What Am I Doing With All These Spinnerbaits? 2025
TotalNoob reply :
So I was first to the $1.99 Booyah Spinnerbait rack at BPS this morning. This is a top presentation I'm looking to learn/throw this year. I know they are a proven fish catcher.
I'm not 100% sure what happened but I seemed to have lost control of the part of my brain that controls reasoning and discipline. It all happened so quickly... There was a small crowd of 6-8 people behind me. I panicked or something and next thing I know I've got 21 spinnerbaits in my basket! I wasn't even counting, I didn't know how many I had until I checked out.
Seven of them are 1/2oz the other fourteen are 3/8oz. I figure I can change out blades as needed to match willow on willow etc. It doesn't seem like a bad haul for $42 bucks even in retrospect ... I just need to figure out how I'm going to throw these (trailers, line, rod/reel gear ratio).
My reservoir has a Gizzard Shad forage base and has mostly Smallies, some Spotteds, a small population of Largemouths, and some Wipers.
I'm VERY open to any thoughts on what kinds kinds of trailers you would put on these, what type of rod/reel you'd use (action/power and gear ratio), what kind of line you'd use, and if you wanted to throw in tips on what sorts of conditions you're most likely to throw these (windy, sunny, etc) it would be much appreciated.
scaleface reply :
On 2/16/2019 at 7:34 AM, TotalNoob said:This is a top presentation I'm looking to learn/throw this year.
There is nothing easier to throw. Cast around and in thick cover where bass like to hang out . They are pretty snag-less , thats what makes them so effective .
MIbassyaker reply :
Good haul. They'll eventually get bent up, worn out, skirts will fall off with use, so nothing at all wrong with stocking up.
Bluebasser86 reply :
I carry probably around 75 in my boat, no way I could pare that down to 21.
I like to put a bright chartreuse trailer on the white baits for contrast, great for smallies and spots. A 3.8-4.8 fat impact is good on any of them. I fish mine with no trailer most often. A medium to MH MF to F with 12-17 pound copolymer is what I like to throw them on.
Scott F reply :
Almost all of those in the pictures have willow leaf blades. 21 baits and NONE with Colorado blades?
pauldconyers reply :
On 2/16/2019 at 8:01 AM, Scott F said:Almost all of those in the pictures have willow leaf blades. 21 baits and NONE with Colorado blades?
My BPS had some with single Colorado blades and some with a small Colorado with a willow blade on it as well.
thinkingredneck reply :
Wind rippled water, sun. When plastics don't work is when I use them.
TotalNoob reply :
On 2/16/2019 at 8:01 AM, Scott F said:Almost all of those in the pictures have willow leaf blades. 21 baits and NONE with Colorado blades?
There was a huge mix in Willow and Colorado blades, even in the same color/weight. I tried to grab as much diversification of blades/colors as possible without the folks behind me getting upset!
A lot of them have both a Willow and Colorado.
thinkingredneck reply :
You done good
Scott F reply :
I know I do it all wrong, but most of the time, the spinnerbaits I am most successful with have only Colorado blades and no willow leaf. I think few guys use them because stores like bass pro barely stock them.
TotalNoob reply :
On 2/16/2019 at 7:54 AM, Bluebasser86 said:I carry probably around 75 in my boat, no way I could pare that down to 21.
I like to put a bright chartreuse trailer on the white baits for contrast, great for smallies and spots. A 3.8-4.8 fat impact is good on any of them. I fish mine with no trailer most often. A medium to MH MF to F with 12-17 pound copolymer is what I like to throw them on.
1) Would you like a Rage Swimmer for a trailer here vs Keitechs? I have Keitechs ... I ask though because they had SK Rage Swimmers on sale, too, and I kinda went a little nuts on this Ghost Shad color. I'm not married to these Rage Swimmers at all .. in fact I've never used them, I've been using Keitechs. I picked up the Rage Swimmers (on sale) knowing I could get some feedback on them and return them if need be.
2) Can you recommend a budget a copolymer line? I have some Spiderwire "EZ Mono/Co-Polymer Construction" line - is this good enough or are there other lines with better/different properties I should consider?
Gundog reply :
Just the beginning of an addiction. Get help now! The bait monkey has you in his sites.
pauldconyers reply :
On 2/16/2019 at 8:04 AM, thinkingredneck said:Wind rippled water, sun. When plastics don't work is when I use them.
While everyone says this while I understand it all kind of works together I have never understood how windy conditions affect what fish under water will bite at.
MIbassyaker reply :
On 2/16/2019 at 8:18 AM, Scott F said:I know I do it all wrong, but most of the time, the spinnerbaits I am most successful with have only Colorado blades and no willow leaf. I think few guys use them because stores like bass pro barely stock them.
Lindner-era In-Fisherman used to insist on colorado blades over willow blades in most situations, and especially in current.
A-Jay reply :
On 2/16/2019 at 9:13 AM, pauldconyers said:While everyone says this while I understand it all kind of works together I have never understood how windy conditions affect what fish under water will bite at.
Don't fight it man ~
Just believe the hype . . .
A-Jay
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 2/16/2019 at 8:27 AM, TotalNoob said:1) Would you like a Rage Swimmer for a trailer here vs Keitechs? I have Keitechs ... I ask though because they had SK Rage Swimmers on sale, too, and I kinda went a little nuts on this Ghost Shad color. I'm not married to these Rage Swimmers at all .. in fact I've never used them, I've been using Keitechs. I picked up the Rage Swimmers (on sale) knowing I could get some feedback on them and return them if need be.
2) Can you recommend a budget a copolymer line? I have some Spiderwire "EZ Mono/Co-Polymer Construction" line - is this good enough or are there other lines with better/different properties I should consider?
Sure, Rage swimmer is great too and I use both. They're probably a better option because they're a touch more durable.
Hi-SEAS Grand Slam is excellent and affordable. Pline CXX is great too.
Columbia Craw reply :
You did very well. Good colors and blade configurations. Grab a sevenish MH fast rod and a 6 to something reel and spool up some 12 to 16 line and you are hot to trot. With early spring coming a spinnerbait is a great pre spawn bait for all species especially small mouth.
Ppennin986 reply :
Agree pline good bang for the buck it’s good stuff I’ve pulled my boat across the river against the current with 12lbs test when getting snagged on something lol
AC870 reply :
I played with spinnerbaits really for first time last fall and fell in love. I was pinging it through submerged grass. Natural Shad color. No trailer. It was fun.
fishwizzard reply :
On 2/16/2019 at 7:39 AM, scaleface said:Cast around and in thick cover where bass like to hang out . They are pretty snag-less , thats what makes them so effective .
To build on this idea, you have 21 of them, so be fearless in throwing them into the gnarliest laydows you come across. If you fish them aggressively you might loose a third of them in short order, but you will learn exactly what you can get away with and it will take years to lose the rest of them.
LxVE Bassin reply :
Next time I would suggest getting different blade combinations. Most of those have willow blades.
nascar2428 reply :
Great haul. Most of my spinnerbaits have willow blades. They go through grass much easier. I'm using a 6'6" medium fast casting rod with braid and leader. Overcast and wind are always the best conditions, but not necessary.
TotalNoob reply :
On 2/16/2019 at 9:19 AM, A-Jay said:Don't fight it man ~
Just believe the hype . . .
A-Jay
THAT'S what I'm talking about right there ???? Very Nice Smallie - That's what I'm hoping to find here.
On 2/16/2019 at 1:38 PM, fishwizzard said:To build on this idea, you have 21 of them, so be fearless in throwing them into the gnarliest laydows you come across. If you fish them aggressively you might loose a third of them in short order, but you will learn exactly what you can get away with and it will take years to lose the rest of them.
I was thinking along the same lines. Doesn't kill me to lose some in the process of figuring out how/where to best place and retrieve these. It's not a $15 jerkbait that I have to baby around cover.
On 2/16/2019 at 8:48 PM, LxVE Bassin said:Next time I would suggest getting different blade combinations. Most of those have willow blades.
I'll have to go back and look but I'm almost positive that at least half of them have a willow/Colorado combination.
I haven't modified spinnerbaits yet but as I understand it's not difficult to swap blades to customize. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
BigAngus752 reply :
On 2/16/2019 at 7:54 AM, Bluebasser86 said:I carry probably around 75 in my boat
Three words for you, brother...Betty Ford Center.
Bankbeater reply :
Nice find. You are set for spring.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 2/17/2019 at 1:29 AM, BigAngus752 said:Three words for you, brother...Betty Ford Center.
I make up for it by only carrying one box of crankbaits ????
pauldconyers reply :
On 2/17/2019 at 3:26 AM, Bluebasser86 said:I make up for it by only carrying one box of crankbaits ????
And just how big is that box?
fin reply :
On 2/16/2019 at 7:34 AM, TotalNoob said:I'm not 100% sure what happened but I seemed to have lost control of the part of my brain that controls reasoning and discipline. It all happened so quickly... There was a small crowd of 6-8 people behind me. I panicked or something and next thing I know I've got 21 spinnerbaits in my basket! I wasn't even counting, I didn't know how many I had until I checked out.
???? Similar thing happened to me at one of the Academy sales. There were guys rummaging through all the stuff like a bunch of women at a shoe sale. I was grabbing stuff I didn't really want. It's like when you find bass feeding on a school of shad - they go into a frenzy and bite stuff they normally wouldn't bite without hesitation.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 2/17/2019 at 6:57 AM, pauldconyers said:And just how big is that box?
One 3730, a deeper 3700 box, and that's all the crankbaits I carry, shallow, medium, and deep divers.
Munkin reply :
On 2/17/2019 at 6:57 AM, pauldconyers said:And just how big is that box?
I have a Plano spinnerbait box that holds 96 myself.
Allen
MN Fisher reply :
On 2/17/2019 at 9:28 AM, Munkin said:I have a Plano spinnerbait box that holds 96 myself.
Allen
I feel so inadequate - I have a single 3600 size box that contains all my spinners, chatters and buzzbaits...4 of each.
Munkin reply :
On 2/17/2019 at 9:44 AM, MN Fisher said:I feel so inadequate - I have a single 3600 size box that contains all my spinners, chatters and buzzbaits...4 of each.
I use this one for storage of extra baits.
Allen
HeyCoach reply :
I picked up 4, some with Colorado and willow or double willow.
Did anybody find some darker colored spinnerbaits? All my BPS has were white, chartreuse, white and chartreuse, and white with blue and chartreuse top.
Boomstick reply :
That's a great buy, but you should try some with either a single colorado blade, dual colorado blades or a colorado and indiana blade. Basically they produce a lot more thump and less flash and are particularly good in murky water (typically a white/chartreuse color), night (typically black) or early season (typically white or off white colors) when you want to fish them slowly.
Those 3/8oz spinnerbaits with the willow and colorado blades are quite effective when the water is between 60 and 70 degrees, but if I had to have just one spinnerbait for the entire season I would pick one of those in sexy shad or mouse color. Later in summer and early fall, the dual willow blades generally produce very well for me.
Good luck with your spinnerbait fishing. I am generally fairly successful with spinnerbaits, but I will mention there are some lakes near me I just can't get a bite on a spinnerbait where others where they absolutely kill them! The other thing worth mentioning, is that often fishing from the shore and when I have a day of few or no bites, sometimes fishing a spinnerbait produces where other lures have failed. I figure the fact that I can cover a lot of water and the flash and vibration draws the fish in.
TotalNoob reply :
You know it's interesting the responses in this thread regarding the Colorado blades effectiveness.
After my purchase/creating this post I read an article about how spinnerbaits have generally fallen out of favor from tournament anglers in lieu of swimbaits.
Anyway, my takeaway from the article was that 1) spinnerbaits are highly effective and 2) there was a lot of favor from longtime spinnerbait fisherman for Colorado blades over willow blades (generally speaking).
Boomstick reply :
On 3/10/2019 at 5:45 AM, TotalNoob said:You know it's interesting the responses in this thread regarding the Colorado blades effectiveness.
After my purchase/creating this post I read an article about how spinnerbaits have generally fallen out of favor from tournament anglers in lieu of swimbaits.
Anyway, my takeaway from the article was that 1) spinnerbaits are highly effective and 2) there was a lot of favor from longtime spinnerbait fisherman for Colorado blades over willow blades (generally speaking).
Generally speaking, I usually have more success with dual willow or willow/colorado blades than anything else, even in dirtier water (which I generally don't end up fishing that much of) as long as the sun's up, but not always. But spinnerbaits are definitely highly effective, and they've been making a comeback with tournament anglers in more recent years as well.
gimruis reply :
Those things wouldn't last very long around here. Pike would destroy them, one by one.
Columbia Craw reply :
Last year prespawn on a 1/2 ounce Dobyns Beast spinnerbait.
ResoKP reply :
I think trailer hooks are very important on spinnerbaits.
All of my spinnerbaits have trailer hooks on them.
Better chance of hooking ones short-striking...
jimmyjoe reply :
On 2/17/2019 at 1:29 AM, BigAngus752 said:Three words for you, brother...Betty Ford Center.
She uses spinnerbaits, too? jj
jtharris3 reply :
The force is strong with you!
Boomstick reply :
On 3/12/2019 at 1:03 AM, ResoKP said:I think trailer hooks are very important on spinnerbaits.
All of my spinnerbaits have trailer hooks on them.
Better chance of hooking ones short-striking...
This is a good tip as well. I usually do not add a trailer hook or trailer unless I'm getting short striked -- sometimes they just swallow it without it. Also if I'm fishing in weeds, I will throw on a trailer as the trailer hooks tend to pull in a few more weeds and in open water, I'll use a trailer hook.
Jigfishn10 reply :
On 2/16/2019 at 8:18 AM, Scott F said:I know I do it all wrong, but most of the time, the spinnerbaits I am most successful with have only Colorado blades and no willow leaf. I think few guys use them because stores like bass pro barely stock them.
I've caught more fish on a single Colorado blade than any other combination. So I guess we're both wrong.
TotalNoob reply :
On 3/12/2019 at 10:42 PM, Jigfishn10 said:I've caught more fish on a single Colorado blade than any other combination. So I guess we're both wrong.
That's what I was saying about that article I read in Bassmasters, in addition to the feedback here. In the article, it stated that a legendary spinnerbait fisherman caught more heavyweight bass with Colorado or Indiana blades. He also said he never caught a bass > 6lbs on a spinnerbait with willowleaf blades.
It could also come down to quality over quantity? Perhaps willow blades are responsible for greater numbers of caught bass (and some quality size bass) and Colorado blades are responsible for more quality fish (in the bigger picture)?
I don't pretend to know but I sure am excited to be throwing my arsenal of them this year! Hopefully I can start developing my own opinions/theories about what blades/combinations work best under what conditions on MY fishery.
Jigfishn10 reply :
It's the noise @TotalNoob IMHO. A Colorado with it's circular shape puts out a real THUMP! that translates back to your hands but not much flash. Willows are more streamlined and tend to put out much less of a thump but way more flash.
So if you're a big bass and hear and feel a thump of a Colorado it may be telling them BIG DINNER (big baitfish) where as a willow or double willow putting out flash in many different directions maybe telling a bass "little snacks" for a school of fingerling bait fish.
Conversely, if you're a smaller bass and hear and feel that big thump of a Colorado, they're thinking "that fish is coming to eat ME!
Who knows if the above is correct, but we still have hard water up here and need something to write about, right? 
Boomstick reply :
On 3/13/2019 at 12:13 AM, TotalNoob said:That's what I was saying about that article I read in Bassmasters, in addition to the feedback here. In the article, it stated that a legendary spinnerbait fisherman caught more heavyweight bass with Colorado or Indiana blades. He also said he never caught a bass > 6lbs on a spinnerbait with willowleaf blades.
It could also come down to quality over quantity? Perhaps willow blades are responsible for greater numbers of caught bass (and some quality size bass) and Colorado blades are responsible for more quality fish (in the bigger picture)?
I don't pretend to know but I sure am excited to be throwing my arsenal of them this year! Hopefully I can start developing my own opinions/theories about what blades/combinations work best under what conditions on MY fishery.
Ironically my PB came on a willow/colorado blade - I through it under a fallen tree on what was probably the most perfectly placed cast I've ever made and a mondo smallie hit it just about as soon as it hit the water. I have a feeling the placement had something to do with that and that was an exception and not the norm.
But I have read several articles and several interviews with many people who said they catch larger fish on chatterbaits or spinnerbaits with large colorado blades (often single but sometimes double bladed) than on spinnerbaits with willow blades. I would theorize that smaller fish may be intimidated by all the vibration where the larger ones know they can eat it. I also do definitely catch more fish on willow blades, and Matt Allen said in one of his tacticalbassin videos as well that dual willow blades generally produce the best for him as well, so I think there might be something on your quality vs quantity theory. I've also heard of many people catching double digit bass on larger spinnerbaits, 3/4 or 1oz as well.
I definitely plan on fishing colorado blades more this year. Last year I only owned a single colorado bladed spinnerbait -- which I lost in some rocks or on a handle on a dam (can't recall which) near the end of the season. This year, I have plenty of sizes and colors to choose from.
bigone5500 reply :
Walmart has the strike king non branded spinners for $1.
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