Catch More Bass With This Spinnerbait

by Bobby Uhrig, owner of MegaStrike fishing products

It’s spring, and the bass and baitfish are active. Depending on what part of the country you’re in, the bass could be in any stage of the spawn, and are needing to replenish their fat reserves with protein-rich baitfish.

Everybody’s heard of throwing the new fad bait, the Alabama rig, this time of year, but the spinnerbait is still a very effective bait – and, unlike Alabama rigs, remains so after the spawn.

Spinnerbaits have been catching bass for over 50 years! But they also haven’t changed much in 50 years – except for our StrikeBack spinnerbait.

Hook More Fish

We at MegaStrike have evolved the spinnerbait. Why? Because through years of underwater filming, watching bass hit spinnerbaits, we’ve seen that bass – ambush predators – strike spinnerbaits from side angles about 90% of the time.

When a bass strikes a bait, it uses a very powerful “vacuum-like” inhale. And when a bass strikes a bait from a side angle, it must break the plane of the bait, causing resistance and drag. But equal water pressure down both sides of a spinnerbait want to keep the bait in line and straight.

In other words, the bait wants to stay completely straight – so the fisherman is actually pulling the bait away from the fish. With the StrikeBack, the front end (head ,wire and blades) of the bait stay stationary, but the back (hook end) pivots. It articulates 180 degrees. So when a bass inhales, it takes only half the energy to suck the hook into the fish’s mouth, resulting in more caught fish!

Land More Fish

The number one reason fishermen lose bass on typical spinnerbaits is, of course, when the fish jumps and dislodges the bait. That’s because with a typical spinnerbait, a bass uses the weight of the entire bait – head, wire and blades – as leverage to throw the bait.

With the StrikeBack spinnerbait the body articulates, which alleviates and reduces the leverage the bass has to throw the bait, resulting in less lost fish!

[Watch this to see what I’m talking about!]

More on the StrikeBack

> The blades are revolutionary. We painted half of them with lacquer so the nickel shows through – so as the blade turns, you get a flash of color and then a bigger flash. No one has ever done that before. These are also what’s called ‘reversed facet’ blades, which give off more flash. No one else has them.

> This is my favorite spinnerbait color:

Here’s why: I used to talk to Dr. Loren Hill all the time when he was one of the best fish biologists in the country. He said that when baitfish panic, they flare their gills. And through years of evolution, bass have learned to focus on that red gill. He called it the ‘red gill effect.’

That’s why manufacturers paint red gills on the side of their baits. It triggers strikes, which is why this color combination is my favorite and is one of our biggest sellers.”

> Remember that MegaStrike Fishing Products are made in America – quality is our priority!

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