I’m starting to spend some time fish with spinnerbait, so far it was a waste of time lol but i have high hopes, basically im fishing in ponds and canals here in South Florida, my question is how the blades affect the places I’m fishing here in Florida, Colorado blades makes more sense? Why? 

 

 

They  all work but you have to use something . I opt for a willow/colorado combo the most . They got hot for me years ago and stayed hot . All types of water .

If you don't fish spinnberbaits close to cover, it doesn't matter what blades you use.  Hard to do when canal fishing.   

Lots of nuances to sizes, shapes, colors, and even textures.

 

KISS:

-faster and/or deeper and/or clearer: willow

-slower and/or dirtier and/or shallower: Colorado 

 

Tons of combinations and variations, but you can get a head start with this.

 

I like to start with large willow/small Colorado combo spinnerbait in most conditions and work from there.  

8 hours ago, Choporoz said:

Lots of nuances to sizes, shapes, colors, and even textures.

 

KISS:

-faster and/or deeper and/or clearer: willow

-slower and/or dirtier and/or shallower: Colorado 

 

Tons of combinations and variations, but you can get a head start with this.

 

I like to start with large willow/small Colorado combo spinnerbait in most conditions and work from there.  

What he said

21 hours ago, Ravox said:

I’m starting to spend some time fish with spinnerbait, so far it was a waste of time lol but i have high hopes, basically im fishing in ponds and canals here in South Florida, my question is how the blades affect the places I’m fishing here in Florida, Colorado blades makes more sense? Why? 

 

 

If in FL. I would start with 3/8th oz.  chartreuse / white spinner bait with a willow leaf / Colorado blade (one blade silver / one blade gold) . Also same but with two willow blade set up . Cast near cover and give the spinner bait an occasional twitch during the retrieve . If this proves difficult strictly fishing canal - s then I would wacky rig or T-Rig a Senko in Junebug or Green Pumpkin .

1 hour ago, ChrisD46 said:

If in FL. I would start with 3/8th oz.  chartreuse / white spinner bait with a willow leaf / Colorado blade (one blade silver / one blade gold) . Also same but with two willow blade set up . Cast near cover and give the spinner bait an occasional twitch during the retrieve . If this proves difficult strictly fishing canal - s then I would wacky rig or T-Rig a Senko in Junebug or Green Pumpkin .

Ditto

 

Those you mentioned are the only 2 blade and color combinations I use now. 
Over the years I’ve used every combo there is but the Willow/ Colorado and dual Willow are always my best producers. 
 

 

 

Mike

Ain’t purple supposed to be a great color in Florida? Floridians(?) help me out here.

53 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Ain’t purple supposed to be a great color in Florida? Floridians(?) help me out here.

Spinner baits are designed to attract and imitate a swimming bait fish. 

A dark color like purple is more effective for plastics worked in and through vegetation where more muted colors like june bug, and I guess purple to some degree are more consistent producers. 
 

However even in that instance compared to a black/blue or purple, a june bug colored anything is always my first choice.  
 

 

 

 

Mike

9 minutes ago, Mike L said:

Spinner baits are designed to attract and imitate a swimming bait fish. 

Don’t shad/other baitfish reflect multiple colors of light? I didn’t say you had to make the whole thing purple. Just mix in a little purple. 
 

Im waiting for @Captain Phil to pick up what I’m saying here. I think I recall he told a story about a successful spinnerbait fisherman in Florida who always added purple to his spinnerbaits

1 hour ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Don’t shad/other baitfish reflect multiple colors of light? I didn’t say you had to make the whole thing purple. Just mix in a little purple. 
 

Im waiting for @Captain Phil to pick up what I’m saying here. I think I recall he told a story about a successful spinnerbait fisherman in Florida who always added purple to his spinnerbaits

 

One of the anglers I fished with was a multi time Florida Federation State Champion.   He is also a good friend.  He builds his own spinnerbaits and always adds purple to his skirts.  Some shade of purple has been the goto plastic worm color in Florida for as long as plastic worms have existed.  For years, my PB came on a dark grape Creme Scoundrel until I caught a bigger bass on a Christmas (junebug with red and green flakes) colored Gambler craw.  

On 6/2/2022 at 12:48 PM, Choporoz said:

Lots of nuances to sizes, shapes, colors, and even textures.

 

KISS:

-faster and/or deeper and/or clearer: willow

-slower and/or dirtier and/or shallower: Colorado 

 

Tons of combinations and variations, but you can get a head start with this.

 

I like to start with large willow/small Colorado combo spinnerbait in most conditions and work from there.  

Or if you really want to KISS just use Indiana blades all the time.

 

2 hours ago, Captain Phil said:

 

One of the anglers I fished with was a multi time Florida Federation State Champion.   He is also a good friend.  He builds his own spinnerbaits and always adds purple to his skirts.  Some shade of purple has been the goto plastic worm color in Florida for as long as plastic worms have existed.  For years, my PB came on a dark grape Creme Scoundrel until I caught a bigger bass on a Christmas (junebug with red and green flakes) colored Gambler craw.  

Purple worms catch bass everywhere since forever, matter of fact I believe purple is popular in Florida as an inshore color as well.

12 hours ago, zell_pop1 said:

Purple worms catch bass everywhere since forever, matter of fact I believe purple is popular in Florida as an inshore color as well.

 

Years ago when we lived in Miami we would ride over to Bimini in the summer for the weekend.  It's about 40 miles across the gulf stream.  We would often troll high speed lures on the trip.  Our favorite offshore lures were purple and black. I still have one that I retired that has big chunks taken out of it from fish beating it up.  Offshore fish flash purple when they are excited. We call this "lighting up".  I believe purple is a sign to a fish that something is happening that should be investigated.  

3 hours ago, Captain Phil said:

Offshore fish flash purple when they are excited. We call this "lighting up".  I believe purple is a sign to a fish that something is happening that should be investigated. 

Woah that is really cool

 

Im gonna try not to hijack thread here but I recently got some mag 2 worms from zoom in a black grape color. Looks killer. Best of both worlds, black and purple

2 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said:

I'm gonna try not to hijack thread here but I recently got some mag 2 worms from zoom in a black grape color. Looks killer. Best of both worlds, black and purple

 

The Zoom Mag II is one of the best worms you can throw.  It a great flipping worm too, but the thin tail makes it hang up on the cover.  Using oily fish attractant like Bang makes them slide down better.