Spinnerbaits from the eyes of Marty Stone:

The concept of pattern fishing for bass was first defined by Roland Martin in 1969: "A 'pattern' is the exact set of water conditions such as depth, cover, structure, temperature, clarity, currents, etc., which attracts fish to a specific location and to other similar locations all over the same body of water." In Pro Patterns, we interview a top bass fishing expert to get insights and details of his favorite pattern that will help you catch more and bigger bass. Print these patterns to create a notebook that will help you catch bass anywhere and anytime.




Marty Stone of Fayetteville, N.C., is a two-time BASS winner and an Elite Series pro with a reputation for throwing a spinnerbait. He knows that there are times and places when the "blade" will catch more and bigger bass faster than any other lure. "Stone Cold Marty Spinnerbaiting" is a pattern that will keep you ahead of the crowd in spring, and, when conditions are right, it can win a tournament, too.

Seasons: Spring

Water Conditions:

Water temperature: 54-66 degrees
Water color: Stained (6 inches to 2 feet of visibility)
Wind/current: When there's no wind or current, this pattern will produce during the first few hours of the day. If there's current and light conditions are low, the bite can last all day long.

Structure/Cover:

Structure: Secondary points of major creeks.
Cover: Flooded willows, sweet gums, buck bushes and other wood cover.
Depth: 2-5 feet

Tackle:

Lure: 1/2- or 3/4-ounce Picasso spinnerbait with double willowleaf blades and a white and chartreuse or white skirt
Rod: 7-foot American Rodsmiths Team Series Marty Stone signature casting rod (medium action)
Reel: Browning Midas MI10SHA with a 6.4:1 gear ratio
Line: 20-pound-test Vicious monofilament

Presentation:

Cast/Flip/Pitch: Cast
Retrieve: Slow to medium so that the blades of the spinnerbait are deep enough that they are just out of sight during the retrieve. Bounce the bait off cover whenever possible.





Keys to Success:

This is a strong pattern, but the presence of a shad spawn can make it even better. Watch for shad flipping and moving to get away from the bait. If you see this type of activity, the shad are likely spawning.

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It's all lies!

LOL must be something Frank likes in that article... (He's using the old Jedi mind trick)

Got to get back to using spinnerbaits! Many of the waters I did well using them, I haven't been back to in a few years and stopped fishing them.

I'm tying on a few darker colors (black with gold or blue scale) and will use a chunk or action tail trailer as I do with swimming jigs in 5' or less. Gray or bone living rubber skirts seem to be my best colors under overcast skies in Oct and Nov.

Smallies also clobber them in my local river along with buzzbaits as long as the water temp stays in the upper 40's/ low 50's.

Thanks for the article.

Funny for the last few years I haven't had much luck with a spinnerbait. untill this year I started useing a strike king 1/2oz with gold colorado blades and white and chartruse skirt. Just slow rolling it along the bottom. And belive me I have hundreds of spinnerbaits and I try them every time I go out. But for some reason this year they have taken to this particular bait. it's the only one I take with me now.

It's amazing to me how so many times different lures and techniques can suddenly start working for people around the country.

I personally just started to focus on spinnerbaits again and have been having a lot of success with a BooYah 1/2 ounces chart/white, tandem willow/colorado. Fall has always been a great time for me with spinnerbaits, but this year I've been connecting with more fish in the 4-5 lb class.

Once the water temps start to really drop, and the spinnerbait bite slows down, I usually switch over to an inline spinner and find that very productive.

For numbers, I've been really liking a 3/8 oz tandem colorado. Smaller blades, and I like to dip the larger blade in chart spike it... really produces well for me this time of year.

Anyone else have some input, or do you all have "lock jaw" like these post front largies around here?

what kind of water do you like 2 throw that tandem colorado spinnerbait? what color,and for largemouth or smallmouth?

Sorry for the delay, was actually out fishing most of the weekend (who would have guessed) lol

That's my fall largemouth favorite... once the weeds die off, I'll throw it in any color water. Works great in gin clear water and tanic. Most of the places I fish don't get real muddy, but you can't go wrong with chart in dirty water.

Strike King makes a nice 3/8 ounce spinnerbait, all white skirt that comes with double colorados in nickel. Most Walmarts have them in stock. I just dye the top part of the skirt chart and the big blade.