Nitro Boats/Mercury Outboards

Spinnerbaits for success

Spinnerbaits are one of my top choices when it comes to locating bass. This bait can cover a lot of water quickly and effectively. It can be fished on the surface on the bottom, and anywhere in between. They are virtually snag free in any type of cover. Spinnerbaits come in a variety of sizes and colors. A spinnerbait comes in sizes from 1/8 to 1 ounce and it’s the 1/8 size that is almost always over looked. It’s not a bait that is fished in every situation but when the water is cold and the bass are sluggish, then this light weight bait can catch a lot of bass. It can be fished at extremely slow speeds, there for it will stay in the strike zone a lot longer.

Although there are a lot of sizes you can fish my primary spinnerbait size is a ½ ounce pro style spinnerbait that I designed myself for Bluegrass lures. It’s a very universal spinnerbait and I can fish it fast, I like to do this cause I like to create a reflex strike when fishing it. I like a tandem spinnerbait about 75% of the time. I prefer a gold willow leaf in the back and a nickel Colorado in the front. The blade size will be determined by the water clarity that I’m fishing. I will use smaller blades in clear water and larger blades the more off colored water. Also I will use a Colorado blade in the stained to muddy water; this blade will give off more vibration than a willow leaf blade.

I feel that skirt colors should be kept simple. I basically use four colors, chartreuse, white, white and chartreuse, and shad. I like to keep things as natural and simple as possible.

Something else I will do is use a trailer hook about 99% of the time when I’m fishing , I prefer the bass Pro Shop red trailer hooks this gives a bleeding or wounded look to the bait so it looks as a easy meal to the bass.

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