Thread: In-Line spinners?

Mine was the old yellow and black polka dotted Shyster.

http://www.striper.net/images/lures/...black_dots.jpg

Originally Posted by mrbasser

Just started to fish for 'gills and sunfish again and really have enjoyed getting back to the roots of what sparked my fishing passion. I have fared well this year fishing nightcrawlers and mealworms and a few artificials mainly jig head/spinner bait arm lures with a grub of some sort on it. (Beetle Spins basically, just self made w/painted jig heads and safety pin spinner blades with crappie beavers, curl tail, triple tail, tube, squirt, minnow, paddle tail etc. bodied grubs)

I used to do well in creeks with Panther Martin and Mepp's in-line spinners. (Small 0 or 00 size Aglias and Black Furies and the small PMs) These things are costly compared to above mentioned lures and wonder if anyone does well with these? Does anyone EVER seem to catch more sunfish/'gills on any artificial compared to your favorite natural bait? And if you do catch more on an artificial please let me know what you prefer to toss @ these fish.

I use a little Hildebrant fliker with a Uncle Josh Fly Strip and a light weight flyrod
flip it near cover... let it flutter down a bit and strips back a little line at a time to you.

I've caught lots of gills on artificial baits, but live bait is IMO the best.
Night crawlers and waxies seen to work best for me.

Originally Posted by GCD

Mine was the old yellow and black polka dotted Shyster.

http://www.striper.net/images/lures/...black_dots.jpg

The Shyster was probably one of, if not THE first artificial bait that I ever used :p
Only thing was ... white/blk dot version was primarily used for White Bass, while the yellow/blk dot version always seemed to only interest Black Bass
I never really used them for Crappie or 'gills ... as Crickets, earthworms, nightcrawlers, and "Horseweed worms" (stalk borer grubs) were our usual choices for the 'gills, and minnows/shad for the Crappie. Beyond the Shyster, I did get taught that Crappie could be caught on a "Doll Fly", though
(yeah, I know .. that dates me too :D .... as I was introduced to these lures in the late 50's - early 60's )

... cp

Best small lake and pond bait for me has been a 1/16or 1/8 oz Vibric Roostertail, brown body with a gold blade. I think you could clean out a pond with one of these, bluegill, bass, channel cats, crappie if present, even caught a few golden shinners on one. They are hard to find and if you do find them I like to remove that stupid shinney sticker on the blade this allows the blade to spin easyier.

Originally Posted by crappiepappy

The Shyster was probably one of, if not THE first artificial bait that I ever used :p
Only thing was ... white/blk dot version was primarily used for White Bass, while the yellow/blk dot version always seemed to only interest Black Bass
I never really used them for Crappie or 'gills ... as Crickets, earthworms, nightcrawlers, and "Horseweed worms" (stalk borer grubs) were our usual choices for the 'gills, and minnows/shad for the Crappie. Beyond the Shyster, I did get taught that Crappie could be caught on a "Doll Fly", though
(yeah, I know .. that dates me too :D .... as I was introduced to these lures in the late 50's - early 60's )

... cp

Heck CP!... I'm just 23... (at heart ) I got that ol' black and yellow Shyster in one of those little 110 piece tackle boxesfor my 10th or 11th birthday back in the mid 60's and it was the first artificial lure I ever caught anything on. Like you said, it was too big for Bream to bite but I had caught a couple little Largemouth with it and was tickled to death the first time I tied it on. Then a little while after that I hooked something BIG!... it was HUGE!!! It had the drag screaming on my little Zebco 202 I was yelling for my brothers to come help me and some other folks that were fishing came over to see what was going on, after what seemed like an eternity I finally got it in... a 24" 5 poundish Channel Cat!!! I was so excited that I ran all the way home with it to show my Mom :D . I skinned and cleaned it and we ate fried Catfish for 2 nights in a row! It was the biggest fish I had ever caught and was what started my love for inline spinners.

My poor little Zebco 202 was never the same after that.

Now I use the 1/16 and 1/8 oz. Roostertails on ultra lite spinning tackle for the Sunfish... and Bass... and Stripers.. and whatever else will bite them!

Landed this landlocked Striper on a 1/8 oz. white coachdog Roostertail and UL tackle... couldn't believe I got him in!

Originally Posted by slipbobber

Best small lake and pond bait for me has been a 1/16or 1/8 oz Vibric Roostertail, brown body with a gold blade. I think you could clean out a pond with one of these, bluegill, bass, channel cats, crappie if present, even caught a few golden shinners on one. They are hard to find and if you do find them I like to remove that stupid shinney sticker on the blade this allows the blade to spin easyier.

I'm not a big fan of those little mylar stickers either, they do impede the rotation of the blade... a painted blade doesn't spin as well as a bare blade either on a Roostertail... another example of over improving!

It was hard for me to keep the hook set with the
in-line spinners. Bass over 2# would jump and be gone.
In brush they hang very easy. Once a bigger fish had
been on, the shaft would be bent, from the fight. You
could re-bend it but it would never run the same. It is
a productive bait but frustrating to use.