Favorite spinnerbait weight and color

[LCG]

5/16oz war eagle finnese in white/chartruesse has been my go and it has caught a lot of fish,including a 43" pike that weighed around 18lbs. Tons of largemouth as well. Now I can't find them locally.

 

[Log Catcher]

I like the War Eagle Screaming Eagle in 1/2 ounce. Spot Remover and Mouse are my favorite colors. Depending on conditions I some use one that has double Colorado blades. Usually both of them will be silver.

[papajoe222]

23 hours ago, Munkin said:

I hate making chartreuse/white spinnerbaits as that's what every company makes.

Allen 

 

Every company makes and sells a bunch of chartreuse/white spinnerbaits............That should tell you what color sells best.  Sure, offer something completely different, but something tells me your bread and butter will be from chart/white sales. 

[Munkin]

3 hours ago, papajoe222 said:

Every company makes and sells a bunch of chartreuse/white spinnerbaits............That should tell you what color sells best.  Sure, offer something completely different, but something tells me your bread and butter will be from chart/white sales. 

 

My buddy who helps me make baits sometimes has been on me about making a Chart/white bait. I semi-agreed and started making one I call classic twist. Its Chart/white but with blue iridescent so it is not a common color. This weekend I am going to see what all baits I have made  for sale at the winter shows. Tonight I clear coated 74 spinnerbait heads that should be dry in about 3 days. Looks like I need to make more Chart/white and solid white baits going forward. 

 

Allen

[LrgmouthShad]

Still experimenting so much with this. 

 

3/8oz probably

Color.... white with silver scale, blue glimmer, solid chartreuse. 

 

My favorite of all might be Nichols' silver flash:

On 10/15/2021 at 8:42 PM, Munkin said:

Now I have a few that work great for me

Allen I'd like to know your favorite colors as well

 

P.S sorry if you got notified more than once. Tech issues

[islandbass]

I can’t help on colors but I find it interesting that what I found works best for me is like many here as already been stated. Chartreuse and white for some reason is just a killer and nothing in my local lakes resembles it. 
 

If I made spinnerbaits and I hope to soon, I’d be making variation of these tried and true colors and color combinations with some type of reflective flashabou scattered about. So perhaps take the white/chart combo and had a blue or red flashabou. If even try a white silicon or rubber skirt material with a a chartreuse or lime greenish flashabou. The combinations are practically endless. Since I have perch, blue gill and pumpkinseed in my bass lakes, I’d also try to make relative close ideas of them. 
 

3/8 oz and also double willow seems to be my most effective and productive blade combination with a larger willow and smaller Colorado blade being second. I would also experiment with French blades. 
 

 

[Munkin]

So here's my version of chartreuse/white with a twist.  In both the paint and skirt is blue iridescent. Fishing a lot of clear water I like natural colors and am a big fan of the iridescents that pop in sunlight. 

 

The other bait is one that I have been using all year with great success. What I way trying for was the most natural color for a baitfish.  Figured I would try to make a more natural shad color than War Eagles Mouse. The skirt tabs are one of the exclusive colors that are supposed to match Keitech baits.  I just need to figure out which one this is as I took all the tabs out of the original packaging. 

 

Allen 

[fin]

Pretty simple - pearl white on bottom, gray/blue shimmer on top. That style of skirt seems to make a difference too. I've played around with a lot of different colors on spinnerbaits making my own skirts, and this works way better than anything I ever came up with, at least on the lake I fish.

[Munkin]

Just now, fin said:

Pretty simple - pearl white on bottom, gray/blue shimmer on top. That style of skirt seems to make a difference too. I've played around with a lot of different colors on spinnerbaits making my own skirts, and this works way better than anything I ever came up with, at least on the lake I fish.

 

I have been making and fishing this one for at least 10 years. It's one of my top 5 spinnerbaits overall. 

 

Allen 

[scaleface]

21 minutes ago, Munkin said:

So here's my version of chartreuse/white with a twist.  In both the paint and skirt is blue iridescent. Fishing a lot of clear water I like natural colors and am a big fan of the iridescents that pop in sunlight. 

 

The other bait is one that I have been using all year with great success. What I way trying for was the most natural color for a baitfish.  Figured I would try to make a more natural shad color than War Eagles Mouse. The skirt tabs are one of the exclusive colors that are supposed to match Keitech baits.  I just need to figure out which one this is as I took all the tabs out of the original packaging. 

 

Allen 

I like the second one . The first one I would use pre spawn and the other the rest of the year .

[Munkin]

9 minutes ago, scaleface said:

I like the second one . The first one I would use pre spawn and the other the rest of the year .

 

I really need to figure out what color it is so I can order some more skirt tabs. Its one of the lurepartsonline Keitech colored tabs I just don't know which one because there are like 5 ones that are similar. 

 

Allen 

Going to call this one Kent's love.

 

Allen 

[DitchPanda]

On 10/15/2021 at 10:04 PM, walt-14 said:

Had my buddy @DitchPanda refer me to some of the Z man sling bladez double willow in spot remover and chartreuse pearl in 3/8th oz. Got them in the mail yesterday and am excited to give them a try. I’m typically a strike king spinnerbait guy and usually in a 1/2 oz. I trust my buddy quite a bit so I’m guessing these won’t disappoint me at all.

Now I wish I wouldn't have recommended these to you. Not that they are a bad bait...they are actually very nice and run true. My problem is I shouldn't be suggesting spinnerbaits to anybody because as of late I can't catch a fish on one...wonder if they even work anymore.

[gim]

3/8 ounce original Terminator. The one that has the titanium frame.

 

Its a discontinued lure now but I’ve still got several including 3 still in the packaging. The combination of vibration and durability is superior to any other spinner bait.

 

As for colors, I like white with gold Oklahoma blades. But I have done very well this season using a black version.

[Bluebasser86]

1/2oz white or chartreuse and white with any of the blade combinations but I usually lean towards gold or copper blades, especially hammered ones. 

[scaleface]

  Even though I use a half ounce bait the blades are smaller than normal .The main blade is a 4.5 willow . There is no standard size between manufacturers , my blades came from netcraft . The front Colorado is a size 2 I believe . In the spring I go up a size . I have no trouble keeping the bait high . 

[huZZah]

3/8 sexy shad. Single Colorado or tandem with willow. 

[J Francho]

White or white and chartreuse 1/2 and 3/4 oz.  I like to be able to change blades out.  The only company that I've seen makes them so you change the front blade was Secret Weapon, but they aren't around anymore.

[fishballer06]

As you know, I build my own. So I can build differently than off the shelf, but I do fish a spinnerbait a good bit. 

 

Weight: 3/8, 1/2, 3/4oz plus hardware

Colors: Natural clearer baitfish color, white/black/chart, and bluegill based colors

Blades: I like 3 or 3.5 Colorado's for my kicker (I'll swap to an Indiana here if I'm burning the bait), and then I'll adjust my main blade to how I'm fishing the bait and where it needs to be in the water column. I prefer a bigger Indiana blade or a Mag Willow over a large Colorado for the main blade whenever I need some thump. 

[Functional]

Booyah Counter Strike in 3/8 with either double willow or willow/colorado combo in Booyah Shad or Silver Scale White. Sometimes Ill thread in a few strands of red on the belly side and I'll use a zoom fluke or paddle tail cut to length/size as a trailer. Been working for me in stained and clear water and year round.

 

Never had luck with chartreuse and white in any type of water.

 

[Munkin]

On 10/19/2021 at 8:06 AM, J Francho said:

White or white and chartreuse 1/2 and 3/4 oz.  I like to be able to change blades out.  The only company that I've seen makes them so you change the front blade was Secret Weapon, but they aren't around anymore.

 

They now make a clevis that lets you change the front blade.  Have not tried them yet but it is an option. 

 

Allen 

[Jig Man]

41 minutes ago, Munkin said:

 

They now make a clevis that lets you change the front blade.  Have not tried them yet but it is an option. 

 

Allen 

I’m not sure if it is the same one but a friend of mine invented one, got a patent then sold it to Johnny Morris.

[Munkin]

Other colors I am making for the shows this winter. 

 

Allen 

[bigspirit]

@Munkin, do you sell other than in person shows? Love the looks of your spinnerbaits and the colors. If able, I would love to hear info on if you take orders and lead times and such

[papajoe222]

Nice work. I really like the firetiger and Tenn. Shad colors.

[Hammer 4]

May sound weird, but I'd like to try a double willow spinnerbait 1/2 oz in a rainbow trout pattern.

If Allen  or anyone would care to make one, or 2, I'd be more than happy to compensate you.