Really A Difference In Spinnerbaits? 2024
crankbait2009 reply :
I was watching one of Bill Dance's fishing shows the other day and he was using the Booyah Flex spinnerbait (I think that was the name of it). Well he said that the wire frame is flexible. Meaning, if you twist it and bend it this way and that, it springs back in to its normal shape, which leaves a lot of fine tuning out of the equation.
Then I got to thinking, do spinnerbaits really differ from brand to brand? I'm not big on spinnerbaits YET, but I kind of find it hard to believe they can really differ from one brand to the next.
Can anyone fill me head with some info on how my thinking is incorrect?
deaknh03 reply :
They do differ from brand to brand,some are cheaply made and will bend out of tune quickly, and have cheaper skirts, hooks etc, making them last much less time than the better made ones. Dr Spinnerbait makes a flexible wire spinnerbait, I have 2 of them, they are the real deal, work great, quality components, and always retain their shape. I would recommend War Eagles, and I like the BPS as well, but everyone has their own preference.
JIGFISHERMAN. reply :
spinnerbaits are only good in small private lakes with no fishing pressure.
Hooligan reply :
There are gigantic differences in spinnerbaits. From wire gauge to head design to the way the skirt rides in the water. Northstar makes the best bait for my money, bar none. The head and profile are clean and the skirts are excellent. The colors are dead on, as well. The wire diameters will let the blades vibrate without deforming the frame every time you get bit. They're easy to tune because of the head design, as well.
psuangler91 reply :
On 12/4/2011 at 2:10 AM, JIGFISHERMAN. said:spinnerbaits are only good in small private lakes with no fishing pressure.
I hope that smiley face means you were kidding.
JIGFISHERMAN. reply :
On 12/4/2011 at 2:58 AM, psuangler91 said:I hope that smiley face means you were kidding.
The smiley face was meant to say I was kidding in that I'm not taking shots at Bill Dance. He's a good old guy.
But I have no use for spinner baits....At least around here.
MrSwimJig reply :
Spinnerbaits do differ by manufacture, they range from cheap materials to medium grade to high end materials. The higher end spinnerbaits will last longer are easier to tune and track much truer.
flippin and pitchin reply :
Not all spinnerbaits are created equal. In most cases you get what you pay for.
Higher end baits will have a tempered wire, tapered wire or even titainium wire among other materials. Heads will be high quality cast, quality finished and will less prone to chipping. The Hook
Swivel and Blade(s) will be top quality and the blades will stay shiney longer. Skirts are of course what most anglers focus on first. I have a few Booyah Virbra Flex baits and they the best model,
in my opinion in their line up. The main feature to me is the hole in the bladde is off
set and this creates a unique vibration. Spinnerbaits are the way to go, pond or no pond 
lynyrdsky1 reply :
Terminator has the titanium wire that also snaps right back into place. They are really good spinnerbaits but suck at 8 dollars a pop.
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
Ive used Sectet Weapon Lures spinnerbaits for a few years now and they are very nice. They rated a 9.0 on tackletour. No swivel to go bad.
crankbait2009 reply :
hm, thank you everyone for the inputs!!
I have noticed that with any lure that you come across, some hooks are sharper and better quality than others. Sounds like the same principle here when it comes to material, frame, shape.
If I were to go out and buy a spinnerbait to try out, Sounds like I have a few to choose from. I am familiar with the Booyah brand spinnerbait. I see those at BPS a lot. I don't see the Vibra Flex one though. I may have to go else where for that one.
Thanks again for your help!!
Fishes in trees reply :
The short answer is: Yes,different spinnerbaits are different.
Sam reply :
Crankbait2009, may I suggest adding a "tralier hook" to all spinnerbaits?
Will improve your hook-up ratio.
crankbait2009 reply :
thanks Sam, I have owned one maybe 2 spinnerbaits in the past couple years and they both have trailer hooks. I don't have any success with spinners at all.
Which also prompted this thread as well.
But yes, I do have trailer hooks on mine.
no hits.....EVER
JIGFISHERMAN. reply :
On 12/4/2011 at 9:17 PM, crankbait2009 said:thanks Sam, I have owned one maybe 2 spinnerbaits in the past couple years and they both have trailer hooks. I don't have any success with spinners at all.
Which also prompted this thread as well.
But yes, I do have trailer hooks on mine.
no hits.....EVER
If your area is anything like this area, the fish are so conditioned to a white spinnerbait it's not even funny.
That's probably the issue. Not the construction of the baits your using.
psuangler91 reply :
On 12/4/2011 at 3:10 AM, JIGFISHERMAN. said:The smiley face was meant to say I was kidding in that I'm not taking shots at Bill Dance. He's a good old guy.
But I have no use for spinner baits....At least around here.
Didn't mean any disrespect, I was just kinda surprised cause around here we kill em on spinnerbaits. Sorry to hear you guys don't have any luck with them where you're from, it's such a great bait for covering water quickly and in a variety of cover.
zip pow reply :
On 12/4/2011 at 5:42 AM, lynyrdsky1 said:Terminator has the titanium wire that also snaps right back into place. They are really good spinnerbaits but suck at 8 dollars a pop.
X2
LgMouthGambler reply :
The best spinner baits to buy? Go to Walmart, and they have a rack of them usually at the bottem where the other spinners are. They come from Costa Rico, and are all different colors and blades. The best part? They cost $1, and if you loose it, or the hook dulls, who cares! I have 2 of every color/blade setup, no problems. Why pay $7 each for something that is very seasonal?
deaknh03 reply :
On 12/7/2011 at 1:13 AM, LgMouthGambler said:The best spinner baits to buy? Go to Walmart, and they have a rack of them usually at the bottem where the other spinners are. They come from Costa Rico, and are all different colors and blades. The best part? They cost $1, and if you loose it, or the hook dulls, who cares! I have 2 of every color/blade setup, no problems. Why pay $7 each for something that is very seasonal?
Is Costa Rico a little known island between Costa Rica and Puerto Rico, invented by Wal Mart to make spinnerbaits? 
deaknh03 reply :
On 12/7/2011 at 1:13 AM, LgMouthGambler said:The best spinner baits to buy? Go to Walmart, and they have a rack of them usually at the bottem where the other spinners are. They come from Costa Rico, and are all different colors and blades. The best part? They cost $1, and if you loose it, or the hook dulls, who cares! I have 2 of every color/blade setup, no problems. Why pay $7 each for something that is very seasonal?
Hooligan reply :
On 12/7/2011 at 1:13 AM, LgMouthGambler said:The best spinner baits to buy? Go to Walmart, and they have a rack of them usually at the bottem where the other spinners are. They come from Costa Rico, and are all different colors and blades. The best part? They cost $1, and if you loose it, or the hook dulls, who cares! I have 2 of every color/blade setup, no problems. Why pay $7 each for something that is very seasonal?
Very seasonal? I catch spinnerbait fish, with regularity and consistency, from ice out to ice up. If that's what you mean by seasonal...yeah. The reason it's worth it to buy better baits is because the components will last, the hooks are better, and the baits will last longer in general, not to mention I'll catch more fish on what I buy than I would on a $.99 bait.
LgMouthGambler reply :
On 12/7/2011 at 2:31 AM, deaknh03 said:Is Costa Rico a little known island between Costa Rica and Puerto Rico, invented by Wal Mart to make spinnerbaits?
Haha. d**n phone.
LgMouthGambler reply :
On 12/7/2011 at 3:07 AM, Hooligan said:Very seasonal? I catch spinnerbait fish, with regularity and consistency, from ice out to ice up. If that's what you mean by seasonal...yeah. The reason it's worth it to buy better baits is because the components will last, the hooks are better, and the baits will last longer in general, not to mention I'll catch more fish on what I buy than I would on a $.99 bait.
Down here in the Glades they do us no good except Chain Pickerel eat at them. Its mostly lizards, paddle tails, and jigs. But I can kill'em for a buck, haha.
JIGFISHERMAN. reply :
On 12/7/2011 at 3:44 AM, LgMouthGambler said:Down here in the Glades they do us no good except Chain Pickerel eat at them. Its mostly lizards, paddle tails, and jigs. But I can kill'em for a buck, haha.
Depends on pressure and conditioning. It used to be impossible to NOT catch fish all year long on the right color spinnerbait up here.
I don't even bother to fish them anymore.
roadwarrior reply :
This is my favorite by far: StrikeBack Spinnerbait from MegaStrike:
http://www.megastrike.com/#!products/vstc2=strikeback-spinnerbait
I replace the skirts with Lumaflex skirts:
http://store.jobabylures.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=J&Category_Code=SKL
deaknh03 reply :
On 12/7/2011 at 5:18 AM, roadwarrior said:This is my favorite by far: StrikeBack Spinnerbait from MegaStrike:
http://www.megastrike.com/#!products/vstc2=strikeback-spinnerbait
I replace the skirts with Lumaflex skirts:
http://store.jobabylures.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=J&Category_Code=SKL
I almost forgot about these. Great spinnerbaits, I bought 6 of them this summer, they are durable and they catch fish.
Chris reply :
Wire size and flex gives you a difference in how well you can feel the bait thump ( outside of the blade combo your using) also length of the spinnerbait arm like in the case of a short arm. The more flex the better the feel because the "R" is moving a greater distance left and right as the blade turns. The stiffer the arm with a larger wire on short casts will have the vibration like a rattltrap for example. When they came out with the titanium wire the issue I found was that if you get one that is bent wrong it was a waste.
Scorcher214 reply :
3 words, Ko-Man-Chi.
The only negatives are they are only in 3/8oz and 1/2oz on TW. And they are 10 bucks, but with the high quality components and unique design make it my favorite spinnerbait ever. Rober William Osler is
Read the review on TackleTour if you are interested.
http://www.tackletour.com/reviewkomanchibladespg2.html
Scorcher214 reply :
On 12/7/2011 at 1:13 AM, LgMouthGambler said:The best spinner baits to buy? Go to Walmart, and they have a rack of them usually at the bottem where the other spinners are. They come from Costa Rico, and are all different colors and blades. The best part? They cost $1, and if you loose it, or the hook dulls, who cares! I have 2 of every color/blade setup, no problems. Why pay $7 each for something that is very seasonal?
Those spinnerbaits are crap. The swivels rusted on me and don't spin as well and the hook, was not very sharp. Those $1 buzzbaits though, those are worth it after a little modification. And perhaps for you guys down there, they may be seasonal, but up here in Michigan. I catch fish on them all the time. Once you can get the blade combinations correct (based on water clarity and cloud cover) you catch a lot more.
Loomis24 reply :
On 12/4/2011 at 5:42 AM, lynyrdsky1 said:Terminator has the titanium wire that also snaps right back into place. They are really good spinnerbaits but suck at 8 dollars a pop.
Should have went to BPS earlier this year when they were having their Terminator sale on spinnerbaits. I think they were $10 for 5. Needless to say I stocked up on my spinnerbaits 
Spinnerbaits are one of my favs to use. It has been very successful for me. But to answer the question like everyone else did yes they do vary from brand to brand. I have several different brands in my tackle and catch fish with everyone.
zip pow reply :
Wish I'd knew I paid 25$ each for 6 of the original terminator red hooks spinnerbaits they where and still are the best in my book found some buried at a tackle store but the old guy knew he had the last of them
A-Rob reply :
I like the ones that catch fish!
There is a nice video on bassresource about spinnebaits...I think Glen does it.
Jigfishn10 reply :
On 12/10/2011 at 2:45 AM, Chris said:Wire size and flex gives you a difference in how well you can feel the bait thump ( outside of the blade combo your using) also length of the spinnerbait arm like in the case of a short arm. The more flex the better the feel because the "R" is moving a greater distance left and right as the blade turns. The stiffer the arm with a larger wire on short casts will have the vibration like a rattltrap for example. When they came out with the titanium wire the issue I found was that if you get one that is bent wrong it was a waste.
This post is on point! Great post Chis!
If you're feeling creative, try this blade configuration on a tandem: Remove the large rear willow and small front colorado. Attach the willow to the clevis and colorado to the swivel. Man, bass love that spinnerbait!
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