Luck-E-Strike Redman Colorado Spinnerbait

[GoneFishingLTN]

Redman single spinnerbaits I like to look at the history of bass fishing and see this style the single Spinnerbait was the king of fishing back in the 1980-early 1990s so what happened? Did we quit fishing them/or did our waters just naturally clear up over time making other baits simply better?

 

 

part 2 - of this question how where these fish just let them sink to the desired cover and pull them through or was they a stickly shallow water bait?

[Pat Brown]

There are a LOT of folks here who are very insistent upon a single Colorado blade spinnerbait being a very productive big fish presentation once your water temps bottom out for the year.  Dragged slowly on the bottom.  I intend to try it!

 

In my opinion, from fishing willow leaf and indiana blades and catching lots of fish, there's no real wrong place or way to fish them but you learn where to throw them and how to work them from the fish in your body of water because they tell you what they like based on seasons and conditions the more you fish the bait and experiment.

[MIbassyaker]

Single colorados have at least three potential presentation advantages over a double-willow or tandem style that can be useful in colder or darker conditions:

1. They can be fished more slowly

2. The blade puts out a higher-amplitude vibration

3. They can be "helicoptered" vertically by letting them fall through the water column

[LrgmouthShad]

I have not used the redman spinnerbait but like the design.
 

Single colorado’s are not limited to a certain condition or time of year but I do have preferences. I evaluate several things to determine if I throw one. I mentioned in a recent thread what seasons I prefer. 

10 hours ago, GoneFishingLTN said:

Did we quit fishing them/or did our waters just naturally clear up over time making other baits simply better?

Many people stopped fishing em. They work, but often I find they don’t catch numbers unless unpressured.

10 hours ago, GoneFishingLTN said:

how where these fish just let them sink to the desired cover and pull them through or was they a stickly shallow water bait?

Depends. I let intuition and available cover tell me how deep I run my spinnerbait. I have run single colorados down to 12-15’ with success.

[GoneFishingLTN]

What are the most used colors in this spinnerbait just white and black?

[river-rat]

I've been making and using a spinnerbait patterned after the Redman spinnerbait for many years. I make a 7/16 oz. and a 1/2 oz. with a gold Hildebrandt #4 1/2 Colorado blade. In fact it's the first spinnerbait I choose in the Atchafalaya Basin. 

[LrgmouthShad]

4 hours ago, GoneFishingLTN said:

What are the most used colors in this spinnerbait just white and black?

I’ve used a lot of colors with success. Same with other spinnerbaits

[WRB]

The short arm single Colorado blade Spinnerbait was or is a popular night bass fishing lure producing a lot thump to attract bass.

Bill Dance had a model named after him by Strike King and Jimmy Houston a model with his name by Lucky-Strike.

The originals used vinyl or flat rubber skirts and hammered size 4 blade. Black with copper blade was very popular back in the 70’s.

Slow drop with lift and reel keeping bottom or close to bottom contact.

Red Man comes from the Red Man tobacco co sponsored tournament trail in the early 80’s as I recall.

Tom

[river-rat]

The spinnerbait I referred to earlier in this post that I make is not a short arm spinnerbait. The top wire extends to even with the hook point. 

 

Since I'm usually fishing shallow water I usually keep the bait in sight - no more than 12-18 inches under the water around heavy cover such as cypress trees and laydowns.

[scaleface]

I use to throw them all the time but quit because I was catching more fish on tandem's. I still throw them at night.

[Catt]

Don't know why y'all are talking history, spinnerbaits down here are still popular & productive. 

 

When I'm fishing a spinnerbait its either slow rolling, near the surface, or helicoptering. Speaking of old techniques I still catch a few waking a spinnerbait.

[Bankc]

I choose the blade size, shape, and count based on how and where I'm targeting fish.  Spinnerbaits will rise out of the strike zone if fished too fast or fall below it if fished too slow.  So I tend to use whatever will stay in the strike zone the longest at the speed I'm aiming for, and that usually requires a combination of balancing the blade size, number, and shape with the jig head's weight.  

 

Single Colorado blades are best for slow rolling in deep, stained, water, in my opinion.  So, for me, they only get pulled out in the middle of summer and winter.  And most all of my single Colorado spinnerbaits are at least 1/2 oz.  Most are around 3/4-1oz.  And they're all either white, chartreuse, or black.  Since I'm fishing these in deeper, stained water, I want high contrast colors.  Though I do have one Luck E Strike Redman in 3/8 oz.  I had it for years and only pull it out when fishing smaller ponds from the bank.  It strikes a good balance that allows me to downsize for the pond AND keep the bait down in the water.  

 

The funny thing about spinnerbaits is, they seem to have good years and bad years.  For some reason, they become one of my best producers one year, and then be useless the next.  And I have no idea why that is.  But they seem to ebb and flow more than anything else in my tacklebox.