Best all around spinnerbait

[DaubsNU1]

Years ago BassPro made a spinnerbait with some fancy wire that was super bendy, unbreakable...I still have a few left.  

 

Does anyone make similar these days?

[Captain Phil]

Most of my bass fishing these days is done on the Harris Chain.  My home overlooks Lake Eustis and the City ramp is a block away.  In the spring, our lakes look like a boat show and the ramp parking lots are full with parking down the street. There must be at least 3-4 local bass tournaments each weekend plus the big TV tournaments.  Our bass see thousands of lures all day long.  If you are going to catch bass here, you must do something different than the rest.  Most anglers are on 24 volt high firing off cast after cast hoping a bass will bite.  I know where the bass are so I don't need to run all over looking for fish.   To get them to bite, I fish slow and I make multiple casts to the same target.  In short, I make the fish bite. I don't need to catch a bunch of fish to make myself happy.  I prefer to catch larger bass.  The spinnerbait is the tool that I choose 90% of the time..

[scaleface]

Most of the time I dont use compact baits , unless fishing deep water . I like plenty of room between the blades and hook .

[Bird]

48 minutes ago, Deleted account said:

Please tell me that's not a Tac clip.

Ha ha, good eye.

Bought a pack to try and since then they've been disposed of never to be used again.

The Spinnerbait in pic actually walked itself completely out of clip during a fight...... never again.

[Deleted account]

12 minutes ago, OkobojiEagle said:

How many strands in the skirt?  

43 in the morning, 41 in the evening, very important...

[gim]

Any spinnerbait will work, just as long as its a Terminator.  The discontinued titanium version to be exact.

 

 

[scaleface]

13 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Any spinnerbait will work, just as long as its a Terminator.  The discontinued titanium version to be exact.

 

 

 I do like the blades  on the Terminators .  

[gim]

4 minutes ago, scaleface said:

 I do like the blades  on the Terminators .  

The turtle back shaped blades really have a lot of "thump" to them.  The titanium frame is extremely durable too.  Pike ruin steel versions here pretty quick.  Once the steel frame is bent, it really doesn't work anymore either.

[Deleted account]

I like the Terminator titanium spinnerbaits, but they came in two types, the ones that fell apart after a few days, and the ones that seem to last for ever. I still have maybe a dozen of the latter...

[gim]

4 minutes ago, Deleted account said:

I still have maybe a dozen of the latter...

The skirts take a beating too on mine but as long as the frame holds up, I can replace those pretty easily.

 

I think I have about 10 total.  Those 3 still in the original packaging and 6 or 7 that are in my box currently in use.  A black spinnerbait was probably my best lure last season.  Normally I would just toss that color at night but I decided to give it a try on a rainy August day and it was very effective.  I kept using it until the season ended with pretty good success.

[scaleface]

3 minutes ago, Deleted account said:

I like the Terminator titanium spinnerbaits, but they came in two types, the ones that fell apart after a few days, and the ones that seem to last for ever. I still have maybe a dozen of the latter...

I guess I had the ones that fell apart . I had two and they both  unexpectedly broke on 2 lb bass .

[Danika 327]

Hear me out on this i know they are on the cheaper side but i love my booyah spinners. But what i think is prob different from others because i do a lot of pond fishing so i lose a lot of baits when i'm getting snagged on things. I think they do great for the price you cant beat it and altho i'm sad when i lose one it does not kill me. 

[MN Fisher]

14 minutes ago, Danika 327 said:

Hear me out on this i know they are on the cheaper side but i love my booyah spinners. But what i think is prob different from others because i do a lot of pond fishing so i lose a lot of baits when i'm getting snagged on things. I think they do great for the price you cant beat it and altho i'm sad when i lose one it does not kill me. 

I get less expensive spinners because of budget.

 

But I'm very happy with the Strike King Banshees from DSG...I've got 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2 oz in 3-4 colors each.

[Danika 327]

3 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

But I'm very happy with the Strike King Banshees from DSG

i agree these are also really good ones to

[casts_by_fly]

14 hours ago, lunkerboss923 said:

Yes. Do I need 3/8 or 1/2oz? Blade Indiana, Colorado, or Willow...Colorado/Willow? 

 

very different question to all around or 'just one' type questions.  if you want a burner, then a 1/2 oz strike king double willow with the razr blades.  That's my usual first pick for a spinnerbait when I'm trying to cover water.  You can burn them fast and they stay upright.  They fish a lot heavier than a 3/8 would but aren't a beast to cast like a 3/4 and up.  I tend to throw them with a 3.3" Keitech SIF as a trailer.

[Derek1]

3/8’s zman in bluegill has been the most consistent for me. 

[Deleted account]

1 hour ago, casts_by_fly said:

 

very different question to all around or 'just one' type questions.  if you want a burner, then a 1/2 oz strike king double willow with the razr blades.  That's my usual first pick for a spinnerbait when I'm trying to cover water.  You can burn them fast and they stay upright.  They fish a lot heavier than a 3/8 would but aren't a beast to cast like a 3/4 and up.  I tend to throw them with a 3.3" Keitech SIF as a trailer.

I would burn with a paddle tail burner, but then I haven't been inhaling the air on the skyway...  

[Sphynx]

Hmm...probably a war eagle 3/8 or maybe 1/2 oz in the mouse color, if I had to stick to one color blades I'd have to go silver

[Choporoz]

Why does everyone want to limit me to only one of things?  Bait ? says, "Enough!  You need at least 2 each of 10 different configurations."

[PhishLI]

6 hours ago, Deleted account said:

I like the Terminator titanium spinnerbaits, but they came in two types

Takes a lickin'...

 

[Captain Phil]

1 hour ago, Choporoz said:

Why does everyone want to limit me to only one of things?  Bait ? says, "Enough!  You need at least 2 each of 10 different configurations."

 

Not if you carry a box like this.

 

 

[WRB]

19 hours ago, lunkerboss923 said:

If you were to buy just one color, what is your go to color for any water clarity what blades...what size? 

Best color skirt? Most popular is shad colors.

Popular blades are double willow nickel.

Weight 3/8 oz.

My favorite was a custom pearl white, white head Nichols Pulsator 1/2 oz with double hologram shad Indiana blades.

Tom

[Bluebasser86]

War Eagle 1/2oz white with double gold hammered willowleafs. 

[LrgmouthShad]

24 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

War Eagle 1/2oz white with double gold hammered willowleafs. 

How hard was it to pick that from your collection? I found your YouTube ?. 

[GetFishorDieTryin]

19 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Well I went on Nichols website to refresh myself on what they have because if I could only use one spinnerbait, it'd be a Nichols... and come to discover that I can't find their custom shop anymore and their offerings are now more slim, including no more standard single colorado :(.

 

Well that's just no fun. 

 

My basic idea is I want a 1/2oz single colorado with a bullet head, something like a chartreuse, grey, and white skirt, with a half and half silver/gold, size #4.5 blade. I can't pick between a silver and gold blade so I picked both. 

 

I don't like anything on the market now out of the package for single colorado's. The closest is this one, a 1/2 oz covert. But I ain't happy about the blade size. 

 

I already feel old. Some of my favorite stuff is going away.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zorro makes a good single Colorado.