Thread: The almighty Beetle Spin! - questions

Got the camera working and got more shots.
I figured that the Crappie Magnet is one of my most reliable lures and definitely did well in chart./pearl tail, so why not bright pink? Sho enough it cause everything!


One pleasant surprise later in the day was catching fish on what I found out was a Micro Chatterbait. Talk about luck: I found it on the ground at the launch, picked it up and left it in the tackle box for a week. The day had been good, and since I'm always looking for new toys to catch fish on, I figured, why not take the skirt off and add a Gary Yamamoto Kut Tail Worm?
original:

Skirt off/ Kut Tail added after skirt removed:

Result:
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The vibrating worm action was amazing!!! I caught two more bass like it in shallow weeds and the strikes were HARD!
The Kut Tail rigged on a 1/16 oz jig with 1/0 hook has caught crappie in the past and I wouldn't be surprised catching crappie on the Micro Chatterbait. Next time I'll leave the skirt on and see what happens.
The day ended with more nice slabs caught on the pearl slug in 6' for a total of 48 fish.
Perfect day to be on the water.

Thanks Skeet.
I put the skirt back on but found it didn't cut it as far as skirt flutter and pulsation expected. Next will be to try fishing a smaller worm (i.e. Softie), which had the same action but is softer than the Kut Tail.
Wonder how an in-line spinner would work with a 5" worm trailer? The Colorado blade would be large in order to impart the same vibration.
Supposed to rain all day, so I got the time to make one.

Yesterday was proof that there's always something new to learn about a water. Rather than fish the usual places, I paid attention to the sonar to see the depth fish were at. Very shallow flat was okay early in the AM but void of fish later on so I moved not far from the launch into 5' and anchored.

My first cast - a nice crappie! I stayed in the same spot and cast in a semi-circle towards shore and caught over 15 fish: crappie, yellow perch and sunfish, some very nice! I moved 40', anchored and repeated. More fish.

I switched to a pink Crappie Magnet on the B. Spin and easily caught fish which includrd a few bass.

As usual the short stubby stick did well:


...and for short strikers, which included a few largemouth and rock bass - the flat-tail grub:


All told, 53 fish caught on a bright sunny day in mostly open water with a few caught under overhangs in 2'. Next I go, I know where I'll be anchored!