In-Line Spinners On The Rock?

[eyedabassman]

I was thinking ( that can be bad ) about all the baits that I hear you guys talk about that are working and catching fish.But no one talks In-Line Spinners on the Rock. I would think it would be a great bait to throw in the pre-spawn,spawn,post spawn as a follow up bait to others? i have a bunch of Mepp's and Roster Tails,so what do you guys think?

[dtrs5kprs]

Know they catch whites and spots when they are schooling and on the gravel places. Little inefficient with the weight and twist.

[Quillback]

When I lived in Massachusetts I used to fish them early in the spring, and catch bass on them, but haven't done it down here. But I agree, should be worth a shot.

[Ham]

I like to fish them down and across in a current situation especially through a riffle. I think fish follow them a lot, but bite them better when they get a brief window to hit it. I have though caught bass in the past using a small Panther Martin (silver blade / yellow hackle) use slow rolling it in the spring. I kind of went overboard on the finesse stuff 20 years ago.

[dblades]

I've got a couple of larger size (pink blades), I keep to cast to schoolers.

[Sac River Jim]

i used to love to throw a grey rooster tail up at taylor's shoal for whites but that was a long time ago before i started using soft plastics. i keep a couple 1/4oz white w/red roostertails in my panfish bag i throw on the flats up on stockton with success from time to time but the line twist is the reason i dont use them more than i do. they do catch fish especially in the spring and very early in the morning on the flats.

[Rodmaker]

EYE, CHECK YOUR MESSAGES.

[Sam]

I fish for whites with Roostertails a lot, and in the course of doing that I pick up quite a few black bass - mostly less than 15". From my point of view it's actually a disappointment when a hooked fish turns out to be a bass - I'll think I have a pretty good white bass hooked, then it heads toward the surface (uh-oh), then the dang thing jumps (*&@!). lol

Trolled or cast, Roostertails won't twist braided line like they twist monofilament - I use 10 lb. PowerPro, 2 lb. diameter.

And, much as I hate to say it I like Bass Pro's knockoff copy of the Roostertail much better than the original Roostertail. They used to call those Uncle Buck spinners but they have another name now, I can't think what without looking it up. Those have larger blades that spin better and at slower speeds, and the hooks are larger too. They're better in every way than Roostertails, in my opinion, and they're even a little cheaper.

[Sac River Jim]

Sam thnx for the info i need to pick up a new spinning reel for an Acadia M series rod I picked up last week I was thinking about using braid with a flouro leader anyhows.

[Sam]

S.R. Jim - I wouldn't use a leader at all when fishing with small-diameter braid and an in-line (Roostertail-type) spinner. I tie them on direct to 10 lb. PowerPro with a Fishin' Fool knot.

A Roostertail moves by the fish pretty fast - the throttle notch on my 4-stroke outboard means I troll them at 1.9 mph. Casting, I'm sure the retrieve speed isn't too different from that because it has to be fast enough to make the blade spin. I'm thinking that NO Roostertail strikes fail to happen because fish get scared off by seeing that 2 lb. diameter braid line.

An in-line Roostertail-type spinner won't twist braid, but it sure twists flouro and mono. I bet if you used that kind of leader with braid and a Roostertail, ALL the twists would go to the leader and make it a real rat's nest.