Sebile Hooks

[Sea Dangles]

Originally Posted by ProfessorM

no. I took the rear hook off the magic swimmer and put larger hooks on the stick shad. They fish good. Roy L told me he puts double split rings on the belly of the stick shad too for less binding under stress. TBH I had better success this week on the x rap by rapala and less than half the price. Got my biggest fish this week on one. Check them out.

I too endorse the xrap Puffessa!!!For a few years now they catch when others won't in the ditch.

[mikecc]

All the BLACK hooks on Sebiles are junk. Splitrings also have to be changed out. Make sure you change the splitring on the nose of the lure also.

If you have a lure with the silver hooks ( Owner ) they are good and do not have to be changed.

On the large Magic Swimmer get rid of the back hook all together.

[Finaddict]

Mike - good tip about the nose split ring, probably gets overlooked, as I know I did it ... replaced the splits and hooks - removed the tail hook all together and only use the front with a VMC ... need to pay attention to the nose as well. Too bad they short-change such a good rig with cheesey splits and hooks ...

[RoyL]

I recommend changing them over and i'll post some pics of a few ideas that can help. Now, here's a little input from someone who has been throwing Sebiles for over 4 years and recently jumped on board there pro staff. The lures are made to catch fish. The whole Sebile line up of lures are nothing like anything else out there. Every model is designed to specifically do something. This makes it hard to change certain things with out changing the baits action. Now i switch my split rings for wollverines #7 (270lb) and my hooks to vmc 4x and it still does not improve anything.....Its hook placement on the baits and the amount of pressure that we put on the fish, especially in the canals current. I have fished these baits off the boat with 7 foot rods and light line and have not had a problem, even with the black hooks. When you start putting 50-65lb braid, current, twisting fish, and meat sticks into the mix is when the split rings and hooks start to take a toll. For the amount of fish i get on these baits and the amount of big fish over the last 4 years I will continue to change the split rings and find them worth every penny. plain and simple they catch fish.

I got fish with Patrick Sebile a few weeks ago and it was a blast. It was awesome listing to stories from someone who has fished in 62 countries and has over 300 igfa world records...there was a lot to learn. So here's a few pics that might help or even spark some ideas.

[RoyL]

......i hope this helps...now i'm not just hyping these baits up cause i'm part of there pro staff, i throw other stuff as well, but they do catch fish and most times will out fish lots of other proven baits. in the first pic is a 4x 4/0 vmc after a tide and the next two pics are wollverine 270lb split rings after a tide. well worth the amount of fish caught compared to everyone next to me.