Looking to add some 1/8 ounce spins to try next year, because apparently I need to carry a 3rd spinnerbait box;) Seriously though looking for some to see if they get more bites than the 1/4 ounce baits I have been tossing.

 

The Stanley Baby spinnerbait so far is the only one on my list.

I know Booyah's got one that goes down to 3/16, but I'm unaware of lighter options than that.

Strikeking mini king  

Strike King has the 'Mini-King'

Booyah has the 'Micro Pond Magic'

2 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

Strike King has the 'Mini-King'

Booyah has the 'Micro Pond Magic'

 

2 hours ago, keagbassr said:

Strikeking mini king  

 

The bummer is that they are both single blade spins. I do have 5 1/8 ounce frames I will set up, I was just hoping for some double willow or Colorado examples to work from. For that matter a google search gave me the  1/8 weight for the Stanley, for all I know it could be 3/16. 

I weighed a strike king mini and it weighed closer to 1/4 oz rather than 1/8.  Powder scale, very accurate and precise.  In general spinnerbaits seem to be heavier than stated weight.  Perhaps the stated weight just refers to the lead jig head portion?

1 minute ago, QED said:

Perhaps the stated weight just refers to the lead jig head portion?

Bingo - spinner, chatter, buzzbait, and jig weights are for the head only. Hooks, skirts, blades and wires add onto that for the total weight.

1 hour ago, QED said:

Perhaps the stated weight just refers to the lead jig head portion?

 

This is how most lead baits are designed. Weight listed is just the lead everything else adds to the weight of the bait. 

 

Allen 

Look at the Stanley baby Vibrashaft. Very compact, well built spinnerbait. I got two for my grandson.

I do dtand corrected on the mini king, it does come in three bleeding bait colors as a dual willow and I may even have one at home.

There is only one 1/8 oz spinnerbait, Stanley. They make a few different versions, I prefer a single blade, but they are all very good.

25 minutes ago, Columbia Craw said:

Look at the Stanley baby Vibrashaft. Very compact, well built spinnerbait. I got two for my grandson.

 

Also very affordable. I have been doing well with 3/16 and 1/4 spins in reed beds for years. Most 1/2 ounce spins the catch rate is about a third of the lighter baits. Thought I might drop down a little lighter and smaller and see how they work.

Are these 1/8's for bass fishing?

 

I got a 1/4 oz in a 'kit' the other day, and it looks so tiny, I thought maybe it'd be best for bluegill

 

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/catpage-LINEDAIWA.html?from=basres

 

2 hours ago, QED said:

Powder scale, very accurate and precise. 

LOL. I have a great story about accuracy and precision from a previous job, we were developing some products, and I was crazy busy with a bunch of things and we were in the middle of some important stuff when someone starts with some nonsense about a tension calibrator (which was essentially a digital scale) that was his pet project, I forget exactly what I said, but it was basically, "just do it", and he comes at me with "It's not linear, linear, do you know what that is?" It went downhill from there, and we covered most aspects of measurement in a pretty loud voice with everyone else watching with wide eyes, he finally left in a huff, and I can't tell the really funny part here, but every time I saw him, I would say "[blank], do you know what that is" every time coming up with the simplest thing I could think of. About a month later the owner comes to me and says "you have to stop, Herb can't get stuff done" So I look at him and say "Stop? What is that?" He just shook his head and walked out. Herb and I made up, and he followed direction really well after that. 

If the spinnerbait head is too light weight the front blade attached to the wire with a clevis that blade can’t rotate around the wire, it wobbles. The blade on a swivel spins, doesn’t rotate creating torque, works on light weight spinnerbaits.

Jig weights have always baffled me, every brand weighs differently rarely close to packaged weight. Understand the weight is just the volume of the head shape but it’s usually 50% off, usually heavier.

Tom

Find a quality independent lure maker and ask them to build you a few. You'll get to customize the colors and everything. Money goes to an individual vs. a giant company. Just another angle to look at...

Lurepartsonline has heads for sale.

 

Allen 

 Stanley's Baby Vibrashaft

 

None can match the quality & performance 

This is not a direct answer to your question but rather.......skirting the edge. ?

 

A bait that has been very effective for me personally This time of year and comes in 1/8 , less flash, kinda finesse and something you may want to add to your arsenal is an underspin.

 

1/4 - 3/8 actually make up all my Spinnerbait choices but at the present, underspins with a paddle tail swim bait have been catching.

 

 

On 11/2/2022 at 12:53 PM, Choporoz said:

Are these 1/8's for bass fishing?

 

I got a 1/4 oz in a 'kit' the other day, and it looks so tiny, I thought maybe it'd be best for bluegill

 

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/catpage-LINEDAIWA.html?from=basres

 

Yup for bass. Have used 3/16 and 1/4 ounce spins for bass for years. Got my PB 21” fall smallie on a 1/4 ounce war eagle. Wife got a 40” pike too, they work great. Been making my own now with frames similar to war eagles from Barlows and Lurepartsonline. 

3 hours ago, PotatoLake said:

Find a quality independent lure maker and ask them to build you a few. You'll get to customize the colors and everything. Money goes to an individual vs. a giant company. Just another angle to look at...

 

1 hour ago, Munkin said:

Lurepartsonline has heads for sale.

 

Allen 

I will be seeing a a pack of 5 1/8 ounce guppy frames along with 50 1/4 and 20 1/2 ounce frames under the Christmas tree this year. Building spinnerbaits is an addiction, but they really seem to wack them better than store bought. This is my first LPO order and I got an order from fishing skirts today mostly to replicate the dirty jigs purple haze skirt. Hoping I am set for a while;)

 

The baby Stanley’s should give me a good reference to build them out. My first 1/4 spins the wire length and blade spacing was similar to the War Eagles. 

4 minutes ago, Cgolf said:

 

I will be seeing a a pack of 5 1/8 ounce guppy frames along with 50 1/4 and 20 1/2 ounce frames under the Christmas tree this year. Building spinnerbaits is an addiction, but they really seem to wack them better than store bought. This is my first LPO order and I got an order from fishing skirts today mostly to replicate the dirty jigs purple haze skirt. Hoping I am set for a while;)

 

The baby Stanley’s should give me a good reference to build them out. My first 1/4 spins the wire length and blade spacing was similar to the War Eagles. 

 

I have some 1/8oz guppy heads I am looking to get rid of. Let me get you some pictures tomorrow. 

 

Allen 

6 minutes ago, Munkin said:

 

I have some 1/8oz guppy heads I am looking to get rid of. Let me get you some pictures tomorrow. 

 

Allen 

I may stick with the 5 till I give them a go next year. I am attempting to show some restraint. If they work than I will build up some more. Fly tying taught me it is really easy to over buy. 

I often use War Eagle's 5/16 finesse SB, they also have a 3/16 one you might try. As others have said Stanley has a 1/8 one that is good.

I’ve wrecked a bunch of fish on the 3/16 Booyah Pond Magic spinnerbaits this year. I didn’t have any confidence in spinnerbaits before this year and vowed to learn them. I bought a few of the pond magics as they were cheap and small. I’m so glad I jumped in with both  feet because I’ve fallen hard for the spinnerbait.