colored spinnerbait blades

[jimmyjoe]

   Maybe I'm just a curmudgeonly old fart and set in my ways, but I never could see the new spinnerbaits with the colored blades. Some have two colored blades, but a lot of them have only one that's colored. Blue, red, chartreuse, sunburst ... they're all there.

   Have any of you REALLY noticed an increase in bass with these spinnerbaits?

   If so, was there any certain or special circumstance under which the colored blades worked better, or was the difference general and across the board?

 

   Thnx for the replies.      jj

[scaleface]

I fished a two day tournament years ago and the guy I was partnered with won the event using a chartreuse  bait with chartreuse blades .I didnt have anything resembling  it, still dont . He limited out both days and I just caught a couple . 

 

 The only colored bladed bait I ever had luck with was a Fleck Weedwader with white Indianas .

[EzyEric]

I know the pros really like that orange kicker blade in the spring in muddy water. Especially in the mid south it seems. 

 

I just picked up my first one this week so don't have any personal experience.

[king fisher]

I caught my PB last week on a spinnerbait with one gold, and one chartreuse blade.  I can't say the chartreuse blade made a difference, but there is a good chance that bait will get tied on a lot more in the future.

[Logan S]

I've caught a lot of fish on spinnerbaits with white painted blades over the years.  I started using them after getting my butt kicked in a tournament nearly 20 years ago and they were considered 'old school' then....So I don't think it's a new thing?  

[keagbassr]

1 hour ago, scaleface said:

The only colored bladed bait I ever had luck with was a Fleck Weedwader with white Indianas

As best as i can remember this was the 1st spinnerbait I owned 30+ yrs. Ago and the 1st one I tried to copy when I started making my own 20+ yrs. Ago. By coincidence I bought some white Indiana blades this off-season with the intent to make those again but haven't got around to it yet. Also if I remember correctly they were said to best used in cold water.

 

[Way north bass guy]

A white spinnerbait with double white willow blades has been killer for big smallies for years, especially on dark, cloudy days or if the water is a bit silted up. 

[iabass8]

smallmouth love chart skirt/chart blades

[scaleface]

58 minutes ago, keagbassr said:

the 1st one I tried to copy when I started making my own 20+ yrs.

I'm wanting to make some too but dont have the right blades . The Weedwader I had  sported a vinyl white and grey skirt .

[jimmyjoe]

   Thanks, everyone. My local retailer has these:   https://shop.northlandtackle.com/spinnerbaits/reed-runner-tandem-spin/

   Anyone know if they're good or no good?        jj

  

[Wildbillb]

I didn't know they came without painted blades

[gim]

37 minutes ago, jimmyjoe said:

   Thanks, everyone. My local retailer has these:   https://shop.northlandtackle.com/spinnerbaits/reed-runner-tandem-spin/

   Anyone know if they're good or no good?        jj

  

Those reed runners are about the cheapest spinner baits one can buy. The components are junk. They wouldn’t last more than one aggressive strike from a pike here.

[keagbassr]

56 minutes ago, scaleface said:

I'm wanting to make some too but dont have the right blades . The Weedwader I had  sported a vinyl white and grey skirt

Not sure i got the right blades either. My memory back then when copying was cloudy now it's just  a foggy blur. I got size 4 and 3 blades but maybe i needed 5's and 4's or 3's. And I've no clue about the original  skirt except that It was white so that's what I'll do.

[Bluebasser86]

The orange/red kicker blade in dirty water is great.

 

War Eagle Coleslaw color is a great spinnerbait in clear water on cloudy days

 

Local builder does one with one side of each blade painted and one unpainted. One is painted white the other is chartreuse. The fish tear that thing up.

[RoLo]

8 hours ago, jimmyjoe said:

   Have any of you REALLY noticed an increase in bass with these spinnerbaits?

   If so, was there any certain or special circumstance under which the colored blades worked better

 

Great question (hardcore objectivity)

 

In order to "prove" that one color is superior to another color, you'd have to switch away from that color

and experience a decline in action; then switch back to that color and notice a pickup in action.

 

I can't say that I've ever confirmed that one color blade outperformed another color blade.

In any case, I still adhere to a set of color rules to maintain my confidence level   

 

Roger

 

 

 

[jimmyjoe]

4 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Local builder does one with one side of each blade painted and one unpainted. One is painted white the other is chartreuse. The fish tear that thing up.

 

   Such a basic thing, yet I never thought to check whether these blades were painted on both sides or not. Now that you say that, I'll bet they're not.         jj

[Ogandrews]

I’ve always gravitated toward standard gold and silver blades most of the time. I will say there have been days when musky fishing that I decided to take a break from the big baits for a bit and tied on a chart/chart or white/white 3/4-1oz double willow spinnerbait and burn it as fast as I can, and could not keep the smallmouth off of it. I don’t know what it is about that giant bright thing flying past them but it seemed like every smallmouth I passed I would get to hit. With as much success as I’ve had doing that, I really wonder why when I almost always slow roll spinnerbaits when I’m actually fishing them for bass.

 

Anyone have any recommendations for heavy wire double willow spinnerbaits in the 3/4-1oz range? Preferably with a closed line tie but doesn’t have to. Most of the time I end up throwing smaller musky spinnerbaits, but they generally have a lot bigger blades that make it harder to burn them without them blowing out of the water.

[jimmyjoe]

  

On 6/27/2020 at 8:33 AM, Ogandrews said:

 

Anyone have any recommendations for heavy wire double willow spinnerbaits in the 3/4-1oz range?

 

   Try these. I'm not brave enough for double willows .... yet.   ?

   https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Greenfish_Tackle_HD_Ballistic_Blade_Double_Willow/descpage-HDB.html

   BTW - I used to slow roll a lot, but as time has gone by I've done it less and less.

   jj

[BrianMDTX]

18 hours ago, jimmyjoe said:

   Maybe I'm just a curmudgeonly old fart and set in my ways, but I never could see the new spinnerbaits with the colored blades. Some have two colored blades, but a lot of them have only one that's colored. Blue, red, chartreuse, sunburst ... they're all there.

   Have any of you REALLY noticed an increase in bass with these spinnerbaits?

   If so, was there any certain or special circumstance under which the colored blades worked better, or was the difference general and across the board?

 

   Thnx for the replies.      jj

I’m a semi-curmudgeonly getting-old fart. But I remember spinnerbaits in the 70s with painted blades. I had some with white and chartreuse blades. 

 

I believe I only saw painted Colorado blades. I don’t recall any Indiana blades painted. 

 

Speaking of which, does anyone know why the blades are called Colorado and Indiana? I looked online and didn’t see anything. 

[jimmyjoe]

3 hours ago, BrianMDTX said:

Speaking of which, does anyone know why the blades are called Colorado and Indiana? I looked online and didn’t see anything. 

 

   The only thing I ever heard is that the person who designed the Indiana blade lived in Indiana. Maybe that's true for Colorado blades as well.  I don't know for sure.     jj

[Fishes in trees]

If I'm on Truman and I think that there might be a spinner bait bite, I'm throwing a half ounce J&J spinnerbait.   Chartruese/white skirt /white or chartreuse head/ and the blades, one is brass with white underneath and the other is brass with chartreuse underneath.  Over the years for me and a number of other guys, this bait has caught fish on Truman.  Can't speak to how effective it is on other waters, don't seem to run into the right stain of water on other lakes.   Anyway, 20 years ago I hit a close out and bought 20 of them, so I have plenty, and pretty much the only place I ever bust them out is on Truman.

[Bluebasser86]

7 hours ago, Fishes in trees said:

If I'm on Truman and I think that there might be a spinner bait bite, I'm throwing a half ounce J&J spinnerbait.   Chartruese/white skirt /white or chartreuse head/ and the blades, one is brass with white underneath and the other is brass with chartreuse underneath. 

That's the bait I was talking about. It works lots of other places too. Smallmouth love that bait.

[scaleface]

12 hours ago, Fishes in trees said:

Over the years for me and a number of other guys, this bait has caught fish on Truman.  Can't speak to how effective it is on other waters, don't seem to run into the right stain of water on other lakes.

Twain reminds me a lot of Truman , bet they would work well here .

 

[Bankbeater]

I had a 3/8 white spinnerbait with two white colorado blades on it.  That bait would always out catch the spinnerbaits with gold or chrome blades.