marc626 Posted December 24, 2019 Report Share Posted December 24, 2019 O.k. some of you may frown on this one because it's the Cheepo route but I have been throwing an 8" Castaic Boot Tail in Trout and a Sebile Magic Swimmer 9" 228sk in Natural Shiner since Thanksgiving. I drove to my closest spot yesterday afternoon with light rain and temps in the mid 50's. I made a lap with the Castaic for nothing then nailed this one. The fish or at least one fish was actively on the surface chasing a trout near shore( v wakes). She crushed the swimmer after nipping at it on the cast before. The fish was hooked on the body as well so I popped the hook off. Just over or dead at 5lbs. The lifeguards offered to help take to take more pics. but I figured the selfie way is the way to roll nowadays. Never give up. Swimbait fishin' ain't easy! 168 Rookie, CaliBassin, WestTexasFishEveryDay and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainhookset Posted December 24, 2019 Report Share Posted December 24, 2019 I remember when those Magic Swimmers came out like 10-15 years ago, they wire fire! Nice to see it still in your arsenal. Nice slob man!! jealous of you guys in warmer weather ugh only three more months to go... merry christmas marc626 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted December 24, 2019 Report Share Posted December 24, 2019 Solid fish!!!! Never SFD has fish like that, good to know....thanks for sharing the catch and video! Ever fish the “other” ponds near Irwindale? thanks Alex marc626 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc626 Posted December 24, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2019 15 minutes ago, Alex said: Solid fish!!!! Never SFD has fish like that, good to know....thanks for sharing the catch and video! Ever fish the “other” ponds near Irwindale? thanks Alex Never.... but they may be on the chew after the recent plants at the dam. It's usually tough though. This is my 1st there at or over 5lbs.....really tough spot to get big ones. Also check out my album for previous catches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted December 24, 2019 Report Share Posted December 24, 2019 5 minutes ago, marc626 said: Never.... but they may be on the chew after the recent plants at the dam. It's usually tough though. This is my 1st there at or over 5lbs.....really tough spot to get big ones. Also check out my album for previous catches. That’s what I heard, hard to get big ones there. More power to you for making it happen ! Merry Christmas!! marc626 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted December 24, 2019 Report Share Posted December 24, 2019 (edited) The magic swimmer was my first ever hard "swimbait" owned... made famous years ago by the Bassmaster pros and now you can get them dirt cheap online. They might not have the hype anymore, but the fish don't care and they still sure get bit. Nice catch! Edit: The castaic boot tail trout was also my first soft swimbait...pretty cool how we still have both! Edited December 24, 2019 by danthefisherman marc626 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOZ Posted December 24, 2019 Report Share Posted December 24, 2019 Dude the Sebille gets bit. I keep two in my box to throw for striper. Nice fish marc626 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbass Posted December 24, 2019 Report Share Posted December 24, 2019 Nice one marc626 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jace D Posted December 26, 2019 Report Share Posted December 26, 2019 No frowning here. Nice fish! marc626 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookedonbigbaits Posted December 26, 2019 Report Share Posted December 26, 2019 Good fish on a big bait! Nice. marc626 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SumoNinja Posted December 27, 2019 Report Share Posted December 27, 2019 Fish don't care how much you spent on a bait Good job brotha marc626 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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