what are your opinions?

1. Take off spinnerbait

2. Tie on shallow running square bill

3. Catch fish

They work

The grass is too thick where I fish in summer. I do know a guy who throws 1/2 oz double willow spinnerbaits from April to November. He does alright but I don't see him often during the dog days.

I rarely fish spinnerbaits but i picked up a few this past week because I thought the lake i have been fishing it would work.  Well, it did work and i caught more in my last trip out than i had my previous 3 when i didn't.  So with that being said, yeah it will work, maybe  

Black spinner with a nickel colorado blade at night is about the extent of my summertime spinnerbait fishing.

Spinnerbaits work great year round. Slow rolling them deep is a good choice this time of year, as is burning them 1 - 2 feet beneath the surface early in the morning or in cloudy conditions when they won't hit a topwater.

I throw one every time I go fishing, they are by far and away my favorite lure to fish and they flat out catch em' for me.

1. tie the spinnerbait back on

2. learn to use it in all conditions

3. catch fish

imo its one of the most versatile and effective lures and like any lure u need to learn to fish it right and itll be yer buddy.. otherwise itll ignore you

I catch more in the fall but I always have one tied on in all seasons and catch em in spring and summer as well.. practically catches at least one for me every trip

1. tie the spinnerbait back on

2. learn to use it in all conditions

3. catch fish

imo its one of the most versatile and effective lures and like any lure u need to learn to fish it right and itll be yer buddy.. otherwise itll ignore you

I catch more in the fall but I always have one tied on in all seasons and catch em in spring and summer as well.. practically catches at least one for me every trip

I'd rather fish a square bill in the summer.

IMO it is the more versatile bait and is producing better, but everyone's opinion is different, there really isn't a spinnerbait vs square bill debate, there is spinnerbait OR squarebill.

The cottage lake I fish up in here Ontario, Spinnerbait in White or White/Chartreuse - kills.  Smallmouth, Pike and largie.  Spinnerbait is my go to search bait, I use often.  My favorite confidence SB is 3/8oz White/Cht Double Willow.  I've lost twice now what could've been my personal best pike on a white/cht SB too.  One I lost 10ft out it looks to be close to 40" long and just last Saturday at the same cottage lake, I don't know what I was thinking...it was about an arms length out to the right of me, my jaw dropped in awe when I saw the size of it's head...i stopped reeling, he took the SB right under my kayak...I tried to set the hook and he spit it.  It took to me a split second too long to react.  Not a bass, but SBs always are tied on for me. 

Spinnerbait season for me begins January 1 and ends December 31.

My man Hank Parker made a few nickels with the spinner bait. In the morning, I start with top water. After that, it's the

versatile, for those who know how to use it, spinner bait, one of the most versatile lures in your tackle box.

 

Old school basser...

Spinnerbaits work all year.

They work. Caught 15 bass last week on one. I like a little wind and some grass.

Spinnerbait/senko?. Spinnerbait/senko?. Spinnerbait/senko?. Spinnerbait/senko?. Spinnerbait/senko?. The only way I choose is how bad the wind is. I guess you now know how I feel.

Weld,

My suggestion to you would be to keep that spinnerbait tied on and to throw it in all the places you wouldn't dare throw a crankbait for fear of losing it.

 

In some of the ponds down here in South FL the bass become sort of lethargic when the summer water temps get into the 90's. They sort of act like the northern bass act when the water temps drop into the 40's and 50's. Getting them to hit a moving bait is somewhat of a challenge. But you can often get them to commit to sb's early in the morning and late in the evening.

 

However up North I've found that they will hit sb's all summer long, all day long. Once the sun is up high I would (and did) look for places with shade and tried to cast my sb there. I also always tried to be hitting something with it (fallen trees, bullrushes, dock legs, etc). I'd usually pause the sb when I hit something and let it fall a few inches. Alternatively you can twitch your rod while retrieving the bait. This also changes the rotation of the blades. Most hits seem to occur when your change the rotation od the blades either by stopping or speeding up the retrieve.

 

Have fun!

Sadly there are some places you just can't get a S-bill through... Like that tall needle grass, spinner baits are perfect for that stuff

The spinner baits is (in mu opinion) THE MOST VERSITILE BAIT ONE CAN USE-- it can be fishing under so many conditions and techniques-It can be used shallow-mid-range -deep-slow fast- Great search bait as well-covers a lot of water quickly and then can be slowed down to fish for the fish that are there once located.

At one time years ago I had no real idea..I thought I knew..  like most guys I see with spinnerbaits nowadays fishing near me.

There is more to spinnerbaiting than cast and retrieve

Once you truely understand all aspects of spinnerbait fishing, it will be hard to disagree that it is the most versatile and so versatile you could judge the conditions and tie a specific spinnerbait on for the trip.. and you could have one tied on year-round

oh yes.. summer

I have a buddy that I fish with weekly that swears by them.  I'll usually end up trying them for a while and if they dont produce after 10 or so casts, i'll move on to something else.  If one spinner doesn't work for my buddy, he'll take it off and tie on a different color one.  He pretty much uses em all day and will switch to a crankbait if a spinner doesn't work after an hour or so.  Needless to say, he loves em!!

what are your opinions?

 

Stanley Vibra Wedge 

Spinnerbait/senko?. Spinnerbait/senko?. Spinnerbait/senko?. Spinnerbait/senko?. Spinnerbait/senko?. The only way I choose is how bad the wind is. I guess you now know how I feel.

Can't argue with this advice!!

I agree about the versatility of the spinner baits year round. How many of you use a plastic trailer with sb's?

Hard to beat a spinnerbait for nightfishing.