Spinner Baits and Pitchin' Bugs

How to use spinnerbaits and pitching techniques for early spring bass.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• fishing
• bass
• spinnerbaits
• flipping
• pitching
• colorado
• spring
• techniques

[scoutoutdoors]

Ok, who's Mark Zona??? Also, the reel that I use for flipping is a Quantum - can't remember the model, but it has big heavy gears - no plastic junk that can strip out against a big fish. For spinner baiting, I use a 6 1/2 foot medium heavy casting rod and spool 15 pound Berkley Big Game on my reel. My spinner baiting reel is a Pinnacle with 6.3:1 gears. You can slow a fast reel down but it's hard to speed a slow one up!

[scoutoutdoors]

weird reel? Which one??? I sure don't want to have something weird in my boat!

[scoutoutdoors]

You won't want to use a snap and swivel on a safety pin type bait - just tie on to the little bend where the bottom wire forms the angle with the top wire. Use a strong knot - palomar or improved cinch - to make that connection. Hope that helps!

[scoutoutdoors]

There are as many different types and sizes of spinnerbaits as there are fish. Safety pin type spinnerbaits are most popular with warm water species, but they are also effective on cool and cold water fish like pike, walleye, muskies, etc. In-line spinners are also good baits, and the small ones (Mepps, Panther Martins, etc.) catch a lot of smaller pan fish every year. Remember, when you use an in-line spinner you'll need to use a snap and swivel to prevent line twist....more on the next comment

[americanmuscle45]

can i use the same techniques as u did even though i dont fish out on a boat?

[scoutoutdoors]

Definitely! I've walked some shallow flats and used spinnerbaits just as effectively from in the water as on the water. You can also use the flipping and pitching techniques from the bank, but it's a bit harder, especially in areas where the bank is choked with cover. If you have waders and you can walk around some of that cover, you can drop baits into holes where the fish live. I've never done it that way, but I've seen it done. Good luck!

[ganjar420]

Can't hear anything at all, it's like when people used to video tape there daughters soccer game on a really windy day , then make people watch it. 

[n4sir804]

@smoothcriminal997 ya i saw that also...lol

[Nitelion94]

@TwinStatesBassClub mark zona rly??? i dont see it

[manifestgtr]

great stuff man...you definitely know your stuff...you should pick up a wind screen too...they're super cheap and you can get em online, radio shack, guitar center, etc...I keep one on all my mics

[TwinStatesBassClub]

Haha! He does kinda look like Mark Zona! xD I don't see why everyone disagrees! xD

[killrfish]

Dude ,get a wind cover for your mic.........geez.I heard absolutely none of the shit you said for 3 whole minutes.

[HouserGraphiX]

thats a damn nice striper you got there. nice combo...great tips thanks for the great advice and information...keep em comin!

[antman3456]

you look like mark zona

[ZPARVO]

wow that is a weird reel