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Spinnerbaits
I am very new to bass fishing and am wanting to build my arsenal of lures.
I have $100 to spend on spinnerbaits and maybe buzzbaits. I was wondering if you guys and gals could advise me on colors, blades, sizes, hooks, skirts, etc. I mainly fish stained lakes in IL. How do you all tote and store your spinnerbaits and buzzbaits. thanks a million |
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"Nick R" wrote in message link.net... I am very new to bass fishing and am wanting to build my arsenal of lures. I have $100 to spend on spinnerbaits and maybe buzzbaits. I was wondering if you guys and gals could advise me on colors, blades, sizes, hooks, skirts, etc. I mainly fish stained lakes in IL. How do you all tote and store your spinnerbaits and buzzbaits. thanks a million I've found the best way to tote and store hundreds of spinnerbait combinations is quite simple. Buy Secret Weapon spinnerbaits. With their patented, interchangable blade design and by changing skirts, you can get hundreds, if not thousands of different combinations with very few spinnerbaits in the box. I use a Plano hanging spinnerbait box to store them and a small Plano flat box to keep my different blades and skirts. It's a very simple and effective system that catches fish! What more could a person ask for? Check them out at http://www.secretweaponlures.com -- Steve OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
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I'll give you the poor man's version. I recently went to Sports Authority
and saw spinner baits for 99 cents. The brand was The Classics. They looked pretty good so I bought a couple, went home and tossed a few from the shore of a small lake in my neighborhood. I had six hits in one hour, landed three 20 ouncers, two spit the hook before I got them to shore and one was just a hit. I went back and bought thirty. I feel about baits like some people (including me) feel about line in the recent thread on that topic. Bass just ain't that smart. If they are hitting a certain color and blade style of spinnerbait, they'll hit any brand of spinnerbait in that color and style. I might even go as far to say that if they are hitting spinnerbaits, they'll hit any spinnerbait. Same goes for worms, cranks, jigs, etc. So many lures are overpriced. IMHO. K "Nick R" wrote in message link.net... I am very new to bass fishing and am wanting to build my arsenal of lures. I have $100 to spend on spinnerbaits and maybe buzzbaits. I was wondering if you guys and gals could advise me on colors, blades, sizes, hooks, skirts, etc. I mainly fish stained lakes in IL. How do you all tote and store your spinnerbaits and buzzbaits. thanks a million |
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"luv2bafield" wrote in message SNIP I feel about baits like some people (including me) feel about line in the recent thread on that topic. Bass just ain't that smart. If they are hitting a certain color and blade style of spinnerbait, they'll hit any brand of spinnerbait in that color and style. I might even go as far to say that if they are hitting spinnerbaits, they'll hit any spinnerbait. Same goes for worms, cranks, jigs, etc. So many lures are overpriced. IMHO. I'll go along with that to a certain extent. But I've found through personal experience that just about every time that I've fished a standard spinnerbait and a client has fished a Secret Weapon, they've done better than me, and there's few people that like to throw a spinnerbait more than me. There's something about the flash or vibration that's different and seems to trip a fish's trigger. I had one muskie that was following a StrikeKing spinnerbait veer off of that to slam a SW 15-20 feet away. -- Steve OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
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On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 20:25:14 -0600, "Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers"
wrote: "luv2bafield" wrote in message SNIP I feel about baits like some people (including me) feel about line in the recent thread on that topic. Bass just ain't that smart. O. snipped.... I'll go along with that to a certain extent. But I've found through personal experience that just about every time that I've fished a standard spinnerbait and a client has fished a Secret Weapon, they've done better than me, and there's few people that like to throw a spinnerbait more than me. There's something about the flash or vibration that's different and seems to trip a fish's trigger. I had one muskie that was following a StrikeKing spinnerbait veer off of that to slam a SW 15-20 feet away. Steve Make sure you've got plenty of those SW's on hand next Oct. I'm hoping that muskie has a cousin, brother, sister, auntie...... And if all else fails - a SM will do. Later Jim 2003 R.O.F.B. NWC Largest Non Bass Trophy Winner |
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K,are you saying I can catch bass without a $300 reel, custom rod and a
$15 crankbaitgrin I fish therefore I lie |
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"AJH" wrote in message
... K,are you saying I can catch bass without a $300 reel, custom rod and a $15 crankbaitgrin Yes, but don't tell my wife. |
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luv2bafield wrote: I'll give you the poor man's version. I recently went to Sports Authority and saw spinner baits for 99 cents. The brand was The Classics. They looked pretty good so I bought a couple, went home and tossed a few from the shore of a small lake in my neighborhood. I had six hits in one hour, landed three 20 ouncers, two spit the hook before I got them to shore and one was just a hit. I went back and bought thirty. I am the first one to recommend people to use their brains and "economize" as often as possible BUT these cheap spinnerbaits probably will work o.k. the first few times, then the quality problems will surface. They probably don't have a quality swivel system, a good hook or even a quality stainless steel frame, let alone having chip proof paint. My guess is that in short time the skirts will become gummy and need replacing. Also, the two fish that you lost could be the result of a poor hook that will not hold a sharpened edge. Over time, bargain baits are not always the cheapest.IMHO. Jack ~~ Jack Dalzell Jr. http://secretweaponlures.com/jdbass/jdhome.htm. www.OutdoorFrontiers.com "Living on the south shore of Lake Erie and lovin' it!" ~~~~~~ |
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BUT these cheap spinnerbaits probably
will work o.k. the first few times, then the quality problems will surface. When in Rhinelander last September we went to Mell's Sporting Goods. They had a rack of spinnerbaits on sale for 99 cents. I got some to try - during the next two weeks I caught about 20 pike and a dozen bass on one of them. The skirt was getting a little ragged, and the paint on the head was chipped, but it was still catching fish. When I got home I called and bought the rest of them - 133 - to use and give away on my site in my trivia contest. I am a firm beleiver in quality baits, but these baits proved themselves. Years ago I fished with a pro bass fishermen and he made his own spinnerbaits. He gave me a dozen and told me to throw a bait away after catching 3 bass on it. He said it was not worth the chance of the wire breaking. I am sure that is like changing the line every night - if I was fishing for big bucks, I would not take a chance. BUT, for most fishing you can keep using a spinnerbait after many fish, and you can get good deals on baits, too. Ronnie http://fishing.about.com |
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"Spit the hook". I love that term. Bass NEVER spit the hook, or anything
else for that matter. Fish coming unbuttoned do so for four reasons- a) inferior tackle b) inferior hooks c) inferior hooksets d) bad luck "d" is the least common cause. Warren "luv2bafield" wrote in message link.net... I'll give you the poor man's version. I recently went to Sports Authority and saw spinner baits for 99 cents. The brand was The Classics. They looked pretty good so I bought a couple, went home and tossed a few from the shore of a small lake in my neighborhood. I had six hits in one hour, landed three 20 ouncers, two spit the hook before I got them to shore and one was just a hit. I went back and bought thirty. I feel about baits like some people (including me) feel about line in the recent thread on that topic. Bass just ain't that smart. If they are hitting a certain color and blade style of spinnerbait, they'll hit any brand of spinnerbait in that color and style. I might even go as far to say that if they are hitting spinnerbaits, they'll hit any spinnerbait. Same goes for worms, cranks, jigs, etc. So many lures are overpriced. IMHO. K "Nick R" wrote in message link.net... I am very new to bass fishing and am wanting to build my arsenal of lures. I have $100 to spend on spinnerbaits and maybe buzzbaits. I was wondering if you guys and gals could advise me on colors, blades, sizes, hooks, skirts, etc. I mainly fish stained lakes in IL. How do you all tote and store your spinnerbaits and buzzbaits. thanks a million |
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