Anyone Else Neglecting Their Spinnerbaits 2024
Bigchunk reply :
Havnt thrown a spinnerbait all year, besides a few casts off my patio. Idk whyyyyyyy anyone else ever do this
curtis9 reply :
I had my best spring ever throwing mostly a spinner bait. Every big fish I've caught this year has been on the same spinner bait
Chief 2 reply :
Have not used SB much at all this spring. I think I caught one aggressive little rock bass on a small spinner about a week ago. Last year the Pickerel were attacking them.
riverbasser13 reply :
Yup for whatever reasons I haven't broken out a spinner bait yet this year, and hardly at all the past few summer's. Maybe it's cause I've learned a little bit about jig fishing, and I usually only fish 2 or 3 techniques at a time. I'll probably bring it back one of these days.
Montanaro reply :
I'm trying to get back into it. Haven't used em for a couple years. Been more focused on bladed jigs and swimjigs and probably missing some opportunities.
annexation reply :
I haven't busted out my spinnerbaits all year - two seasons ago they were one of my hottest outfits. I've been so into plastics lately, I think I'd only bust out a spinnerbait now if I thought it'd be the perfect way to rig something else.
greentrout reply :
Spinnerbait is my #1 lure to start the day off after the top water bite. Having said that, I'm catching more on plastics, especially worms. than spinnerbaits so far this year. With the dog days on the worm will be the mainstay presentation for me during the Summer months.
Good fishing.
The old school basser...
Catt reply :
Nope 
LuckyGia reply :
It's my go to lure of choice every time
Even calm conditions I will catch fish with one.
I just need to stop lifting the fish with the lure in their mouth.
The wire breaks after about 10 fish.
Bad back and hurts to squat down so I have just been lifting them with the rod.
Need to bring my net from now on.
WdyCrankbait reply :
yeah, I havent used one in at least 3 years. not to say they don't work, but I have a lot more confidence in other lures in my area, mostly plastics. Plus, I just love that "Thump!,' a bass makes when they slurp my senko.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Nope, just bought some Cook's Go-To tackle storage racks for them to hang from. I don't fish them often, but that's because everyone else around here does.
scaleface reply :
I love spinnerbaits but everyone throws them and the biite just hasnt been there for me . I just rigged a couple of finesse spinners up and may use them some cloudy day soon .
Jon G reply :
Yup. Bladed Jigs have pretty much reolaced spinnerbaits for me.
stkbassn reply :
I use spinnerbaits all year long. Never neglect them 
buzzed bait reply :
yes i have and felt like i was, so last night i tied one on to throw at the pond this evening.... i've had good luck though with the swim jig so the spinnerbait hasn't had much action this year.
Mr Swim Jig reply :
I will occasionally throw a spinner bait....
CeeJay reply :
I've actually been throwing small spinnerbaits quite a bit lately on the river. The local smallmouth and rock bass adore them
I recently cleaned and re-painted a few of mine. They're fun lures to tinker with, and fun lures to fish with.
tomustang reply :
Way too many throw a spinnerbait here so I generally don't. Another is almost every fish is a pickerel.
einscodek reply :
Spinnerbait is on all year long for me..
Caught my biggest of the year so far a 5.5lb on a half oz spinnerbait who also snapped my rod trying to crane her onshore.
Numbers too.. loads of fish this year on a 1/4 oz spinner.. always whip that out when im lookin to catch numbers.
Cgrinder reply :
Toss me in with the "swim jigs have replaced spinnerbaits" crowd. Plus if I buy nice, thin wire ones the pike and big smallmouth will ruin them.
jtharris3 reply :
I never am without a spinnerbait! I use them year round. You just have to adjust how you fish them.
BooyahMan reply :
I really want to throw spinnerbaits but I'm limited to the bank, and most of the spots I frequent are choked with lily pads. If I ever get out on a boat I'll be throwing them for sure though.
thunderballs reply :
I haven't been fishing much so far this year, and the times I have gone were for bluegill/crappies. But when that was slow I have tossed around a spinnerbait to pass the time. Have not caught any bass on one yet this year, but I have gotten a couple nice northerns.
RoLo reply :
Yup, I've become a spinnerbait slacker.
Of late, I’m throwing spinnerbaits less & less, and the 'vibe jig' is the reason (chatterbait).
The vibe jig has a streamlined silhouette like an in-line spinner, it generates as much or more vibration
than a safety-pin spinner, and in grass & slop, a vibe jig w/ weedguard is more weedless than an overarm spinner
Roger
dead end canal reply :
I'm throwing an mj rig. does that count? 
Senko lover reply :
Spinnerbaits have never been producers on my two main ponds. I've crushed bass on them elsewhere, but not in my local waters.
I'm giving chatterbaits a lot more time in the water. Trying to catch a fish on one.
HuskerBassin reply :
If I'm not catching anything on a T-rig, the next thing to come out of my tackle box is almost always a spinnerbait. If anything, my crankbaits get neglected.
Ratherbfishing reply :
Sometimes the bass have. Went to a place where one week the bass were almost insisting on spinnerbaits and then a week later...nothing. They had "moved on" to soft plastics. You just never can tell what fancy a bass might (or might not) have.
dead end canal reply :
Double
dead end canal reply :
RoLo, I like the idea of this one (based on the Fin-tech Title Shot jig) but I'm not sure about that blade.
Snakehead Whisperer reply :
I usually only throw spinnerbaits in 2 situations. Fishing shallow for lmb/snakeheads in spatterdock/pads, and throwing a heavy ledge buster for suspended fish. Been targetting smallmouth almost exclusively this year, so the spinnerbaits have been gathering dust due to other techniques outproducing them. Once the water temps near 80 I'll start throwing those 1oz+ spinnerbaits and see how it goes.
BASSPATROL247 reply :
If they are biting on other baits then i dont throw them much but always have one tied on a rod, if anything for a search bait and they plain Catch fish in most conditions...first rod i grab to start is my spinner or lipless rod.
Smokinal reply :
Those things? I literally don't think I have thrown a SB in 2-3 years. No joke.
Jolly Green reply :
Nope, they're a regular in the rotation and too versatile to ignore. If nothing else, spinnerbaits are a great way to weed out the pike before I toss something they could steal.
aceman387 reply :
Haven't tied one on in years. Strictly jigs and soft plastics.
kcdinkerz reply :
Anyone recommend a brand with small double willows.?
BASSPATROL247 reply :
On 6/11/2015 at 8:56 AM, aceman387 said:Haven't tied one on in years. Strictly jigs and soft plastics.
Thats kinda like only carrying just a screwdriver and pliers in your toolbox, what happens when they wont bite a jig or soft plastic?? Ive got stuff i dont use much always have one tied on or in my box...
bassr95 reply :
Nope!
Bigchunk reply :
Hmmm, i guess i should try some of these vibe jigs you all speak of
kcdinkerz reply :
How do I delete this comment lol just submitted a duplicate
dam0007 reply :
that's a awesome storage idea! They get rusty if kept for long periods of time in there?On 6/11/2015 at 8:34 AM, Smokinal said:
Those things? I literally don't think I have thrown a SB in 2-3 years. No joke.
CRANKENSTIEN reply :
Not yet. There are guys around here that will almost never cast anything else so I don't. They can be so 1 demensional it almost seems to complimentary to call them bass fisherman.
stlaw77 reply :
On 6/11/2015 at 8:58 AM, kcdinkerz said:Anyone recommend a brand with small double willows.?
SOB Mini Me by Spotsticker.
kcdinkerz reply :
On 6/11/2015 at 12:25 PM, stlaw77 said:SOB Mini Me by Spotsticker.
Thanks I'll put that on my tw list. Just looked at it and saw a few good reviews
bamatj51 reply :
Nope. I use one every time I go out.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 6/11/2015 at 12:05 PM, dam0007 said:that's a awesome storage idea! They get rusty if kept for long periods of time in there?
I just installed 4 rows of those same hangers in my boat. They're plastic and actually help keep the hooks from rusting and the skirts from gumming up. Cooks Go-To tackle is what mine are.
Smokinal reply :
On 6/11/2015 at 12:05 PM, dam0007 said:that's a awesome storage idea! They get rusty if kept for long periods of time in there?
Not at all. In fact, like BlueBasser said, having them hang free and open keeps them dry and aired out; skirts nice etc... I made that out of J-Channel used for siding and liquid-nailed it to the underside of the lid. I hate to take away from the manufactured ones but I got the j channel free from a builder buddy of mine, drilled the holes and 20 minutes later have a spinnerbait rack.
dam0007 reply :
On 6/11/2015 at 5:56 PM, Smokinal said:Not at all. In fact, like BlueBasser said, having them hang free and open keeps them dry and aired out; skirts nice etc... I made that out of J-Channel used for siding and liquid-nailed it to the underside of the lid. I hate to take away from the manufactured ones but I got the j channel free from a builder buddy of mine, drilled the holes and 20 minutes later have a spinnerbait rack.
Awesome!
A-Jay reply :
On 6/11/2015 at 8:58 AM, kcdinkerz said:Anyone recommend a brand with small double willows.?
Take a look at the Strike King Burner Spinner bait for shallow action & the Bottom Dweller Spinnerbait for deeper presentations.
Just what you're looking for.
A-Jay
corn-on-the-rob reply :
I will admit that chatter-baits have replaced big spinner-baits (in shallow water) for me, but I tell you what a 1/4oz spinner for burning/numbers can rarely get beat. It will always get time when the conditions call for it which to be honest, is a lot of them.
CeeJay reply :
I'm not sure I'll ever go fishing without a couple of 1/8oz SK Mini-King spinnerbaits in my box.
Not my number 1 lure for bass...but it's up there in my top 3.
Sometimes I think anglers go a bit too large with the spinnerbaits (and other lures) they throw, and haul nothing but water. Small spinnerbaits will usually catch some active fish for me. 
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