Beetle spins

HulaPopr · 10-23-05, 12:18 PM

Anyone else here fish with beetle spins much? Lately I've been using a 1/16 oz one a lot in a small river by my friends house. Catches a lot of big longears, stumpknockers, and warmouths, but also good bass. The river is loaded with trees, stumps, and all sorts of eddys so I just throw the lure upstream and birng it down to an eddy where the current is different and slow my retrieve down and bang, I've got a bass. Anyone else do this or use lures this small for bass? I like using the really small spinners b/c bass in the river are really spookable and the won't go after anything big.

thomas32140 · 10-23-05, 12:37 PM

I use beetle spins when fishing for crappie bass and bluegill they work great when they are extra small.

Fishie · 10-23-05, 04:12 PM

Read a article where the pro's use bittle spins more than you think. They have fashioned a homemade bettle spin that is larger that they use. Chapman was fishing one a year ago in a Tourney on the delta I believe.

JB · 10-23-05, 05:39 PM

really almost any size colorado blade with a grub or split tail could be made very easily with a jig head.
The yellow/black beetle spin has been used for years, heres an example of a homemade version

River stumps · 10-23-05, 05:46 PM

I believe a beetle spin is identical to a bass buster, or they may be the same thing, not sure. But I do know they catch bass. I rig one up on a lite spinning reel when I take a kid fishing with me and He usually catches more fish than I catch. So I know for sure that it is a good bait to use use if you want to catch brim or crappie.

flachristopherkeene9 · 10-23-05, 05:54 PM

Got two at ace today. Just tie em' on and reel???

Chris

Gonna try soon gotta couple hours of daylight, then its hurricane work then fishing.

Fishie · 10-23-05, 06:06 PM

yep. or jig them

JB · 10-24-05, 04:02 PM

Just think of it as a spinnerbait and throw and retrieve like you would any grub or spinnerbait, the flash of the blade and the action of the plastic varies from grub to paddle tail , to the split tail action that the beetlespin has.. I guess the chartruse and black or yellow and black resembles a catalpa worm...

Fish On · 10-24-05, 04:25 PM

never had faith in beetle spins. Did better with grubs.

chuck n · 10-24-05, 06:22 PM

I caught a 9lb. bass on a 1/8 oz. Beetle Spin a few years back when living in Florida. Caught her on 6lb. with an ultra lite. I was fishing for gills. I watched her come up from the bottom and inhale the bait. I was afraid to pull too hard for fear of breaking off. I let her pull the boat around for about 10 mins. LOL. When I lipped her the hook fell out of her mouth.

Fish On · 10-24-05, 06:34 PM

I caught a 5lb bass(New York) on 1/64 jighead with tiny grub

Caught a 5lb 3oz bass on 2.5 in bass.

Fish On · 10-24-05, 06:36 PM

2.5 in tube i mean duh!

wlb · 10-25-05, 08:34 AM

I make my own beetlespins, using a 1/4 oz jighead, #3 gold colorado blade and a white 3" body which makes it just a little larger than a normal beetlespin. I can follow guys down a bank throwin regular stuff and pick them off with a bettlespin, not just little ones, up here on lake Erie the big smallies love em! I just caught a 20" largie 2 days ago, fluttering one down the rip rap, a good tactic if theres a bunch of baitfish around.
I've kicked my buddies butts more than once with them, so now they have nicknamed me beetlspin billy!

Great little bait!

Bass_fishing_girl · 10-25-05, 10:59 AM

I never go to the lake without a beetlespin. I have caught so many bass with them. Sometimes, when nothing else works, these will.

San

rrw4258 · 10-25-05, 02:21 PM

once and a while i fish beetle spins, on light spinning tackle for crappies and gills, and the occasional small bass? However when i was at one fo the piers at lake erie i pulled it down the pier and caught a 3.5 lb. smallmouth!!!

10-23-05, 12:18 PM	#1
HulaPopr BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: May 2004 Location: Central Florida Posts: 2,282	Beetle spins Anyone else here fish with beetle spins much? Lately I've been using a 1/16 oz one a lot in a small river by my friends house. Catches a lot of big longears, stumpknockers, and warmouths, but also good bass. The river is loaded with trees, stumps, and all sorts of eddys so I just throw the lure upstream and birng it down to an eddy where the current is different and slow my retrieve down and bang, I've got a bass. Anyone else do this or use lures this small for bass? I like using the really small spinners b/c bass in the river are really spookable and the won't go after anything big. __________________ Orland, FL To do list: catch a bass on a c-rig catch a bass on a swimbait

10-23-05, 05:46 PM	#5
River stumps BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Va Posts: 246	I believe a beetle spin is identical to a bass buster, or they may be the same thing, not sure. But I do know they catch bass. I rig one up on a lite spinning reel when I take a kid fishing with me and He usually catches more fish than I catch. So I know for sure that it is a good bait to use use if you want to catch brim or crappie. __________________ God is good!

10-23-05, 06:06 PM	#7
Fishie BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,145	yep. or jig them __________________ Kick some Bass

10-24-05, 04:25 PM	#9
Fish On BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hauppauge, NY Posts: 368	never had faith in beetle spins. Did better with grubs. __________________ David Scott

10-24-05, 06:22 PM	#10
chuck n BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Addison, Mi. Posts: 61	I caught a 9lb. bass on a 1/8 oz. Beetle Spin a few years back when living in Florida. Caught her on 6lb. with an ultra lite. I was fishing for gills. I watched her come up from the bottom and inhale the bait. I was afraid to pull too hard for fear of breaking off. I let her pull the boat around for about 10 mins. LOL. When I lipped her the hook fell out of her mouth. __________________ I'm sure gonna miss her when I get home-.Brad Paisley- (Fishin' Song):)

10-23-05, 12:37 PM	#2
thomas32140 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 32	I use beetle spins when fishing for crappie bass and bluegill they work great when they are extra small.

10-23-05, 04:12 PM	#3
Fishie BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,145	Read a article where the pro's use bittle spins more than you think. They have fashioned a homemade bettle spin that is larger that they use. Chapman was fishing one a year ago in a Tourney on the delta I believe. __________________ Kick some Bass

10-23-05, 05:39 PM	#4
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	really almost any size colorado blade with a grub or split tail could be made very easily with a jig head. The yellow/black beetle spin has been used for years, heres an example of a homemade version

10-23-05, 05:54 PM	#6
flachristopherkeene9 BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 516	Got two at ace today. Just tie em' on and reel??? Chris Gonna try soon gotta couple hours of daylight, then its hurricane work then fishing.

10-24-05, 04:02 PM	#8
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	Just think of it as a spinnerbait and throw and retrieve like you would any grub or spinnerbait, the flash of the blade and the action of the plastic varies from grub to paddle tail , to the split tail action that the beetlespin has.. I guess the chartruse and black or yellow and black resembles a catalpa worm...

10-24-05, 06:34 PM	#11
Fish On BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hauppauge, NY Posts: 368	I caught a 5lb bass(New York) on 1/64 jighead with tiny grub Caught a 5lb 3oz bass on 2.5 in bass. __________________ David Scott

10-24-05, 06:36 PM	#12
Fish On BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hauppauge, NY Posts: 368	2.5 in tube i mean duh! __________________ David Scott

10-25-05, 08:34 AM	#13
wlb BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 8	I make my own beetlespins, using a 1/4 oz jighead, #3 gold colorado blade and a white 3" body which makes it just a little larger than a normal beetlespin. I can follow guys down a bank throwin regular stuff and pick them off with a bettlespin, not just little ones, up here on lake Erie the big smallies love em! I just caught a 20" largie 2 days ago, fluttering one down the rip rap, a good tactic if theres a bunch of baitfish around. I've kicked my buddies butts more than once with them, so now they have nicknamed me beetlspin billy! Great little bait!

10-25-05, 10:59 AM	#14
Bass_fishing_girl BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 1,383	I never go to the lake without a beetlespin. I have caught so many bass with them. Sometimes, when nothing else works, these will. San __________________ Texas Give us this day our daily limit :D

10-25-05, 02:21 PM	#15
rrw4258 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bellevue, Ohio Posts: 2,338	once and a while i fish beetle spins, on light spinning tackle for crappies and gills, and the occasional small bass? However when i was at one fo the piers at lake erie i pulled it down the pier and caught a 3.5 lb. smallmouth!!! __________________ Never Give Up!

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