I'm starting to fish little baits like marabou jigs and roadrunners a lot more for all different species of fish but mostly largemouth bass, what are you throwing them on?

I'm really curious about what line y'all are using, I've been using straight 10lb PP on a ML/XF St.Criox.

I've been using the 1/8oz size Roadrunners with the little strike king crappie thunders.

I love em for bass and crappie. Throw them on my drop shot combo, Phenix m1 and revo s, 6 lb mono or fluoro. I don't think this is the right forum for this topic...

The Blakemore Marabou Roadrunner is my favorite spinner/fly combination.

I've compared them to the CP Swing, ABU Reflex, Shyster, Mepps and Vibrax (second favorite).

Roadrunners are killer for bass, chain pickerel, crappie & bluegills.

 

Roger

I used to fish them a lot in cold water, not so much anymore. I do like the beefed up version like the Fish Head Spins with a fluke on the back. 

they make a Rockin Road Runner too which is a cross between a chatterbait and a roadrunner.  But use both with some nice success.  

The Blakemore Marabou Roadrunner is my favorite spinner/fly combination.

I've compared them to the CP Swing, ABU Reflex, Shyster, Mepps and Vibrax (second favorite).

Roadrunners are killer for bass, chain pickerel, crappie & bluegills.

Roger

What line do you usually throw them on?

Spinning reel, 8 - 10lb fused Fireline/ 6- 8lb mono leader... I prefer the 1/4oz heads and dress them myself.

 

 

oe

Usually when I do throw them, I'll throw them on my ultra-light with 6 lb mono. They catch pretty much everything that swims!

I always loved the Roadrunner.  Aren't any in my area, but if there were I'd parboil him, then throw him on the grill and baste with an Italian dressing.   

 

Oops.  Sorry.  Temporarily forgot this is a bass forum. 

What line do you usually throw them on?

 

Now that we're dealing with Florida-strain bass, I don't use them for bigmouth bass anymore.

But when we lived in Jersey & Georgia, we often targeted chain pickerel and bass using Roadrunners

on spinning tackle with 8-lb nylon monofilament.

 

Off-Topic, But I Gotta Tellya:

One day in Georgia, I tied the cartopper on the roof and took a ride south to find Guestmill Pond

(it holds the 9-6 world-record pickerel). In a sport shop in Homerville I learned that Guestmill Pond

is a members-only water. I then drove to another lake not far away called Banks Lake...ever heard of that one?

This was during the 1990s, when a girl was tending the little shanty, and they had rental boats.

I was taken aback by Banks Lake, it has a tropical Floridian look that I've never seen in a Georgia water.

Beautiful cypress knees everywhere, chock-full of pizza-sized lotus pads!

 

Roger

Its a great lake.... It seems so perfect that you'd think you could catch a trophy everywhere you look but it ain't that easy!

Wife loves them for smallies, for some reason bluegill smash them before the bass get a chance