Spinner Baits

[mercman]

i mean the "V" shaped spinners... as apposed to straight in line spinners...

 

theres loads of large musky ones on the market...

 

 

People seem to lose those big ones alot. I fished up 2 or 3 on the river here last year. Black and orange with black blades seem to be the easiest to lose.

[mercman]

Eh Paul, Congrats!

 

I think this might be your first thread to reach 5 pages without a whiff of being locked!

 

 

 

I'm trying hard to integrate my special personality into the forum

[misfish]

One in every bunch

 

 

Dont kid yourself Paul. He knows his stuff.

 

 

Heres another you shouldnt over look aswell.

 

Buzzbaits. Great for active smallies and largies.

 

[mercman]

Dont kid yourself Paul. He knows his stuff.

 

 

Heres another you shouldnt over look aswell.

 

Buzzbaits. Great for active smallies and largies.

 

 

Nice

I'm guessing you fish them the same way?They would be killer just at the surface.

[misfish]

Thats what their for. Top water buzz baits.

[davey buoy]

Nothing like bringing it out of the lily pads and see it hit by a nice bass. Big splash =Awesome.

[mercman]

Thats what their for. Top water buzz baits.

 

 

Man !! Am i a fart smeller or what.

 

This is great info.I am really excited to get mine wet, and try some of the ideas in this thread.

[Fisherpete]

MUSKIES

 

HATE

 

THEM

 

 

Oh wait, muskies bite things they hate just for fun!

[manitoubass2]

It's pretty funny that musky on spinnerbaits was brought up today. I went shore fishing with my kids for the fourth day in a row, still casting that black/silver tandem pot belly, and I caught my fourth rainy river musky! Just a baby, but man o man was it a gorgeous colored fish. Only got 4 bass today, so that musky really made my day

[mercman]

It's pretty funny that musky on spinnerbaits was brought up today. I went shore fishing with my kids for the fourth day in a row, still casting that black/silver tandem pot belly, and I caught my fourth rainy river musky! Just a baby, but man o man was it a gorgeous colored fish. Only got 4 bass today, so that musky really made my day

 

That Musky is probably why you only caught 4 Bass

[lew]

Anyone who's not using spinnerbaits (BIG) for musky is missing out on alot of very nice fish. I ALWAYS have a very large black/orange bait on one rod and it's ALWAYS the 1st bait I start tossing EVERY day and it's often the same bait I'm still throwing at the end of the day.

 

I couldn't begin to know how many muskies I've caught with them when nothing else in the boat would even get a sniff from a fish.

 

If your not using them, give em a try and you'll be very happy you did.

[Dontcryformejanhrdina]

Anyone who's not using spinnerbaits (BIG) for musky is missing out on alot of very nice fish. I ALWAYS have a very large black/orange bait on one rod and it's ALWAYS the 1st bait I start tossing EVERY day and it's often the same bait I'm still throwing at the end of the day.

 

I couldn't begin to know how many muskies I've caught with them when nothing else in the boat would even get a sniff from a fish.

 

If your not using them, give em a try and you'll be very happy you did.

 

 

I have a few of them but have only used them a few times. Do you put a soft plastic on it too?

[lew]

I have a few of them but have only used them a few times. Do you put a soft plastic on it too?

 

Yeah, I normally put 2 plastic worms on them and usually about 7" long for each of them. I swap out the bottom single for a 7/0 treble and add an orange worm then add another to the single hook on top.

 

This is an older pic but shows the difference in size compared to a bass bait.

 

Not sure where the bottom worm is in this picture but it looks like it's folded up under the bait.

 

[Raf]

Anyone who's not using spinnerbaits (BIG) for musky is missing out on alot of very nice fish. I ALWAYS have a very large black/orange bait on one rod and it's ALWAYS the 1st bait I start tossing EVERY day and it's often the same bait I'm still throwing at the end of the day.

 

I couldn't begin to know how many muskies I've caught with them when nothing else in the boat would even get a sniff from a fish.

 

If your not using them, give em a try and you'll be very happy you did.

 

I waiting for Lew to chime in. If you fish lakes with thick heavy slop [ie Kawarthas] I would think spinnerbaits would work great. They are relatively weedless, you can work em fast, work em slow... etc. I don't typically fish places with really heavy weeds or really shallow and prefer to use inlines but if/when I do they get the nod.

[Squid]

What!! no one mentions Slop masters as the go to bait

[mike rousseau]

That's kinda why I don't use em... Almost all the weedbeds on the st.lawrence are flatened out by current... Almost no standing weeds... So they have no advantage over other baits... From a design perspective...

[Dontcryformejanhrdina]

Yeah, I normally put 2 plastic worms on them and usually about 7" long for each of them. I swap out the bottom single for a 7/0 treble and add an orange worm then add another to the single hook on top.

 

This is an older pic but shows the difference in size compared to a bass bait.

 

Not sure where the bottom worm is in this picture but it looks like it's folded up under the bait.

 

 

That looks awesome, thanks! Definetely gotta give it a try more this year, especially with all the weeds in the waters I fish.

[Billy Bob]

Yesterday I found out Musky's like bluegills......

[Ainsley]

I've been using booyah spinner baits for a while now but really like the looks of those CL spinners. Do they only do online ordering or are they available at any tackleshops

[kenzy31]

Spinnerbaits were the only lure to put pike in the boat yesterday! Boated 2 on tandem blade, 3/4oz with green/yellow skirts. Chartruse blades on one and silver on the other. My first fish of any species on spinnerbaits and I owe to this thread for making me throw them