Fishing A Mepps #4 Black Fury

[Jake the Cake]

Hey all,

 

I'm fishing a Mepps Black Fury #4 dressed this weekend and can't find any good pointers on how to fish it.  All I've read is that it's good for morning and evening and catches everything from trout to bass to pike.  Anybody have any good pointers on retrieval, heaviness of the line, where (open water, shore, brush)?  This is literally the first inline spinner I've ever fished for some reason.  I saw it on the rack and something about it caught my eye, don't know anything about it besides what I've Googled this morning.

[georgeyew]

I have the Black Fury #5. For me I fish it on my baitcasting rod with 12lb line. I fish it a lot like regular spinnerbaits except for it is not weedless so I avoid brushes and grass with it. It pushes a lot of water so it is good for night time or early mornings.

[Raul]

Find a likely spot, cast, let it sink ( here begins the tricky part ) and retrieve steadily fast enough to maintain the blade rotation, not too fast or the bait will rise nor too sow or the blade will not rotate

[Jake the Cake]

I like the sound of "it pushes a lot of water".  I've used dark spinners and buzz baits for morning and evening before so I think I have an idea of what to do with this.  I wasn't sure if there was a certain trick to inline spinners as opposed to typical ones.  Thanks guys

[MassBass]

I like mono with a wire leader. I like it best in moving water like a river. For the retrieve keep it moving but vary the pace with your rod. I fish even little spinners with a casting combo. With a steel leader you can get away with a thin mainline. Toothy fish love spinners so a leader is key, also most leaders have a swivel which is necessary with these lures. Its definitely a reaction-strike lure.   

[georgeyew]

Also, you may want to add a good bearing swivel in front of the mepps. The inline lures can cause line twists.

[Jake the Cake]

Also, you may want to add a good bearing swivel in front of the mepps. The inline lures can cause line twists.

 

Aaahhhh, there's the piece of the puzzle I've been missing!!!  Glad you mentioned this.  Thanks!

[QUAKEnSHAKE]

I like mono with a wire leader. I like it best in moving water like a river. For the retrieve keep it moving but vary the pace with your rod. I fish even little spinners with a casting combo. With a steel leader you can get away with a thin mainline. Toothy fish love spinners so a leader is key, also most leaders have a swivel which is necessary with these lures. Its definitely a reaction-strike lure.   

 

Also, you may want to add a good bearing swivel in front of the mepps. The inline lures can cause line twists.

 

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[bigbill]

I use a #3 mepps Anglia inline picking off bass till the action slows down. When the action stops I upside to a #4/#5 inline. I find the bigger fish come into see what the smaller fish are doing but won't strike the smaller bait.

The larger size bait works.

[CWB]

Old school. Fish don't see these too often. Funny how you get away from something that works because it is not "in".

[Scott F]

Also, you may want to add a good bearing swivel in front of the mepps. The inline lures can cause line twists.

 

I use inline spinners a lot and I never use a swivel. If your lure is causing line twist, your lure is defective. In a properly working spinner, the blade spins, not the lure.

[MikeFL52]

I fished Black Fury for years, throughout the northeast and Canada catching a LOT of bass. I haven't really used them in a few years, but still have a number of them.   Use a steady retrieve to keep the blade turning, and a good snap swivel.  Look at it moving through the water when it's near you to get an idea of retrieve speed.  No secrets, but the black with yellow dots outfished all the others for me.