I guess Spinnerbaits do work!

[Luna2406]

So Ive been trying spinnerbaits for a while now and I just haven't had too much luck with them...until recently. After a almost two month skunk I've started catching fish again!! and I started catching them with the the least expected bait, the spinnerbait. I attached a picture of the pretty girl I hooked up with yesterday! I use a paddle tail on mine, but recently i've been seeing a lot of people dont even use trailers on them, what do you guys do?? does it really matter??

[Nscheele]

Spinnerbaits are my biggest confidence bait, I fish them with or without a trailer. If I want a little larger profile I will use a fluke or paddle tail bait, but most of the time it's no trailer for me. 

[jbw252]

Nice fish!  I usually use a trailer on my spinnerbaits.  Glenn May has a good video on spinnerbaits --->>> http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-videos/spinnerbaits-bass-fishing.html

[SwampLife]

Nice fish... 95% of time I'm  fishing it without trailer.. 

[scaleface]

I use trailers to add   weight otherwise I dont use them .

[flyingmonkie]

I almost never use a trailer.

[Raul]

I've never caught anything interesting with spinnerbaits, my best spinnerbait bass is a solid niner, but I still enjoy spinnerbaiting.

[MassYak85]

Nice Fish! From the look of the pictures I would have been throwing a spinnerbait too! I usually don't use a trailer on mine. 

[Bluebasser86]

I've never been a big trailer guy, then this fall there was a hot big fish bite, for spinnerbaits with big trailers on them, 4.5-6 inch paddletails. I'll be doing it more often in the future. 

[Catt]

Sometimes I do...sometimes I don't!

 

Zoom Fat Albert!

 

Nice chunk!

[Guest]

Never gave a trailer a good chance. I catch them without the trailer so adding the trailer seems like a big profile but I know realistically it's not. One day I'll give it a chance but for now I think I'll just throw the spinnerbaits without trailers.

[Chowderhead]

10 hours ago, Raul said:

I've never caught anything interesting with spinnerbaits, my best spinnerbait bass is a solid niner

A 9lb'er is sure "interesting" in my neck of the woods. 

 

Love tossing spinnerbaits. Haven't done much with trailers in the past, but plan on giving it a try this year. 

[Bluebasser86]

2 minutes ago, Chowderhead said:

A 9lb'er is sure "interesting" in my neck of the woods. 

 

I've never caught one over 9 in KS. It's less than 3 pounds off our state record. For that matter, I've won several tournaments with 5 bass limits that didn't TOTAL 9 pounds 

[Oklahoma Mike]

I fish them both with (most of the time) and without trailers (sometimes). Usually it's a paddle tail, sometimes a grub or craw.

[jimf]

I always have a spinnerbait tied on, and I doubt that a fishing day has gone by in the past who knows how long where I haven't at least thrown it a couple of times in a day.   It is my #1 choice working water down to 3', I probably fish spinnerbaits better than any other lure.  I have developed a technique fishing cover where I sidearm/underhand it to keep the bait low to the water.  Right as the bait is going to land I lift the tip up to soften the entry and begin reeling.   The result is an almost ripple free landing with the bait already swimming.   I can't tell you how many fish I've gotten within the first crank of the reel handle.  

 

I caught my first bass on an artificial lure using a spinnerbait, and since then it's locked in my brain as my confidence bait.  I rarely use a trailer because back when I started fishing them people didn't dress them up too much.   I should definitely use a trailer more often.  

[Luna2406]

Guess most people do not have a trailer on them, interesting, i'll start giving that a shot too. Thanks for all the input guys!!

[RHuff]

If I'm slow rolling one at dusk or night I will often use a trailer hook if I'm burning one I'll use a keitech swingin impact as a trailer. I have found that 90% of my spinner bait strikes with a trailer included is on a paddle tail as opposed to a zoom chunk or craw. I think bass see a spinnerbait blade as a couple of tiny baitfish and the paddle tail swimbait as a trailer gives it more realism. 

[Chowderhead]

On 2/13/2017 at 9:45 AM, jimf said:

Right as the bait is going to land I lift the tip up to soften the entry and begin reeling.   The result is an almost ripple free landing with the bait already swimming.   I can't tell you how many fish I've gotten within the first crank of the reel handle.  

Making this near perfect cast very rarely happens for me, yet I did experience exactly what you have described just last fall. It was awesome that first crank with spinnerbait it was fish on. 

[RoLo]

By golly, NOW you're hooked!  

 

Not my favorite lure either, but I've gotten a couple bites on them.

Roger

 

[RHuff]

On 2/13/2017 at 10:45 AM, jimf said:

Right as the bait is going to land I lift the tip up to soften the entry and begin reeling.   The result is an almost ripple free landing with the bait already swimming.   I can't tell you how many fish I've gotten within the first crank of the reel handle.  

 

 

 

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[Darren.]

2 minutes ago, RHuff said:

 

 

And THIS is why this website is worth its weight in gold.

 

I second that!  

 

OR ... worth its weight in bass!!