V- Wake a spinnerbait

[Sluggo61]

Does anybody know and/or still v-wake a spinnerbait ?

[Catt]

Why certainly ?

[Sluggo61]

I'm honestly shocked that anybody replied! It's an older technique that very few anglers know outside of pros. 

[Columbia Craw]

How old ?

[WRB]

We used to wake Shannon twin spins in the 50's before safety pin wire frame spinnerbaits baits existed.

Tom

 

[SWVABass]

I’m interested can you all expand on the topic?? I haven’t heard of this before.

[scaleface]

I wake them quite a bit just to keep them from getting hung in grass or limbs . Blakemore made one  for waking I was fond of ,   the C.C. Spinner .It had an over-sized copper Colorado blade . 

[Sluggo61]

15 minutes ago, Swbass15 said:

I’m interested can you all expand on the topic?? I haven’t heard of this before.

The simplest way of describing it is to get the blade(s) of your spinnerbait to create a v shaped wake as u retrieve it. It takes practice to find the right retrieve speed, but it can be lethal. I've found it works best when a bass won't commit to a buzz bait, but the spinnerbait is deeper yet creating a little commotion on the surface to draw a strike.

[SWVABass]

thanks for the explanation. I was imagining something different. ??

[Mobasser]

Probably all older fisherman have done this. Jimmy Houston became famous doing it

[Russ E]

V waking a spinnerbait at night will get explosive strikes.

[RHuff]

Isn’t that the same thing as just burning it below the surface?

[Bluebasser86]

2 hours ago, RHuff said:

Isn’t that the same thing as just burning it below the surface?

Yeah.

 

I do it often, part of why I started making the big bladed spinnerbaits so I could have the baits I need to do it better.

[RHuff]

9 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Yeah.

 

I do it often, part of why I started making the big bladed spinnerbaits so I could have the baits I need to do it better.

 

 Deadly over grass beds!!! 

[river-rat]

Absolutey!