Beetle Spin Follow Up

I took the Jon boat out on my favorite pond this afternoon. The conditions looked promising after a cold morning. The temperature was right around 70 degrees, no breeze most of the time and a light overcast. I was initially looking for Bass with a weightless finesse worm. I had some other lures lined up but never got around to them. I caught some bass but also had a lot of taps from Bluegills. I decided to follow up these taps by throwing the Beetle Spin on my BFS rig. The result was a lot of Bluegill, some bass and several Crappie.

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The BFS rig allow me to throw the Beetle Spin right up next to the bank. Quite a few bites happened there, in very shallow water. I had never used a Beetle Spin like this before. I was also able to throw in and around some brush piles and blow downs to good effect.

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Pulled several off this tree including this bass that nearly swallowed the Beetle Spin!

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I wound up putting 30 fish in the boat in about 2.5 hours of fishing. Sure was a lot of fun. Even landed a 4 pound bass on the finesse worm. I guess the fishing were eating ahead of the storm rolling in.

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I have a couple of those in my box; I'm gonna have to give them a try one of these days. Looks like they work pretty well!

Had the same experience last week, but for some reason the only fish I caught yesterday was a small bass on it. Could be the lure I was using because fish were finicky. I also discovered some amazing stuff and experienced the usual satisfaction when one does.

Nice fish and congrats on the new discovery re: a new way to use the overhead spin! (on a baitcast no less!!)

That is one great looking pond. Thanks for the pics.

Congrats!

Those are some really nice looking Gills !

It is a great looking pond and the fish that come out of it have some of the nicest colors and markings. Every fish caught is a treat.

Another thing I noticed was that some of the bites were as the Beetle Spin was falling, before I even began to reel up. I guess the blade still flutters as it falls. Plenty of new stuff to learn in this fishing journey.

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I guess the blade still flutters as it falls. Plenty of new stuff to learn in this fishing journey.

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Right on both accounts. I learn something on almost every outing and document much of it with photos.

Long ago I modified a long arm spinnerbait into a short arm and noticed how the Colorado blade helicoptered on the drop making the rubber skirt flutter more on the hook. Worked great for bass why not for crappie?!

The Beetle spin makes you question the whole idea of a snap swivel being unnatural on a jig, and causing you to get less bites. The Beetle spin is like a huge snap swivel, yet the fish don't seem mind.

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Originally Posted by Techno2000

The Beetle spin makes you question the whole idea of a snap swivel being unnatural on a jig, and causing you to get less bites. The Beetle spin is like a huge snap swivel, yet the fish don't seem mind.

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Exactly ! Natural is a human concept; unnatural yet strike provoking key to getting strikes. JMHO

I've heard stories about how one must always cover the tip of your hook with bait or you'll catch less fish. But apparently the fish have no concept of those big treble hooks hanging off a crankbaits... Lol

I think this is true of any spinner bait. Some say it looks like fleeing bait fish. Could be but it's a lot of metal in the water. In any event, as long as fish bite, I'll keep throwing it.

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as long as fish bite, I'll keep throwing it.

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apparently the fish have no concept of those big treble hooks hanging off a crankbaits...

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Nice fish my man!


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Good job. Love throwing the beetle spin any time. You never know what’s going to hit it.


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I've caught countless bluegill on beetle spins using ultralight spinning tackle. No clue why they take it, but they do...consistently. Recently got me some Atomic tube lures to try. Heard they work pretty good. I'm willing to expand my horizons. But beetle spins...they are the benchmark.

Like them ever since I saw them on the Virgil Ward show!! and now I make my own!

i think spinner baits , beetle spins included and even road runner type baits often look like a small group of baitfish together to a predator .
not totally sure about that concept but i think that might be part of the attraction .

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i think spinner baits , beetle spins included and even road runner type baits often look like a small group of baitfish together to a predator .not totally sure about that concept but i think that might be part of the attraction .

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Could be Ketch. I don't care what the motivation as long as they keep striking what's in the bag.

Expert angler:"its unnatural to have a metal snap attached to a jig."

Beetle Spin: " Hold my Beer "

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Originally Posted by Del Gue

I've caught countless bluegill on beetle spins using ultralight spinning tackle. No clue why they take it, but they do...consistently. Recently got me some Atomic tube lures to try. Heard they work pretty good. I'm willing to expand my horizons. But beetle spins...they are the benchmark.

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Welcome from Debary, Florida. I can’t tell you how many I’ve caught on UL also. A white or yellow Evans Shyster accounted for a good many.

Good fish and good trip, and on a BC rig. Very good grasshopper. I have to wait for the river to come back down before they come back to my zip code, they in the outback now.

We use Beetle Spins a lot over weeds have caught many Crappies, Gills and Walleyes up to 25 inches along with some huge Northerns up to 46 inches, all on Beetle Spins and weeds. It is a hoot on ultra light gear and many do get landed thou.

I have some large sized Beetle Spins I might try specifically for Bass.

Pre-spawn shellcrackers love them beetle spins. Caught many on then in April.

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