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Location: Long Prairie, Minnesota | Just wondering if anyone still uses spinnerbaits during the time of the year. I have a bunch of Ace spinnerbaits and love them in the summer, but have never tried them for late season, has anyone else? |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Yes. |
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| Year around bait,under used year around bait. It’s just a question of speed and depth.
Edited by dickP 10/7/2024 6:12 PM
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| Yes, when the water cools use a single blade and drop it down deep and hug the bottom. |
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Location: SE, WI. | Yes; have different weighted heads, different designed heads that run deep and shallow for ease of running through cover, different blade combinations that allow deep and shallow presentations + different Sonics, and different hooking set ups, trebles, and single for year round applications! JD
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Location: Walker, MN | Slow rolling a spinnerbait with some lifts and drops is a great way to get crushed in the fall. I have to mention...I wish the hook-ups were better. |
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Location: SE, WI. | Masqui-ninja - 10/8/2024 6:45 AM Slow rolling a spinnerbait with some lifts and drops is a great way to get crushed in the fall. I have to mention...I wish the hook-ups were better. U are Correct Masqui; Lift drops are very effective Now in Fall. Your hook ups are poor because of the blade wire deflects off mouth after fish inhaled the bait. Very easy for fish to inhale the whole lure on a slack line drop. That blade arm is designed to keep hooks out of weeds, wood...ect. Thats what is occuring after your hook set. That is what makes Creature spins shine in the fall. No Wire detouring hook up on a jig. Just great hook-ups. Creature spins saved many a trips for us both in Northern Wi. and Canada.
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| On my Bass sized lures I've cut the arm down to look more like the DickP Grinders. I hear a lot of talk of bad hook ups may be I've lucky but I've ruined a lot of old M&G's where I had to cut hooks to let my fish go. Like above I have all kinds of blades and jig weights and both single and double bladed lures. One thing I do is put a swivel clasp to change blades and on my singles I use a ball bearing for ease of spin and on my doubles I use a old style brass type for more thump. I use M&G's, Marv's, Rad Dawg's, and Northland spinnerbaits with Bucktail, silicon, Marabou, feathers, flashabou and some even with a giant twistetrail. |
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| Marabou and giant twistertails = Shumway's. |
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| Big Tooth short arm spinner baits are excellent if you can find them. I have four that have been refurbished multiple times over the past 5 years.
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Location: Alexandria, MN | Hard to beat a Rad Dog from Ruff Tackle. Love the fluted Indiana blades for casting and the big Colorado blades for trolling.
Edited by phselect 10/9/2024 6:21 AM
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| Spinnerbaits tend to cut through vetegation more easily than an line spinner does with treble hooks. That's the advantage of them for me. The disadvantage is the single hook. Much lower hook up percentage and quite often if they jump or shake their head they will spit it. |
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| I too have trouble keeping muskie pinned with spinners. What I don't get is why when a pike hits, I normally don't have them get off. Last fall I hooked 3 pike in the 30" range in about 45 minutes and all were solidly hooked. |
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Location: Cedarburg, WI. | I love spinnerbaits! I second Pstrombe on the big tooth short arm spinnerbaits. Sad they don't make those anymore.
I find with hookups it's more dependent on the cover. For example when fishing thru reeds i rarely lose a fish they seem to always take it from the rear and find the hook. Where as thru lilly pads all bets are off.
I feel with smaller spinnerbaits like a slopmaster when i lose a fish it's usually because the fish knocked the bait sideways and clamped down. I hit the hooks and probably don't move that spinnerbait too much in the fishes mouth at that moment. |
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| North of 8 - 10/9/2024 1:42 PM
I too have trouble keeping muskie pinned with spinners. What I don't get is why when a pike hits, I normally don't have them get off. Last fall I hooked 3 pike in the 30" range in about 45 minutes and all were solidly hooked.
I've had 3 muskies come off with a spinnerbait since mid August. When they jump, they shake their head like a bass and the lure comes flying out. None of them were real big but its still frustrating. Maybe I need to set the hook harder since they have an iron jaw. |
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| Ya hooking can be an issue at times BUT rarely for me on big fish.
Original poster mentioned ‘Ace’ spinnerbaits. I throw them a lot in almost all situations except very thick weeds. As to hooking, Jerry O might kill me for this but i have him put one size bigger hooks on the rear when i get my annual order made. |
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| Well I knew it was likely to happen.A friend/partner reminded me many,himself included,feel smaller hooks are better.Easier penetration etc.so,We all know what we know,right?use what u want.
On 'hooking' in general always remember how many millions of head shaking,jumping bass have been caught on them-with 10 lb type mono. |
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Location: oswego, il | The lift and drop is very effective in late fall and at dark during that time of year.
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