I have some experiences with them  but it appears to me I get better results when I us a slow retrieve vs ripping across the water. Anyone else have the same experience?

All depends on what the fish want...that being said - I tend to beat my buzzbaits to death and burn them at a fair clip to cause as much disturbance as possible and do just fine - they are a disturbance bait after all haha

I am usually reeling it at a pretty good pace, not really burning it...

Try a double buzzer like Picasso buzz saw, works great at slower speeds or burned.

Tom

i have the most success when reeling it just fast enough to keep it on the surface.

Over the years, I've had modest success with buzz baits, at best.  That being said, what success I've had with them involved working them at what I'd call a moderate pace, nether as slow as I could go or as fast.  With that in mind, if cover/vegetation allows it, I think that Pop-R style bait is always a better choice over a buzz bait for surface action.   JMO

i have the most success when reeling it just fast enough to keep it on the surface.

 

Couldn't have said it better myself. As far as colors go I've found those to be very simple as well; white, chartreuse/white, and black.

Last few years you hear a lot of guys missing fish, or blow ups and fish not able to grab the bait, buzz baits worked in the 70's... At slower speeds, they will now too, but there are times where the fish are dialed in on speed and it works too... Just gotta figure out what speed is going to work if you're a buzz or frog guy.

I'm sure buzz baits work just as good now as they did back in the 70s....

Unless your talking about water temperature or something haha

I'm sure buzz baits work just as good now as they did back in the 70s....

Unless your talking about water temperature or something haha

No, speed.... That was the whole point, had nothing to do with water temp. Not a thing... Speed of Retrieve/ aka ipt... Reels and ipt was much slower then, now reels are way faster.

What you are trying to do is get results by triggering a strike. Mix up the retrieve -slower/ faster- bump object but even more is twitch it every 10 to 15 feet just by twitching your rod tip- it triggers more strikes.-NO ONE THROWS THE BIUZZ BAIT MORE OFTEN THEN I-- I have learned to manipulate that bait down to a science.

What you are trying to do is get results by triggering a strike. Mix up the retrieve -slower/ faster- bump object but even more is twitch it every 10 to 15 feet just by twitching your rod tip- it triggers more strikes.-NO ONE THROWS THE BIUZZ BAIT MORE OFTEN THEN I-- I have learned to manipulate that bait down to a science.

Bobby I was looking at the buzzbaits @ MegaStrike, Just curious do you find that there is no need for a silver blade?? Or do the red ones seem to work as good.

I don't mean to hijack this thread, was just curious since we are talking Buzz Baits.

I get the best results reeling as slowly as I can while keeping the bait on the surface. 

Slower is almost always better for sure. But it slow isn't working, try faster, or an erratic retrieve by adding occasional rodtip pops, or changing speeds.

What you are trying to do is get results by triggering a strike. Mix up the retrieve -slower/ faster- bump object but even more is twitch it every 10 to 15 feet just by twitching your rod tip- it triggers more strikes.-NO ONE THROWS THE BIUZZ BAIT MORE OFTEN THEN I-- I have learned to manipulate that bait down to a science.

 

Vary the retrieve to find the one working on a given day. I think the "where" is far more important than the "how".

Never had a silver blade on the cavitrons. Gold and red are the two colors in daylight-also the black to create more of a silhouette

Never had a silver blade on the cavitrons. Gold and red are the two colors in daylight-also the black to create more of a silhouette

Thank you sir. So do you have success with the black in bluebird conditions??

Another vote for the slow but at the surface.  I have tried buzzing them fast and will also occasionally let it stay a foot or so under water, but by far have had more strikes slow and at surface, and normally with plastic trailer.

I find that a slower retrieve works best when targeting isolated cover and a faster retrieve works better when I'm searching with it and a clacker works better then also.

I use black all day long

Add a little "chop" on the water & a high speed retrieve 

Vary the retrieve to find the one working on a given day. I think the "where" is far more important than the "how".

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constantly casting on fresh water gets me far better results than playing with retrieves.  i'm constantly relocating with a buzzbait..and constantly catching fish. the only reason i like to re-burn an area is if it has good cover ie a log or lily pad point. in that case i'll buzz by several times to instigate a strike.  next most important is as mentioned a slow roll just fast enough to keep it on surface. and lock into gear and start reeling before it touches water so it's buzzing on touchdown. letting it sink 12" underwater and buzzing up to surface will lose you plenty of fish. lastly i do like adding the rod tip twitch Bobby talked about.  it's just the thing to put a stalking bass over the edge

With clear water here have more success slightly burning it  for reaction strike during daylite hours but slow as possible at nite