White Spinnerbaits

[LrgmouthShad]

18 minutes ago, Bird said:

Yes, thankyou. 

Noticed the the cast net was white.

Looks like she and I throw a cast net roughly the same way. Close enough anyway. There's throwing involved.

 

I think she'd be into me

[Deleted account]

20 minutes ago, Bird said:

Yes, thankyou. 

Noticed the the cast net was white.

There is a cast net?....

[gim]

Even thought the primary forage fish are bluegills and perch up here, there are other bait fish present too.  Not so much shad.  Definitely young crappies, various species of shiners, and other minnows that often have a "whitish" color to them.  I have and use a white spinnerbait regularly, in addition to a white chatterbait, which was a very productive lure for me in 2020.  2020 was actually the best fishing season I've ever had in 23 years of fishing here and white colored lures played a big role.

[MN Fisher]

5 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Even thought the primary forage fish are bluegills and perch up here, there are other bait fish present too. 

Echoing my 'neighbor' - white does well, but white/chartreuse has done better for me...whether spinner or chatter.

 

Profile pic - caught on white/chart spinner

These two, white/chart chatter.

 

[gim]

7 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

Echoing my 'neighbor' - white does well, but white/chartreuse has done better for me...whether spinner or chatter.

Is this the same neighbor that's a pike guru?  I will say that those brighter colors like white, white/chartreuse, and chartreuse tend to attract a lot of pike bites.

[MN Fisher]

Just now, gimruis said:

Is this the same neighbor that's a pike guru?  I will say that those brighter colors like white, white/chartreuse, and chartreuse tend to attract a lot of pike bites.

The only pike bites I've gotten when targeting bass came on

Bluegill patterned Ratlin' Rap 07

Frog patterned Choppo 90

 

Never even seen a pike chase my white/chart lures...maybe it's just you.

 

[Fishingmickey]

IMHO there is three colors of spinnerbait worth a d**n. White, Chartreuse and Chartreuse and White. 

[gim]

2 minutes ago, Fishingmickey said:

IMHO there is three colors of spinnerbait worth a d**n. White, Chartreuse and Chartreuse and White. 

I like using black in dark conditions.  Like at night or when its raining.  Last season black was a better color for me than the lighter ones.  The year before, the whites/chartreuse colors were better.

[LrgmouthShad]

Every time I've logged into bassresource over like the past week or week and half there's been the same white Strike King spinnerbait advertised. "Our most premium spinnerbait yet."

 

Must be a pretty big deal! 

[Bluebasser86]

I'd guess at least 75% of my spinnerbaits are white or some variation of white/chartreuse. It's my first color of choice even in lakes with no shad. Almost every bait fish has some white on it. I'd guess that's why it's such a successful color. 

[Bird]

In moving water, I've caught more smallmouth bass with a white spinnerbait than all other baits combined. 

A little red mixed in seems to help.

 

In lakes fishing for largemouth, seem to do better with bluegill.

Willow with Colorado in gold with both scenarios.

Perhaps placebo but it's worked for many years. 

[Spankey]

I fish spinnerbaits on the smaller side, river fishing for smallies. Black being the most productive. But I fish that more often. White and firetiger also being productive. 
 

I am not a Musky fisherman. Any Musky I’ve ever caught has been an accidental catch while smallie fishing. Managed a few Musky on these smaller spinnerbaits over the years. Not huge, 24”-34” range fish. 

[Jigfishn10]

2 hours ago, scaleface said:

Wouldnt be surprised if  that style skirt  made a huge comeback some day . 

If you were able to rig it inside out, the outer white would flair once you stop retrieving showing the inner red. Kind like a fish when it flairs it's gill plates showing it's gills.

Yeah, I know, I think of this crap when it's cold. ?

Might be time for therapy.

[Gera]

2 hours ago, Bird said:

Yes, thankyou. 

Noticed the the cast net was white.

what cast net??

[LrgmouthShad]

17 minutes ago, Jigfishn10 said:

If you were able to rig it inside out, the outer white would flair once you stop retrieving showing the inner red. Kind like a fish when it flairs it's gill plates showing it's gills.

Yeah, I know, I think of this crap when it's cold. ?

Might be time for therapy.

I always rig them 'inside out' or 'upside down' however you wanna call it. If I had some pictures handy I'd show em. 

 

Trick I learned from a Jimmy Houston video

 

Edit: I should clarify. I'm talking about some other colors that I tried with the humdinger skirts. Haven't thrown the white and red yet. Spoiler for those reading: humdinger skirts work good. 

[Gera]

1 hour ago, MN Fisher said:

The only pike bites I've gotten when targeting bass came on

Bluegill patterned Ratlin' Rap 07

Frog patterned Choppo 90

 

Never even seen a pike chase my white/chart lures...maybe it's just you.

 

 

I happen to catch a lot of pike on chartreuse Keitechs, they just love them. I even stop using them cause i dont like pike

 

 

 

[Catt]

1 hour ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I'd guess at least 75% of my spinnerbaits are white or some variation of white/chartreuse.

 

Add white/chartreuse/blue & ya got me.

 

I know blade configuration matters but I don't care if it's Willowleaf, Indiana, or Colorado the skirt will be one of those 3.

 

I'm gonna let a "Catt" out da bag, if y'all are fishing Toledo Bend with a spinnerbait make sure it has a red head. Don't ask why, just throw it. 

 

Don't disregard color!

 

Come down to East Texas right now with any color trap but crawfish red & you will get out fished!

[LrgmouthShad]

17 minutes ago, Catt said:

if y'all are fishing Toledo Bend with a spinnerbait make sure it has a red head

Booyah covert has entered the chat.

 

 

[gim]

52 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

I always rig them 'inside out' or 'upside down' however you wanna call it. If I had some pictures handy I'd show em. 

Technically I think that is how they are supposed to be rigged, aren't they?

[LrgmouthShad]

18 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Technically I think that is how they are supposed to be rigged, aren't they?

Heck if I know. Somebody else on here does 

[Kenny Yi]

4 hours ago, Deleted account said:

There is a cast net?....

hmm, yes, it appears the dock is indeed made of dock

[Deleted account]

1 hour ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Booyah covert has entered the chat.

 

 

That thing is just begging to be turned into a short arm. I so wanna reach over the net and snip that wire...

[river-rat]

5 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said:

I will definitely try it. I already have a few of these

Labeled as "white and red" but in person, the red is a pink color. 

 

Humdinger rubber skirts

 

 

Welp, looks like the secret is out. I've been using this skirt for years in the Atchafalaya Basin and the oxbow lakes I frequent during late winter and early spring on a spinnerbait with either an Uncle Josh white #800 spring lizard pup or a #11 pork frog trailer.

 

 

[Deleted account]

4 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said:

the same white Strike King spinnerbait advertised. "Our most premium spinnerbait yet."

So the grade in "tour grade" is 93 octane? 

[MN Fisher]

Just now, Deleted account said:

So the grade in "tour grade" is 93 octane? 

Na - 100 octane avgas.