SlickFISH Semi-Floater lures

I have been testing the SlickFISH Semi-Floater lures and am impressed with the results I have been getting with the lure.

It is a hard plastic lure that has 2 hooks that are concealed inside the body until you "set the hook" on the Bass when it bites. When you "set the hook", it pulls the piece out that releases the hooks so that the hooks spring out of the body and hook the fish.

In the photo below you can see the hooks that are sticking out of the body.

As you can see, the lure is streamlined and does have a skirt attached to the back of the lure. You can turn the skirt around so that it looks bulkier, but I had better results with the skirt attached like it is in the photo. I was working the SlickFISH lure through grass and thick cover like tree tops and crappie piles. So, the skirt attached so it was thinner worked better for what I was doing.

The SlickFISH lure did not gather weeds at the front of the lure so it just glided through the weeds. Because the hooks were concealed inside the lure, there would not be a weed on the lure when I retrieved it to the boat.

When I was working the SlickFISH through thick cover like tree tops or crappie piles and the lure came up to a limb, I would gently bounce the lure until it came over the limb. I caught 3 fish while doing exactly this. As soon as the lure came over the limb, the Bass just nailed the lure. You want to be gentle with the lure as if you get it hung in the brush and yank on the lure you could cause the hooks to snap out of the body making it easier to get hung up on the brush. So, gently jiggle the lure when it comes up to a branch or limb. By jigging the lure, you give it some action and like I mentioned, I had 3 Bass that just annihiliated the lure when it came over the limb and slowly fell off the limb.

When working the lure through the water, it semi-floats. I would let it fall until I couldn't see the lure and then twitch the rod tip and it would come back to the surface. Then I would let it fall until I couldn't see it and then twitch the rod tip and see it come back up and then let it fall and then twitch it again, etc. It falls slowly and acts like a dying shad would.

I did fish it Texas style and caught fish with it. I had to peg the sinker because when it was not pegged, it was hard to feel the lure as there was no stop to how much line could come through the sinker.

I did fish the lure Carolina rig style. I did have to use at least an ounce Lindy rig sinker to have a constant feel of the lure when fished this way.

I would release the hooks so that the hooks were exposed and throw it out in a school of Bass chasing shad on the surface and it would hook the bass every time.

The only problem that I had with the SlickFISH lure was that I could not get it to "set the hook" with monofilament line. There was just too much stretch in the line to pop the release so the hooks would come out of the body. When I used braided line, I had no problem at all getting the hooks to release and snag the Bass.

In the last month, just the cost of jigs and crankbaits that I would have lost would have more than paid for the SlickFISH lures that I used. So, the SlickFISH lure is worth the cost. I haven't lost a SlickFISH lure yet.

The other great feature about this lure is that you can "build" your own. You can order the color of body, skirt and eyes on the SlickFISH web site. http://www.SlickFISHlure.com

I give the SlickFISH Semi-Floater 5 stars...