Thread: beetle spin for panfish

Killer Bud Killer,Just gotta find the color of prefrence! and make sure the hook size is not to big, 1/16 sould be wright for what your up to!

Yeah i've caught a lot of every kind of fish on those... but especially panfish and bass. Those things are great... I also swap them out with my other soft-bodies as needed too, but the grubs that come with them work great.

They are pretty versatile, but I don't really like them with Gills since they don't chase much other than a few feet.

buy the cajun spin, made by H&H lures I think, in the 1/32 size with 2lb. line they are far better than the johnsons or the betts models. they have a smaller blade, and they just catch fish better, trust me. I like the green body, or black with chart. tip on the tail, or white with red dot. stay with the 1/32 and lite line. caught a 1lb. 4oz. shellcracker a few weeks ago, on the green one.

Sometimes they want that flashing spinner sometimes they dont, it works that way. Usually if they're willing to chase I leave the spinner on but if I'm not catching anything I take the jig off and use just that.

The worst part is when you move to a different area the fish their may want the spinner

Works both ways

Fatman

Originally Posted by Fatman

Sometimes they want that flashing spinner sometimes they dont, it works that way.

I usually go without the spinner. Charlie Brewer, the inventor of the slider, said he like use a spinner when there was some chop on the water.

A count down and slow retrieve works best for me with small spinners for Sunfish. Cast the lure out and when it hits the water count it down to 5 to start with, then a 2 or 3 quick turns of the reel handle to get the blade spinning and then slow dow as slow as you can turn the reel handle but still feel the blade spinning. Experiment with counting the spinner down, count it down until it hits bottom and then start your retrieve... then decrease your count by 1 the next time, keep doing this until you get bit.

Bright sunny days means bright colored jig bodies, white with the red dot is killer... and yellow can be too. Darker days or late afternoons would mean a green or black.

man i love beetle spins. i dont use them on lakes or big bodies of water though, i use them on creeks and narrow rivers. they are my favorite for catchin red breasts. i like the white with red dot personally, but i just recently found a new color that i killed em on a couple weeks ago, it was called "bullfrog", its deadly! i put a #5 split shot about 4 inches above the beetle spin to increase casting distance and to get it down deeper faster instead of having to wait for the spin to sink. i cast out and by the time i can start reeling the weight already has it in the kill zone for me but you just have to adjust for where you are fishing.