When you're fishing spinnerbaits, what percentage of your bites are you hooking and landing successfully?

Poll result (24 votes) 90% or more (19 votes) Vote 70-90% (5 votes) Vote 50-70% (0 votes) Vote 50% or less (0 votes) Vote

Rarley do I loose a fish on a spinnerbait thanks to my gammie tralier hook :+

Hey let that Bass go I wanna catch her some day
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I chose the 70-90 percent i cant get them all even with a trailer.I get alot of bites were i fish with them though and that makes up for the lost ones.
Brian

I have always heard of people haveing a hard time hooking fish on blades but I have never had the problum and I do not use a trailer hook.. I mainly use blades out on the Delta and the only trip I remember loosing/missing fish was up at Oroville. Maybe the clear water or the facts the fish were spots had somting to do with missing the fish.

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I'd say 70-90% of the time I hook up. I don't always use a trailer hook but usually tweak the blade to change the way it runs. I'll trim the skirt and modify the colors somewhat. Some blades run better out of the package than others...

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I chose 70-90%.. I have not fished a spinnerbait nearly as much as I used to, my problem was always that the fish threw the bait on a surface head shake, I don't know what I was doing wrong but it happened pretty often, same problem with the buzzbait.

This was years ago when I fished from a a floattube mostly and probably did not lower or raise my rod tip properly x(

Trev-

I've just been throwing blades for the salty bass, they seem to make it a point to eat the whole bait and make sure they wreck it- pretty good hook up percentage! I guess it's fun for them to twist your blade into a pretzel- works for me!

When I get them on they (90% or better) don't come off. Now ask me about strikes to hookup ratio. I'ts better with a trailer hook for sure.....BassMan

Bite to landing raio has always been high for me, greater than 90 percent. I always use a trailer hook no matter what. If the weeds are too thick for a trailer hook than normally there is a better presentation for those set of condtions.

Thanks for the responses, that was interesting. I am truly amazed that so many people are saying they catch 90% of their spinnerbait bites. I fish trailer hooks (gammie) and still find that my bite to fish landed ratio is often around 60-70%. I don't lose many on the way in but I do miss a lot of bites.

My next question for the people who marked that they are landing 90% + of their bites is, what kind of rod are you guys using? I'd like to see some specific model numbers so I can go shop around. I've always used a Castaway STM7 and I'm starting to wonder if that rod is just too soft. I hear such a mixed bag on spinnerbait rods though... some guys like a soft glassy action and other guys like short stiff little rods. hmm, let's hear some opinions please.

I use a 7' MH or H stiff jig type rod for mine

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