Bought 3 Pin Minnows was pretty impressed way better than the flutter spoons I think the blade is the trick.
They have added a blade to the Clam Leech Flutter Spoons and call them Clam Ribbon Leech Flutter Spoons now.
I lucked out and found quite possibly every 1/16 Pinhead color today. At least 5.
Cant wait to try them out next week.
Dakota Angler has a ton of Pinhead Minos. Even have exclusive Wonderbread and chartreuse Wonderbread colors! Super fast shipping too.
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<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>mrpike1973 wrote:</div>
Bought 3 Pin Minnows was pretty impressed way better than the flutter spoons I think the blade is the trick.They have added a blade to the Clam Leech Flutter Spoons and call them Clam Ribbon Leech Flutter Spoons now.
sorry to get off the original subject but the new ribbon leech is slightly different then the leech flutter spoon. the spoon itself is thinner on the new spoon then the original leech flutter so it has a totally different fall pattern and swings wider as it falls. the new spoon is more for fishing walleyes but that doesn’t say that Clam couldn’t come out with the new ribbon spoon in smaller panfish size spoon next year or the year after like they did with the original leech flutter spoon.
I have had more luck with a glow white tiger stripe Kastmaster than anything. Not sure on the exact size, I just use the smallest I can get. Be aggressive with it.
Sometimes aggressive works, but a couple times I had to use my snitch rod to try to detect the soft up bite on a small spoon with minnow heads, still caught a bunch.
I will say it again. The Pinhead Mino has out fished any lure I’ve used in the last 5 years for big crappies and gills. I don’t know why, but it does. 1/16 oz is the one you want. Got me my first 10 inch full last season right here in the metro.
Thinking its time to pick some up, still been fishing lake Erie for walleye in the boat but future forecast is looking good for smaller lakes to start freezing
For the ones that just picked some up how have they been working out
Did very well yesterday morning using a Slender Spoon tipped with a waxy. Caught a nice mess of crappies, a few nice gills, and a 6 lb. pike. They were all higher in the water column from just under the ice to maybe 3′ down. Started with the Slender Spoon (wonder bread) and stayed with it because jigs didn’t seem to trigger them.
JUST a thought but the Pinhead Minnow seems to be nothing but a heavier Little Cecil or that type of lure. I haven’t used the Pinhead Minnow enough to form a definite opinion on it, but I can’t see how in shallow water it’s any more effective than a Cecil.
Different styles and subtle changes in shapes of jigging spoons come and go. I find it hard to beat the tried-and-true vintage lures.
JUST a thought but the Pinhead Minnow seems to be nothing but a heavier Little Cecil or that type of lure. I haven’t used the Pinhead Minnow enough to form a definite opinion on it, but I can’t see how in shallow water it’s any more effective than a Cecil.
I have never seen a Cecil in a tackle store. I see Pinhead in every tackle store I go. Sometimes I like having a lure that works that’s also available to buy in stores instead of hunt down on the internet.
I have never seen a Cecil in a tackle store. I see Pinhead in every tackle store I go. Sometimes I like having a lure that works that’s also available to buy in stores instead of hunt down on the internet.
The three stores closest to me all carry them. Any tackle shop that carries Custom Jigs & Spins® products should have them. Quite common around here, your area must be different. I would not dismiss a product just because it may be uncommon to a given area. In fact, the very fact that it appears to be uncommon (for the area) would be a reason to try it. The “hot lure” can often be, the one the fish don’t see all the time.
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>KwickStick wrote:</div>
JUST a thought but the Pinhead Minnow seems to be nothing but a heavier Little Cecil or that type of lure. I haven’t used the Pinhead Minnow enough to form a definite opinion on it, but I can’t see how in shallow water it’s any more effective than a Cecil.I have never seen a Cecil in a tackle store. I see Pinhead in every tackle store I go. Sometimes I like having a lure that works that’s also available to buy in stores instead of hunt down on the internet.
Perch Patrol, when I scroll up on this thread I see that you had no difficulty ordering Pinhead Minnows with “exclusive colors” from Dakota Anglers on the internet.
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Perch Patrol wrote:</div>
I have never seen a Cecil in a tackle store. I see Pinhead in every tackle store I go. Sometimes I like having a lure that works that’s also available to buy in stores instead of hunt down on the internet.The three stores closest to me all carry them. Any tackle shop that carries Custom Jigs & Spins® products should have them. Quite common around here, your area must be different. I would not dismiss a product just because it may be uncommon to a given area. In fact, the very fact that it appears to be uncommon (for the area) would be a reason to try it. The “hot lure” can often be, the one the fish don’t see all the time.
Agree, its also kind of nice using a “hot” lure that no one else is using or has but I am also a sucker and read threads like this and buy what is being tossed out!
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Perch Patrol wrote:</div>
I have never seen a Cecil in a tackle store. I see Pinhead in every tackle store I go. Sometimes I like having a lure that works that’s also available to buy in stores instead of hunt down on the internet.The three stores closest to me all carry them. Any tackle shop that carries Custom Jigs & Spins® products should have them. Quite common around here, your area must be different. I would not dismiss a product just because it may be uncommon to a given area. In fact, the very fact that it appears to be uncommon (for the area) would be a reason to try it. The “hot lure” can often be, the one the fish don’t see all the time.
I’ve honestly never seen them. Could very well be an area thing.
Perch Patrol, when I scroll up on this thread I see that you had no difficulty ordering Pinhead Minnows with “exclusive colors” from Dakota Anglers on the internet.
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They’re right up the road from me actually. Just wanted fellow fisherman aware they ship fast. But good attempt at an insult.
Okie dokie. Have a good one. 
Here you go, evidently all you need is good old Mepps spinner. All kidding aside we hit a day where the lake trout would hit anything and best combo we tried was blue fox spinner with white twister tail vertically jigged. No reason small spinner wouldn’t work for aggressive panfish.
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Nice vid Don
fun video to watch, good job
Video wasn’t mine, just a link to youtube. Always amazed by underwater video, paints a whole different picture than the old flasher.
So he missed more than he caught but because it was a vid you still learn stuff, like maybe open water lures are not the best for ice time, big jigging moves that brought in fish often scared them off up close,the lure spinning either turned them off or made it hard for them to connect w/the hook ( and a swivel does not help!)
It can seem overhyped at times but the pinhead mino is a great producer. The counter to that is so are a lot of spoons. What I really like about it is that the smaller ones are great for hole hopping punching through slush and getting down to the fish fast when you are on a small bite window. Flutter spoons such as the buck shot flutter spoon the Leech Flutter spoon or the VMC Tingler spoon are harder to hole hop with and fish fast with because they sink slower and tend to veer to the side which some sonars tend to not pick up as good. When it’s -10 with a breeze and you’re trying to find some panfish to set up on nothing is worse than having to take off your warm glove over and over to push your light panfish spoon through the slush. Another great bait for this I have found is the new Acme Tungsten Kastmaster very good bait.
Great point Austin, I like the Buckshot for that duty.
It’s rare for me to not have luck with Kastmasters. I find myself ignoring my other spoons more often than not. White and red tiger glow are my favorite. I usually use whatever is the smallest kastmaster is on top of the lure box
Dakota Angler has a ton of Pinhead Minos. Even have exclusive Wonderbread and chartreuse Wonderbread colors! Super fast shipping too.
Interesting these guys slayed the crappie with the Pinhead Minnos yesterday with NO bait.
He didn’t specify but he was actually using the Jointed Pinhead Minno. Appeared to be chartreuse/orange glow color.
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It’s rare for me to not have luck with Kastmasters. I find myself ignoring my other spoons more often than not. White and red tiger glow are my favorite. I usually use whatever is the smallest kastmaster is on top of the lure box
I used to never use that original kastmaster but those Tungsten ones with new colors are pretty good. For panfish, I use the smallest size but I saw they came out with a new micro tungsten Kasmaster. It has the single hook which I don’t know if I am a fan of.
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Perch Patrol wrote:</div>
Dakota Angler has a ton of Pinhead Minos. Even have exclusive Wonderbread and chartreuse Wonderbread colors! Super fast shipping too.Interesting these guys slayed the crappie with the Pinhead Minnos yesterday with NO bait.
He didn’t specify but he was actually using the Jointed Pinhead Minno. Appeared to be chartreuse/orange glow color.
I usually fish my jointed and regular pinheads with waxworms but many times once I lose the bait I’ll still drop it down if marks are still there and it does catch one or two more with bare hooks before I have to put new meat on.
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