ultimit basslover
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I just want to know the best way to keep the trailer hook fasten to me spinerbait!!!!!
how to fit a trailer hook
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Best way to fit a trailer hook to a Spinnerbait? Small piece of surgical tubing over the trailer hook eye - then impale through the Spinnerbait hook ...
BUT I never use trailer hooks on Spinnerbaits ...
I always use a trailer (plastic worm) on my Spinnerbaits ... and catch lots of solidly hooked Bass ...
BUT I never use trailer hooks on Spinnerbaits ...
I always use a trailer (plastic worm) on my Spinnerbaits ... and catch lots of solidly hooked Bass ...
BassFisher
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Your trailer hook must have an eye big enough to pass over the barb on the spinnerbait hook. Use a small piece of surgical tubing and place if over the eye of the trailer hook and then slip the spinnerbait hook thru the eye/tubing with the trailer hook pointing upwards (towards the blades of your spinnerbait). The surgical tubing will prevent the trailer hook from sliping off, and will hold nicely in place when retrieving the spinnerbait.
BassFisher
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[color=#006600]BigBass[/color] wrote:
bb, do you use your run-of-the-mill worms or anything specific?
I don't use the normal Spinnerbait trailers.
I use the Norman's Snatrix (no longer available, unfortunately), the Berkley PowerWorm or the good old Mr Twister TwisterTail Grub (all 6" size) in black ... on a 3/8oz - 1/2oz spinnerbait with (usually) a chartreuse or a chartreuse and white skirt with silver or gold blades (Colorado size 4 or 5, or Willowleaf size 6). That's for daytime Bassing.
At night, I change to a black skirt with a black or silver blade (Colorado size 4 or 5) ... and always with the black trailer worm!
And, "No", the 6" trailer worm is not too big and I get solid hookups even from small Bass ... much to my dismay, because I prefer hooking up with lunkers!
The key is not fishing your Spinnerbait too fast. Slow down, but still keep those blades turning to get the best out of a Spinnerbait ...
You can also try something else for trailers on Spinnerbaits: flukes, BrushHogs and even Senkos will work. I recently came across an article where I read that using 6" and 7" Senkos as trailers on big jigs and Spinnerbaits was working really well as the latest craze in Mexico for big Bass in lakes such as Huites and Baccarac ... So don't be afraid to experiment!
Spinnerbaits are great lures and extremely versatile.
Two of my current top three Bass were taken on Spinnerbait ("dressed up" with the worm trailer) ... :sf:::
In fact, fishing a Spinnerbait without a worm trailer just feels "wrong" to me!
I use the Norman's Snatrix (no longer available, unfortunately), the Berkley PowerWorm or the good old Mr Twister TwisterTail Grub (all 6" size) in black ... on a 3/8oz - 1/2oz spinnerbait with (usually) a chartreuse or a chartreuse and white skirt with silver or gold blades (Colorado size 4 or 5, or Willowleaf size 6). That's for daytime Bassing.
At night, I change to a black skirt with a black or silver blade (Colorado size 4 or 5) ... and always with the black trailer worm!
And, "No", the 6" trailer worm is not too big and I get solid hookups even from small Bass ... much to my dismay, because I prefer hooking up with lunkers!
The key is not fishing your Spinnerbait too fast. Slow down, but still keep those blades turning to get the best out of a Spinnerbait ...
You can also try something else for trailers on Spinnerbaits: flukes, BrushHogs and even Senkos will work. I recently came across an article where I read that using 6" and 7" Senkos as trailers on big jigs and Spinnerbaits was working really well as the latest craze in Mexico for big Bass in lakes such as Huites and Baccarac ... So don't be afraid to experiment!
Spinnerbaits are great lures and extremely versatile.
Two of my current top three Bass were taken on Spinnerbait ("dressed up" with the worm trailer) ... :sf:::
In fact, fishing a Spinnerbait without a worm trailer just feels "wrong" to me!
do you use a certain type of retrieve for this, or do you change it up till it works?
can i use my MH 6"6 and 7" rods for this application?
excuse all the questions, but i am trying to learn as much as possible about spinnerbaits. still haven't caught a bass on them yet. (have thrown some mana your way already...)
can i use my MH 6"6 and 7" rods for this application?
excuse all the questions, but i am trying to learn as much as possible about spinnerbaits. still haven't caught a bass on them yet. (have thrown some mana your way already...)
sparnar, your rods will be fine.
For Spinnerbaits I like 14 - 17lb test mono or 50lb test braid.
Retrieve? Generally start like this: Cast out and let the lure sink to the bottom (watch line for a possible take!). "Count down" so you know more or less how deep the water is. When the lure hits bottom, it will throw some slack in your line. The more the slack, the deeper it is. Tighten up and start a slow retrieve - you will feel the blades turning/ thumping if you have a sensitive rod. Every so often, "kill" the lure (stop retrieving) and let it hit the bottom and then start the retrieve again. Otherwise, try "slow rolling" ... pumping the lure with your rod tip and then dropping the tip while you take up the slack ... every so often stop to ensure the lure is on or near the bottom, then continue "slow rolling". This works for me ... but there are no hard and fast rules: my PB took the Spinnerbait just after it touched the water when I cast to a disturbance near standing timber ...
Spinnerbaits are especially good near weeds or in the sticks (timber) ... also near rocks and rip-rap and points, actually, just about anywhere!
For Spinnerbaits I like 14 - 17lb test mono or 50lb test braid.
Retrieve? Generally start like this: Cast out and let the lure sink to the bottom (watch line for a possible take!). "Count down" so you know more or less how deep the water is. When the lure hits bottom, it will throw some slack in your line. The more the slack, the deeper it is. Tighten up and start a slow retrieve - you will feel the blades turning/ thumping if you have a sensitive rod. Every so often, "kill" the lure (stop retrieving) and let it hit the bottom and then start the retrieve again. Otherwise, try "slow rolling" ... pumping the lure with your rod tip and then dropping the tip while you take up the slack ... every so often stop to ensure the lure is on or near the bottom, then continue "slow rolling". This works for me ... but there are no hard and fast rules: my PB took the Spinnerbait just after it touched the water when I cast to a disturbance near standing timber ...
Spinnerbaits are especially good near weeds or in the sticks (timber) ... also near rocks and rip-rap and points, actually, just about anywhere!
KVD says...its very important that your spinnerbait hit the structure...Not that im saying you cant just reel it in water without structure...anyways...Scuba posted this link a time ago...but if you havent seen it, its KVD that shows you how to fish with a spinnerbait his way...but like i say...different strokes for different folks...http://www.kevinvandam.com/media/videos/ check the video of the spinnerbait.
Spot on, Basslover!
Hitting the structure ("bumping the stump"; "knocking the rock" or "scraping the bottom") should be the primary objective with almost any lure - particularly Spinnerbaits which are pretty snagless!
"Edges" such as weedlines, rip-rap, drop-offs, river channels, points and even areas where discoloured water meets clear water, or where rough water meets calmer water, also count as"structure" in my book!
Hitting the structure ("bumping the stump"; "knocking the rock" or "scraping the bottom") should be the primary objective with almost any lure - particularly Spinnerbaits which are pretty snagless!
"Edges" such as weedlines, rip-rap, drop-offs, river channels, points and even areas where discoloured water meets clear water, or where rough water meets calmer water, also count as"structure" in my book!
[color=#006600]sparnar[/color] wrote:
Keep trying and you will connect soon!
You can use what you have, just watch your retrieve speed with that fast 7.1:1 reel, though! Don't retrieve too fast with a Spinnerbait - that's my philosophy anyway ...
Keep trying and you will connect soon!