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Fish Chris | Sat Dec-28-02 08:01 PM |
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#2010, "Here's a fresh new subject............."
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Giant spinnerbaits ! First of all, I have to say, my biggest bass on a spinnerbait was not quite 6 lbs, although I have caught a bunch of 4's and 5's. Last year in about April, I had been fishing Coyote, mostly with live dads and doing very well. Then in a period of a few days, the lake got really murky, as they dumped a bunch of water into it from the lake above. Our dad bite was ruined, but I told my buddy I thought a white spinnerbait could work. I even tied one on and threw it around a bit, but didn't put much heart into it. Later that day these two guys come up and pull a 10 1/2 and an 11 3/4 lb'er out of there livewell..... and then show us the lures they were throwing....... A WHITE SPINNERBAIT !!! I knew it !
Anyway, how about a big spinnerbait ? NO, I mean a BIG spinnerbait ! Like a skirt which trails back 6 to 8 inches long ! A trailer hook could be added with a short cable leader. Where can I get those big Musky size blade baits ? I don't care if I have to use my trout lure rod to throw one ! Then I was thinking about this too..... a much longer, maybe a little thicker, skirt, would add very little drag to the bait, even though it gave a much bigger profile. A willowleaf blade could be HUGE too, and not create a ton of resistance...... Can I buy something like this, or do I have to make it ?
I really think this could be good at any of the trout planted lakes early in the year, say mid Feb through mid March when the water was still murky.... or even if it got murky later from a late rain, or water being dumped in from a lake above (like Coyote had early this year)
Pretty hyped about this. Can you tell from my novel ??? :-)
Peace, Fish
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RE: Here's a fresh new subject.............,
hookup90247,
Dec 28th 2002, #1
RE: Here's a fresh new subject.............,
Chris,
Dec 31st 2002, #12
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palmdale_shane,
Dec 28th 2002, #2
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Phil,
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Chris,
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Wade,
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bassnet,
Dec 29th 2002, #6
RE: Thank you guys..... now check this out !,
Fish Chris,
Dec 30th 2002, #7
RE: Thank you guys..... now check this out !,
Hawgsticker,
Dec 30th 2002, #8
RE: Thank you guys..... now check this out !,
Sacto John,
Dec 30th 2002, #9
RE: Thank you guys..... now check this out !,
socalfrogger,
Dec 30th 2002, #10
RE: Thank you guys..... now check this out !,
Chris,
Dec 31st 2002, #13
RE: Thank you guys..... now check this out !,
bassnet,
Jan 01st 2003, #14
RE: Here's a fresh new subject.............,
Matt Peters,
Dec 30th 2002, #11
Big Blades,
BigBass,
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hookup90247 | Sat Dec-28-02 08:19 PM |
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#2011, "RE: Here's a fresh new subject............."
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Hey FishChris,
Have you heard of or seen the "LedgeBuster" spinnerbaits? If I'm not mistaken, they are all willow leafed and weigh up to 2oz? I haven't seen an all white model but I would imagine that they have one. I know you can get some of the dark color models from my brother's shop in Brea. He carries mostly the blacks and black combination for fishing the Long Beach and federal breakwater out here. Yes...that's right...in the ocean! I think it might be worth a call to his shop. His number is 714-674-0064. I'm sure he can help you out.
Darin
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Chris | Tue Dec-31-02 10:21 PM |
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#2035, "RE: Here's a fresh new subject............."
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Tue Dec-31-02 10:23 PM by Chris
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One day, ten years ago, I mentioned trying spinnerbaits on Calicos in the kelp and was laughed at. If they work at the breakwall, I'd bet they would work great around boiler rocks between Pt. Fermin & Marineland.
Chris
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#2012, "RE: Here's a fresh new subject............."
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I saw some giant spinnerbaits like what your talking about at fishermans wharehouse up in Fresno about a month and a half ago.
-Shane
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Chris | Sun Dec-29-02 05:45 PM |
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#2019, "RE: Here's a fresh new subject............."
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Ya know, I LOVE an over size blade in Febuary and March. Especially white! White is my main "go to" color anyway with blades but BIG ones in spring, catch big fish. I hooked a fish at Spring Lake in the spring with an oversize blade. It grabbed it and ran slowly but powerfully straight back into the tules. There was nothing I could do to turn the fish. She broke off. The LedgeBuster blades are great. Nuf said.
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bassnet | Sun Dec-29-02 09:11 PM |
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#2023, "RE: Here's a fresh new subject............."
In response to Reply # 5
Sun Dec-29-02 09:13 PM by bassnet
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I grabbed a couple of Ledgebusters, 1.5 oz., from Bass Pro Shops for the spotties and calicos. The Clearwater ones with a big willowleaf are pretty cool. I know a couple of guys that have wrecked some double digits from deep trees at Salto on an otherwise marginal bite with the 1.5 & 2 oz. ones.
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Hawgsticker | Mon Dec-30-02 09:19 AM |
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#2026, "RE: Thank you guys..... now check this out !"
In response to Reply # 7
Mon Dec-30-02 09:27 AM by Hawgsticker
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I just picked up a couple of the Terminator Heavy T spinnerbaits that looked really good. The ones I got were the 1.5 oz flavor. They have a huge blade but the rest of the bait(except the head of course) is basically the same size as regular spinnerbaits. The blade on these is what caught my eye though. They are sort of willow shaped, but wider through the middle of the blade. I bought them for using in heavy current, but they would be killer for slow rolling along bluffs or deep structure.
Also, did you check out the jerkbait section of that Musky site. There are three plastic baits on there that look awesome. I really like the two eels. I am ordering some of the 8.5 ichers for the Delta. Although they don't look to be very weedless, I just know I can work the weedlines with them pretty good. We'll see.
Here fishy, fishy, fishy......
Clay
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Chris | Tue Dec-31-02 10:51 PM |
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#2036, "RE: Thank you guys..... now check this out !"
In response to Reply # 7
Thu Jan-02-03 08:39 PM by swimbait
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Musky lures crack me up! http://www.calfishing.com/images/lures/musky.jpg
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bassnet | Wed Jan-01-03 05:51 PM |
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#2038, "RE: Thank you guys..... now check this out !"
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Shoot, I pulled one of those from the bottom of my old 3 tiered Plano box, little did I know that tangled mess was a musky lure! Mine had old Balls O' Fire Salmon eggs dried all over it for scent, and an old Zebco Deliar wrapped up to weigh the fish as you retrieved the tangled mess.
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