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Location: menasha wi 54952 | Looking to try some new things this year and was wondering what do all you spinnerbait guys look for in a spinnerbait?
Long arm vs. short arm?
Blades for slow rolling vs grinding vs. bulging?
Single vs. tandem?
Hair vs. rubber?
Any info would be helpful!!!!
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| I like them all.
But preference leads to long arm, single spin, with rubber skirt. Your basic Rad Dogg will suffice. |
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| I bought some Grim Reapers, but wasn't happy with them. The quality was great, but they just didn't seem muskie sized to me. I always felt like I was bass fishing. In fact, all I caught was bass and pike on them.
I use CJ's now. Big tadem style spinnerbait. Big blades. Two hooks. Lots of hair. You can add a trailer on the rear hook if you want to. You can buldge them or run them deep.
I checked out a bunch of different spinnerbaits, and I thought that these were the best that I saw. But that's my opinion. You'll probably get lots of different opinions. You'll have to check them out and pick what you like.
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Location: Holly, MI | They are a toughie to buy out of a catalog! I sure like putting them in my hand first.
I just got the Pearson Grinder (rubber skirt) and can't wait to use it. I like the grim reaper I got, trailer hook and grub behind a twin willow blade. It is a bit smaller than the biggies but there is times for that too. |
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Location: oswego, il | The violent strike spinnerbaits are nice, so are the erc grinders.
My dad is in love with bucher's new spinnerbait. He's bought one of every color. He even brought them in the house to dry out after use. I think he's going to build a shrine and hire a stylist to blowdry and set the hair after every use. He has not even had so much as a follow on them yet! |
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| OK, here goes.I love this topic as spinnerbaits are my favorite bait style because of the versitility.If I'm fishing them in a more vertical presentation as would be the case fishing weed pockets and clumps on some of the lakes I fish,I opt for a shorter arm and typically a large single colorado blade.Examples are numerous in some variation.If I'm fishing traditional"bucktail" water ,I'll throw longer arm tandems,typically with colorado blades.This is just my preference.A book could be written(or at least a series of articles)on the different application of the different styles.I do a lot of tinkering too.When I WAS buying spinnerbaits,I looked for heavy wire(at leasty .051), quality components(ball bearing swivels are nice)and what the wraps look like on bucktail models.I put several coats of Head Cement on the wraps for durability(Freakin' northerns)and on rubber models,I put a zip tie around the skirt collar if it doesn't already have one. I'll mention some of my favorites and why.M/G's are the old standby but unfortunatly aren't made anymore.Nothing really special or fancy, they just catch fish.Big fish.I'm with Beav on the CJ's.Built like a tank,STAINLESS STEEL hooks and can't forget the ball bearing swivel.A couple sizes too.The new Pearson Grinders are in the rotation too.Throw in some Rad Dogs,couple models from Fudally and some Funky Chickens and life is good.Looking forward to trying a couple custom VooDooTail spinnerbaits this year.The possibilities are endless. Steve |
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Location: Bellveue,Ohio | Spinnerbaits are my first baits and plastic are my second like the tiger tubes. My partner for the PMTT makes a great spinnerbait Tom Stygar (Muskie Trap Lures) I have alot of musky,strip bass,largemouth and smallmouth bass. I have 4 strip bass between 35 and 43 pounds on Tom's baits. That should tell you that Tom's baits can and will take a beating and then some. If you would like to try some email me. I sell willie spinnerbaits for trolling musky they come from 5oz,10oz and 14oz and they are awsome. So I would say that I throw alot of spinnerbaits.
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| ERC Dick Pearson Grinder Spinnerbaits are just what I have been looking for, and I like them the best. Others I have are very good as well. 
Steve |
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Location: Greenfield, WI | I have had some excellent action on Shumway's Funky Chicken. They come through the weeds quite well. The muskies like them. And an extra bonus are the periodic bonus of bass and walleyes which I have caught with them. |
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| I just picked up some beaver spinnerbaits at the pittsburg show and try them out on tuesday and they look awsome, can't wait to have a pig nail one.
Check them out; http://www.beaverlures.com/
If I'm casting I like to throw Shumways and M/g's, I like hair rather than rubber.
Jeff
Edited by jyoung 4/6/2004 8:31 AM
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Location: Chicago, Beverly | I highly reccomend this spinnerbait: http://www.ebait.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=h... Predates several similar looking baits by a couple years... It is a light wire bait so it can get bent up, but the light wire also provides quite a bit of vibration. It has paint on the blades available NO WHERE else. It is made by a guy out of Altoona Wisconsin. |
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| FYI, the M/G Muskie Tandem will be available around mid-summer. Lindy-Little Joe has just bought them and is just starting production. There are 11 or 12 colors coming.
Brett Erickson
Thorne Bros
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| First, a few of the guys who posted above are experts on spinnerbaits, and I would't question their suggestions. But I've thrown a few different types and have decided that the Rad Dog is the best all-around type for me. I now have black with silver blades and white with silve blades. Both colors in the two sizes available. (so I have 4 all together). I use the white during the day and the balck day or night. I add 3" twin tail Power Baits to the trailer for added action and scent.
I became interested in the Rad Dog after watching FishOn dance a small white one through some heavy timber on long day. Man, he could get that sucker through the thickest wood, and make it dance, too. The muskies were very responsive to his presentation.
By the way, the small white one is a killer for pike. |
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Location: Eagan, MN | Brett, that is GREAT news about M/G. Are they supposed to be EXACTLY like the M/G's of old? |
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Location: Toledo | Ain't nothing better than the "Grim Reapers!"
The Musky Shakes |
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Location: Tomahawk, Wisconsin | Ditto what Steve said!!!! I throw em alot no matter what brand. Certain sizes and colors for specific situations. Work a spinnerbait as you wish, that is the beauty of em!! |
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Location: Hazard KY | The good thing about spinner baits is the fact they have so many combinations and sizes. I perfer bass type in 1/2 oz or 1 oz with silacone skirts and a large grub on the trailer hook. I also use large muskie spinner baits too like grim reaper 850's or L&C 's muskie copter. don't knock little baits they can boat alot of fish they you just got to get into the mind set that they will boat fish.
good fishin
Chris Haley
www.kentuckymuskie.com |
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Location: Holly, MI | Add to Chris Haley's comments.. They are very weedless and can be fished just about anywhere there is water present. The single hooks also have excellent hook penetration on those bony toothy mouths, and they release easy. No big baits with 3 huge trebles swinging everywhere. |
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| From what I was told, M/Gs will be EXACTLY the same as they were before. I double checked the color count and there are 11. Look for them in July at the earliest.
Brett Erickson
Thorne Bros
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Location: Washington, PA | My favorites by far are the grim reapers. Only reason, because I've caught a lot of fish on them. But I can't think of a better one. |
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