Spinner Bait Tips

 🤔 Can you name this popular 1980s spinnerbait brand from just the unique blades shown in the picture?

hint: it rhymes with "pike ring," and the brand is still with us today.

In the meantime, here’s some additional spinnerbait fishing tips to remember from the Spence Petros article it appeared in:

• keep hooks razor-sharp

• the heavier the cover, the shorter the cast

• use tackle heavy enough that will allow you to control the fish in the cover being fished

• plastic or pork dressings work well; use colors that contrast with lure's body color

• for maximum blade action and feel, use a ball-bearing swivel between wire arm and blade. If lure doesn't come with one, I put on a Berkley ball-bearing snap-swivel (size 0) or a swivel (size 0 or 1)

• to give lure more action or a bigger silhouette, reverse rubber skirt so the strands bulge out more

• bass will sometimes nip at back end of the skirt during spring. Trim skirt down so it ends at hook's bend

• try faster, steady retrieves for more active fish

• try slower, deeper retrieves with pauses that allow lure to flutter downward when fish are less active.

Fishing Facts, 1986