Short Arm Spinnerbaits

[Mobasser]

Reorganizing some of my stuff to get ready to fish next month, I found a few short arm 1/2 and 3/8 oz spinnerbaits. These are older ones. Mar Lynn Pomme Special and Blakemore CC spinnerbaits. The Pomme Special was named on Pomme De Tarre lake here in Missouri. Both have a single, large hammered colorado blade, and a stiff short arm. A hot pattern years ago on Pomme De Tarre was to fish these as a dropping bait, letting them fall vertically after the cast, before retrieving them.The short arm and larger single blade really put out some thump and vibration on a standard retrieve. It was a good night fishing spinnerbait also. Anyone still using short arm spinnerbaits now? Are you fishing them differently than your long arm spinnerbaits?

[Team9nine]

A classic that still works in situations just like you mentioned - more vertical or dropping such as in winter or at night.

[georgeyew]

I fish my short arm spinnerbaits with the same retrieve as the long arms.

[scbassin]

I fish mine the same way you do Mobasser.

[Tizi]

I've used Zorro for years.  Love them in white.

[scaleface]

The Blakemore CC spinnerbait that I used a lot were not short armed but they did have the large hammered copper Colorado blade . Did they make two versions ?

 

 

I liked using short arm spinnerbaits with weed guard and   pork frog trailer . I'd cast them at shallow wood,  retrieve right to the middle ,  then kill it . Had a lot of luck on pre-spawn bass that way . For some odd reason , I havent picked one up in years .

 

[Mobasser]

9 minutes ago, scaleface said:

The Blakemore CC spinnerbait that I used a lot were not short armed but they did have the large hammered copper Colorado blade . Did they make two versions ?

 

 

I liked using short arm spinnerbaits with weed guard and   pork frog trailer . I'd cast them at shallow wood  retrieve then kill it . Had a lot of luck on pre-spawn bass that way . For some odd reason , I havent picked one up in years .

 

Mine is a short arm version. I dont have the original though. CC was always one of my heroes, and I liked this bait also. I fished it a lot like you did, and was my favourite night fishing spinnerbait also

[Log Catcher]

I have some of the old Zorro spinnerbaits. Caught a lot of fish on some that is very similar to the spot remover color in War Eagle. Also caught fish on a black and blue one in murky water. I think these have a #4 Colorado blade on them. I will use use them anytime but I think they are best slow rolling the earlier in the year while the water is still cool.

[zell_pop1]

9 hours ago, Log Catcher said:

I have some of the old Zorro spinnerbaits. Caught a lot of fish on some that is very similar to the spot remover color in War Eagle. Also caught fish on a black and blue one in murky water. I think these have a #4 Colorado blade on them. I will use use them anytime but I think they are best slow rolling the earlier in the year while the water is still cool.

SSSSSSHHHHH. Do not let the secret out, hardly anybody fishes these very effective lures anymore.

[rangerjockey]

The ol' Missouri short arm. Jewel has one as does Zorro but you don't see them like years ago.

[frogflogger]

Rip them across the surface - a gurgling buzz bait - deadly!

[scaleface]

55 minutes ago, frogflogger said:

Rip them across the surface - a gurgling buzz bait - deadly!

I use to attempt that with the Bass Buster Scorpion . I had a hard time keeping it bubbling for any distance . It worked , fish would hit it but a buzzbait was easier .

[Fishes in trees]

Some the Pomme specials were made with an R bend in the wire and that was what you tied to.  I've seen earlier models ((mid 70's ) that had a loop and affixed to the loop was a 3 or 4 inch piece of wire, with another loop at the end of the wire, and you tied on to the end of the wire.   Supposedly this was because Pomme de Terre has a modest population of Muskies and they were known for stealing spinnerbaits at this lake.   Which ones do you. have.

 I'd like to get my hands on some of those old baits, just for my collection if for nothing else.  I've only seen the ones with the loop & wire extension once in a southern Missouri bait shop once, and I didn't have much money in my pocket at that moment so I didn't buy any.  I'm kinda suprised no one has marketed that idea lately.

 

 

[jimmyjoe]

2 hours ago, Fishes in trees said:

 I'm kinda suprised no one has marketed that idea lately.

 

   You mean the idea of attaching a wire to the spinnerbait for musky, right from the factory? Booyah did.  https://www.booyahbaits.com/booyah-pikee         jj

[river-rat]

I still use them for night fishing because of the amount of vibration they put off.