Your videos are absolutely high quality! Everything thing is well done: the information, the presentation, narration, the camera work, audio, and you get right to the point. Thank you for your time!
So to clarify, @@FishingwithNat, you would recommend a swivel over an anti-kink vane? I used to have serious issues with kinking line, so since returning to lure fishing at the start of the pandemic, I've always used anti-kink vanes rather than swivels. Mine are clear, hopefully low visibility, and are always mounted 12" - 18" up the line from my wire traces; for traces, I use the smallest, lightest ones possible, as I do fish in areas that produce Pike, while at the same time not wanting to spook the Trout...
@@NobleKorhedron Either way will reduce line twist. An anti-kink vane will probably outlast most swivels because a swivel can rust or corrode over time and lose its ability to spin internally and fight line twist. But a vane is much more conspicuous and may spook fish more than a swivel would. I prefer swivels, personally.
I completely understand your point about the vane, @@FishingwithNat; are there any particular small - medium swivels you'd recommend that will resist rust well in freshwater? If it matters at all, I mainly use Flambeau Z-Rust lure boxes for storage of everything but individual jig heads.
Replacement arrived!By the way, I did forget to mention that the original lure did have a decent strike however as most anglers will attest you can get a hit ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxCbNOWAGmn6nfbCbJDmasvBq7J38KZNw2 and fish will hang on and release lure. I used the replacement lure yesterday and ran thru a Shimano Waxwing, Kastmaster, Bobber (set to sink). I found the does run deep (I casting on the flats 3.5'). Make sure you adjust your rate of retrieve and rod tip angle (up) to prevent getting snagged on bottom. Used it a couple of times and action was very lifelike (looked like local bait fish for trevally), craftsmanship very good....however eyeball fell out. I asked for replacement and it is on it's way! It was very easy to change out treble to single inline hook.
The only spinner I use for trout is a Panther Martin. I’ve tried plenty but day in and day out, Panthers have produced thousands of trout for me from Washington State, Oregon, California Sierras to Tennessee! I’m convinced that they are the best spinners on earth!
My son turned me into a spinner fan !! Who would have thought that 15yr would teach his momma some new tricks 😝. I absolutely love mepps! And roostertails. I’ve been slaying them this year with them and caught some real monsters.
Spinners and spoons and I have a box of grubs and jigs, I have a sling bag I carry, I used black and orange fury today and I caught white bass/sand bass, and a nice large mouth, those are the only lures I use, I also have a catfish box, but you can catch about anything on those lures multi species, it was overcast today.
Caught a small striped bass in my local river today. Too small for food but it was my second fish ever so a nice confidence booster on my in-line spinner. Thanks Nat :)
I remember an epic moment early this spring with a 1/4 oz rooster tail. A rainbow trout bit a fly off the top of the water. I casted right at him, reeled in a tiny bit, and felt a thud. It was a nice 2 lb rainbow
As one who has fun making their own inline spinners, this was a SUPER helpful video!! I actually made several of mine with weedless hooks exactly like shown in the video. Kinda feeling unoriginal now. 😅
@@FishingwithNat treble hooks I’ll leave bare simply because I don’t know how to tie on “feathers” or “hair” I bought a kit with pre dressed hooks for that. If I build one with a weedless hook, I’m tossing on what ever the fish are feeling like. My fave, though I have yet to catch anything with them, is these curly tail grubs with glow in the dark tails! Small rubber minnows or rubber frogs are good too. 😁 pike love them some spinner frogs come mid/late summer. 🎣
@@diaryofagoat-lass1023 Look into fly tying, it’s actually really easy and great fun! You need a vise, scissors, thread, a bobbin, and some glue, and the variety of hair and fur up you can attach is endless.
I've had a lot of success with Blue-Fox Vibrax , i think they "rattle" a little bit which helps get the fishes attention. Also , Celta (great spinner and easy to replace the hook) . Spinners don't necessarily allways have to be shiny though. I've had a lot of success using black spinners.
Definitely. There are a lot of spinners with painted blades instead of polished metal. I like the Vibrax spinners too - I remember as a kid I would go to a small creek that flowed into the river near my house and cast a Vibrax minnow spin. The number of big rock bass and largemouth I would catch there on the Vibrax spinner was just unbelievable.
Great information, I really like using spinners because they work really well for catching bass, pike, bluegill, trout… pretty much anything! Great job on this video, I love the underwater shots of the spinners!
You should see my box, @@FishingwithNat; I have a Flambeau model 5007(or possibly 5005) with Z-Rust inserts. It's divided into the following sections * hooks/disgorgers/snips/scissors * small/medium plugs * medium/large plugs * floating topwater lures * slow-sinking topwater lures/poppers * small/medium spinners * medium/large spinners * Flying C spinners (mainly for salmonids) * Tasmanian Devils * Chatterbaits * Minnows * spare anti-kink vanes And those are just the sections I remember off-hand... I have another entire 5005(possibly 5007) box I always carry with all of my soft lures of various kinds; paddle tails, ribbon tails, shads, etc.
I absolutely love the Mepp's Aglia. My favorite is the 1/6 oz with the willow blade and orange glow in the dark treble hook shank cover. No hair skirt needed. If there's a lure that I would choose to use, to guarantee that I catch fish that day, it would definitely be the 1/6 oz Mepp's Aglia. It'll catch sunfish, perch, bass, and even pike species. It's a very effective and very affordable lure.
Agreed. An Aglia or Rooster Tail have always produced fish for me. I am always shocked when people tell me that they've never used a spinner or never caught anything on one.
Nice breakdown of these spinners. Your selection is almost exactly what I have in my tacklebox. A few sizes of Mepps aglia in (rainbow FTW), a couple small rooster tails, and a perch or shiner comet. I can fish any stream with those around here in the north east.
Panther martin yellow with red in murky and black with yellow in clear water are what I use for trout, those 2 are significantly more effective than my other ones.
Even though I'd say I've been pretty successful using spinner baits most of my life, I continue to get more knowledge from videos like this. Great video!
I'm surprised not to much mention of blue fox . Im in northern California and have been making squid spinners with different color and type of blades and river friendly weight
Blue Fox makes good spinners too. One of my favorite spinners as a kid was a Blue Fox minnow spin. I caught hundreds of rock bass and smallmouth on that thing.
I find size 4 to be large enough to cast and small enough for seatrout to take it. Anything below size3 has never worked for me. I didn’t use spinners much at all, because of the line twist, but since they do work, I have stopped caring.
A size 4 is a really nice lure for larger fish. I've caught rainbow trout and brook trout on a size 00 but you have to be using an ultralight with 2lb or 4 lb line or you'll never be able to cast it.
Im kinda annoyed that the standard for spinners are treble hooks when single hooks are just superior in many ways. Also, in streams, the spinner type doesnt seem to matter much since the current already provides spin to the blade. However, a spinner that cant spin its blade at a slow retrieve in still water is a bad spinner. Mepps makes the best spinner because it spins just fine at a slow speed and has great casting ability.
I like to retrieve them slowly so I appreciate the ability of a good spinner to spin at any speed. Rooster Tails and Mepps spinners are my two favorite brands because of that. Both of those brands offer single-hook versions too, which are easier to unhook from a fish (less damaging) and less prone to getting snagged.
I grew up casting Rooster Tails for trout in Central NJ. I have a good assortment of sizes now and use them to catch just about any fish that swims…largemouth, smallmouth, perch, northern pike in Ontario, trout. I have some huge ones for musky, but I haven’t thrown them 10,000 times yet.
Spinners are a blast, and I agree they're a great choice for the beginner angler -- especially because they attract such a variety of fish. Mepp's are great, but can be pricey, especially if you're learning where/where not to throw spinners. I would add to your comments that even cheap spinners catch fish, so don't be afraid to throw something like Walmart's South Bend value pack or whatever is most budget-sensitive for you. Great video -- thanks for sharing!
Totally agree! I would say Mepps' spinners and Rooster Tails are the cream of the crop, but a lot of other brands will catch plenty of fish too. I have had luck with South Bend spinners, Panther Martins, Blue Fox, and others.
Can confirm about learning where not to throw hahaha. Got mine stuck around a tree branch 15-20 feet above the water and broke it off while yanking on it. It will be dangling there for quite some time to remind me of that day. I’m learning to kayak fish and figured if I get a lure stuck I’d be able to paddle over and remove it. Gonna have to diy a 10 ft ladder onto the yak somehow hahaha
I don't have any specific boxes for inline spinners. They do get tangled up when you put a bunch into a pile, but I just deal with that. I'm usually fishing out of kayaks and I typically take 1 box or 2 at most.
Hey Nat, much apreciated your videos, very helpfull to those willing to take fishing one step further. I am yet to give spinners a chance, got some 3-4 grams Panther Martin though, and I was wondering if I can add a split shot or two for extra weight and if that will affect the spinner in a negative way, would appreciate your advice. Regards, Florin
You can add a split shot ahead of a spinner for extra casting distance or to fish deeper/faster without impacting the spinner's action. I would keep it at least 8-10 inches ahead of the bait though for a more natural appearance.
Longer casts will make the spinner run horizontally and more effectively. I would suggest running the spinner as slow as possible to keep the blade running. You can also twitch it occasionally to get fish to bite if they are just following it out of curiosity.
The double bladed spinners on the market just don't work, so I cut the hook off a quarter ounce panther martin, attach a split ring, then connect it to a number two blue fox spinner.
I've never caught a snapper on an inline spinner, but I have caught them while bottom fishing for carp and catfish. They have very bony mouths so the hooks usually aren't in very far and you can get them out with a long pliers or even just wiggling the hook with a stick.
Is it just me, or do Mepps spinners have no range when you cast them? Maybe I need to move up to a medium heavy rod for those 1/3 and 1/2 ounce spinners.
A lighter line will give you more casting distance than a heavier rod will. Heavy fluoro or mono lines don't allow you to cast small lures very far. 1/3oz spinners work well with a medium-light or medium power rod and 8lb mono/fluoro or 8-15lb braid.
I usually retrieve them as slow as I can to keep them spinning, but you also want to consider how deep the spinner is running. If you think the fish are mid-column or near the surface, keep it near the surface. If the fish are probably deeper or you want to run it past deeper structure/vegetation, slow down the retrieve so it sinks down further. I will occasionally twitch a spinner, but it's mostly just a steady retrieve. Sometimes I'll move the rod tip to the other side of me to simulate a baitfish darting in a different direction.
It depends on the spinner. It's too heavy for a rooster tail or a small Mepps Aglia/Comet. If you go up to a Mepps #4 or #5, I'd say 10lb mono is fine.
When I make my own Inline spinners, I find most kits you buy never have enough brass to make them heavy enough for effective casting or depth, so I make my favourite hybrid inline spinners, where the top is standard spinner fair bot the bottom, I attach a small minnow head jig and slip a nice juicy curly tail on, especially if it has a glow in the dark tail. Good casting weight and the pike just can’t ignore them. I made some double blade spinners this time and I think I did not too bad. Silver+green and Red+gold, paired respectively with blue silver and hi vis orange curly tails.
You could attach it with a swivel and a split ring. It might need a bit of leader line to get it far enough back beyond the tail and out of the main blade's turbulence. There are also trailer hooks that you can add, and some of those come with swivels and blades.
I don't think that would work very well. You could attach a blade to the Zerak by just adding something like this www.cabelas.com/shop/en/bass-pro-shops-blade-spin?ds_e=GOOGLE&ds_c=Cabelas%7CShopping%7CSmart%7CProprietary%7CGeneral%7CNAud%7CNVol%7CNMT&gclid=CjwKCAiAv9ucBhBXEiwA6N8nYC3S5O47qOpuOMnQnf41zlcnf7lGpowVT-73cWkyHOZRatTYCKYkoBoCGscQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds That would be a lot more weedless and would look better overall.
Excellent video! Black and silver Roostertail. Pike, walleye, crappie, black bass, white bass, channel cat, sauger, flathead, perch. It's my all time favorite and most productive artificial bait
love Joes Flies spinners. Although my Thomas Spinner 4 gold beads and an orange bead(Trout lure) SLAY PIKE . I use 6# test on a 5'6 ultra light Mitchel 300(Old) reel or ambassador 5500 with 15# lead core. Mepps Aguila are go to as well.
Some people do it. Unless it's perfectly centered on the treble, it can create uneven drag and result in the entire lure spinning around and potentially overwhelming the swivel. I generally don't like adding any kind of trailer to an inline spinner. I opt for a spinner with a dressed hook for a similar appearance without the unbalanced effect of adding a trailer on one of the hooks.
I had a big Mepps weed master and that thing caught me more pike than any other lure I’ve ever owned. It was bright pink which is what I found so hilarious about it. I snagged it on a submerged root and have been looking for one in a shop for months.
Of all the considerable choice out there, only Joe's Flies Potomac Coachman (nickel blade) has come close to Mepps Aglia for lake trout in my experience here in British Columbia. Great video, thanks.
Shockingly I say it...this presentation grants PHD diploma in spinning lures _ techniques and tips, a crow bar effects (eyes opener) on these guys who already claim ,, years of experience "🤣 pleasantly devastated, I'm watching 👀 your show over and over .. all the best from pacific north west👍
The think I never understand is using the feather or not covering the hook Sometimes it work but most of the time I just go for nothing at all when fishing in Colorado
When I was a kid I threw spinners almost every time I went fishing because they so reliably caught fish for me. Smallmouth, largemouth, rock bass, and pike. I fished for years without really even learning how to use other baits because I never saw a reason to change my lure!
Mepps Nr. 5 Aglia in Gold is my absolut Pike and Perch Killer in my home waters over here in Europe, can only recommend! Its always my last lure to fish on every fishing day.
I've tried spinners off and on for years. Have never caught a fish on one. Everything I catch has been on either worms or Powerbait. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong.
Try retrieving them right along the edges of vegetation or along rocky points. They work really well along current seams in flowing water too. I plan to do some cold-water stream fishing for trout and perch next week and the very first lure I'll be throwing is a small spinner.
I haven't used the Bronze Slammer myself, but I am rarely disappointed by a Mepps spinner. They make good stuff and I appreciate that their headquarters is right here in Wisconsin.
A spinner will still work fine without a swivel, but the problem is that the rotating lure will twist your line and eventually cause a big tangle. The swivel in between your lure and your line helps prevent that issue.
Spinners can be used in the sea along the shore or rocks. If the sea becomes rough/windy, I'd switch to fresh bait on the bottom with a heavy sinker rig.
Hmm...I haven't built any inline spinners myself, but my guess would be that the blade wasn't convex enough or streamlined enough, OR the clevis (the U-shaped part attaching the blade to the main wire) didn't spin freely on the wire.
So, I've been using a mepps #5 bucktail on 50lb braid, after watching your video I feel like I should try a lighter line, but I've still been catching fish what do you think? Will it spin even faster with lighter line?
I use #5s on 20-30lb braid often, but there is a chance you'll get a really big pike/musky/striper on a #5 so it doesn't hurt to have 50lb. I doubt the spinning speed of a #5 blade will change if you downsize the line.
@@FishingwithNat thanks man! Actually had my #5 hammered so many times by bass and pike, a fat 3 footer bent the hooks and they ripped up the tail haha but that was after a couple dozen fish. Definitely worth the $8-$9
@@FishingwithNat What's neat is they catch anything from little perch to suckers, bass (largemouth and smallies) to pike. I caught a nice 33" pike and a huge bass off the silver number 4, and then I was just catching tiny perchy and little bass with it and I looked at my lure and one of my hooks was gone, like broke haha.
@@freshstart349 I have several "retired" spinners hanging on my wall by my computer that have the skirts torn off, wires bent, etc. They earned their retirement for sure.
Your videos are absolutely high quality! Everything thing is well done: the information, the presentation, narration, the camera work, audio, and you get right to the point. Thank you for your time!
Thanks so much for the comment. I put a lot of work into these videos and it's nice to see that recognized. :)
So to clarify, @@FishingwithNat, you would recommend a swivel over an anti-kink vane? I used to have serious issues with kinking line, so since returning to lure fishing at the start of the pandemic, I've always used anti-kink vanes rather than swivels.
Mine are clear, hopefully low visibility, and are always mounted 12" - 18" up the line from my wire traces; for traces, I use the smallest, lightest ones possible, as I do fish in areas that produce Pike, while at the same time not wanting to spook the Trout...
@@NobleKorhedron Either way will reduce line twist. An anti-kink vane will probably outlast most swivels because a swivel can rust or corrode over time and lose its ability to spin internally and fight line twist. But a vane is much more conspicuous and may spook fish more than a swivel would. I prefer swivels, personally.
I completely understand your point about the vane, @@FishingwithNat; are there any particular small - medium swivels you'd recommend that will resist rust well in freshwater?
If it matters at all, I mainly use Flambeau Z-Rust lure boxes for storage of everything but individual jig heads.
@@NobleKorhedron I like the stainless steel VMC swivels www.cabelas.com/shop/en/vmc-stainless-steel-rolling-swivel
I fish smallmouth bass, and this lure is kind of like my “wacky worm”. Whenever no other lure is working, I’m throwing on a rooster tail
You bet. I've caught countless smallies on rooster tails
Inline and small jig n grubs. Work great in pressured waters.
@@Chasin_Baitman Agreed
You're doing great work!! Thank you 😁
Thanks - I appreciate it
Mepps spinners are the best
One of my best confidence baits for sure
My favorite is a gold spin spoon 😁
Do you have one in particular that you like best?
@@FishingwithNat Johnson minnow spoons swivels and blades 🙄 primary hook 2 inches or three a treble hook
I don't use them exactly because they catch those hammer handles.
They are a magnet for hammer handles, although small pike will attack almost anything.
Replacement arrived!By the way, I did forget to mention that the original lure did have a decent strike however as most anglers will attest you can get a hit ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxCbNOWAGmn6nfbCbJDmasvBq7J38KZNw2 and fish will hang on and release lure. I used the replacement lure yesterday and ran thru a Shimano Waxwing, Kastmaster, Bobber (set to sink). I found the does run deep (I casting on the flats 3.5'). Make sure you adjust your rate of retrieve and rod tip angle (up) to prevent getting snagged on bottom. Used it a couple of times and action was very lifelike (looked like local bait fish for trevally), craftsmanship very good....however eyeball fell out. I asked for replacement and it is on it's way! It was very easy to change out treble to single inline hook.
Thanks for watching
The only spinner I use for trout is a Panther Martin. I’ve tried plenty but day in and day out, Panthers have produced thousands of trout for me from Washington State, Oregon, California Sierras to Tennessee! I’m convinced that they are the best spinners on earth!
Awesome. Thanks for sharing.
My son turned me into a spinner fan !! Who would have thought that 15yr would teach his momma some new tricks 😝. I absolutely love mepps! And roostertails. I’ve been slaying them this year with them and caught some real monsters.
Both of those are excellent lures. I rarely leave home without both of them.
Panther Martin black body with yellow body and gold blade….nuff said!
@@tomcat122200 Yellow spinners with gold blades are some of my most productive baits ever on the rivers around here.
Spinners and spoons and I have a box of grubs and jigs, I have a sling bag I carry, I used black and orange fury today and I caught white bass/sand bass, and a nice large mouth, those are the only lures I use, I also have a catfish box, but you can catch about anything on those lures multi species, it was overcast today.
love this!!!
I had a spinner once.
Only once?
Then I took an arrow to the knee.
I lost one just a couple days ago and nearly went for a swim trying to get it back 😂
That's great. 👍🏻
😁
Caught a small striped bass in my local river today. Too small for food but it was my second fish ever so a nice confidence booster on my in-line spinner. Thanks Nat :)
Awesome - way to go!
Anything is fun! Congrats
I remember an epic moment early this spring with a 1/4 oz rooster tail. A rainbow trout bit a fly off the top of the water. I casted right at him, reeled in a tiny bit, and felt a thud. It was a nice 2 lb rainbow
Awesome
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Panther Martin makes some nice spinners. I really like my Rooster Tails and Mepps spinners though.
Great video. No bs all info. Learned a lot in a short amount of time. Thanks man
Thanks - that's my style. No need for fluff - just get to the point.
As one who has fun making their own inline spinners, this was a SUPER helpful video!! I actually made several of mine with weedless hooks exactly like shown in the video. Kinda feeling unoriginal now. 😅
Thanks for the comment. That sounds like fun to make your own inline spinners. Do you dress the hooks or leave them empty?
@@FishingwithNat treble hooks I’ll leave bare simply because I don’t know how to tie on “feathers” or “hair”
I bought a kit with pre dressed hooks for that.
If I build one with a weedless hook, I’m tossing on what ever the fish are feeling like. My fave, though I have yet to catch anything with them, is these curly tail grubs with glow in the dark tails! Small rubber minnows or rubber frogs are good too. 😁 pike love them some spinner frogs come mid/late summer. 🎣
@@diaryofagoat-lass1023 Cool. It's hard to beat the classic and inexpensive curly-tail grub.
@@diaryofagoat-lass1023 Look into fly tying, it’s actually really easy and great fun! You need a vise, scissors, thread, a bobbin, and some glue, and the variety of hair and fur up you can attach is endless.
I've had a lot of success with Blue-Fox Vibrax , i think they "rattle" a little bit which helps get the fishes attention. Also , Celta (great spinner and easy to replace the hook) . Spinners don't necessarily allways have to be shiny though. I've had a lot of success using black spinners.
Definitely. There are a lot of spinners with painted blades instead of polished metal. I like the Vibrax spinners too - I remember as a kid I would go to a small creek that flowed into the river near my house and cast a Vibrax minnow spin. The number of big rock bass and largemouth I would catch there on the Vibrax spinner was just unbelievable.
Extremely well done! My tackle box isn't completed unless I've got some Mepps spinners in it and it was nice seeing each style compared.
Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Mine either I love mepps aglias and comet minnows
Mepps black fury in red spots on black is my all time favorite . I have had walleye, Bass, pike and Muskie on a #3.
It's a great lure. I use it all the time.
How do they not fall in the ground and carry all the dirt from there?
You need to retrieve the bait quickly enough to keep it off of the bottom. The spinner blade helps keep it high in the water during a retrieve.
Almost everytime I use these I catch something. Mepps are wonderful.
Same here - I love spinners.
Joe's Flies "White Miller" with a single trailer hook #1 spoon. I've caught 5lb 14oz Large mouth Bass on it and all species in cold water streams.
Cool - I haven't heard of that one
these videos are great thankyou very much 🥰😍🤩
Great - thank you
Great information, I really like using spinners because they work really well for catching bass, pike, bluegill, trout… pretty much anything! Great job on this video, I love the underwater shots of the spinners!
I never go fishing without a few spinners in my box. They are definitely some of my favorite lures.
You should see my box, @@FishingwithNat; I have a Flambeau model 5007(or possibly 5005) with Z-Rust inserts.
It's divided into the following sections
* hooks/disgorgers/snips/scissors
* small/medium plugs
* medium/large plugs
* floating topwater lures
* slow-sinking topwater lures/poppers
* small/medium spinners
* medium/large spinners
* Flying C spinners (mainly for salmonids)
* Tasmanian Devils
* Chatterbaits
* Minnows
* spare anti-kink vanes
And those are just the sections I remember off-hand...
I have another entire 5005(possibly 5007) box I always carry with all of my soft lures of various kinds; paddle tails, ribbon tails, shads, etc.
I absolutely love the Mepp's Aglia. My favorite is the 1/6 oz with the willow blade and orange glow in the dark treble hook shank cover. No hair skirt needed. If there's a lure that I would choose to use, to guarantee that I catch fish that day, it would definitely be the 1/6 oz Mepp's Aglia. It'll catch sunfish, perch, bass, and even pike species. It's a very effective and very affordable lure.
Agreed. An Aglia or Rooster Tail have always produced fish for me. I am always shocked when people tell me that they've never used a spinner or never caught anything on one.
I believe that is an aglia long . Any Mepps is awesome
@@garysavala665 Yeah the Aglia Long models have the willow blade for more depth. Mepps makes great stuff.
Works for salmon
thank you Nat, I love your videos, clear, simple to understand, and direct to the point, apreciate it.
Great - thanks for this feedback
junior angler here. this was perfect. thanks so much
I'm glad to hear that. Thanks for the comment
They catch everything
Great vid. The vibrax bullet type spinners have always done well for me
Thanks. That was my favorite lure as a kid. I used to pull some huge rock bass out of the local stream with it.
Nice breakdown of these spinners. Your selection is almost exactly what I have in my tacklebox. A few sizes of Mepps aglia in (rainbow FTW), a couple small rooster tails, and a perch or shiner comet. I can fish any stream with those around here in the north east.
You bet. Those are all awesome. The rainbow trout pattern Aglias are great too.
Panther martin yellow with red in murky and black with yellow in clear water are what I use for trout, those 2 are significantly more effective than my other ones.
Cool, thanks for sharing
Even though I'd say I've been pretty successful using spinner baits most of my life, I continue to get more knowledge from videos like this. Great video!
Thanks - I appreciate it
My favorites are the Mepps Agila dressed, Panther Martin Classic, and Yakima Rooster Tail
Those are all excellent
I'm surprised not to much mention of blue fox . Im in northern California and have been making squid spinners with different color and type of blades and river friendly weight
Blue Fox makes good spinners too. One of my favorite spinners as a kid was a Blue Fox minnow spin. I caught hundreds of rock bass and smallmouth on that thing.
I find size 4 to be large enough to cast and small enough for seatrout to take it. Anything below size3 has never worked for me. I didn’t use spinners much at all, because of the line twist, but since they do work, I have stopped caring.
A size 4 is a really nice lure for larger fish. I've caught rainbow trout and brook trout on a size 00 but you have to be using an ultralight with 2lb or 4 lb line or you'll never be able to cast it.
#2 Panther Martin about 3.5 gm for rainbow trout. Just about everything else is too big.
Solid choice.
Im kinda annoyed that the standard for spinners are treble hooks when single hooks are just superior in many ways. Also, in streams, the spinner type doesnt seem to matter much since the current already provides spin to the blade. However, a spinner that cant spin its blade at a slow retrieve in still water is a bad spinner. Mepps makes the best spinner because it spins just fine at a slow speed and has great casting ability.
I like to retrieve them slowly so I appreciate the ability of a good spinner to spin at any speed. Rooster Tails and Mepps spinners are my two favorite brands because of that. Both of those brands offer single-hook versions too, which are easier to unhook from a fish (less damaging) and less prone to getting snagged.
Panther Martin & Rooster Tail have brought me the most "luck" for Trout in streams.
Hard to beat either of those!
I grew up casting Rooster Tails for trout in Central NJ. I have a good assortment of sizes now and use them to catch just about any fish that swims…largemouth, smallmouth, perch, northern pike in Ontario, trout. I have some huge ones for musky, but I haven’t thrown them 10,000 times yet.
Throw them a few thousand more times and you'll get one!
Spinners are a blast, and I agree they're a great choice for the beginner angler -- especially because they attract such a variety of fish.
Mepp's are great, but can be pricey, especially if you're learning where/where not to throw spinners. I would add to your comments that even cheap spinners catch fish, so don't be afraid to throw something like Walmart's South Bend value pack or whatever is most budget-sensitive for you.
Great video -- thanks for sharing!
Totally agree! I would say Mepps' spinners and Rooster Tails are the cream of the crop, but a lot of other brands will catch plenty of fish too. I have had luck with South Bend spinners, Panther Martins, Blue Fox, and others.
You can try blue fox flash . Cheap and the bass love them
Can confirm about learning where not to throw hahaha. Got mine stuck around a tree branch 15-20 feet above the water and broke it off while yanking on it. It will be dangling there for quite some time to remind me of that day.
I’m learning to kayak fish and figured if I get a lure stuck I’d be able to paddle over and remove it. Gonna have to diy a 10 ft ladder onto the yak somehow hahaha
Mepps #3 all white, gold blades.. or purple or pink... trust me big smallies
It's hard to beat a #3 mepps
What would you recommend to b the best inline spinner tackle boxes?
I don't have any specific boxes for inline spinners. They do get tangled up when you put a bunch into a pile, but I just deal with that. I'm usually fishing out of kayaks and I typically take 1 box or 2 at most.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ beautiful video
Thank you
Ive never had any luck pr skill with spinners rooster tails or mepps specifically
Those are both some of my most successful lures!
All I fish with almost is spinners in pa it’s been consistently good for all species! I use them to troll on me canoe
Cool. Spinners are some of my most reliable lures.
Love mepps, caught a 40+ inch pike the other day with a green one
Awesome
Hey Nat, much apreciated your videos, very helpfull to those willing to take fishing one step further. I am yet to give spinners a chance, got some 3-4 grams Panther Martin though, and I was wondering if I can add a split shot or two for extra weight and if that will affect the spinner in a negative way, would appreciate your advice.
Regards,
Florin
You can add a split shot ahead of a spinner for extra casting distance or to fish deeper/faster without impacting the spinner's action. I would keep it at least 8-10 inches ahead of the bait though for a more natural appearance.
@FishingwithNat Thanks for your reply Nat, I will give it a try next time.
Regards,
Florin
I fish with the spinner but never catch anything are there things I can do wrong?
Longer casts will make the spinner run horizontally and more effectively. I would suggest running the spinner as slow as possible to keep the blade running. You can also twitch it occasionally to get fish to bite if they are just following it out of curiosity.
If you take a pair of needle nose pliers and bend the line tie loop 30°, it'll keep your line from twisting.
This one's free
Interesting. I will give that a try.
New sub channel is very informative thanks for sharing
Great - thanks for your comment.
The double bladed spinners on the market just don't work, so I cut the hook off a quarter ounce panther martin, attach a split ring, then connect it to a number two blue fox spinner.
I haven't had a lot of luck with double-bladed spinners either. I prefer the single blades.
@@FishingwithNat The one I made works fine. Thanks for your reply and have a great day!
Caught 3 bass today back to back with the black and gold.
Very nice
What do you do about catching Snapping Turtle
I've never caught a snapper on an inline spinner, but I have caught them while bottom fishing for carp and catfish. They have very bony mouths so the hooks usually aren't in very far and you can get them out with a long pliers or even just wiggling the hook with a stick.
Concise, well informed, quality content is so hard to find. Thank you!
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I like to use the classic mepps 2 aglia in full gold but that's just me lol
That's a beautiful and effective lure. You can't go wrong with a #2 Mepps.
What brand swivel do you recommend?
I'm not partial to a particular brand but I tend to use VMC swivels and snaps.
Yeah, I did switch to a comet but too late.... 🤣 awesome video.
Next time you'll know better!
I got that comet mino today at Wally world
I love those things
Got my first ever pike and walleye on these
Cool. I caught my largest walleye (28") on an inline spinner, and countless pike. They can't resist a #5 Mepps.
#5 chartreuse Aglia black fury!
That's a killer bait!
My favorite spinner is one I made myself
Awesome
Have people used the minnow spinner on shore
I use minnow spinners like Comets and Vibrax Minnow Spins from shore all the time
I have yet to catch a fish on a spinner ):
Keep trying - they are awesome baits
Thank you for this info and god bless
Thanks for the comment. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
where would i buy Les Davis Bolo lure?
Good question. I haven't seen one in a store for a long time. It's a pretty old lure. You might have to look around online for used ones!
Is it just me, or do Mepps spinners have no range when you cast them? Maybe I need to move up to a medium heavy rod for those 1/3 and 1/2 ounce spinners.
A lighter line will give you more casting distance than a heavier rod will. Heavy fluoro or mono lines don't allow you to cast small lures very far. 1/3oz spinners work well with a medium-light or medium power rod and 8lb mono/fluoro or 8-15lb braid.
@@FishingwithNat Thanks for the tip I'll go with a ligher mono.
@@Patton243 Sounds good. Good luck fishing!
These lures catch every thing
I agree
How should you retrieve a spinner? Slow/medium/fast? With stops or without?
I usually retrieve them as slow as I can to keep them spinning, but you also want to consider how deep the spinner is running. If you think the fish are mid-column or near the surface, keep it near the surface. If the fish are probably deeper or you want to run it past deeper structure/vegetation, slow down the retrieve so it sinks down further. I will occasionally twitch a spinner, but it's mostly just a steady retrieve. Sometimes I'll move the rod tip to the other side of me to simulate a baitfish darting in a different direction.
@@FishingwithNat Thanks for taking the time to reply!
@@intermarer9145 Happy to help.
Awesome underwater footage!
Thanks!
Would 10 lb mono line be too heavy?
It depends on the spinner. It's too heavy for a rooster tail or a small Mepps Aglia/Comet. If you go up to a Mepps #4 or #5, I'd say 10lb mono is fine.
When I make my own Inline spinners, I find most kits you buy never have enough brass to make them heavy enough for effective casting or depth, so I make my favourite hybrid inline spinners, where the top is standard spinner fair bot the bottom, I attach a small minnow head jig and slip a nice juicy curly tail on, especially if it has a glow in the dark tail. Good casting weight and the pike just can’t ignore them.
I made some double blade spinners this time and I think I did not too bad. Silver+green and Red+gold, paired respectively with blue silver and hi vis orange curly tails.
Very cool
A swivel usually don't help much. You can use off center head weight to avoid line twist, such as the Mepps Lusox do.
A swivel can help but only if it's a decent quality one. Cheaper swivels will get jammed or rusted and the whole swivel will spin with the lure.
How would you attach a trailing spinner? Like one at the end of a long musky bucktail? Barrel Swivel maybe?
You could attach it with a swivel and a split ring. It might need a bit of leader line to get it far enough back beyond the tail and out of the main blade's turbulence. There are also trailer hooks that you can add, and some of those come with swivels and blades.
Can i attach my 23 gm zerak weedlesss fish trap ( softplastic weedlesss lure ) to bluefox 5 number spinner for sneakhead fishing
I don't think that would work very well. You could attach a blade to the Zerak by just adding something like this www.cabelas.com/shop/en/bass-pro-shops-blade-spin?ds_e=GOOGLE&ds_c=Cabelas%7CShopping%7CSmart%7CProprietary%7CGeneral%7CNAud%7CNVol%7CNMT&gclid=CjwKCAiAv9ucBhBXEiwA6N8nYC3S5O47qOpuOMnQnf41zlcnf7lGpowVT-73cWkyHOZRatTYCKYkoBoCGscQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
That would be a lot more weedless and would look better overall.
Thanks, Nat.
Excellent vid. 👍🏼
I've not been using in-line spinners recently.
Time to try them again.
They are fantastic lures. Thanks for the comment.
Mepps #2 & #3 dressed with a tri colored (white, yellow & green) blade for Northern & Bass
A solid choice
Excellent video!
Black and silver Roostertail. Pike, walleye, crappie, black bass, white bass, channel cat, sauger, flathead, perch. It's my all time favorite and most productive artificial bait
It's hard to beat a Rooster tail! It's one of my favorite baits too.
love Joes Flies spinners. Although my Thomas Spinner 4 gold beads and an orange bead(Trout lure) SLAY PIKE . I use 6# test on a 5'6 ultra light Mitchel 300(Old) reel or ambassador 5500 with 15# lead core. Mepps Aguila are go to as well.
It's hard to beat the fun of ultralight fishing with spinners.
Do you think rigging a grub trailer of some kind onto a musky spinner is feasible? I've seen examples where the grub is rigged through the treble.
Some people do it. Unless it's perfectly centered on the treble, it can create uneven drag and result in the entire lure spinning around and potentially overwhelming the swivel. I generally don't like adding any kind of trailer to an inline spinner. I opt for a spinner with a dressed hook for a similar appearance without the unbalanced effect of adding a trailer on one of the hooks.
White rooster tail 1/4 ounce
Hard to beat!
I had a big Mepps weed master and that thing caught me more pike than any other lure I’ve ever owned. It was bright pink which is what I found so hilarious about it.
I snagged it on a submerged root and have been looking for one in a shop for months.
It's a great spinner for tossing through sparse vegetation. Not easy to find in a store though!
Of all the considerable choice out there, only Joe's Flies Potomac Coachman (nickel blade) has come close to Mepps Aglia for lake trout in my experience here in British Columbia. Great video, thanks.
Cool - I've tried other spinners but I keep coming back to the Aglia and the Rooster Tail. I hadn't yet heard of the one you mentioned.
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I dont have a swivel
Swivels are essential with inline spinners
No words! What a content!!
Thanks - I appreciate the feedback and I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
The think I never understand is using the feather or not covering the hook
Sometimes it work but most of the time I just go for nothing at all when fishing in Colorado
I prefer the dressed spinners (with the skirt of hair/feathers). I rarely use the undressed spinners but I know they still work.
I absolutely love my spinners as they rarely disappoint. The Blue Fox Vibrax are my favorites, but little Meps and Worden's Roosters are nice too.
When I was a kid I threw spinners almost every time I went fishing because they so reliably caught fish for me. Smallmouth, largemouth, rock bass, and pike. I fished for years without really even learning how to use other baits because I never saw a reason to change my lure!
Mepps Nr. 5 Aglia in Gold is my absolut Pike and Perch Killer in my home waters over here in Europe, can only recommend! Its always my last lure to fish on every fishing day.
That's one of my absolute favorite spinners too. The pike and musky around here smash it.
I've tried spinners off and on for years. Have never caught a fish on one. Everything I catch has been on either worms or Powerbait. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong.
Try retrieving them right along the edges of vegetation or along rocky points. They work really well along current seams in flowing water too. I plan to do some cold-water stream fishing for trout and perch next week and the very first lure I'll be throwing is a small spinner.
Do we have to put bait like worms or just the spinner ? Anyone please reply..
No, you don't need to add anything to the spinner.
You don't have to add bait, but I have actually added worms a few times, and it certainly doesn't hurt.
@@hxhdfjifzirstc894 Thanks for sharing. What kinds of fish do you tend to catch when you add worms to the spinner?
This was awesome thanks so much! Definitely gave me some ideas. Do you have an opinion on the Mepps Bronze Slammer?
I haven't used the Bronze Slammer myself, but I am rarely disappointed by a Mepps spinner. They make good stuff and I appreciate that their headquarters is right here in Wisconsin.
Mepps comet is the best
I love those comets!
Can it work without a swivel?
A spinner will still work fine without a swivel, but the problem is that the rotating lure will twist your line and eventually cause a big tangle. The swivel in between your lure and your line helps prevent that issue.
@@FishingwithNatThanks!
nice video .. can we use spinner bait in the sea for shore or rock fishing and what we do if the sea become more windy ?
Spinners can be used in the sea along the shore or rocks. If the sea becomes rough/windy, I'd switch to fresh bait on the bottom with a heavy sinker rig.
thanks very much
@@FishingwithNat thanks very much
@@zakariahussainanwarhasson4577 Glad I could help.
Ive has the best luck with the Panther Martin in line spinners and spinners with Red Hooks
Thanks for the feedback
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Thanks!
i’ve never caught anything on spinners :(
Don't give up on them. They are awesome lures.
@@FishingwithNat i used a small mepps aguila today and caught a little bass! it’s something!
@@naturalgamerjk606 Cool - keep it up!
I have made inline spinner buat the blade didnt want to turn,any suggestion for me please
Hmm...I haven't built any inline spinners myself, but my guess would be that the blade wasn't convex enough or streamlined enough, OR the clevis (the U-shaped part attaching the blade to the main wire) didn't spin freely on the wire.
So, I've been using a mepps #5 bucktail on 50lb braid, after watching your video I feel like I should try a lighter line, but I've still been catching fish what do you think? Will it spin even faster with lighter line?
I use #5s on 20-30lb braid often, but there is a chance you'll get a really big pike/musky/striper on a #5 so it doesn't hurt to have 50lb. I doubt the spinning speed of a #5 blade will change if you downsize the line.
@@FishingwithNat thanks man! Actually had my #5 hammered so many times by bass and pike, a fat 3 footer bent the hooks and they ripped up the tail haha but that was after a couple dozen fish. Definitely worth the $8-$9
@@FishingwithNat What's neat is they catch anything from little perch to suckers, bass (largemouth and smallies) to pike. I caught a nice 33" pike and a huge bass off the silver number 4, and then I was just catching tiny perchy and little bass with it and I looked at my lure and one of my hooks was gone, like broke haha.
@@freshstart349 I have several "retired" spinners hanging on my wall by my computer that have the skirts torn off, wires bent, etc. They earned their retirement for sure.
@@freshstart349 It really is a lure that will catch anything
Any style Panther Martin was my favorite for everything
Those are good spinners too
I'm going to Canada on a fishing trip and all I have is spinners and a mepps lure
Sounds like a good way to catch a load of pike, smallies, and walleyes to me.
See that coho bolo, the best lure of the lot, caught thousands of salmon and steelhead with that lure.
Cool. It's great for pike too.