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| Which do you prefer? Which do you catch more fish on?
I rarely throw safety pin spinnerbaits mostly due to lack of success with them, probably because I don't fish them very often. Just curious to those of you who throw a lot of both which to see more success with and which do you prefer and why |
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | There is a time and place for both type baits. That said, heavy weeds, trolling, increased depth all come into play when using the safety pin type baits. The type of, shape and weight of the spinnerbait head are all factors along with the type blade(s) used (i.e. Colorado, Indiana, willow, Olympic).
In lines perform well too. as evident of the many folks who make and sell them. I'm sure it's more a confidence thing then anything else, but there are times when the fish will prefer one over the other. |
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Location: MN | Good question on high pressure waters this last year I was tossing the bigtooth mini and had a lot of luck no monsters but I was catching fish 3 or 4 to one not always muskies pike too. I too hadn't had great success with spinnerbaits prior. It was tied on one Rod all year and will be again. It's cheap too and goes through weeds better then any spinnerbait I have tried.
Edited by NathanH 2/11/2017 12:39 PM
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Location: NE Ohio | i use in-lines fishing edges and any open water flats
i use spinner baits when i'm going into any cover to get them. i'm always looking to run into and through something when fishing them. |
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Posts: 983
| Love throwing big spinner baits not inlines..they thump harder IMO and they cut through weeds better just got a big 10 inch 3.5oz one cant wait to use...seems I get most action on white ones |
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Location: Apparently where the Muskie aren't | Gotta get the extractor, best of both worlds! |
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| Like some of the other people have commented here, there is a time and place forsafetypin type spinner baits. If you're fishing a lake that has a bull rush bite, spinner baits are a must. Due to their single hook configuration, it's the only thing that will cut through the rushes without getting hung up constantly. They're also very effective in heavy weed growth for precisely the same reason. Finally, they're very good baits for throwing into pockets of open water in between weeds. Cast them out, let them flutter down, and then pull them back up. You can trigger some ferocious strikes doing this.
Unless I'm fishing the conditions that I described in the previous paragraph, I will always choose an in-line spinner over a safetypin type spinner bait. However, one summer I was fishing a lake where they would eat nothing but a white safetypin type spinner bait with orange or chartreuse blades. Every bait that I normally had success with didn't produce a single muskie. |
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| Thanks everyone for the info! |
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| The safety pin type work well in cover and can be worked fast, slow. I have had luck triggering strikes by running them fast right under the surface, creating a "bulge" in the water. However, I don't have as good of success hooking fish or keeping them hooked compared to a traditional inline with a treble. And yes, my hooks are very sharp. Maybe just bad luck, but they seem to strike from the side and bend the safety pin arm without getting the hook. Not all the time, just that it happens. |
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| I use in lines above the grass for active fish and spinner baits for ticking the weed tops. Spinner baits out produce in lines in my boat year after year but to be fair lakes in my area weed up thick and quick. |
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