spinnerbaits

Do any of you use spinnerbaits for eyes? I talked to a guy that told me that he does well on eyes with them. I only got a couple with them,but then again I seldom use them. I use mostly Rapalas for eyes & jigs also. I always thought that spinnerbaits were too fast for them. Maybe I am fishing them wrong.  sam

You can slow roll a spinner bait too. Tip the hook with a white or chartreuse gulp twister tail for increased action. I put those on buzzbaits too. Can't say I ever caught a walleye on one though.

Worm harnesses is the only spinner type tipped with a worm. When water is above 50 degrees. Walleye are too inactive to "chase" any lures now. They seems to conserve a lot of energy. And use more of wait and ambush approach water temp around freezing.

I have caught eyes by trolling Beetle Spins with a white curly tail when I used to fish Pymy. My thinking here is that since a walleye's prefered speed seems to be approx.2mph that casting a spinnerbait would result in faster speeds although I don't know how to calculate how fast an average retrieve would be. Anyone know?   sam

Like FishinGuy said, Ive seen them troll spinnerbaits over submereged trees on tv before. I think it was on The Next Bite but I may be wrong.

used to use and still do a June bug spinner tipped with a night crawer  or a Yellow Sally fly   tipped with a worm on a 3 way rig   2 or 3 ft off bottom on a slow troll  alot of guys drag bottom but walleye laying on bottom are looking up to feed as things go past        Coot

slabfinder,48"per sec.x60 sec.per.min.x60min.per hr.div.by12"per ft.div.by 5256'per mile comes out to 2.74 mph. That sounds about right for the speed that I reel.When I use a spinner bait,I prob. go 3x that fast. That is why I think they are not a good choice for eyes unless you slow roll them or reel slower than I do.  sam

Walt, That is where the guy I was fishing with, told me about using them. We were both getting Bass I was throwing Rapalas & he was throwing spinnerbaits also his wife was catching some on jigs. That wasn't you was it?  sam

I caught my only walleye on a spinnerbait out at greenlick, was very surprised since the water was pretty warm, was expecting a bass when I went to grab it.