RoboWorm’s new 5″ and 6″ Ocean Swimbait tails look to be just the ticket for anglers looking for a quality bait with which to tackle stripers, halibut, calicos and all sorts of other rough and tumble saltwater and inshore critters….without having to break the bank.
But that’s in the package, how do they fish?? We found out…
FEATURES & SPECS
• Soft & Durable
• Realistic scale pattern
• Life-like fins
• Bell-Shaped Tail
• Available in 5″ & 6″
• Current Colors: Purple Blue Flash, Brown Green Neon, Brown Orange Flash, Lime Flash, Red Orange Flash, Peacock Flash
• MSRP: About $1.50
Ocean Swimbaits come in 5-inch and 6-inch sizes
The Robo Ocean Swimbaits are pretty sexy looking, with a nice scale finish and anatomically correct fins. Most swimbait tails on the market today are simply bodies with tails, no extra stuff like that, so it’s a nice touch. Does it really matter? Good question…when I think of a wolf pack of stripers attacking, it’s hard to imagine them noticing the dorsal fin on one of these babies, but then again, I’ve seen them also get oddly finicky at times too…
ON THE WATER TEST
Okay, so I’m gonna make this pretty short. I got my hands on these things when we had a big lull in the fishing here in the Central Valley. The stripers had been on a major blitz the week prior, but the action had all but dried up in a few days. In fact, I hadn’t caught a fish in the previous couple days (down from 100 a day the week before), so I guess it wasn’t totally a fair test. On the other hand, maybe it was the best possible time to try out a new bait.
Put me in coach!
I rigged up a 5-inch model on a 1/2-ounce Strike King head and went to work. In the water, next to the boat, the bait looked good, the bell-shaped tail kicking frantically. I prefer my swimbaits to have a fairly stiff body section with a good tail kick and that’s what the Robo has…a good sign!
Again, I’m going to keep this short. We had a couple hours to try ‘em out. On my second cast…
Then, not long thereafter:
I love the taste of plastic in the morning!
In our short outing, the Robo produced 5 bites from stripers and one super aggressive smallie.
The non-striped bass also liked the Ocean Swimbait
CONCLUSION
We didn’t have a ton of time to test the RoboWorm Ocean Swimbait out, but the early returns suggest that these things definitely work. Unfortunately, we didn’t have wide-open fishing to test out the lure’s durability, but I’ve spent a lot of time throwing swimbaits in my day and the bait sure seems like it would hold up — especially if you used a little Super Glue on the hook collar. I don;t think you can go too wrong with these babies if you’re into fishing the California Delta, bay halibut, rockfish, So Cal inshore, etc.
Obviously, they’ll be of use to freshwater anglers, too. Heck, I may even take some pike fishing with me this summer in Alaska!
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Nice article. I may try some of those!