I've had my hand slip off the reel handle too-especially when using spinnerbaits. Water starts getting "squeegied" off the line by the reels line guide-making the handle wet and slippery. And, for whatever reason, when a bass hits a spinnerbait, it is USUALLY a hard hit. Oh, and I definitely agree that prime spots need to be cast too numerous times. MANY times it would take 9 or ten casts before I could coax a bass into biting. It seems to me the more sparse cover is, the more times you should cast to it.
Awesome. My go to year round lure. I've found in the spring and fall when fish are cruising banks that burning a spinnerbait just under the surface will catch a lot of fish even if there isn't any cover. I also keep a soft plastic handy as a back up. I've caught a lot of fish by following up a missed strike with a plastic or jig.
The videos you guys post are super helpful, videos like this have really helped me get ready to enter my first local tournament coming up thanks for uploading
Great information on spinner bait fishing. I also appreciate your technique in handling and releasing fish promptly after the catch. I sometimes find myself talking to the videos when the fisherman talks while holding his fish like forever.
Mark Sorensen I'm sure we're guilty of that a time or two as well. We still get excited catching fish and sometimes we probably hold them out too long admiring them. But we do care about the bass as do most pros that make their living chasing them around. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Kevin Overly, I assume the water is pretty warm, at least 70 degrees. Also, you don't necessarily HAVE to bang it off of the trees/cover, but I would definitely try to if you can. Those sudden changes in direction you get from banging it off cover can trigger a strike on a fish that may just let it go on by if you're reeling it back in on a straight line. Play around with your retrieve speeds until you figure out what they like, there's not really a "THIS is the answer" to your question. A medium retrieve speed, for lack of a better term, (not burning it, but not slow rolling it) works well most of the time for me. If there's cover, I'll do my best to bump it from a few different angles. If there's minimal or no cover, sometimes I'll do a pause and go retrieve. The SB will flutter down a bit on the pause, and then I'll snap it back up to where I was retrieving it before. That tends to work better with swimbaits, but I've had luck doing it with SB's. Hope that helps.
Christian Tuttle Yes, but it's kind of hard to put into words, having a video would definitely help. Are you using treble hooks (triple hook), or just a single hook? The most important thing to remember is be careful with the fish, you can easily break their jaw when trying to remove a hook. Most people don't know that. The easiest solution is actually something you do BEFORE you start fishing. Pinch the barb down on your hook. Without the barb, you may lose some fish if you don't get a good hook set, but it's sooo much easier to remove the hook. Otherwise, get yourself a good pair of skinny and long needle nose pliers and always have them with you, and just be careful and take your time.
I have terrible luck fishing spinnerbaits so I have a few questions. Is the water warm? Is he banging the spinnerbait off of the trees and cover? Is it a slow steady retrieve?
For shallow fishing, Terry recommends a 6'10" Lew's Team Lew's spinnerbait MH rod with a 7:1 Lew's Speed Spool or BBZ-1 pro bait caster and 15-pound mono or fluorocarbon line.
hello please help me with the characteristics of the cane , I want to buy a similar for a reel of baicasting . Please explain well the features of the cane greetings from Ecuador
+MrJdubb80 A plastic worm or craw Texas rigged on 3/0 or 4/0 hook. All you need is a slip-on bullet sinker, an offset worm hook and your favorite plastic worm, craw or lizard. Drag and hop them around cover like grass, weeds, laydown trees, stumps, brush piles or on flat pockets where the bass might move up to spawn. www.tacklewarehouse.com/?from=w2fish has everything you're looking for if you don't already have this stuff.
We can. Are you hooking them down in their gullet like on soft plastic lures? There is a pretty good trip to get those deep hooked fish unhooked, but it involves cutting your line, the turning the hook eye down and out the gill and the push up so it lets loose of where it is hooked in their gullet. Then pull it out through the mouth once you get it unhooked from the deep spot in the mouth or gullet.
Yeah, whenever I am using soft plastics there is always a few time where the fish just completely swallows the thing and is hooked either behind or near the gills. It's kinda hard to get to and worry about harming the fish
it's quite popular in japan and asian countries to cast using braid as mainline with a fluoro leader. the fluoro sinks and helps a lure like a spinnerbait run slightly deeper and you can use a stronger mainline like 30 lb braid and still cast far. and both lines gives much better sensitivity.
SuperDonBone I'm no profesional but, even though I can reel with either hand, I prefer the switch that he uses. I'm naturally right handed so its what is more natural, so I think that's why he does it too. Hope I helped a little.
+Ed Dost I'm right handed and always fish with a left handed reel. I find it more natural. I also skate lefty (goofy foot) so it just depends on what feels correct in your head.
It's a 30-acre lake he sometimes fishes when Kentucky Lake is off-limits for FLW Tour pros for an upcoming tournament. Nice to do some small water segments for a change with a pro instead of always fishing vast reservoirs with limited cover options.
Action Packed Comedy As far as brand no. But a medium heavy power will give you a little more backbone to move the fish away from the cover. A lot of the fish shallow come around wood cover or rocks or boat docks or other hard pieces of cover that if the fish turns and runs you through you might lose them or bust your line. So if you can set the hook and move them away from the cover you stand a better chance landing them. Bolton prefers a 6' 10" MH Lew's rod for his spinnerbaits when fishing shallow.
You certainly can, but your hookup percentage will increase using a trailer. This is especially true in dingy water with reduced clarity and also when the fish are more neutral to inactive (most of the time). Blade pros like KVD and Mark Melendez hardly fish a spinnerbait without one.
Austin Clack 6'10" Team Lew's MH Rod with Lew's Tournament Pro reel (www.tacklewarehouse.com/Lews_Tournament_Pro_G_Speed_Spool_ACB_Casting_Reel/descpage-LPG.html)
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I've had my hand slip off the reel handle too-especially when using spinnerbaits. Water starts getting "squeegied" off the line by the reels line guide-making the handle wet and slippery. And, for whatever reason, when a bass hits a spinnerbait, it is USUALLY a hard hit.
Oh, and I definitely agree that prime spots need to be cast too numerous times. MANY times it would take 9 or ten casts before I could coax a bass into biting. It seems to me the more sparse cover is, the more times you should cast to it.
Good tips on multiple casts to some cover/structure.
thank you guys this really has helped me understand spinnerbait fishing!
Excellent advice!! Thank you.
Awesome. My go to year round lure. I've found in the spring and fall when fish are cruising banks that burning a spinnerbait just under the surface will catch a lot of fish even if there isn't any cover. I also keep a soft plastic handy as a back up. I've caught a lot of fish by following up a missed strike with a plastic or jig.
The videos you guys post are super helpful, videos like this have really helped me get ready to enter my first local tournament coming up thanks for uploading
Appreciate the comment. Go crack 'em in the derby!
Great information on spinner bait fishing. I also appreciate your technique in handling and releasing fish promptly after the catch. I sometimes find myself talking to the videos when the fisherman talks while holding his fish like forever.
Mark Sorensen I'm sure we're guilty of that a time or two as well. We still get excited catching fish and sometimes we probably hold them out too long admiring them. But we do care about the bass as do most pros that make their living chasing them around. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Great tips love fishing spinnerbaits
Awesome.. that's more fish than I've caught in my life on spinner bait. I have no luck with them but also have very little confidence in them.
Great video Terry, good insight!
Kevin Overly, I assume the water is pretty warm, at least 70 degrees. Also, you don't necessarily HAVE to bang it off of the trees/cover, but I would definitely try to if you can. Those sudden changes in direction you get from banging it off cover can trigger a strike on a fish that may just let it go on by if you're reeling it back in on a straight line.
Play around with your retrieve speeds until you figure out what they like, there's not really a "THIS is the answer" to your question. A medium retrieve speed, for lack of a better term, (not burning it, but not slow rolling it) works well most of the time for me. If there's cover, I'll do my best to bump it from a few different angles. If there's minimal or no cover, sometimes I'll do a pause and go retrieve. The SB will flutter down a bit on the pause, and then I'll snap it back up to where I was retrieving it before. That tends to work better with swimbaits, but I've had luck doing it with SB's. Hope that helps.
I'm newer to fishing and sometimes I have trouble getting the hook out of the fish's mouth. Is there an easy technique to do it?
Christian Tuttle Yes, but it's kind of hard to put into words, having a video would definitely help. Are you using treble hooks (triple hook), or just a single hook? The most important thing to remember is be careful with the fish, you can easily break their jaw when trying to remove a hook. Most people don't know that.
The easiest solution is actually something you do BEFORE you start fishing. Pinch the barb down on your hook. Without the barb, you may lose some fish if you don't get a good hook set, but it's sooo much easier to remove the hook. Otherwise, get yourself a good pair of skinny and long needle nose pliers and always have them with you, and just be careful and take your time.
I have terrible luck fishing spinnerbaits so I have a few questions. Is the water warm? Is he banging the spinnerbait off of the trees and cover? Is it a slow steady retrieve?
What line and rod would be best for fishing a spinner bait? Also spinning or casting reel. Thanks great work on the water
For shallow fishing, Terry recommends a 6'10" Lew's Team Lew's spinnerbait MH rod with a 7:1 Lew's Speed Spool or BBZ-1 pro bait caster and 15-pound mono or fluorocarbon line.
Awesome video! What color spinnerbait were you throwing?
hello please help me with the characteristics of the cane , I want to buy a similar for a reel of baicasting . Please explain well the features of the cane greetings from Ecuador
What lure do you recommend for a beginner bass fishermen around this time of year, Spring?
+MrJdubb80 A plastic worm or craw Texas rigged on 3/0 or 4/0 hook. All you need is a slip-on bullet sinker, an offset worm hook and your favorite plastic worm, craw or lizard. Drag and hop them around cover like grass, weeds, laydown trees, stumps, brush piles or on flat pockets where the bass might move up to spawn. www.tacklewarehouse.com/?from=w2fish has everything you're looking for if you don't already have this stuff.
^i agree I’m newer to bass. And Texas rig tube/beaver tail worm whatever. Pop it on the bottom feel tic set the hook
Can you do a video on how to unhook fish easily? I've been having trouble with deeper sets
What do you mean exactly?
We can. Are you hooking them down in their gullet like on soft plastic lures? There is a pretty good trip to get those deep hooked fish unhooked, but it involves cutting your line, the turning the hook eye down and out the gill and the push up so it lets loose of where it is hooked in their gullet. Then pull it out through the mouth once you get it unhooked from the deep spot in the mouth or gullet.
Yeah, whenever I am using soft plastics there is always a few time where the fish just completely swallows the thing and is hooked either behind or near the gills. It's kinda hard to get to and worry about harming the fish
Do you use braid with a fluorocarbon leader?
it's quite popular in japan and asian countries to cast using braid as mainline with a fluoro leader. the fluoro sinks and helps a lure like a spinnerbait run slightly deeper and you can use a stronger mainline like 30 lb braid and still cast far. and both lines gives much better sensitivity.
What do you use for a trailer with your spinnerbaits
characteristics of the fishing rod, weight, measure , or you can do the set like you do with that rod
What size spinner bait were you using?
What set up are you using and what kind of line??
Interesting casting technique, switching from one hand to the other. Wouldnt it be easier to master a left hand reel?
SuperDonBone I'm no profesional but, even though I can reel with either hand, I prefer the switch that he uses. I'm naturally right handed so its what is more natural, so I think that's why he does it too. Hope I helped a little.
Thats the way everyone does it
+Ed Dost I'm right handed and always fish with a left handed reel. I find it more natural. I also skate lefty (goofy foot) so it just depends on what feels correct in your head.
It's normal thing to do when using a baitcaster
can you show us all the fishing rods for all the places to fishlike and lake
3/5 n 4 ,spinnerbait is it good or its too big
Were you fishin top water in the mornin?
what size spinnerbait is this?
1/2 oz
What pound tests line
Catches fish! Not sure how long they will last work great
Is this a private pond? I've seen him in a lot of videos in that same spot.
It's a 30-acre lake he sometimes fishes when Kentucky Lake is off-limits for FLW Tour pros for an upcoming tournament. Nice to do some small water segments for a change with a pro instead of always fishing vast reservoirs with limited cover options.
Wired2Fish That must be a small lake for them to shut it down to the public.
Does it matter what pole you use for these lures??
Action Packed Comedy As far as brand no. But a medium heavy power will give you a little more backbone to move the fish away from the cover. A lot of the fish shallow come around wood cover or rocks or boat docks or other hard pieces of cover that if the fish turns and runs you through you might lose them or bust your line. So if you can set the hook and move them away from the cover you stand a better chance landing them. Bolton prefers a 6' 10" MH Lew's rod for his spinnerbaits when fishing shallow.
can I still catch bass with no trailer hooks?
I normally do not use trailer hooks, but I have not lost a fish yet.
So yes, of course!
You certainly can, but your hookup percentage will increase using a trailer. This is especially true in dingy water with reduced clarity and also when the fish are more neutral to inactive (most of the time). Blade pros like KVD and Mark Melendez hardly fish a spinnerbait without one.
where can I pick up at trailer at? does Wal-Mart have them
bass pro or cabelas or amazon
Rod and reel?
Austin Clack 6'10" Team Lew's MH Rod with Lew's Tournament Pro reel (www.tacklewarehouse.com/Lews_Tournament_Pro_G_Speed_Spool_ACB_Casting_Reel/descpage-LPG.html)
+Wired2Fish What ratio do you recommend for spinnerbaits?
drop shot fishing
Wot bait
he thinks bass pull hard try tarpon