Spinnerbait Disintigrated

[Koz]

I've been touting my white KVD spinnerbait with a Keitech Swing Impact trailer all spring. I bought it a few months ago and have caught at least 25 bass on it with the largest being over 5 pounds. Lots and lots of 2 and 3 pounders. But today, it died.

 

I had caught a 2 pounder on it earlier in the morning but we left that lagoon after not one, not two, but three alligators chased us off. I probably had another 15 casts on it since the earlier catch and then - boom. In mid flight it came apart in at least 3 pieces. I saw 3 pieces all headed in different directions. I use a snap for my baits and the snap was still intact and closed, but my lure and trailer were gone. RIP.

 

My guess is that the fish tore it up and I didn't notice. It was only $6 or $7, but I'm disappointed that it lasted only a few months.

 

On a side note, the humidity was a killer today. My son and I rode our bikes from lagoon to lagoon, but I don't think we even covered 10 miles today. And despite drinking a lot of water, by the time we got back to the car I thought I was going to have a stroke. I had to spend 20 minutes in the AC and drink 2 more bottles of water before I could even mount the bikes on the rack. It was actually kind of scary for a few minutes.

 

It really sucks getting old. I may have to just pick one lagoon and fish there for now on rather than biking all over the place. The problem is where we fish you can't park a car or gold cart, so you have to bike or walk to most of the lagoons. I certainly don't want to put my rods away until the fall.

[WRB]

.25 per fish is a bargin, the lure is replaceable.

Tom

[heavyduty]

I agree with WRB, you got your $'s worth out of that one! Careful in that heat/humidity, been there, done that, NO FUN!

[Catt]

You want lures in your tackle box or bass in your livewell?

 

You can't have both ?

[Bluebasser86]

Spinnerbaits die eventually if they're good, it's part of the game. My worn out white with gold blades War Eagle died on the last fish of the day in a tournament a few weeks ago. Went to swing in a little 2 pounder (that ended up would have culled and won it for me), I got the arm and the blades, fish kept the skirt and the hook. 

 

RIP old friend, we did lots of work together. You can tell in this picture the head is wallowed out where the wire runs into it. The head was gold too when I bought it. It's blades live on though, now on a homemade spinnerbait. 

 

If I get 20 fish out of a spinnerbait, I figure I got my money worth. I'd rather get 50, but I feel much better getting 20 out of a $6 spinnerbait, than I do getting 1 out of a $.50 Senko. 

[Koz]

Yeah, I get it. But I'm a cheap wretched