Spinnerbait selection

I have noticed that when using a spinnerbait I almost always end up back with 1/4 or 3/8 oz double willow leaf with white/chart skirt. Late spring/summer/ fall/ nearly winter, almost every water clarity: if a spinnerbait is working this one seem to work the best for me. Am I missing something,(combination), that I could have better success with?

I personally like a colorado on the front or both of a tandem sometimes, particularily in srping or muddy water.

I also have a few home creations that work well also!!

I am usually throwing a 1/4 oz white w/ #4 single gold colorado. Somedays bring out the tandem willow and others bring out the double willow. I seem to favor the double willow in the fall. I have been seen throwing a black with orange blades on occasion also but don’t tell anyone.

Admittedly, white is likely the “best” spinnerbait color around…

With that said, I have experiemented and found yellow, chartruese, black, brown, red, purple/blue to be more effective depending on light, water, and water temperature… 2 summer’s ago, fishing Pool 9, I couldn’t catch a fish on ANYTHING… I saw a pan fisherman doing well on chartruese and black beetlespin… So, I tied on a 1/4 oz black spinner with a hammered silver colorado blade and slipped a chartruese Mr Twister tail on it… Amazing… caught fish the rest of the day slow rolling and flipping to cover with it. Strange how some small inputs can make a difference.

Last summer, I saw a gentlemen pull the skirt off his spinner and took the blade off… he then slipped a tube through where the blade was through the bottom. slipped it around and pulled the hook through. Then, reattached the blade. A tube/spinner bait… not sure how he did with that specifically, but it was an interesting idea.

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Am I missing something,(combination), that I could have better success with?

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My friend buys up Tandem 3/8 oz spinner baits on sale for $1 or less. He then cuts off the end of the spinner arm. Takes all the blades etc. off. Then takes a needle nose and makes a new end with a #5 or #6 deep cup colorado blade on it. The shorter arm and new noisier blade makes the perfect night fishing bait. In dirty water throw your new spinner bait past an object like a stump. The fish can hear it coming and are ready to strike. Post pictures of those huge Bass before you release them.

i throw a half oz strike king alot and a 3/8 oz quad shad in rescent years one guy in my club throws the compact spinnerbaits with indiana blades and cleans house alot

i think the best river spinner bait ever is a 3/8 oz hank parker (but i cant keep the blades in good shape over a year)

i think when fishing laydowns this is a more effective bait then willow blades due to its flutter effect when coming off a branch when fishing stumps and grass a willow bait could be better i find the more i fish the colorado blades around the piles willows in other conditions unless its muddy

a couple guys use a big double willow with gold and silver blades painted in a green glitter clear coat alot

also one main stay is a white spinner bait with tandem colorado blades one gold and the other a red kicker blade deadly river bait in stained water

I like the white as well but prefer the IT from Strictly Bass Lures. It is inverted tandum. The vibration is perfect for me and much different that most everything else. I normally use 7/16oz but also 9/16. I think other companies make these as well but they are hard to find.

I should also state that Strictly Bass Lures is a sponsor for my tournament district, but they are a sponsor cause I believe in them. I don’t believe in them cause they are a sponsor. I have more integrity that that.

I cannot say enough for a 1/4 oz chart & white single colorado or tandem willow.

Thanks ,

I hear that if you rip the blade arm off and add a pork chunk to it they catch many more fish.
jc

Sounds like JC is a jig guy, cant go wrong with a jig …….most of the time. Sometmes there is a faster way to catchem.