Nelson

got to love spinners . I fish them for trout and bass.

Blue Fox , Panther martins are my favorite.

Cant add much that has not been said. but I am a real fan of NOT using a snap swivel, and NOT using any weight. The line tied directly to the spinner allows for much better "action" on the lighter spinners. With a very large spinner this is not a problem. But if your fishing for trout, with the Panthers and the Foxes, tie the line with a polomyer knot directly to the lure. You can easily rip it off and tie another on in seconds. Also ... with the light spinners, use light rod and reel set up and LIGHT as you can get away with line. My favorite is about 6lb berkley SMOOTH CASTING line. you would be surprised how far you can cast that line with a small spinner. change your line often and it will cast better. Panther Martin size 6 is what i use the most. use the count down method to sink the spinner . If you wait 10 seconds or longer it will get how ever deep you need it. You will loose some spinners but that is why i use the 6lb rather than 3 or 2 . you can walk around a snag and save your spinner if your crafty. Lastly, and in contrast Rooster Brand spinners are better to use with a weight I have found. The very light ones of course. they just have a different action then the pm and bf lures. less hum, and less bubble. good luck and slay them on those spinners.

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Slap Happy Drums

I have awful luck w/ spinners , but I keep trying. Not sure if I using too big a spinner or what , but I can't catch anything with the buggers......except Northern , when in a boat , when in Minnesota.

ArcticAmoeba

It is probably the spinner's design, or it could be of tune...Sounds crazy, but I have been using properly "tuned" hand made spinners for about the past month or so, and i kill everywhere I go, floating the Molalla, and Willy on the magic carpet, I throw spinners designed for trout, and hook into bigger bass than my friends who toss bait, grubs, Dingers, Senkos, you name it, they are like cheating for me. The slightest little change in the wire the spinner is assembeled upon(This is the "tuning " I mentioned) will render it useless essentially. Troutski builds his own, and another friend, and member does as well who is generous to me with his gear. It is nice when I can drive to a local stocker pond, and see 30 guys, gals, & kids usin stink dough, and worms... I pull up and leave the truck running, cast usually 4-10 times,(Gettin that thing to thump just right is key too.) and will almost always have two fish in less than 10 or so minutes. Not always, but I'd guess 75-80% of the time. Gotta love the look on peoples faces when you do stuff like that! I'm telling you the right gear has made me a better fisherman. I throw number 3 and 4 steelhead spinners in the Molalla out towords Colton, and I can't keep the little trout off of them, so I don't think your spinners are too big...And Pikeminnow seem to eat everything, as I too catch countless Salmon Stalkers on my spinners...Dang, goober fish tryin too eat smolt, and eggs. To the plank with them!!! And I don't mean a cedar one either!

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chris61182

Along with everything ArticAmoeba said, I'd just add that there is such a thing as rotten luck. Keep at it, switch up your lure every 10-15 minutes, explore your body of water, who knows maybe the actively feeding fish aren't where you might expect them to be.

P.S. There's generally no such thing as a spinner that's too big. My general rule of thumb for trout and chinook at Green Peter, is that bigger is better. If my favorite brand of spinner came in 3/4oz and black I'd buy it and fish it in a heart beat! Though if you regularly catch fish on big spinners and one day they're just not interested, go way to the other end of the spectrum, 1/16oz, and that will usually do the trick .

arll77

I think for the use of Spinners the more important things to look at is the what the water terrrain is like. I really like fishing where the was is somewhat deep with a current. I have less luck where either the water is too swift too shallow or if you run into a hole that is too deep with very little current. Like somewhere that looks more like a place that could be used as a swimming hole. But I'm far from an expert.

FishSchooler

Hey Amoeba, howd it go with the GooberGreen? Catch anything besides carp?

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