Spinnerbaits?

[papajoe222]

Sad to say, but the only time I tied on a spinnerbait last year was for slow rolling. I’d rather throw a swim jig, or swimbait. I haven’t, however, replaced them when it comes to deeper presentations, like Helicoptering a short arm single willow down a steep bluff, or slow rolling. 
Question: Have spinnerbaits gone by the wayside for you? If you still use them regularly, have you cut back their usage?

[Spy]

I always have one tied on as well as a chatter bait, in fact, those two are the only 'always' lures I throw every outing!

[Derek1]

I just started using them last season. I did well the whole time with them. 

[Hook2Jaw]

I can't get bit on them.

[Hammer 4]

Been tossin spinnerbaits for a long time, and still do..They catch fish.!

[scaleface]

Spinnerbaits have come to the forefront of my arsenal the past two years because of a Chara Algae outbreak in a local lake . Maybe the top lure I've thrown . Spring , summer and fall the bass have hammered it. Been using a hand poured 1/2 ounce model mostly .

[Mike L]

I kinda got away from them as a part of the normal rotation. 
I look at them now as more of a “specialty” lure that I only use in choppy water. 
 

 

 

 

Mike

[Mobasser]

I still like them. Standard single and double bades, as well as smaller 1/4 oz Beetlespins too

[A-Jay]

No ~ 

My current PB Brown bass ate a big spinnerbait.

And my first double Digit Green Bass came on a spinnerbait.

Besides, can't do this with a vibrating jig.

A-Jay

 

 

[JediAmoeba]

They are my number one lure for tossing into thick cover. Especially wood, you can bang them off everything and they come through.  They shine in thick stuff!  They work great in shallow water as well - you can't get a chatterbait to make smacks on the surface like a colorado spinnerbait as it boils to the surface.  

 

What I love about them is throwing them into areas that are a long ways off and once they are out of the strike zone and you bring it back in other lures would hang up.  

 

[Columbia Craw]

When I started bass fishing for real, my first three lures were a Bomber Bushwacker spinnerbait, Mann's black jelly worm and Cotton Cordell Big O crank bait.  I remember when I purchased my first Strike King and Fleck Weed Wader spinnerbaits.  Spinnerbaits have always been a staple. I even recall when the hot new mod for the bait was to change the back blade to a #7 willow.  Wow, how I was in the big time when I bought a flasher set, took the blades off and set them up.  Then came Lonnie Stanley adding spinnerbaits.  I still have a couple of those OG baits.

 

Has the spinnerbait lost it's allure?  Not for me.  But, I recognize there are situations when the flash is just too much for the fish so a swim jig and vibrating jig come into play.  

[jimmyjoe]

   They're not my favorite lure (they're #2) but they're the one I depend on more, in more varied situations, than any other type of lure. Deep, shallow, high or low, light or dark, slow or burning fast, they produce from early spring until early winter. Not only that, but their hook-up ratio is high, possibly higher than any other style lure that I have. Of all the sinking lures, spinnerbaits give me a better, more positive feedback (as to where they are and how deep they are running) than any other lure type, because if I get a hit, I want to know exactly WHERE that hit came from.    jj

[Tizi]

Absolutely use them all the time.  A 3/8 ounce white with single Colorado blade simply catches fish for me up here in the NW.  Bigger double bladed baits don’t catch as many for me.  Single Colorado, willow or Indiana blades work best for me.  I only see doubles or big singles sold anymore.  I cut the front blades off.

[Way north bass guy]

A 1/2 -3/4oz Strike King spinnerbait with double willow blades in mostly white has been my #1 big smallmouth bait for years. I throw a lot of other stuff all season, but I always have a spinnerbait tied on and ready to go, especially when a bit of a chop comes up and I’m covering water for big brown cruisers, but I’ve also got my share of green ones on them too. 

[Log Catcher]

I have several 1/2 ounce War Eagle spinnerbaits in standard and Screaming Eagle sizes. I hardly ever throw one anymore but I should. I have caught fish on them the last few times I used them. Years ago spinnerbaits were my go to baits until I got in to using soft plastics so much. I would rather throw a spinnerbait than a chatterbait.

[greentrout]

i've noticed in some of the waters i've fished since the late nineties cover such as timber and brush are pretty much gone ... used to fish the spinnerbait a lot in those times ... not as much now ... still use in shallow water with wind and chop ... but it's no longer a strong go to bait in that environment ...

 

still, in the marsh, small 1/4 oz. spinnerbaits are boss ...

 

good fishing ... 

[DitchPanda]

I throw a swim jig alot... but I still throw a spinnerbait a lot as well...way more than a chatterbait 

[heavyduty]

It's my favorite way to catch smallmouth so it's the first thing I throw every time I go whether burning, stop & go, or slow rolling bumping the bottom. If no takers, then I'll throw other things. 38 degrees and up. Slow rolling in cold water with a lot of pauses will surprise you! Almost like fishing a jig...

[MassYak85]

My dad always loved fishing them so it kind of wore off but no, they're still a huge part of my tackle arsenal. Shallow cover fishing they're one pf my favorite "search baits", you can burn them, bump stuff, and they're fairly weedless. You can get them on a reaction bite or just lazily bring it by cover or over weeds and get crushed. 

[BrianNJ31]

I have a 1/2 ounce War Eagle tied on at all times. Cheaper spinnerbaits never seem to run true. 

[MIbassyaker]

I probably fish chatterbaits more often nowadays, but it still seems to be the case that, at the right time of year, in the right waters, during the right conditions, there's nothing more effective than a spinnerbait. I'll always give a 3/8oz gold double-willow a shot in the shallows spring and fall at least, and situationally the rest of the summer. 

[swhit140]

 

Spinnerbait always on deck. I think a spinnerbait was the first lure I was introduced into fishing.

 

 

[Russ E]

spinnerbaits used to be one of my go to lures.

Anymore they are situational baits. Mainly a search bait in stained to murky water. Also use them in summer to slow roll along deeper weedlines.

Lately I have been fishing them super shallow,during the wnter, on the local power plant lake.

 

[scbassin]

Enough said.

[GoneFishingLTN]

5 hours ago, A-Jay said:

No ~ 

My PB Brown bass ate a big spinnerbait.

Besides, can't do this with a vibrating jig.

A-Jay

 

 

What skirt strands did you use for the top right bluegill looking spinnerbait?