Spinner baits

Looking to add some spinner baits to my collection. Never used them before so looking at unkown territory. Which one(s) would you reccomend and why?

'Da Bush' spinnerbaits Allan, reccomended cos they are easy to get a hold of and ive had a few fish on them

rosco wrote:savage gear 'Da Bush' spinnerbaits Allan, reccomended cos they are easy to get a hold of and ive had a few fish on them

Your not allowed to reccomend savage gear stuff on here :p

who said 'savage gear' ??? wasnt me

Chico's are very good; Franglais Fishing don't do bad ones for a bit less money. Alternatively Jennifields which are nice and cheap

spinnerbaits are a good lure, I've had success with'em, apart from the canal, they don't seem to be working there.

I've always used LURE A PIKE for my spinnerbaits, give Roy a call as he can do em in various patterns and styles.....

i had a shakespeare devils own spinner bait, think they have stopped making them now.
shame as i caught loads on mine till i lost it

I used to use the small spinner baits from Harris years ago with black and yellow tails
did quite well with these ...

As Guy said, Chico's MM baits are very good, as are Drifter Grinders if you can find them.

My all time favourite spinnerbait is this one though [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Get on da bush, as good as anything and easy to get hold off

rosco wrote:'Da Bush' spinnerbaits Allan, reccomended cos they are easy to get a hold of and ive had a few fish on them

Easy to get hold of !!!

Where from please.

Think i'll get a few da bush ones then and prob a mm from chico

where is the cheapest place on the web to get da bush from? i've had a quick search and can't find them cheaper than RRP

Steve Moore wrote:

rosco wrote:'Da Bush' spinnerbaits Allan, reccomended cos they are easy to get a hold of and ive had a few fish on them

Easy to get hold of !!!

Where from please.

I got hold of a few from GAC a few months back, had loads in stock, different colours and weights, not had a look for them since though...

The MM spinnerbaits are big but then they are meant to be a big fish bait.



"I've always used LURE A PIKE for my spinnerbaits, give Roy a call as he can do em in various patterns and styles....." so how long have you been using spinnerbaits for Mr Makk?

Im not, well wasnt a big spinnerbait fan, having used a few from the likes of fox ace etc
then one day i had an epiphany with the things. The one that did the business was a huey from chico

I bought a few after that. If you want a bait that is huge and seems even bigger when your reeling it in (my god do they thump) then buy a couple of muskiemachinery ones.
If you want farty little bendy things then look elsewhere.
when it comes to spending my money ill buy the best i can

Ordered a MM huey in perch from Chico as I was ordering a few other bits from him as well. Will pick up a couple of Da Bush when my local shop has them back in stock.

Never ever caught on a spinnerbait yet.... but never tried after my dismal start with them.... sure they are great, but they bore me slightly.....

Chico 48 PAC wrote:The MM spinnerbaits are big but then they are meant to be a big fish bait.



"I've always used LURE A PIKE for my spinnerbaits, give Roy a call as he can do em in various patterns and styles....." so how long have you been using spinnerbaits for Mr Makk?

about half a year chico.

Look past all the glitzy bits and check the strength, bend and gape of the primary hook on a spinnerbait. Make sure it's got a good broad gape. Other than that make sure the wire is a decent gauge. Everything else on a bait can be tweaked and tuned.

I'd second Andrew's comments above. Avoid anything less than an ounce for starters and try to get something designed with pike in mind, not large mouth bass! Unfortunately a lot of spinnerbaits being sold in the UK are too small and lack the strength to do the job (or do it for very long). I recall those Reed Runner spinner baits of about 1/2 ounce that I first started to use about ???? years ago - the silicon skirt used to get bitten off almost immediately, the hooks would snap and pike would clamp the things flat and hence, missed takes... Barry's Buzzer was better and the Lindy ones I had from Lushy were OK. Albeit they all used a rubber or silicon colar for the skirt, which is something to avoid as pike bite straight through them. You want a plastic cable tie holding the skirt on. Lumby used to sell his own spinner baits, they were probably the best I have seen from someone in the UK. Sadly he no make them anymore... So, these days, my top two recommendations are ERC Grinders and Rad Dogs (Ruff Tackle). Also, M&G's, Stump Hawgs and Hot Heads (Shumway) mounted with mag grubs or shads are very good. Most U.S. online musky/pike retailers stock these lures.

Spinnerbaits... probably the most versatile lure out there and super effective too. I htink I have probably caught more pike on spinner baits than any other lure type over the years. Good for perch as well and I have had quite a few zander on them. Even caught a tench on one once - hooked in the gob I'd add. Bit of a Twilight Zone capture that one!!!!

Mark, pm for you.

Mark Phillips wrote:I'd second Andrew's comments above. Avoid anything less than an ounce for starters and try to get something designed with pike in mind, not large mouth bass! Unfortunately a lot of spinnerbaits being sold in the UK are too small and lack the strength to do the job (or do it for very long). I recall those Reed Runner spinner baits of about 1/2 ounce that I first started to use about ???? years ago - the silicon skirt used to get bitten off almost immediately, the hooks would snap and pike would clamp the things flat and hence, missed takes... Barry's[Barrie's, he hated having his name spelt incorrectly]Buzzer was better and the Lindy ones I had from Lushy were OK. Albeit they all used a rubber or silicon colar for the skirt, which is something to avoid as pike bite straight through them. You want a plastic cable tie holding the skirt on. Lumby used to sell his own spinner baits, they were probably the best I have seen from someone in the UK. Sadly he no make them anymore... So, these days, my top two recommendations are ERC Grinders and Rad Dogs (Ruff Tackle). Also, M&G's, Stump Hawgs and Hot Heads (Shumway) mounted with mag grubs or shads are very good. Most U.S. online musky/pike retailers stock these lures.

Spinnerbaits... probably the most versatile lure out there and super effective too. I htink I have probably caught more pike on spinner baits than any other lure type over the years. Good for perch as well and I have had quite a few zander on them. Even caught a tench on one once - hooked in the gob I'd add. Bit of a Twilight Zone capture that one!!!!

Er, just bend the hook point out of line. No more missed takes or at least very few.

Agree on the versatility of Spinnerbaits, if Barrie's diaries get published you will then be able to see how effective they were in Barrie's hands.

My favourite are Shumway Funky Chickens and Little Chickens and i second Mark's liking for their Hot Head and Fish Tails, too. Unavailable over here though.

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Not so long agowe agreed on that

Now though ive seen the light

The shumways are well made but dont inspire me well the hothead didn't

Dave Lumb used to sell the hot heads... brilliant lure to use against structure where you want to helicopter a bait down the side of it. I've lost count of the number of fish I've had like that.

Sorry Colin. Barrie, of course it is. Very remiss of me

Not so sure about bending the hookpoint out was ever much of a solution. It was the narrow guage of wire that was the problem, albeit with Barrie's Buzzer that was less of a problem as at least they were made a lot better (thicker wire) than other spinnerbaits we were using at the time. I still have a few actually.

Patrick Bateman wrote:My favourite are Shumway Funky Chickens

Mine too - don't know why you sold it to me

The other two I got from you are good too - can't remember their name though, even though Steve D Identified them at the time. These are the only 3 I have, so I can't compare to any others - I keep meaning to get a MM or 2 from Chico too, but I'm doing ever so well at not buying lures - don't want to fall off the wagon

chrisG wrote:

Patrick Bateman wrote:My favourite are Shumway Funky Chickens

Mine too - don't know why you sold it to me [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

The other two I got from you are good too - can't remember their name though, even though Steve D Identified them at the time. These are the only 3 I have, so I can't compare to any others - I keep meaning to get a MM or 2 from Chico too, but I'm doing ever so well at not buying lures - don't want to fall off the wagon

Go on, you know you want too!

chrisG wrote:

Patrick Bateman wrote:My favourite are Shumway Funky Chickens

Mine too - don't know why you sold it to me

The other two I got from you are good too - can't remember their name though, even though Steve D Identified them at the time.

Marv's Tandem Vipers.