Spinnerbaits are the Perfect Bass Lure
Every Angler Carries Spinnerbaits For Bass Fishing. Here's Why.
Spinnerbaits are one of the least complicated and most versatile bass lures to use and can be effective on the surface or down into the deepest water in the fishery. Spinnerbaits incorporate a combination of flash, noise and vibration that bass find irresistible. Also known as safety spin spinners, the tandem spin spinnerbaits are considered by professional anglers to be one of the top producing baits of all time. Spinnerbaits are a tie-on, cast and retrieve bait with built-in action that makes it impossible to fish it wrong as long as it's moving.
Various Retrieves
Spinnerbaits are highly effective when fished quickly across the surface of the water and bass strike these baits due to a reflex action that triggers the bass' brain into striking a fleeing bait fish. The bait leaves a soft bubbling vee-trail on the surface and may appear to be either a frog, snake or bait fish trying to get to or away from the shoreline. The visual aspects of the surface strike are always an added incentive for anglers to fish spinnerbaits on the surface.
Fishing spinnerbaits at mid-depth allows anglers to catch suspended bass that are neither shallow or deep. Suspended bass can often be found with a fish locator and the spinnerbait can be cast and allowed to sink to the desired depth the bass are holding at. A slow, steady retrieve works best, this keeps the bait in the strike zone longer. A yo-yo technique can also be applied when fishing for suspended bass. This is simply stopping the retrieve for a second, then starting again. This causes the bait to fluctuate and undulate in the water like a wounded bait fish. Many times, bass will strike as the bait is stopped or falling so keeping a tight line is necessary to feel strikes.
Where To Fish Spinnerbaits
Spinnerbaits can be effective in any lake, river or pond. Perhaps the choice habitat for anglers using spinnerbaits would be weed cover. The spinnerbait is designed to deflect off weed cover and still spin and vibrate enticingly. Bait fish and bass as well love to hide in any aquatic vegetation. The whirling, flashing blade of a spinnerbait can draw fish out of even heavy cover.
Fallen trees and brush piles can hold a lot of bass and sliding a spinnerbait down through the branches of a fallen tree or crashing the bait through the brush can put a limit of bass in the live well quickly. Bass hiding in or around wood cover have to react fast to be the first to inhale a real or fake bait fish before another bass beats them to it.
Changing Blade and Skirt Colors
Blades and skirts on spinnerbaits are designed to be easily replaced with components bought at most tackle shops. With a pair of needle nose pliers, twist the looped closure of the blade frame wire just enough to remove the swivel, add the new color or size blade and close the gap back. Skirts can just be slid off the body and replaced with a new color. With dozens of various colored blades and skirts an angler can easily adapt a spinnerbait to take on the appearance of any insect, crawfish, minnow or bait fish.
Bass Love Spinnerbaits
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