Confused With Spinnerbaits

[rowyourboat]

im probably over complicating it. but i get confused with the different weights, coloros, blade style, etc on when to use them

 

Specifically on my home late for example - water is in the upper 50's and muddy.

 

a few days ago i tied a single colorado blade. 1/2 oz. chart/white spinner.

 

caught 1 fish.

 

what would you guys try? 

 

most fish seemsed to be in less that 5ft of water after talking to some friend who caught a few

[Raul]

 

 

 

 

 

what would you guys try? 

 

 

 

A single Colorado  1/2 oz Chart/White.

 

I own more than 200 spinnerbaits in all sorts of colors, sizes and blade configurations, 95% of them have never touched the water and 90% of the time I fish with  ..... guess what ? oh yeah, you guessed right.

[frogflogger]

You have a lot of choices but in that muddy water I'd have probably tried painted blades - we use to use black but lime green or chart. blades would probably have helped

[bigbill]

Muddy water it's a Mann's 1/4oz gold Colorado blade chartreuse color with a mister twister 4" split double tail grub with a trailer hook.

When I change the skirts out I put on a hot chartreuse skirt.

[smalljaw67]

You are doing it right, and there are tons of different things you can do to spinnerbaits but I'll give you my general use tips to help clear it up for you. For weights, 1/4oz is great for clear shallow water and when the fish are short striking larger baits, 3/8oz is the all purpose size, this is the most popular size as it will be good for the shallow clear water but is big enough to use with thumper blades in stained water. The 1/2oz bait is THE bait, this is what you want for slow rolling with single Colorado, or burning with a double willow leaf but in our situation with muddy water and fish in the 5' zone, a chartreuse, white, or white/chartreuse combo with a single Colorado or a Tandem Indiana blade with a small Colorado kicker blade would be the ticket. The one thing to keep in mind is that the clearer the water, the more you want your spinnerbait to become a visual bait, the more stained the water is the more you want your spinnerbait to become a vibration bait. All you need is 3 blade styles, willow leaf for flash and speed, these will be used in stained to clear water, Indiana blade, this can be substituted for either blade if you are unsure what to use, and the Colorado, this is a great dirty water blade and the larger sizes are called thumper blades.

[iceintheveins]

Try a big black spinnerbait with a single black colorado blade, like is popular for night fishing. In five feet of water I like to use the lightest bait I can, but 1/2 ounce or bigger would probably be best since you need that bigger profile in the muddy water.

[Kevin22]

I fish muddy water a lot, I have my best luck with a double blade willow/colorado both silver, and a white skirt where there is shad, otherwise a chart/white/blue skirt. 1/4 for shallow water, 3/8 for all around. I almost never fish a 1/2. 

[papajoe222]

IMO, you had the right bait and blade and skirt color aren't as important in muddy water. As smalljaw said, color and blades become important considerations as the water clears up.  If the water level was up, you may have been fishing too deep. With water temps holding near 60 you should expect the fish to be moving shallow. The muddy water would put them tight to cover, so your presentation should be too.  The problem with muddy water is you have to know where and what type of cover there is available. Random casting may get you a fish or two, but if you're not making contact with the cover, it can be a long day.

The other thing I think should be mentioned is varying your retrieve speed until you can key in on what the fish want. You can do this throughout your cast, but you need to know how fast or slow your bait is moving when a fish hits and although I almost always recommend changing direction and speed during your retrieve, making multiple casts with constant retrieve speeds in muddy water is my recommendation.

 

BTW Raul, I guessed 90% of the time you fish with your eyes closed.

[Scorcher214]

muddy, cold, water....3/8oz white or chartreuse (or both) with a big colorado blade, fish it niiiiiceeee and slowwwwww

[Swampstud]

1/2oz double colorado blades. If the waters pure mud then strsight chart. If its just stained then white n chart. If its sunny gold blades, if its cloudy then painted blades. Its that easy.

[Glenn]

This should help:  http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-videos/spinnerbaits-bass-fishing.html

 

Enjoy!

[Mumbly]

This should help:  http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-videos/spinnerbaits-bass-fishing.html

 

Enjoy!

 

Definitely a good video to watch with some great info.

 

Glenn: on a side note...Can you still buy 100 lumaflex skirts for $10?

[Glenn]

You know, I made a mistake when I quoted that price when I made the video.  When I buy in bulk, the skirts last me for about 10 years.  So I didn't check the current price before I made that video.  I was wrong then, and even more now.

 

You can still get them for about $30-$40 for a 100 count, depending on the source.  Some may charge as much as $50 (.50 cents each), but you can find deals if you shop around.

[jbw252]

This should help:  http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-videos/spinnerbaits-bass-fishing.html

 

Enjoy!

Great video Glenn.  Thanks for sharing that with us.

[WIGuide]

Did you try varying your retrieve? Were you fishing around future spawning grounds? Did you try other colors? Did you try other blade combinations? I think there's times we think too hard about trying to throw the perfect bait for a set of conditions and tend to forget that we need to listen to what the fish are telling us. We have guidelines as far as where to start, but if the fish isn't going to hit it, there's really no sense throwing it.