"big fish 2003" wrote in message
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I know it's winter but I need to talk about fishing. I fish rivers alot
up here in Michigan and have yet to use a spinnerbait, I don't recall
ever seeing anyone around here use one, most people use tubes, senko,
and jig & pig. How many of you use spinners and how good are they in
rivers?

Living in Florida, I don't fish rivers very often... but I have used
spinnerbaits quite often. Actually I just got done watching a rerun of a
Bass Masters competition in which one of the Pros was using a spinnerbait on
a river. IMHO, you should fish it around some type of structure. Logs,
weeds, docks, etc. You can also find an eddie (spelling?) where the faster
water curves around an object and fish it there. This is where bass like to
ambush smaller fish.

Personally, I break out the spinnerbaits when fishing grass and other areas
like lily pads were most other lures will get hung up.