The spinner bait makes big fish bite and yet many anglers miss the best tactic
with the bait. When the spinner bait came on the scene it was
used almost exclusively as a top water bait. But secrets are hard to keep in
fishing and the spinner baits found their way all the way to the bottom of the
lakes and streams all over the country.
Lots of big bass live in deep water that many anglers never fish. And with the
fishing pressure that the fish have had to endure, it's no longer a secret
that deep fishing all year produces big fish. Although the deep tactics may have
been found by accident spinner baits will catch big fish out of deep water.
Glen Lau in Silver Springs Florida filmed the life cycle of the largemouth bass.
His video called "Bigmouth"; is world famous. If there is an avid bass angler
that has never seen this video, that is a favor to the bass.
In this video, Lau followed schools as well as single bass to see what they did,
where they lived and what they ate. Schools of all sizes of bass roamed the banks
at 5 to 20 feet deep all year. Single bass stuck their noses into deep heavy
cover and almost never came out except to feed. That is when many anglers
finally realized there are lots of bass in deep water that may never see a lure.
Bass anglers take a long time to learn that casting to the banks all day all year,
miss tons of fish. That is where the spinner bait excels.
No one knows what a bass thinks a spinner bait really is. Many anglers could care
less what they think it is because it works. Fishing deep spinner baits is really
very easy. Just cast a single of double blade spinner bait to any structure and
let it sink to the bottom. Now pull the bait making the blades spin and drag it
across the bottom. Because of the safety pin design, the spinner bait is
virtually weedless and is very difficult to hang up. Pull this bait over, under
and around all the structure on the bottom of the lake. Fish the bait just like
it were a jig. Rig up a spinner bait with some chartreuse in the skirts and pick
your favorite set of blades. Casting a spinner bait from a 3/16 ounce head to a
full one ounce head requires a bait casting outfit and heavy line.
Strikes are either very hard or the lures just goes soft. Set the hook and make
sure the rod is heavy enough to bury the hook in the bigmouth bass.
