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By Stan Fagerstrom
Part 2
There’s good reason why the Mack’s Lure Stan’s Spin catches more than its share of fish on a slow retrieve.
If you read my last column, you’ll recall I told how my wife uses her Stan’s Spin spinnerbait. I detailed how she sits there in the stern seat of my bass boat and retrieves her spinnerbait two or three times more slowly than I usually do. I also pointed out how sometimes the result is she catches more fish.
As I’ve mentioned, there are good reasons why this happens. One reason is the way the Stan’s Spin is constructed. The Pro Model has two blades but one of them is made of Mylar plastic.
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| It's this easy turning Mylar blade that makes a big difference between the Pro Model Stan's Spin and other spinnerbaits. This durable plastic blade continues to turn where a metal blade won't. |
You won’t find another spinnerbait blade that spins as easily.
The Stan’s Spin’s lightweight blade continues to function where a heavier metal blade simply flops to the bottom.
And that’s not the only reason that a slow retrieve sometimes is your best bet. You don’t have to fish bass long to discover that bumping your lure off cover sometimes is an excellent way to trigger strikes. A good bit of the cover where bass are prone to hang out is often found down close to the bottom.
Retrieve a spinnerbait as quickly as many of us are inclined to do and the lure won’t get down where the boulders, submerged tree stumps or whatever is located. Your lure can’t bump the cover, and possibly trigger strikes, if it’s coming back to the boat way up above the spots where the fish are holding.
There are a couple of other techniques to keep in mind when you’re throwing a Stan’s Spin. Neither of these procedures is at all involved but they are well worth building into your spinnerbait technique.
The first is to cast right up next to whatever the cover happens to be and just let it your spinnerbait fall straight down. Once it gets down where you think fish might be holding, give a sharp flip of your rod tip to cause the lure to dart back up and away.
I’ve nailed some dandy bass doing exactly that. One of the lakes I once fished often had lots of old piling. Some of the lake’s larger bass could often be found hanging around the area where the pilings were located. I’d sneak up to within 30 feet of one of these piling and cast my spinnerbait right up to where it poked out of the water.
Many of the pilings were in water 10 to 12-feet deep. I found what worked most often was to let my spinnerbait sink about 8-feet before I snapped up with my rod tip. Every now and then one of the pot-bellied bigmouth that had been eyeballing the lure as it dropped just couldn’t restrain itself when the bait suddenly darted away. They surged up to grab it.
The second technique is somewhat similar. Simply cast your spinnerbait into a likely looking spot and let it fall all the way to the bottom. Leave it alone for a couple of heartbeats, then yank it up off the bottom and begin reeling. Keep a good grip on your rod. Now and then I’ve had a heavyweight almost jerk the rod out of my hands when they smashed my Stan’s Spin going away.
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Day in and day out this Pro Model Stan's Spin will catch about as many largemouth bass as anything you can tie on your line. |
As I mentioned in the beginning, there is usually more than one way to do darn near anything. Day in and day out your Mack’s Lure Pro Model Stan’s Spin is just about as dependable a bass bait as your bucks can buy, but you’ve got to give it its best chance to produce.
Trying the different procedures I’ve shared with you in these last two columns is a good way to do that.
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