| Spinner baits in my opinion are the best all-season | | | | well. Some will be better for faster retrieves and |
| lures for catching largemouth bass. In the spring, | | | | others for slower retrieves. |
| they are especially effective when bass are in | | | | Here are three techniques for fishing spinner bait |
| weedy shallows. Their safety-pin design helps by | | | | for largemouth bass: |
| reducing snags in the weeds, because the bent | | | | 1.) Bulging - Keep your rod tip high and reel fast |
| shaft runs interface for the upturned hook. This | | | | enough so that the blades almost breaking the |
| allows you to cast them into thick weed beds, | | | | surface and creating a bulge. This technique will |
| brush or timber without always getting hung up. | | | | draw bass up out of dense weedy or brushy |
| They can also be used to fish in deep water near | | | | cover. |
| drop-offs as well as on the surface with the blade | | | | 2.) Slow-Rolling - When bass are sorta sticking in |
| nearly breaking water. When fishing for | | | | around the heavy cover and less active, reel your |
| largemouth's, most anglers use 1/4 - to 1-ounce | | | | spinner bait slowly, bumping into weeds, branches |
| spinner baits. | | | | or whatever is down there. Sometimes the |
| They're two basic designs for spinner bait, single | | | | change in action of the blades will trigger strikes. |
| spins, which have only one blade, and | | | | 3.) Helicoptering - Sometimes bass will hold tight to |
| tandem-spins, which have two. A single-spin | | | | vertical cover, such as flooded trees, in this case, |
| helicopters better, while a tandem-spin has more | | | | reel a single-spin spinner bait up to the cover and |
| lift, making it a better choice in shallow waters. As | | | | then let it sink vertically. While it sinks the blades |
| you use spinner baits more often you will notice | | | | will spin, drawing the attention of largemouth bass. |
| that the style blades will make a difference as | | | | |