Spinnerbait color 2024
KyleB428 reply :
I fish a lake in Michigan with about 6 or 7 feet of visibility and weeds. The main forage is small minnows and bluegills with no shad in the lake. I throw a 1/8 oz. white spinnerbait and they have been slamming it. Could I upgrade to a white 1/4 or 3/8 oz. for bigger fish or would that not work because there are not shad in the lake.
bowhunter63 reply :
Try a War Eagle 3/8 ounce in mouse or sexy mouse color.Smallie killers
KyleB428 reply :
On 10/12/2017 at 5:31 AM, bowhunter63 said:Try a War Eagle 3/8 ounce in mouse or sexy mouse color.Smallie killers
Blade combinations/ model?
bowhunter63 reply :
Willow leaf blades one gold one silver.
bowhunter63 reply :
On 10/12/2017 at 5:38 AM, KyleB428 said:Blade combinations/ model?
I would post a picture but I'm on phone and I can't.
A-Jay reply :
I've done OK with these two up here in northern MI ~
A-Jay
burrows reply :
On 10/12/2017 at 5:29 AM, KyleB428 said:I fish a lake in Michigan with about 6 or 7 feet of visibility and weeds. The main forage is small minnows and bluegills with no shad in the lake. I throw a 1/8 oz. white spinnerbait and they have been slamming it. Could I upgrade to a white 1/4 or 3/8 oz. for bigger fish or would that not work because there are not shad in the lake.
1/8 ounce spinnerbait is way light I’ve never gone that light on a spinnerbait 3/16 is the lightest. I would go 3/16 or 1/4 you don’t want to go to big you might spook the fish I mainly throw 3/8 but I’ll throw the 3/16 booyah pond magic in smaller lakes ponds.
Catt reply :
On 10/12/2017 at 9:48 AM, A-Jay said:I've done OK with these two up here in northern MI ~
A-Jay
Seriously dude ya gotta stop that! ?
IndianaFinesse reply :
If the 1/8 ounce is running at the depth of the fish upsizing it to a 3/8 ounce won't increase the size!
Bass don't care weather there's shad in your lake or not tho, they couldn't care (or know) less. Big trout swiimbaits work where not trout exist.
A-Jay reply :
On 10/12/2017 at 6:39 PM, Catt said:
Seriously dude ya gotta stop that! ?
Now what fun would that be ?
A-Jay
Siebert Outdoors reply :
This is my favorite. Its a Cosmic spinnerbait. My favorite colors are the Chartreuse white, Sexy shad, or bluegill flash.
Turtle135 reply :
Several of the lakes I fish here in Maryland have no shad and a white spinnerbait all the way up to 3/4 of an ounce is a producer. Don't be surprised if smaller bass still slam the larger spinnerbait.
bigbill reply :
I use the manns classic spinnerbaits with the double Indiana gold blades in white or chartreuse. The white comes with a blue glimmer skirt which is the hot color for white here. The chartruece skirt I change to a hot chartreuse shirt. On both I use the mister twister 4" split double tail grub as trailers. I use the 3/16 oz, 1/4oz, 3/8oz. But a 1/8oz an occasion too.
funny, I switched my very first 1/4oz spinnerbait to larger gold blades for more thump. I put on the blue glimmer skirt and trailer. After a great morning of catching bass on it a big pickerel came parallel to the drop off out of the water on the rocks as I picked up the spinnerbait and ripped it off my line. He wanted it more than I did, my jaw dropped in shock. My very first working spinnerbait.
Bassin' Brad reply :
On 10/12/2017 at 9:48 AM, A-Jay said:I've done OK with these two up here in northern MI ~
A-Jay
You catch a MONSTER smallie on the 2nd spinnerbait in the pic and you say "I've done OK" lol that's an understatement!
Ksam1234 reply :
On 10/12/2017 at 9:48 AM, A-Jay said:I've done OK with these two up here in northern MI ~
A-Jay
What trailers are those? Never seen them before
A-Jay reply :
On 10/13/2017 at 12:25 PM, Ksam1234 said:What trailers are those? Never seen them before
It's a Strike King KVD Perfect Plastic Blade Minnow ~
Also works well hanging off the back of a vibrating jig / chatterbait style bait.
A-Jay
DubyaDee reply :
I'm north of Detroit, and usually don't throw a spinner bait less than 1/2 ounce. The War Eagle Screamin Eagle is 1/2 ounce but compact like a smaller spinner bait. Real light wire, small willow blades and you can burn them as fast as you can reel. My best producer is burning them right under the top and have my blades come out of the water a smidge to make some commotion, then kill it for a second.
I usually don't opt for a trailer with these. For me, a trailer will go on when I slow down and work deeper water columns.
scaleface reply :
I generally use chartreuse and white early in the year , black at night and some sort of natural looking baitfish imitator the rest of the time .
Fishingmickey reply :
Three colors for a spinner bait... They are Chartreuse, White and Chartreuse/White.
Turkey sandwich reply :
Changing spinnerbait weights has more to do with running depth and speed than it does with actual size of the bait (if that makes sense). If you want to fish deeper or faster, upping the size is the way to go. If you just want a bigger profile, a small swimbait (see @A-Jay) or twister tail grub is the way to go.
Raul reply :
On 10/14/2017 at 1:13 AM, Fishingmickey said:Three colors for a spinner bait... They are Chartreuse, White and Chartreuse/White.
thousands of bass caught on those are testament of truth..... btw, it don't matter what is the forage base and if it's from ultra clear all the way to downright plowable muddy water.
Tandem is a good combination of blades.
MickD reply :
The clearer the water and the brighter the day the lighter the color. The murkier the water and the duller the day the darker the color. This how I start the day.
+ chartreuse on any day, always worth a try.
But you can never be sure, so if the habitat is suitable for spinnerbaits and you think bass are there, change every 5 casts or so until you find what they want. If they are bumping it and not eating it, you are close, but something is wrong, either blade color or skirt/trailer color, most likely.
BigAngus752 reply :
On 10/12/2017 at 9:27 PM, Siebert Outdoors said:This is my favorite. Its a Cosmic spinnerbait. My favorite colors are the Chartreuse white, Sexy shad, or bluegill flash.
This is just a spectacular idea right here. In central Illinois our lakes and reservoirs stay muddy from runoff from all the farm fields and typical silt bottoms. The white/light spinners just don't cut it year round. I've caught more fish on black spinners than white. And dark spinners are hard to find...until now. I've already put seven of these on my Xmas list ranging from the bluegill flash to pb&j!
scaleface reply :
On 10/15/2017 at 12:54 AM, MickD said:If they are bumping it and not eating it, you are close, but something is wrong, either blade color or skirt/trailer color, most likely.
I down size blades and go with a duller color , both right off the bat .
gimruis reply :
I almost solely use Terminator Titanium series now because the frame is made of titanium instead of steel and it doesn't kink or bend out of shape when a pike slams it (and we have a lot of pike around here).
Lately, I've been having success using a 3/8 ounce with a white skirt and a gold blade.
Munkin reply :
On 10/12/2017 at 9:50 PM, Turtle135 said:Several of the lakes I fish here in Maryland have no shad and a white spinnerbait all the way up to 3/4 of an ounce is a producer. Don't be surprised if smaller bass still slam the larger spinnerbait.
Here in Merryland the saying is any color works as long as it's white.
Allen
king fisher reply :
I have never had luck with white. I always have used either black, or purple single colorado blade sinnerbaits. Always had good luck with them, regardless of water clarlity. Sometimes bulging a wake on the surface, other times slow rolling on the bottom. After reading this post, I'm going to give white a try more often.
Russ E reply :
The chatterbait has replaced a spinnerbait in nearly every situation, for me, except fishing around wood. Then it is usually a combination of white and chartreuse.
Boomstick reply :
I have had the best luck with lighter colors myself but not white. Colors like War Eagles Sexy Mouse or Sexy Shad or the KVD Chartreuse Sexy Shad, Sexy Shad or Chrome Sexy Shad seem to catch fish year round.
I generally use a dual willow 1/2oz blade to burn and a 3/8oz willow/colorado blade the rest of the time, because a lot of pros do including Kevin VanDam does the same. I've had the best luck on the 3/8oz though.
On 10/16/2017 at 12:31 AM, Weedwhacker said:The chatterbait has replaced a spinnerbait in nearly every situation, for me, except fishing around wood. Then it is usually a combination of white and chartreuse.
What's your chatterbait secrets? I catch a few on spinnerbaits, but hardly can get a bite on the chatterbait or whatever reason.
Russ E reply :
On 10/16/2017 at 9:00 AM, Boomstick said:I have had the best luck with lighter colors myself but not white. Colors like War Eagles Sexy Mouse or Sexy Shad or the KVD Chartreuse Sexy Shad, Sexy Shad or Chrome Sexy Shad seem to catch fish year round.
I generally use a dual willow 1/2oz blade to burn and a 3/8oz willow/colorado blade the rest of the time, because a lot of pros do including Kevin VanDam does the same. I've had the best luck on the 3/8oz though.
What's your chatterbait secrets? I catch a few on spinnerbaits, but hardly can get a bite on the chatterbait or whatever reason.
I run the chatterbait a lot slower than I do a spinnerbait. Just fast enough to feel the blade thumping.
On average I catch bigger fish on the chatterbait. It works good around weed beds.
One thing I have learned when slow rolling a chatterbait, is you often do not feel a bite. All you notice is the blade stops thumping. If that happens I set the hook.
Boomstick reply :
On 10/16/2017 at 10:23 AM, Weedwhacker said:I run the chatterbait a lot slower than I do a spinnerbait. Just fast enough to feel the blade thumping.
On average I catch bigger fish on the chatterbait. It works good around weed beds.
One thing I have learned when slow rolling a chatterbait, is you often do not feel a bite. All you notice is the blade stops thumping. If that happens I set the hook.
Thanks! I'll try that next time I'm out. I normally fish them around the same speed I would slow roll a spinnerbait.
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