In-Line Spinner And Buzzbaits

[papajoe222]

I do quite a bit of multi-species fishing and use in-line baits for much of them. When I'm targeting muskie, pike, walleye, lake trout, I catch my share of good sized bass on them also. The one thing I don't do and I'm thinking that maybe I should, is use them when I'm targeting bass.

I catch a few pike and some good size walleye on bass style spinnerbaits and an occasional muskie will cut off a buzzer or spinnerbait on me.

Although it isn't my motto, I do believe in showing the fish something different, or at the very least the same things others are, but differently. So I was wondering if using an in-line when everyone else is using a safteypin style could up my odds. I know an in-line spinner gives of a different flash and vibration and the body of a buzzer in that style sits higher and normally farther back from the blades.

What I'd like to know is if anyone has fished a lake that doesn't sport toothy critters with any of these baits? My home waters have really been pounded by the locals this summer and although I do fairly well on them, the spinnerbait bite has all but disapeared. I should be able to pick them up in the 4-6ft.range on spinners, but the only consistant bait late this summer has been a jerkbait ripped through that zone. My old shoulders can only take a couple of hours of that and I'm back to burning a spinnerbait, with no success.

[Raul]

In-line spinners are extremely productve baits when the time is right, I still fish with them on a regular basis and there have been days that if it weren´t for them I would have gone fishless, problem is that many think of them as "beginner´s lures".

[Jigfishn10]

Raul is correct, spinners are considered "beginner" lures and long forgotten lures, but the one below as well as some other different colored ones I've been using up here with great success should be in your bag of tricks!

Sometimes you need to get inline!

[Marty]

I don't know why inline spinners should be considered beginners' lures, but regardless, they catch fish.

[fishking247]

one of my favorite baits to throw in cold water

[guitarkid]

as much as I love spinnerbaits, I'm surprised I only have maybe 3 inlines.

-gk

[Bluebasser86]

It's hard to argue their effectiveness for almost all species of fish that will eat a lure. They imitate a small baitfish very well. I agree they have a bad rap of being a beginners lure, probably because they are so easy to fish I guess. They tend to catch smaller bass when I use them but I know that some of the pros keep them in their "panic box".

[wademaster1]

in-lines are great; i've caught bass in places using these things when nothing else in my bag would even get a hit; the larger ones for bass i think are more functional than the smaller ones; lots of times the smaller ones seem to "not spin" correctly

[Daddyodo]

I have had a lot of success with my Mepps Aglia #3 red/white. I rarely go home skunked using this but the fish tend to be on the small size. I will be experimenting with a #4 silver this afternoon. I agree about it being thought of as a beginner lure. I sometimes feel like in order to be a "true fisherman" I need to move up to the "big boy lures" :crying-baby-1:but I keep catching fish with them.

Hey jigfishn10 what kind of spinner is that? Looks good

[craww]

Inline spinners are great baits no doubt about it. Inline buzzers just aren't the fish catchers as the safety pin style (for me). Obviously its a whole different sound/action and I'm sure at some point in might be the deal over the lunkerlure stlye buzzer. I hink its the posture of the safety pin style hanging below the water presenting a good target.

For me a buzzfrog or rage craw retrieved on the surface is the better choicet....Weedless, can be killed and jigged under the surface, etc.

[Jigfishn10]

Hey jigfishn10 what kind of spinner is that? Looks good

Thanks Daddyodo, I made this one around late June and had such good success with it I went ahead and made a clear w/blue crystal skirted one with a chartreuse grub trailer as well as a black & blue spinner. All use a #4 Colorado blade, a 3/8 oz tungsten body and a 2/0 owner mosquito hook. You can't tell form the pic, but I have a swivel built in as well. I did make one with an Indiana Blade just so I could fish it a lil faster, but the 5/16 oz tungsten body made it a bit too heavy causing a sluggish start-up. I'm planning on downsizing the weight on that for a better option in the future. If your interested, I'll take a pic of them and will post on another thread or I can PM you?

Thanks for the kind post Daddyodo.

[bkohlman]

Mepps size #1 is all I use when I fish a small creek for Spotted Bass

[SirSnookalot]

The pros....catch a lot of fish, hardly get skunked, works well over weeds and in the shallows.

The cons... too many small fish and bluegills, puts line twist on braid, boring.

I'd be opting for a spinnerbait or topwater, much better chance of a quality fish. IMO inline spinners target small fish, the bigger fish does come by once in a while. I'd rather catch one really nice fish, than 25 guppies.

[Addicted to Smallies]

A Mepps Aglia #3 can definitely put fish in the boat when nothing else is working. I've never caught a huge bass on one, but for numbers it works well and is definitely in the "panic box" on my boat.