swiedish pimple lure help

[jonnythefisherman1]

while at the pipe rack, i saw a discounted swiedish pimple that was atleast 20 years old! anyone heard of these? and if you do, can you give some tips?

["G"]

I have seen them before.....they still make them also. Not sure but I think they are a Walleye lure.

[Eager Beaver]

You are right G3 they are for catching walleye but like most lures will catch other fish as well. I used them for White Bass and Walleye. They kinda look like a CastMaster but have a slight bend to them and are a lot thinner, O ring and a treble hook on the end with a little piece of material for flash. I used them with a short piece of night crawler on one of the hooks on the treble hook, to give them the flavor of some meat. You want to use a good ball bearing swivele in front of it or it will twist your line. It was to have a slow undulating motion in the water to mimic a bait fish. EB

[Slab]

We use tiny Swedish pimples to ice fish here in Illinois. We put Wigglers on them and nail the Yellow Bass, Bluegill, and Crappie through the ice. Everyone here uses them.

[hays47]

Another trick with these is to remove the treble hook and tie a 2 to 3 inch dropper line. At the end of the dropper line tie a hook. Tip the single hook with live bait.

I some times tie a small glow bead on the hook line for a little extra attraction. I use year round but was designed for primarily ice fishing. This rig can be super deadly on large yellow perch. I use in sizes from 1/10 oz to 1/2 oz. Smaller the swedish pimple the smaller hook I use as a dropper.

I have caught the following species on them walleye , crappie , perch and channel catfish. One good perch technique with the pimples is to let it hit bottom and stir it up a bit. This creates a little cloud of dust on the bottom. Perch if nearby usually swim over to investigate. Somedays they like a live minnow on the dropper hook other days just a piece of minnow. When they really get picky go to a smaller pimple and tip with waxworm or maggot.

Some of the magazine writers refer to this as a " search " lure. Personally I think they should have called it the " producer ".