Good monring students,

Today I like to talk about a bait, not just any bait, but a baits bait. A bait that i never leave at home or not tied on. This would be the one and only spinnerbait.

I know there is countless threads and articles about this bait but I want to give my 2cents.

Spinnerbaits come in hundreds of different sizes, types and variations. There's single bladed, tandem, quad,etc. They also have different blades and blade combos as well.

But here i'm to just make this simple.

Colarado blades: give off alot of vibration and movement in the water. Tend to be real slow and "thumpy" dependent on your reel speed.

willow leafs: these give off a lot of flash and tend to move a little faster than Colorado blades but again it is based upon your own reeling speed.

Indiana blades: these blades tend to be a mixture of both Colarado and williow leafs. You do not see them as often as the other two but they work fine.

Now for blade color

Silver plated: best in clear water or in sunny day. The silver will reflect light pretty well but you usually need very clear water or a very sunny day. Again though this goes into preference.

Gold plated: best in stained, muddy water or cloudy low light days. It kind of provides its own shine but it does not look AS natural as silver but personally I use it probably the most.

There is also painted blades but not going into that now.

Weight: for shallow water you need a lighter spinnerbait and for deeper water you need a heavier spinnerbait but this is all in opinion. Sometimes if I am throwing into heavy cover I will use a heavier spinnerbait. weight to me really is matter of opinion so I am not gonna elaborate much

Laat part,

presentations:

Slow rolling: this is where you slowly crank your reel and let the bait just move along the bottom. You can stop pause and go, go stop go, and etc there's really endless things you can do.

Burning: this is my favorite, this is where you just reel back the bait as fast as you can and pretty much set the spinnerbait on fire.

Waking: this is where you have your rod tip up, reel fast, and keep your bait up on the surface. Not to far to where the blades are just flapping but to where they are spinning and breaking the surface causing a wake.

This Is just a small amount of things you can do with this bait. Really all you got to do is go out there and experiment with different retrieves, blade combos, colors, etc just like everyother bait.

Hope this helps anybody

I didn't read the whole thing, for some reason I could only read it in John Wayne's voice and it was quite confusing because of that.

Thanks for posting...That pretty much covers it all.

Mike

I didn't read the whole thing, for some reason I could only read it in John Wayne's voice and it was quite confusing because of that.

Ditto, and it was weird. This is a great post though. I agree with everything 100%.

I love the double willow configuration. One gold, one silver. I like the "slow" willows, as you can really keep the blades moving through the whole range of the retrieve. Also, ALL types of blades provide adequate flash and vibration to catch fish in my experience. Some swear by willow/colorado or vice versa though. It's all what you're confident in using.