I read in the Bassin extra about takin the skirt off a spinnerbait and puttin either a worm or grub.  Has anyone used this before?  I am pretty tempted to try this the next time i go fishing.

I think it is worth trying, just make sure that the blades are still the right color and shape.  You never know what might work, especially if you have tried everything and can't seem to catch anything.  I would suggest fishing such a lure, this time of year, deep around submerged tree or other types of submerged structure.   You never know, with a little (or a lot) of practice, you might be able to surprise your friends the next time you go fishing.  Good luck with this maybe this will be your secret weapon, let me know how it works out!

                                                 

                                                                 

I think it is called a beetlespin? In clear water try using a fluke.

Allen

I think it is called a beetlespin? In clear water try using a fluke.

Allen

It is the same idea as a beetle spin and therefore basically the same thing but beetle spins are much smaller than a spinnerbait.  It does catch bass, I have tried and it works!

T-Bone

A Beetle Spin on steroids!

I've tinkered with a few spinnerbaits where I took the skirt off and put a tube on instead to give it a slimmer profile. Unfortunately, that hasn't paid off for me yet. Grubs, tubes, even a soft jerkbait  should work, IMO.

I usually put a fluke on them but a grub sounds like a great idea. You can also do that to a buzzbait.

I put a bargain bin storm curly tail bluegill on one of my spinnerbaits that the skirt was in rough shape.  I caught one hungry little bass.  Maybe a bigger profile to match all the commotion the blades make?

For smallies I use a Hillderbrandt ( yes, I can't spell it ) single, small gold, Colorado bladed spinnerbait. I take the skirt off and replace it with a big, fat 5" Bluegill color or Pearl White grub. It works great. My buddie uses Super Flukes the same way.

We've used them along the Gulf coast for years to catch big bull reds  

I've been using safety pin spinners to catch bass for ages. The most common of these is the Beetlespin, but there are many brands that sell just the spinners and you can get them in a fairly wide variety of sizes (in both silver and gold).

Put a #1 safety pin spinner on a 1/4 oz jig head, add a 4" sassy shad and you give the fish something they probably haven't seen often. And it's a lot cheaper than buying a full spinnerbait of the same size.

Don't be surprised if you end up catching any other predatory species you have in your lake too.

We've done this many times. Experiment with different types of soft plastics. Flukes work really well when the shad are skippin'  

I read in the Bassin extra about takin the skirt off a spinnerbait and puttin either a worm or grub. Has anyone used this before? I am pretty tempted to try this the next time i go fishing.

yup ive done this but i used a lake fork live magic shad   and man did they slam em