Anyone have any experience or feedback on these or something similar?

 

I use the Zorro Aggravator....it is weedless and works amazing in cover.

 

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Zorro_Baits_Short_Arm_Aggravator_Spinnerbait_/descpage-ZSAA.html

On 1/8/2023 at 8:55 PM, KP Duty said:

I use the Zorro Aggravator....it is weedless and works amazing in cover.

 

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Zorro_Baits_Short_Arm_Aggravator_Spinnerbait_/descpage-ZSAA.html

I hate that they increased the price on those. Buyers are definitely overpaying 

Unless equipped with a weed-guard they are not a snag resistant as a long armed bait . They drop nicely and can be gurgled across the surface with a Colorado blade . I never tried to gurgle one with a willow blade .

1 hour ago, LrgmouthShad said:

I hate that they increased the price on those. Buyers are definitely overpaying 

Yeah! How come spinnerbaits are becoming more expensive and nothing else is?...

11 minutes ago, Deleted account said:

Yeah! How come spinnerbaits are becoming more expensive and nothing else is?...

 

Apparently you don't grocery shop!

 

@JustBassinThru That's a buzzbait with a willowleaf blade attached. Ain't gonna get much vibration out of that. 

 

 

18 minutes ago, Catt said:

@JustBassinThru That's a buzzbait with a willowleaf blade attached. Ain't gonna get much vibration out of that. 

That spinnerbait should have Esox somewhere in it's name...

On 1/8/2023 at 8:55 PM, KP Duty said:

I use the Zorro Aggravator....it is weedless and works amazing in cover.

 

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Zorro_Baits_Short_Arm_Aggravator_Spinnerbait_/descpage-ZSAA.html

 

I use both the Zorro Aggravator or one I make myself.

On 1/9/2023 at 4:53 AM, scaleface said:

Unless equipped with a weed-guard they are not a snag resistant as a long armed bait . They drop nicely and can be gurgled across the surface with a Colorado blade . I never tried to gurgle one with a willow blade .

Some dope left a review ripping on the Zorro bait, saying it had a 'strange and unneccesary' weedguard.  Lol ?.  You can only hope guys like that enter the same tournaments as you do 

The ones I have made, but not really fished that much move like a chatterbait with a lot of roll. I can attest to the fact that they snag up easily as I caught a tree that I would regularly pull a standard spinnerbait over. I hope to use them more next year, but they won't be great in reed beds unfortunately for me.

17 hours ago, KP Duty said:

Some dope left a review ripping on the Zorro bait, saying it had a 'strange and unneccesary' weedguard.  Lol ?.  You can only hope guys like that enter the same tournaments as you do 

Yeh, it seems pretty silly to criticize that weed guard when its so easy to cut it off as I do...

 

 

 

On 1/9/2023 at 5:49 AM, Deleted account said:

Yeah! How come spinnerbaits are becoming more expensive and nothing else is?...

You right

 

I’m still salty though

I havent used a short arm in quite a few years . At one time though I dabbled with them quite a bit .      The Zorro bait with the weed Guard was my favorite . I fished it around cover with a pork frog trailer and let it helicopter down through the branches of trees . Mark Twain was a new lake at the time with thousands of acres  of standing wood . This was one of my favorite spring-time patterns in coves .

Short arm spinnerbaits work well when helicoptering down a steep bank.  Back when I was fishing Everglades canals, we would throw the bait next to the canal bank and let it drop down the side cover.  You had to pay attention as the fish would inhale the bait as it fell. We caught some big fish that way. 

On 1/9/2023 at 5:49 AM, Deleted account said:

Yeah! How come spinnerbaits are becoming more expensive and nothing else is?...

Spinnerbaits are deceptive in cost. Reason is the blades. I was blown away how quick my cart went over 200$ when i first got into making my own.

2 hours ago, Bdnoble84 said:

Reason is the blades. 

N/A, I bought a bunch from a guy who got them when they went out of business, and now I have a source for the Terminator ones too.