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Heavy Duty Offshore Spinnerbait?
Posted on 5/5/26 at 5:56 am
Posted on 5/5/26 at 5:56 am
I have a bunch of these heads and Id like to do something with them. They were originally designed and built for using in South America in the Amazon for peacock bass. The one below is a 2 ounce head and I put a number five willow blade on them just for starters. The actual weight of the finished spinnerbait is closer to 2.5 ounces.
The wire is very thick. Close to .058" which is thicker than most buzzbait wire. Also, it has a heavy duty saltwater hook. I painted a few up and plan on trying to use them in some way next week when I get back out in the gulf
What would you do with these where you fish? I think here, I could get them on the bottom since I dont fish as deep as you guys do. Could be fun to try
For comparison, the bottom picture is one beside our freshwater spinnerbait. LOL.
I also have some of these heads with the same wire, and hook in a three-quarter ounce and a 1 ounce version.
The wire is very thick. Close to .058" which is thicker than most buzzbait wire. Also, it has a heavy duty saltwater hook. I painted a few up and plan on trying to use them in some way next week when I get back out in the gulf
What would you do with these where you fish? I think here, I could get them on the bottom since I dont fish as deep as you guys do. Could be fun to try
For comparison, the bottom picture is one beside our freshwater spinnerbait. LOL.
I also have some of these heads with the same wire, and hook in a three-quarter ounce and a 1 ounce version.
This post was edited on 5/5/26 at 5:57 am
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Posted on 5/5/26 at 6:10 am to LanierSpots
This is a good time for me to admit the following:
I always thought there would be some problems with a spinnerbait as a child.
I thought the blade should have a hook on it too in case the fish decided tk bite the blade.
I also thought you’d get half the hookups since the fish would get confused and not know what to bite.
I’m just now brave enough to admit it.
I always thought there would be some problems with a spinnerbait as a child.
I thought the blade should have a hook on it too in case the fish decided tk bite the blade.
I also thought you’d get half the hookups since the fish would get confused and not know what to bite.
I’m just now brave enough to admit it.
This post was edited on 5/5/26 at 6:11 am
Posted on 5/5/26 at 6:17 am to LanierSpots
Id have to chunk it at a rig to see if I could get a mangrove to hit it.
Ive been on a ~ 3 year mission to figure out how to destroy mangrove snapper on artificial. No luck yet.
Ive been on a ~ 3 year mission to figure out how to destroy mangrove snapper on artificial. No luck yet.
Posted on 5/5/26 at 6:20 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Ive been on a ~ 3 year mission to figure out how to destroy mangrove snapper on artificial. No luck yet.
Yeah, they really seem to be carnivores. I will catch inshore grouper on a swim bait at times but never the mangrove snapper. Seems like it has to be alive or cut bait.
I could also rig this bait with a swim bait body instead of a skirt. I'm planning on trying that as well. I could switch up the size of the swim bait and the blade to adjust the depth.
Hell, you could even put a sardine or something on the back of it.
This post was edited on 5/5/26 at 6:21 am
Posted on 5/5/26 at 6:42 am to LanierSpots
We've managed to get them to hit top water before but only when it was glass smooth. Dont get that often.
That lil gizmo might work. Definitely would work for reds. Probably Spanish mackrel.
That lil gizmo might work. Definitely would work for reds. Probably Spanish mackrel.
Posted on 5/5/26 at 6:55 am to LanierSpots
Do they still sell the salt pork jig tails in a jar? Wonder if that'd work.
Posted on 5/5/26 at 7:31 am to LanierSpots
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What would you do with these where you fish? I think here, I could get them on the bottom since I don't fish as deep as you guys do. Could be fun to try
I would have it tied to a 6500-8000 series spinning reel to throw at floating structure- I think that's going to be it's best use in the salt. Anything that holds top structure and primarily eats fish would probably eat it. Larger chicken dolphin, Cobia, Wahoo, King Mack, Barracuda, Blackfin, Jacks of all varieties.
I don't see it being ideal for snapper with one exception. If you can chum them up in the water column and get them into a feeding frenzy they will eat it. I've caught Mahi on a fly rod offshore with a similar fly profile to that spinnerbait, without the blade obviously.
I would worry about anything with some serious heft getting ahold of it though. The wire might be thick, but it's long enough to be pretty pliable relative to where the hook sits. I'd worry about something with a tough mouth like a Cobia thrashing around and coming unstuck
This post was edited on 5/5/26 at 7:35 am
Posted on 5/5/26 at 8:24 am to LanierSpots
I'd love to chunk that into a school of bull reds in the fall. It would have to be really heavy duty to last more than a few of those brutes.. 
Posted on 5/5/26 at 9:28 am to LanierSpots
Snook will hit a spinner bait. Or a buzz bait. Dolphin will as well. They will eat anything thrown at them. I'd bet tarpon would but it'd be the end of the spinnerbait if by some off chance the hook made it home and even getting hit by a tarpon would probably end its life as a viable bait.
Unimaginable that Grouper wouldn't eat a spinner bait....trolling plugs for grouper over a reef is a great way to catch grouper, no reason a spinner bait wouldn't work also. No reason a mangrove wouldn't eat them.
Unimaginable that Grouper wouldn't eat a spinner bait....trolling plugs for grouper over a reef is a great way to catch grouper, no reason a spinner bait wouldn't work also. No reason a mangrove wouldn't eat them.
Posted on 5/5/26 at 10:47 am to LanierSpots
I've flattened a Budweiser can, ran a wire through it with 2oz sinker and a treble on the end and jigged up some snapper...
it was on a bet...
it was on a bet...
This post was edited on 5/5/26 at 10:48 am
Posted on 5/5/26 at 3:55 pm to Sea Hoss
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I'd love to chunk that into a school of bull reds in the fall. It would have to be really heavy duty to last more than a few of those brutes..
I am going to paint up and build some of the 3/4 ounce ones that I have and try it with the reds here. That 2oz is honestly just too big for casting a lot. Especially in shallow water. I have some 1oz as well.
I have had reds hit my normal frame spinnerbait and caught the on it. They are just not build for that kind of punishment though. I will see how these heavy duty ones work.
Posted on 5/5/26 at 4:47 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Had one trip where we caught them on soft plastics with our bass rods...small.ones but it was fun..
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