Preytorien Posted October 21, 2013 Posted October 21, 2013 I've posted before, and commented on others' posts that I've rarely had success with a spinnerbait, but this past Friday evening I finally had a consistent evening of success with it. We went to a lake about 10 acres in size, and almost none of it was more than 10 feet. The weedline was just below the surface about 1-2ft and was that way as far offshore as you could see. I figured the bass would probably be stocking up on the bluegill population for the coming months so I matched my spinnerbait to them, used a Terminator 3/8oz bluegill with willowleaf blades. They seemed to love it. I've not had this much luck with one before, so it was pretty exhiliarating. They only seemed to stop when it got dark, then I put on a Spro Bronzeye Popper Jr. and did just as good until it was fully nighttime. They beat the frog up so bad I had to buy a new one, the paint was peeled off and the hit it so hard a few times the hook punctured the frog and it kept taking on too much water. All in all, it was the most successful fall fishing episode I've been on, I hope it continues! But I've learned my lesson....spinnerbaits work when it's the right time. 1 Quote
Super User Felix77 Posted October 21, 2013 Super User Posted October 21, 2013 Nice. How fast were you retrieving it? Did you impart any additional action on the retrieve? Quote
Lil'Gunner Posted October 28, 2013 Posted October 28, 2013 Congrats.. that always feels good when you have a breakthrough like that. I've been chomping at the bit all year for the water to get cool enough for hard baits down here in SC. I love working soft plastics but jeez, you just like to have some variety too - finally found 'em hitting squarebills down here. That's been fun. Cheers.. Quote
Brent1981 Posted October 28, 2013 Posted October 28, 2013 Its hard to beat a good day of fishing with a spinnerbait imo Quote
Super User AK-Jax86 Posted October 28, 2013 Super User Posted October 28, 2013 Its always good to catch fish on a bait that you don't have much success with. That's how I was with frogs few months back. Ever since then that's all I throw lol. I haven't fished spinner baits much so far this season but last season I used them a lot. One of my biggest fish came from a spinner bait Quote
Brent1981 Posted October 30, 2013 Posted October 30, 2013 My pb was on a chartreuse spinnerbait..lol..I still have it in my head every time I cast that spinner that im gonna land a hog..lol..its funny how easy it is to get supersticious when fishing Quote
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