BigRed1977 Posted January 7, 2019 Posted January 7, 2019 When I was a kid everyone fished spinner baits. Now it seems like few use them much less talk about them. I like because to me they are the perfect search bait. I can fish slow and drag the bottom and see what’s there. I can fish them through the entire water column and it seems that bass still hit them. I like crankbaits too but I don’t use them as a search bait because the snag a lot more often. Chatter baits don’t seem a versatile to me. So what’s the consensus? Are spinner baits dead? Do other baits work better? 2 Quote
Super User the reel ess Posted January 7, 2019 Super User Posted January 7, 2019 When I got to the reservoir yesterday, my buddy had forgotten his phone. He asked me to take a pic of his fish, an 8 lb 3 oz monster (2nd photo) he caught on this bait. I caught the bass in the 1st pic on the exact same model spinnerbait at the same place in late fall. 7 Quote
Troy85 Posted January 7, 2019 Posted January 7, 2019 I use them all the time. If I'm fishing a river or lake I use a double willow leaf blade bait with a skirt. If I'm fishing tidal marsh, I tend to do better using a single Colorado blade with a plastic minnow. 1 Quote
BoatSquirrel Posted January 7, 2019 Posted January 7, 2019 I am very glad folks have forgotten the spinnerbait! Big Red, when we were kids and everyone threw spinnerbaits all the time, fish got wise and watched them go by. Reel ess’ War Eagle is the juice, along with Booyah’s 4 blade baits. 2 Quote
Super User Sam Posted January 7, 2019 Super User Posted January 7, 2019 7 minutes ago, Troy85 said: I use them all the time. If I'm fishing a river or lake I use a double willow leaf blade bait with a skirt. If I'm fishing tidal marsh, I tend to do better using a single Colorado blade with a plastic minnow. Troy, ever use spinnerbaits for saltwater species? I would think the redfish and speckled trout would hit them. Now post some pics of Mardi Gras for us to enjoy! Quote
Troy85 Posted January 7, 2019 Posted January 7, 2019 Just now, Sam said: Troy, ever use spinnerbaits for saltwater species? I would think the redfish and speckled trout would hit them. Now post some pics of Mardi Gras for us to enjoy! Oh yeah, redfish and trout both enjoy eating up spinner baits. Actually, my spinner bait of choice for tidal bass fishing is the "Red Fish Magic" made by Strike King. Strike King also makes "Speckled trout magic" which bass, trout and redfish will all willingly eat. Haha! I usually try to go on vacation during Mardi Gras, but I'll see what i can do! 1 1 Quote
Super User the reel ess Posted January 7, 2019 Super User Posted January 7, 2019 29 minutes ago, Troy85 said: Oh yeah, redfish and trout both enjoy eating up spinner baits. Actually, my spinner bait of choice for tidal bass fishing is the "Red Fish Magic" made by Strike King. Strike King also makes "Speckled trout magic" which bass, trout and redfish will all willingly eat. Haha! I usually try to go on vacation during Mardi Gras, but I'll see what i can do! I made this bad boy up from a redfish spinnerbait and one of @cadman's custom grass jigs he made for me in gold shiner color. I figured it's worth a try since gold SB's work so well for me. I haven't tried it yet though. 2 Quote
deadadrift89 Posted January 7, 2019 Posted January 7, 2019 Spring-Fall I keep one on the deck. I prefer them over bladed jigs around any wood or when water clarity is better than 2'. Fished with a guy on his home lake and I had one on. He told me those don't work here. No more than 10min. later I caught 2 bass in a row off a wind blown point, he never said a word? Quote
Super User Catt Posted January 7, 2019 Super User Posted January 7, 2019 56 minutes ago, Troy85 said: If I'm fishing tidal marsh, I tend to do better using a single Colorado blade with a plastic minnow. 6 1 Quote
Super User Jig Man Posted January 7, 2019 Super User Posted January 7, 2019 Catt that looks like a War Eagle to me. That's about all I throw. Quote
Super User Team9nine Posted January 7, 2019 Super User Posted January 7, 2019 Don't think they're dead, but I haven't carried a single one in the boat for at least a decade, or even thrown one in that time. May have to go buy one this year Quote
scbassin Posted January 7, 2019 Posted January 7, 2019 I am not a big fan of spinnerbaits. 7 1 2 Quote
Super User scaleface Posted January 7, 2019 Super User Posted January 7, 2019 I use them a lot . Spinnerbaits and buzzbaits dominated my catches this past year . I guess close to 75 percent of my bass were caught on one or the other . 2 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted January 7, 2019 Super User Posted January 7, 2019 Several respectable brown bass have choked my spinnerbait offerings the past few seasons - including my PB. Makes it hard to stop throwing it. A-Jay 7 Quote
Way north bass guy Posted January 7, 2019 Posted January 7, 2019 46 minutes ago, A-Jay said: Several respectable brown bass have choked my spinnerbait offerings the past few seasons - including my PB. Makes it hard to stop throwing it. A-Jay Ain’t that the truth! Not much beats the crushing hit of a northern smallie that is on the plus side of 5lbs. I swear sometimes it feels like they’re gonna rip the rod out of my hands. 2 Quote
Kayak_Fish_Camp Posted January 8, 2019 Posted January 8, 2019 I just signed up and was filling out my profile today and what did I say in my description..."love fishing topwater but looking to use spinnerbait and chatterbaits this summer". So this post is perfect and why I joined this forum. I am looking for ideas in murky to low visibility spinner colors. Am I just looking to get white? 2 Quote
Super User Munkin Posted January 8, 2019 Super User Posted January 8, 2019 Still use them and they are one of my favorite baits. Allen 1 Quote
Super User Mobasser Posted January 8, 2019 Super User Posted January 8, 2019 I'll always have spinnerbaits in my tackle box. Versatile, great lures. 1 Quote
Super User Munkin Posted January 8, 2019 Super User Posted January 8, 2019 3 hours ago, Jig Man said: Catt that looks like a War Eagle to me. That's about all I throw. All the baits you make and you buy factory spinnerbaits? Allen Quote
Super User Deleted account Posted January 8, 2019 Super User Posted January 8, 2019 1 minute ago, Munkin said: All the baits you make and you buy factory spinnerbaits? Allen The monkey doesn't care if you grow your own, he's still getting his. Quote
Super User Munkin Posted January 8, 2019 Super User Posted January 8, 2019 13 minutes ago, reason said: The monkey doesn't care if you grow your own, he's still getting his. He bites me in different ways! Picked up 150lbs of lead this past week in order to pour on the 500 flippin jig hooks I picked up at a great price. Allen Quote
Super User Deleted account Posted January 8, 2019 Super User Posted January 8, 2019 29 minutes ago, Munkin said: He bites me in different ways! Picked up 150lbs of lead this past week in order to pour on the 500 flippin jig hooks I picked up at a great price. Allen Let me know if you need lead. We go through 8-16 oz sinkers like water. Have two guys casting full time and they can't keep up. Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted January 8, 2019 Global Moderator Posted January 8, 2019 Won a couple tournaments last year on spinnerbaits, including our end of the year fish off. Looking at buying a mold for some bigger spinnerbaits to make some big thumping blade baits because they're impossible to find in the blade/skirt combos I want. 4 Quote
kenmitch Posted January 8, 2019 Posted January 8, 2019 Dang nammit! Just the word spinnerbait brings back that haunting memory of the largest bass I've ever hooked and sadly lost. Was way back around 1990 and she was a big girl. DD and then some. Oh the horror! I close my eyes and I can see my cast land next to a large flooded bush. As the chartreuse and white double willow leaf slowly flutters into the depths she comes charging out from under the bush and inhales it. She goes right and weaves between flooded timber as I'm doing a full speed hard left. I guess I should have mentioned I had just gotten a Minn Kota auto pilot trolling motor and had given up on the spot so I set it for a really hard left turn at full speed as I made one last cast. It all happened so fast and by the time I regained control of the boat she'd weaved thru some tall flooded timber. I did manage to turn her and finagle her thru the timber, but sadly my spinnerbait got wedged on the very last piece. Fishing solo I'm in the front of the boat and my nets in the very back. I watched helplessly for what seamed like an eternity as she slowly wiggled herself free. I got 2 really good looks at the big girl a no questions asked DD and then some....Ugh! I do have a few spinnerbaits I bought last year but haven't used them much yet. I'll give them a shot again this year and see if I have any luck. 1 Quote
Super User Munkin Posted January 8, 2019 Super User Posted January 8, 2019 5 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said: Won a couple tournaments last year on spinnerbaits, including our end of the year fish off. Looking at buying a mold for some bigger spinnerbaits to make some big thumping blade baits because they're impossible to find in the blade/skirt combos I want. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Freshwater-Spinnerbait-Hidden-Weight-4-mold-5-8-3-4-1-oz-CNC-Aluminum/123547886933?hash=item1cc4072555:g:Xt4AAOSwzvlW~NRZ:rk:4:pf:0 I have this one if you want to borrow it? Allen Quote
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