Spinnerbaits

Bass Ranger - doctor

Looking to upgrade my spinnerbait lineup for fishing mostly the northeast. Delaware, Upper Chesapeake. What color skirt and blades do you recommend and what style style blade do you recommend? Any particular brand or size?

November 26, 2021 12:50:55 PM
The Dean - professor

Here are some things I've learned in this area. You need a double silver willow blade combo with a white skirt in 3/8 and 1/2 ounce. I use this combo when there is an abundance of shad or herring around.

When the water is stained I use a double colorado combination or colorado/willow with gold and silver blades and a chartreuse/white skirt. There are times when I have been successful with painted white blades and a variety of combinations, but make sure you have the first two combinations I mentioned in this area. I like to use Terminator and you get a pretty strong discount as a subscriber. Use the links below to check them out.

https://www.rapala.com/terminator/spinnerbaits/super-stainless-spinnerbaits/super-stainless-spinnerbaits-/Super+Stainless+Spinnerbaits.html?brandname=terminator
https://www.rapala.com/terminator/spinnerbaits/super-stainless-spinnerbaits/super-stainless-spinnerbaits-/Super+Stainless+Spinnerbaits.html?brandname=terminator

November 27, 2021 06:02:25 AM
Jason Admin - admin

You asked the right guy for this information. If Pete didn't mention it, I was going to share that he often talks about going to the painted blades. Here are few of Pete's classes that are steeped in Delaware River and Upper Chesapeake experience:
https://bassu.tv/bass-fishing-video/spinnerbait-fishing-tackle-gluszek
https://bassu.tv/bass-fishing-video/prespawn-spinnerbait-fishing-on-the-water-gluszek
https://bassu.tv/bass-fishing-video/spinnerbait-bass-fishing-gluszek-remastered

November 30, 2021 01:37:44 PM

I always smile when I hear or see Pete mention colored blades on spinnerbaits.

In the 80's, nothing caught more bass for me than Fleck Weed Wader spinnerbaits, primarily with double painted Indiana blades. Remember those Pete?

Black with Chartreuse blades, Charteuse w/ Chartreuse, White w/ White absolutely were killer baits in all of the Northeastern Lakes I fished in those days on NJ, NY, PA, and VT.

I am surprised to find so few spinnerbait manufacturers offer these now. They still work, but I've found spinnerbaits in general seem to be significantly less effective down here in the south. Not sure if this is due to the waters I fish here, or whether fish have become "wary" of them.

December 8, 2021 02:27:11 PM
Jason Admin - admin

RichK LK Gaston VA/NC,
If you have trouble finding them, Nichols deals a fair amount with painted spinnerbait blades and they have a pretty large selection

December 8, 2021 02:36:26 PM

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