The blades vibrate and flash, attracting the attention of bass. You can use spinnerbaits in most bass-fishing situations, but they are especially suited to fishing shallow cover. The most popular sizes range between 1/4-ounce and 3/4-ounce.
When should I use a spinnerbait?
Here’s the quick answer: Spinnerbaits can be used to catch fish all year round, but are most effective during spring and fall, when bass are feeding on schools of shad in shallow water. The best days to use spinnerbaits are cloudy days, windy days with choppy water, or any time with muddy water.
What’s the best spinner bait for bass?
Top 10 Spinnerbaits for Bass
- Strike King Mini-King Spinnerbait.
- Yakima Bait Wordens Original Rooster Tail Spinner Lure.
- Booyah Pond Magic.
- Panther Martin Spinner.
- Nichols Lures Pulsator Spinnerbait.
- Strike King Finesse KVD Spinnerbait.
- Terminator Super Stainless Spinnerbait.
- Booyah Super Shad.
Do spinnerbaits catch big bass?
Catch Big Bass With Spinnerbaits. “You can’t catch big bass with spinnerbaits. It’s just not a big bass lure.”
Do you put a worm on a spinnerbait?
The best water conditions for adding spinnerbait trailers are stained to muddy water. I favor using plastic trailers with plenty of tail action, so my choices are usually single- or double-tail plastic grubs or 7-inch ribbon tail plastic worms.
Do you use weights with spinnerbaits?
Weights like 1/4oz and 3/8oz are ideal to keep the Spinnerbait higher up in the water column. If the bass are cruising the shallows in the spring or fall, these weights will allow you to keep the Spinnerbait above the grass, and will even give you the ability to “yo yo” them back to the boat.
What color spinnerbait should I use?
A black and blue soft plastic is ideal; a white and chartreuse Glow Blade spinnerbait will also produce. For hard baits, bright chartreuse, green, or dark, solid-colored lures will perform well. Rule 3: Local baitfish and native forage patterns are go-to colors.
Do spinnerbaits work in the winter?
Bass fishing spinnerbaits are one of the most tried and true bass fishing lures in existence. Because they’re traditionally associated with spring or fall fishing, a lot of us forget about this lure in the winter. With the proper modifications, however, these lures can be highly effective throughout the colder months.
What size spinnerbait is best?
SPINNERBAIT WEIGHT
Most anglers favor 1/4-, 3/8-, and 1/2-ounce baits. Sometimes one-ounce baits are called for. For fishing shallow, 1/4- to 3/8-ounce baits are best.
How good are SpinnerBaits?
They are the best choice when you need to use sound to attract bass. That’s why these blades work so well in murky water where visibility is low. Bass will be relying more on their lateral lines than their eyes for find prey. It’s hard to beat a spinnerbait with a Colorado blade when fishing in shallow, murky water.
Do pike like SpinnerBaits?
The Mepps Musky Killer Spinner is one of our top lures for musky fishing and just so happens to be an excellent option for northern pike as well.There is not much variation in how to retrieve it following a cast, yet its natural flash and vibration will do all of the work in attracting fish to your line.
Where do you throw spinnerbaits?
The ideal conditions to throw a spinnerbait are muddier water with wind blowing into it. Whether you are fishing seawalls, rip rap, or a laydown, if the wind is blowing into it, a spinnerbait is tough to beat.
How fast do you retrieve a spinnerbait?
Re: Reel Speed for Spinnerbaits? In my opinion the average 6.3:1 or so is ideal. If you have to high a retrieve speed, the lure will skip out of the water, If your too slow the bass get too good a look at it.
What is a good spinnerbait rod?
A good spinnerbait rod should have a moderate taper with medium to medium-heavy action, so the relatively soft, responsive tip that will vibrate easily from the turning of the spinnerbait’s blade. This is critical to maintain contact with the bait.
Can you fish a spinnerbait without a trailer?
Below are a few tricks and tactics that have worked for me! Naked spinnerbaits without a trailer are my go-to clear water bass slayer. I prefer the smaller profile in clear water, because it may convince a startled bass to eat.
What are spinnerbaits supposed to look like?
A spinnerbait consists of a roughly U-shaped wire with a weighted hook head covered by a skirt and the other end with blades that displaces water and emits flash, which appeals to two of bass’s senses, feeling and sight. Typically, ¼ to ¾ oz. spinnerbaits can cover any instance you would cast one.
Should I use a swivel with a spinner?
We do not recommend attaching a spinner directly to a swivel. Most fishermen use a swivel that is way too big and this can interfere with the action of the lure. If you are set on using a swivel, we recommend you tie a very small top quality ball bearing snap swivel to the end of your main line.
What colors do bass see best?
Bass apparently do see color. Their vision is strongest in the areas of medium-red to green. It fails rapidly moving into the blues and purples, as it does towards the far reds. If our picture of bass color vision is accurate, then color is meaningful to bass in some cases but not others.
What colors attract largemouth bass?
The most fundamental rule is to fish brightly colored baits in dingy or muddy water and light, subtle colors in clear water. The logic here is that a bass’ visibility is hampered by silt, and colors like chartreuse, yellow and orange are easier to see than bone, pumpkinseed and smoke.
What color jig is best for bass?
Black and blue offers the ultimate in contrast, which gives bass a target any time the water’s got some stain. Use a black and blue jig in dirty water, during low light conditions, and anytime around vegetation.
Are spinnerbaits good for winter bass?
Late winter and early spring are ideal times for slow-rolling blade baits.Look for rocky banks near deep water to slow roll a spinnerbait along the bottom in early spring. Slow rolling the lure over tops of brush piles in coves is another effective tactic for prespawn bass.
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