the family that has a heavy metal bead for mass transfer of the lure's weight. The bead runs into the tail for long distance and accuracy on the cast. This provides the new LL 102 with the best ability for long casts, making this model a great lure to target fish far away and deep. The bead returns to the lure's belly for stability and action during the retrieve or on the troll. The Koolie LL 102 has a wiggling, rolling action, and dives deeper than other minnow baits of comparable size. It catches fish just like a crankbait when used with a steady retrieve. Also superb to use as a jerkbait with a cadence of jerks and pauses. It may be trolled or strummed in a current.
"What I like very much with the Koolie LL 102 is that this bait goes really deep for its size without pulling heavily on the rod tip," says Patrick Sebile. "Less water resistance means less pulsation from the lure felt in the rod tip. Due to its unique bridged lip design, there is less feel of the lure throb, and that also increases the angler’s sensitivity to anything - a short strike, grass or debris on the hook, contact with bottom or cover - all are easier to detect since the lip resistance itself is not the overpowering sensation. So you can more easily detect short strikes, bottom, cover, debris and react quicker to whatever you feel making contact with the lure."
In terms of body length, the 4" long Koolie Minnow LL 102 completes SEBILE's LL family by fitting in between the 3-1/2" Koolie Minnow LL 90 and the 4-5/8" Koolie Minnow LL 118.
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