SPOONMINNOW
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A bladed jig is different in action from a Mepps, spinnerbait and spoon. There are two types of blade jig baits that have become basics in my tackle box: The Chatterbait and the spin-jig. You've all heard of the first one; the second one was introduced decades ago, known as the Beetle Spin (a strange name given that the lure looks nothing like a beetle). Like many lures we avoid trying over the years, all it takes is catching fish on just one to change one's mind forever.
I found a Micro Chatterbait lying on the ground near the boat launch. Not one to pass up a freebie, I threw it into the box and forgot about it for a few weeks. Curiosity and the willingness to try new lures got me to test its potential.
The skirt IMO was rigged stupid, unlike skirted bass jigs or spinnerbaits. Too much of the silicone skirt was above the tie (ring). I pulled it off but saved it. The jig attached to the small coffin-shaped blade is huge lengthwise! I figured (for reasons unknown), to attach a Gary Y. 4" Kut Tail Worm and see what it looked like on the retrieve. MAN, WHAT AN ACTION!! The back-and-forth blade action made that lure shimmy like crazy! Sure enough, it caught four bass in 30 min. on a shallow flat.
Back to the skirt. Reattaching it to the jig was easy enough, but this time I rigged it spinnerbait style with just a little held on by the ring. The action imparted was much different than that of a spinnerbait. It also caught bass. These combos did well first time out and since then.
Rigged and the first bass caught on it:
GY Kut Tail Worm
Modified skirt position on the jig and another I made (rt.):
Note: I found a site that sells the blades in different sizes and already own jigs that can be attached using a split ring. Bags and bags of silicone skirts in different colors are begging to be used after years of not casting skirted jigs or spinnebaits, so I pulled out a few.
Up next: the spinner-jig. All it is is a wire attached to a jig, allowing jig changes by weight and hook size. I had quite a few lying around and figured, why not? I attached a Powerbait Ribbon Tail grub (after snipping off a few segments off the front) and caught fish - panfish and bass. This white perch was the first fish caught on it:
I figured, why not make my own of varying wire sizes. Like spinnerbaits, a short arm has another use compared to that of a long arm and I already had a supply of split rings, swivels and wire.
A few examples of different soft plastics that have done well:
and this monster:
The magic of the above blades is the pulsation imparted to a skirt or soft plastic. It must drive the lateral line crazy and supersensitive fish don't tolerate showoff lures for very long! Discovering new stuff that catches fish is the only reason I fish - especially lures I create and make myself.
I found a Micro Chatterbait lying on the ground near the boat launch. Not one to pass up a freebie, I threw it into the box and forgot about it for a few weeks. Curiosity and the willingness to try new lures got me to test its potential.
The skirt IMO was rigged stupid, unlike skirted bass jigs or spinnerbaits. Too much of the silicone skirt was above the tie (ring). I pulled it off but saved it. The jig attached to the small coffin-shaped blade is huge lengthwise! I figured (for reasons unknown), to attach a Gary Y. 4" Kut Tail Worm and see what it looked like on the retrieve. MAN, WHAT AN ACTION!! The back-and-forth blade action made that lure shimmy like crazy! Sure enough, it caught four bass in 30 min. on a shallow flat.
Back to the skirt. Reattaching it to the jig was easy enough, but this time I rigged it spinnerbait style with just a little held on by the ring. The action imparted was much different than that of a spinnerbait. It also caught bass. These combos did well first time out and since then.
Rigged and the first bass caught on it:
GY Kut Tail Worm
Modified skirt position on the jig and another I made (rt.):
Note: I found a site that sells the blades in different sizes and already own jigs that can be attached using a split ring. Bags and bags of silicone skirts in different colors are begging to be used after years of not casting skirted jigs or spinnebaits, so I pulled out a few.
Up next: the spinner-jig. All it is is a wire attached to a jig, allowing jig changes by weight and hook size. I had quite a few lying around and figured, why not? I attached a Powerbait Ribbon Tail grub (after snipping off a few segments off the front) and caught fish - panfish and bass. This white perch was the first fish caught on it:
I figured, why not make my own of varying wire sizes. Like spinnerbaits, a short arm has another use compared to that of a long arm and I already had a supply of split rings, swivels and wire.
A few examples of different soft plastics that have done well:
and this monster:
The magic of the above blades is the pulsation imparted to a skirt or soft plastic. It must drive the lateral line crazy and supersensitive fish don't tolerate showoff lures for very long! Discovering new stuff that catches fish is the only reason I fish - especially lures I create and make myself.
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