Spinnerbait Spinner Lure
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Does the splash your lure makes scare fish away?
Obvious question. Of course it'll scare some minnows away. But, here's what i'm talking about.
Gave up on baitcasters. Lost over 500 yards of line to backlash in the 4 months i tried to use them. But, the thing i noticed when I was baitcasting was I would get less splash when a big spinnerbait or something hit the water, and i would get more strikes when i wasn't fixing a birds nest.
With my spinner, i'm a fan of casting high and far, which means giant splash when the lure hits the water. Does that scare all the bass away? or does it drive them to investigate? Also, how can i get less splash on a spinner when i'm using a 3/8 to 6/8 ounce lure?
Yes splashing scares off predatory fish (especially the ones that turned to look at a splash and was fooled, then got caught and released) they become bait shy. You seem pretty inteligent, Though being a fan of casting high and far is un needed the fact is that precise casting gets fish. easy as that. You can't cast high and far in and around docks, moored boats, piers, downed trees, small inlets, rock piles, jetties, exposed tree root systems, water falls, lilly pads or on surface scum. Bass are always (almost always) around structure and with a baitcaster you can cast any bait weighing more than 5/8 ounce in a straight line one foot above the water up to fifty feet and slow the spool so the in air speed of the lure comes to a stop as it drops and slips into the water like a full set of tens dive by an olympic diver. The reason you didn't learn to cast with a baitcaster is because you probably started too big, and or you thought like spinning gear casting it will be mindless. It's not mindless! You learn to cast a baitcaster by learning short distances first and by only having your bait hang off the tip of your rod no more than four to six inches. (quite the opposite of spinning gear) But! the most important thing is to watch the bait from before you begin the cast, through the time it leaves your rod tip, all the way through the air to right before it hits down and that fraction of a second before it lands you thumb and stop the spool from continuing on. You absolutely have to stop the spool, because the line is no longer being pulled off the reel and the fact that the line isn't coming off and the spool is still turning is what causes a backlash. Pick it back up learn how to perfect it we'll all help. I remember reading in a book that if you can not cast into a one pound coffee can half filled with sand from various short and long distances you will never win a tournament. Hey Learn to cast better then even better than that and be perfect. I swear to you, if I could learn anyone can.
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