Summer spinnerbaits

[GoneFishingLTN]

For largemouth any luck or do you have more luck with other moving baits? Deep/shallow conditions? Blade combos 

hook me up with the details. 
 

info from me is in Midwest water is around 2 foot clear pretty often. Spinnerbaits get stuck on my grass which is pretty much just pond weed

[GReb]

Fish the grass lines and lay downs. If the water is clear downsize to a small double willow silver blade. 

[Ppennin986]

I have great success with this spinnerbait in this color

[Sphynx]

Springtime and fall are my best times of year for the spinnerbait, and it's one of THE most weedless moving baits, you can throw a spinnerbait just about anywhere and as long as you don't stop it in the middle of a brush pile or chunk rocks or whatever, you are almost never going to hang it up, rip rap? Yep, grass? Chuck it in there and rip it through no problem...or do the right at the top thing either one works fantastic. Wood? Check, pads, reeds, brush, you betcha. You can fish it up top just under the surface, or slow roll the bottom, and everywhere in between, lots of guys (especially old timers nowadays) will spend entire months with nothing else getting fished, and that's because they just work.

[T-Billy]

I've been doing well rolling a 3/8 Zman Slingblade tandem (colorado/willow) in chartreuse/white  along laydowns and over grass lately. Using a white goat grub as a trailer. Awesome trailer for fishing high in the water column. It's bouyant and rigged flat it adds lift. No trailer hook required or wanted fishing it in cover. Even the dinks have been choking it.

[GoneFishingLTN]

8 hours ago, Ppennin986 said:

I have great success with this spinnerbait in this color

What depth are you fishing it and what cover?

[Bankbeater]

This time of year I will be fishing a spinnerbait in deep water.  Around here deep is around 15 feet or so.  I let the spinnerbait sink to the bottom and then slow roll it back in.

[LrgmouthShad]

@Deleted account once told me he likes compact spinnerbaits pitched to cover in the summertime or run over grass flats, for what that is worth. Thank you BassWhole for that tip. 
 

I am indeed finding that more compact spinnerbaits with a willow main blade are performing best for me, but that said, the bite is a little slow on SB’s recently so I’ve opted for other means to catch them. 

[scaleface]

10 hours ago, GoneFishingLTN said:

Spinnerbaits get stuck on my grass which is pretty much just pond weed

That makes it tough . I fish a lake like that a lot .Short accurate cast are a must along the edges and , pockets  .Keep the lure just under the surface . If its to bad a spinnerbait will be useless . 

[Munkin]

Same ones I use all the time. 

 

Allen 

[Catt]

Unless it's Gorilla snot (algae) or matted I can get a spinnerbait through it.

 

I guarentee it ain't the spinnerbait, it's the spinnerbait fishermen.

 

Learn to flip-n-pitch that spinnerbait in & around cover. You don't have to cast a country mile get a spinnerbait to work. 3 or 4 turns of the handle can trigger a bite. I get a lot of bites letting it helicopter down in openings.

[LrgmouthShad]

3 minutes ago, Catt said:

I get a lot of bites letting it helicopter down in openings.

Single willow/colorado?

[Catt]

13 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Single willow/colorado?

 

Whatever I got tied on!

 

I'll do it with double Colorado or double willowleaf. 

 

Y'all need to quit looking for the "perfect" spinnerbait for each scenario & learn how to fish what's in your hand!

[LrgmouthShad]

2 minutes ago, Catt said:

Y'all need to quit looking for the "perfect" spinnerbait for each scenario & learn how to fish what's in your hand!

Guilty ✋?

[GReb]

In the warmer months try sweeping the rod instead of reeling. Pull it across your body, reel in the slack, and pull again. The pause and fall will make the blades flutter

[Choporoz]

3 hours ago, Catt said:

I get a lot of bites letting it helicopter down in openings.

I have, too.  But for me, that has been one of the most difficult hook-sets.  I missed so many that I got away from it and use other things, now...mostly light or weightless plastics

[gim]

I generally have better success with spinnerbaits when the water is murkier or its a cloudy/rainy day.  Bright sunshine in the midsummer with relatively clear water is not what I consider spinnerbait conditions.

[Catt]

39 minutes ago, Choporoz said:

I have, too.  But for me, that has been one of the most difficult hook-sets.  I missed so many that I got away from it and use other things, now...mostly ligth or weightless plastics

 

Ya gotta keep a certain amount of tension while keeping a certain amount of slackness to allow the spinnerbait to free fall.

 

[Mike L]

I don’t throw a spinnerbait enough to contribute anything worth while, but what I would say is down here in relatively shallow stained water I rarely even think about throwing one. 

There are better options. 

When I do its almost always in windier overcast conditions. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike

[Bdnoble84]

1 hour ago, gimruis said:

I generally have better success with spinnerbaits when the water is murkier or its a cloudy/rainy day.  Bright sunshine in the midsummer with relatively clear water is not what I consider spinnerbait conditions.

Thats more of a smallmouth thing. Great time to burn a double willow just under the surface.

[papajoe222]

If you're picking up pond weed with your spinnerbait, it's one of two things causing it. You're either letting it drop into the weeds before starting your retrieve (very common using spinning gear), or the spinnerbait is too heavy.  With the shallow water you descrived, unless you can get that bait moving when it hits the water, there are other options such as swimming a worm, that are better suited for your situation.

[Bdnoble84]

On 6/13/2022 at 1:30 PM, papajoe222 said:

If you're picking up pond weed with your spinnerbait, it's one of two things causing it. You're either letting it drop into the weeds before starting your retrieve (very common using spinning gear), or the spinnerbait is too heavy.  With the shallow water you descrived, unless you can get that bait moving when it hits the water, there are other options such as swimming a worm, that are better suited for your situation.

Or upgrade your blade size to weight ratio. I can run a 3/4 oz spinnerbait in 1-2 ft of water using a #5 willow and not hit bottom on the initial fall, so unless your grass is at the surface, you should be able to stay out of them.