Spinnerbaits

"AJH" wrote in message
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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.

No black??


"Carlos" wrote in message
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Hi Nick,

I have caught fish in IL on just about any color you can think of. If I
reach for one usually it's white or chartreuse. I carry them in a Plano
box
made for spinnerbaits.

I sometime get to playing with these natural looking colors schemes. They
all seem to work if the fish are on them. Many times it's more important
how the bait is presented than the color.

Carlos

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

Heres my four favorite spinnerbaits: white skirt/double silver colorado,
chartruse skirt/double gold colorado, white or "shad" skirt/double silver
willow (or 1 gold, 1 silver willow), red & black skirt/ single black colorado.
The red & black/black colorado has become my favorite. I put it together
because it is well known that such an arrangement is supposed to be good for
bass at night. However it works for me better than anything else at dawn and
dusk.

-Zimmy

I have every color under the sun. But I usually start with white or
chartreuse. If I get a notion, yeah it might be black or black/blue. A lot
of buzzbaits in black work good for me. But I try to keep it simple. A guy
can waste oodles of time just trying to decide on a color or size if he's
not careful.

I have seen fish hit any color, but only want the bait a certain way.
Fishing docks as the most drastic example. The only way to get bit
sometimes is to toss it straight back to the bank from the front of the dock
and bring the bait straight out. Cast from the side and never get bit. Or
even at an angle. Didn't have to be under the dock or at the edge of the
shadow line from the dock. It could be several feet from the dock, but it
must come straight out from shore. Now what's up with that? But I have
seen it several times. Color didn't matter.

Or only git bit when throwing a spinnerbait on 30+ line. Because the bait
falls different on thick line. Again, the presentation is more important
than the color. But not always.

Carlos

"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
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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
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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

Warren... I usually agree with just about everything you post....but not on
this one!

4 reasons is oversimplification at best. There are at least a couple more
reasons fish come "unbuttoned" (do they really get "buttoned" any more then
they can "spit" a hook?). I consider none of the following to really fall
under the bad luck option...except maybe (e)...

e) short strikes, resulting in the fish barely getting skin hooked.

f) inferior angler - i.e. poor fish playing skills (slack in line)

g) lack of attention to sharpness of hooks after extended use (and abuse)

h) inferior drag settings (i.e. Too light, or "hole-tearing" too tight)


Also, fish absolutely do spit hooks, if you consider expelling water from
their mouth spitting...just watch the Glenn Lau series "Bigmouth". You can
watch a fish spit out a whole mouthful of treble hook loaded crankbait...
:-)

--
Andrew Kidd
http://www.amiasoft.com/ - Software for the rest of us!
http://www.rofb.net/ - ROFB Newsgroup Home



"go-bassn" wrote in message
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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

Why is it they say you can cover a lot of water fast with a spinnerbait ? I
read the statement about water coverage in a book but there was no rationale or
explanation

"go-bassn" wrote in message
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"Spit the hook". I love that term. Bass NEVER spit the hook, or anything
else for that matter.


Pardon my slang. The fish came off.

I agree, bass never spit the hook and they don't explode on topwater lures
either.

Now that I think about it:

My reels have had some huge tangles, but never a bird's nest,
I have caught some big bass on all kinds of lures, but never a hog, and
I have been awfully upset, but I have NEVER had a cow.

K

OK Andrew - while I may have rushed my thoughts on this, in my defense:

Your "e" could be incorporated into my "d".

Your "g" could be incorporated into my "b".

Your "h" could be incorporated into my "a".

As for your "f", I didn't want to suggest that as a possibility though it is
a possibility.

I've seen Lau's film, it is spectacular & way ahead of its time. The bass
in his film "spit" out the lure without the angler feeling the bite. The
poster in this thread suggested that he had indeed felt the bite & had the
fish hooked before any spitting took place.

Happy New Year Andrew!

Warren



"Andrew Kidd" wrote in message
news:a02Lb.82859$I07.412758@attbi_s53...
Warren... I usually agree with just about everything you post....but not
on
this one!

4 reasons is oversimplification at best. There are at least a couple more
reasons fish come "unbuttoned" (do they really get "buttoned" any more
then
they can "spit" a hook?). I consider none of the following to really fall
under the bad luck option...except maybe (e)...

e) short strikes, resulting in the fish barely getting skin hooked.

f) inferior angler - i.e. poor fish playing skills (slack in line)

g) lack of attention to sharpness of hooks after extended use (and abuse)

h) inferior drag settings (i.e. Too light, or "hole-tearing" too tight)


Also, fish absolutely do spit hooks, if you consider expelling water from
their mouth spitting...just watch the Glenn Lau series "Bigmouth". You
can
watch a fish spit out a whole mouthful of treble hook loaded crankbait...
:-)

--
Andrew Kidd
http://www.amiasoft.com/ - Software for the rest of us!
http://www.rofb.net/ - ROFB Newsgroup Home



"go-bassn" wrote in message
...
"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