Fishhead Spin Or Horse Head, It Is Done Here More Than You Thnk

[mjk86]

I love how all the tackle websites are advertising all these underspin jigs on their front page since the classic. Like anyone can take an underspin jig and a fluke and repeat what the guy who won did. People will go crazy buying these things only to realize that the skill gap between the pros and them is enormous. He is probably the best in the world at fishing underspins. Im afraid that we all go too crazy trying to learn too many techniques. If you pick a few techniques and get very good at those youll spend less money and be a better fisherman. Im guilty of it too....buy the latest and greatest lure thinking its the magic bullet, only to use it few hours, put it back and grab your Keitechs (insert...jig/spoon/crank/senko/whatever your go too is). I have sooooo many lures for every different situation that could possibly arise, yet in most of those situations I just reach for 1 of 3 things.

[Champ188]

I love how all the tackle websites are advertising all these underspin jigs on their front page since the classic. Like anyone can take an underspin jig and a fluke and repeat what the guy who won did. People will go crazy buying these things only to realize that the skill gap between the pros and them is enormous. He is probably the best in the world at fishing underspins. Im afraid that we all go too crazy trying to learn too many techniques. If you pick a few techniques and get very good at those youll spend less money and be a better fisherman. Im guilty of it too....buy the latest and greatest lure thinking its the magic bullet, only to use it few hours, put it back and grab your Keitechs (insert...jig/spoon/crank/senko/whatever your go too is). I have sooooo many lures for every different situation that could possibly arise, yet in most of those situations I just reach for 1 of 3 things.

Darn well said, mjk86. You can bet Ashley grew up throwing that thing with all the blueback herring lakes they have out there. His dad obviously taught him well.

[Justin Spencer]

Fishhead spin sounds so fancy, when they were talking about it I had no idea it was basically a big road runner. I guess I have been on the cutting edge since I was 10 years old casting them with my Zebco 33. I still love a road runner, even saw a guy with a 28" brown trout caught on a road runner on the NFoW.

[fishinwrench]

I call this a Hardtail Clouser.

White bass like it OK, but Walleye seem to REALLY like it. Never tried it on trout waters. Hmmm

[abkeenan]

I call this a Hardtail Clouser.

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White bass like it OK, but Walleye seem to REALLY like it. Never tried it on trout waters. Hmmm

They look like mice on meth to me. LOL.

[twoarkies]

I usually start with the horsehead with willow leaf using a Bobby Garland 2" swimming minnow usually in the blue thunder color.

Babler turned me on to the swimming minnow three years ago talking about using it on the mud flats in the Cricket Creek area of Long Creek for crappie. After finding out this dude caught bass, I fish it in depths with success allowing the depth of the fish to determine the weight of the horsehead.

[abkeenan]

The 3" smoke swimming minnow will catch anything that swims. It's the only bait I use for crappie anymore and there have been days where I have gotten quite a few bonus bass while after the paper mouths. One windy day in Brushy Creek as we were leaving our crappie spot we fished our way to towards the mouth of the creek beating the bank and out to about 12 feet and slayed 10-15 inch Kentucky's on the swimmin' minnow. 15" Spots on a small ultra light gear is about as fun as it gets.

[Donna G]

Going to go back a few years to the last elite of he year I believe it was a September event that was won here on the Rock by Todd Faircloth.

Don't believe they called it a Fishhead Spin at that time, but Aaron Martens durn near won the deal fishing it on the bridge piers at KC.

Someone probably Dave can call the name of the bait, but it just looked like a big Road Runner, with a willow blade and a fluke hung off the back. I immediately tried it as Aaron showed how he was fishing it and talked about it and everything. Really nice presentation.

Personally I never did well with it as I could not keep it running correctly it wanted to spin something crazy like, and there is so many ways to catch them I put it on the back burner.

There was also a big blowup out there with either Martins-Elias or Swindel, cannot remember who other than Martins was involved, but he was on those fish with that presentation, and someone tried to horn in on his deal, and it really hit the fan. Don't think it went to the bank, but pretty close with enough 4 letter words raining down you would have thought you were in Sturgus.

That really is a very popular presentation here, but modified a bit and a lot of the locals fish it a bunch, mostly to suspended fish in pole timber. I know Beck will at times fish it along with Buster, but Pete probably does it more than everyone else combined. Bob Tindle when he was guiding and now even sport fishing uses it a huge percentage of the time.

Most popular deal however is to use the Super Fluke or the Jr. on a Schronger head. and wind it thru the pole timber. Buster just told me it is a very good technique for fishng Bull Shoals early and to go right down the bank with it. More action than swimming a grub and you can keep it off the bottom better. Especially if we have moss problems as we do sometimes early.

Oh, I remember that. I thought it was Elias and Swindle. Swindle charged over there to Elias without bothering to pull his trolling motor and pitched a fit. Elias was super cool about it.

[Donna G]

Bet that Scrounger head deal would work with a Keitech-style swimbait. Same with the horsehead.

The bridge pilings deal at KC was Swindle and Zell Rowland. Swindle was dropshotting the second piling from the south side when Zell pulled up on the one just north of him. Swindle, being younger and much more volatile than now, jumped down behind the console, cranked the motor and plowed over there without even pulling up his trolling motor and tore into Zell (verbally). Not sure if Zell eventually left or not but it was pretty comical because Zell never even raised his voice. Just kept fishing while Swindle was practically turning backflips in his boat and reading Zell the riot act.

Oh, that's right. Sorry, Bill. I was seeing Elias. For some reason I have always confused Rowland and Elias.

[Donna G]

Champ don't know ya personally but from your posts over the years. I don't believe for one second you and your better half would fish that little thing that deep, no way no how!

I know. Nuts, right? We were bored and kept seeing fish under us. It does take a little while for the Ned to get down there, but it wasn't too bad. Seemed like dropshotting.