Buzz Baits

[skillet]

 This will really be 2 questions. You folks that use a buzz bait a lot (I probably don't use them enough), how do you feel about the models with clakers? Do you think they make a real difference overall or just in certain situations?

 Reading posts on here folks seem to like Cavitron buzz baits (no clakers) because you can retrieve them slower and still stay on top. Where do you buy them? On line? Can't seem to find them here in my neck of the woods...

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[Maxximus Redneckus]

I think Gary Yamamoto has a BB that u can go even slower then a cavitron a buddy of mine showed it to me today he was drunk so im not sure  had 4 holes in it a glider type head and a wire that was bent and a gamakatzu hook.but he did use it it was slooooooow i like slow BB,s

[Jig Man]

I like the double bladed terminator.  It doesn't have clackers but the blades hit each other.  The only problem is Rapala bought them out and they aren't available right now.  They have been on back order for 7 months.

[Catt]

There are time when slow works, there are times burning it works, there are times clackers work and there are time squealers work.

Only the bass can tell you which they prefer  

[RWHusker.]

Hey Skillet,

Call Bobby at Megastrike for the Cavitron. He was very helpful, I purchased several and have caught a couple using them. I look forward to bettering myself with this bait. He also has a instructional type dvd on his website. Also a sponsor and thats always good.

GO BIG RED

[Sam]

Please remember that bass can get accoustomed to a sound and either go for it or avoid it.

With that said, I throw the Cavitron, the clacker, double blades both in-line and side by side and a regular old buzzbait, depending on what others are throwing and my individual mood.

You want a sound that the other buzzbaits do not make to attract the bass and to make sure that they have not already been caught with the same sounding bait you are throwing.

You can also crimp the blades along the wire shaft to make a different sound.  Not much, just enough to make the bait squeel some.

As for my favorites, the clacker and regular buzzbaits are my favorite, followed by the Cavitron.  The bubbles are neat and you can see where you have thrown it.

Remember to use a trailer hook on all buzzbaits, too.

[skillet]

 Thanks a lot guys , great replies...

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[Brad_Coovert]

I will throw buzzbaits with and without clackers as well as double bladed buzzbaits.

The fish will tell me which is best for that day.

Brad

[bassmaster8100]

Stike King's 3 Blade in the 1/2 ounce size has been my most productive buzzbait.

[jb_adams]

The fish in my picture to the left was caught on a tri-blade buzzbait.  I think it was a Strike King.  White skirt dipped in red dye and with a trailer hook.  ALWAYS use a trailer for the short strikers.  This white buzzbait caugh 13 of the 14 bass I caught that day on a private pond including this 4-5lb bass.  It has a quieter sound since it has three prop blades instead of two prop blades.

Some tell me the clackers are the noisiest and the best, other times I think the quieter ones are better.  I tried a louder buzzbait on that pond in a yellow skirt and I got nothing.  Went back to the quieter buzzbait in white and caught more fish.

I missed a few hooksets and some jumped and got off.  I would have caught about 17 that day on a small pond.

Some days buzzbaits work when the fish are aggressive and other days, they won't touch it.  There wasn't much topwater activity that day but the buzzbait was very productive.

[FishTank]

I like Booyah's Counter Strike.

[jb_adams]

I bought one of those tandem blade buzzbaits (the ones that are side by side) and it just looks like I'm dragging the "Memphis Belle" across the top of the water.  It's HUGE!  I bought it more of a gag than an actual bait.  I tied it on one morning (my buddy is a huge buzzbait fan) and I said I was "Gunning for the big ones!".  He rolled his eyes of course and that big buzzbait makes a lot of noise.  It's too much.

If you have a pond or lake that is full of big monster bass and the water is dirty and stained with little visability.......this is your bait.  Otherwise, it will make 1-2lb bass run for their bomb shelters because there is a big bomber circling over-head.

[Guest btlva]

Here's another tip you might not have heard. Try fishing a buzzbait "hoochie rigged" (without a skirt). You'd be surprised how well it works, and it casts alot better than a skirted bait. If I need to make long casts or if it's a little windy this is how I always fish them. I've never been convinced that it really matters what if anything is used to dress the hook of a buzzbait, it's the sound and commotion that really catches them.

I haven't used clacker baits much, I guess I didn't think I needed to but I'm sure it doesn't hurt, maybe it even helps sometimes. Also one more thing, a treble hook works great as a trailer hook if you're fishing relatively open water. Good luck