Spybaiting?

[bulletboy3286]

I am going to try this technique out this year here in ohio. I bought a few Duo spinbaits and wondered some of your expirences with the spybait or just some general info. thanks as always for the help!

[Glenn]

Might want to check out this thread first: http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/130613-spybait/

[smalljaw67]

A lot of good information in the link that Glenn posted but I'll give you my take on it. This is a clear water bait only, the only way it works in dirty water is if you hit the fish in the head with it. It is very subtle and I would recommend using it to search for fish either, the fun part and the one I hated the most was using spinning tackle because the bait weighs like 3/8oz but fishing it on anything more than 6# line really hurts the little action is has and since it requires light line I would use a spinning set up for it. If you have clear water and you are on fish it will draw strikes but it is a one dimensional bait, same deal as a jerkbait  but the jerkbait can draw fish in with sound and erratic action, this is very subtle so the fish need to see it for distance.

[DelfiBoyz_One_and_Only]

There are many many many small swimbaits that IMHO look more like a bait fish than a spybait. Most of them can be rigged with any weight you choice. If fishing a spybait slow is the trick then any swim bait with the correct weight can be fished equally as slow or even slower since they are weedless and can even be dragged on the bottom.

I feel like fishermen try to by the latest and greatest thing just because it's new! Kind of like women and the newest trending clothes/shoes. No matter how funny or stupid it looks just to say they have it. Just remember the old helicopter lure. You saw it on TV you saw someone catch a fish with it and had to have one. Truth be told under the right conditions you can catch a bass or any fish with a hook tied to a stick.

To each their own but as for me it's a no go.

[TorqueConverter]

I thought the whole "thing" with the baits was that the fish like subsurface props on propbaits.  It was one of those things that catch fish, like the wobble and flash of a spinnerbait blade or the wiggle of a crankbait. 

[Bluebasser86]

I've had some success with the Duo spinbait 80. Like stated, it required light line and clear water because it's a very subtle action. I can see how it would be effective in the right situation though. Our water temps haven't broke the 50 degree mark yet so my fishing them has been limited to power plant lakes where the water stays fairly stained up and limits their effectiveness. 

[primetime]

I have seen guys have success using a devils horse topwater double prop bait on a carolina rig, and also with a Bagleys Bang O lure with a prop in the back on a carolina rig. I guess the Duo Realis is a Finesse Tactic and I have no doubt it will work but to me I can think of alot of other methods I would use before trying a suspending or sinking prop bait like the Japanese call "Spybaiting".

 

I have no doubt that propellers catch bass and we all have seen kids catching bass on the creme midget crawler rigged worms with the helicopter blade, and I actually pull that out when pond fishing gets really tough. I often will put a prop blade in front of a Ribbon or Curly Tail worm in stained water instead of adding sound, and it often is very effective.

 

I actually have more success using a carolina rig with floating Jerkbaits and Rapala J-9 and J-11 jointed balsa minnows than I do with soft plastics early in the spring before weeds are a real issue. I just can't see spending the money for the Duo lure, but then again, I buy so many lures and baits that I never use anyhow, so I wish you the best.......Like anything else, if you want to become good at spybaiting, I am sure it can be a killer tactic as it gives fish in pressured lakes a new look which is what the Japanese are up against. I am always messing around with customizing my lures and rigs and have added colorodo blades, chatter blades, and beads etc. to almost every presentation you can think of...Sometimes I strike out, sometimes I get lucky and find a rig that may work for a day, or better yet, something I use all the time..Kind of like letting worms bleed so you can create some crazy swirls where you mix black and chartreuse with red and for some reason that worm will kill em in the spring until fall.....kind of glows red and chartruese with a dark black to fill all a Bass desires...

[rippin-lips]

Why do we have 2 threads going on the same topic only a few lines apart.