The best way to fish a spinnerbait? Pick the right color, and know how to read the conditions! Kevin VanDam shares some #fishingtips with you.
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Spinner Baits on Windy Days
You know I love spinner baits on these real windy days like this but one of the things you really need to think about is the color of your bait. What I do is I look at the sky conditions and the water clarity to determine what color I’m going to use.
Bright Colors for Windy Days
You know up here the water is really clear and you know on a cloudy windy day like that you need something that’s real visible. So that’s when bright colors really work. I love painted blades, especially in these low-light conditions or if you’re trying to draw the bass out of deep water.
These painted blades give off a big silhouette, they’re real bright and they’ll see it from a long way away and that’s when they really, really shine.
Natural Colors for Calm, Clear Water
If it’s calmer and the water is real clear, that’s when you want something real natural. Your blue glimmer shad, green glimmer shad, things like that—translucent skirts that look like the real bait fish that are there. Especially in shallower conditions and clear water, you don’t have to draw them a long way, so having something more natural really works.
Bright Colors for Smallmouth Bass
The other thing is just having something good and bright. The wind cuts down a lot of the light penetration. Up here I’m fishing for a lot of smallmouth, so I want to have something that has the natural hues.
That’s why this chartreuse sexy shad is so good. It’s very similar to the perch; it’s got a lot of chartreuse that’s bright. But even anywhere I go in the country, in clear water, a straight white is a great color.
Universal Good Colors
Think about it: when you’re running that spinner bait up real high right below the surface, the bass is looking at it. They’re seeing the flash off the blades and they’re seeing that white bait, and that’s the color of the belly of every bait fish that swims. That’s why white is always that universal good color.
Conclusion
So think about the sky conditions, the water clarity, and the time of day—how much wind you have, how much light penetration—when you’re choosing your spinner bait colors. Follow me on social media, go to my YouTube channel, or go to Kem bam.com.
