Has anyone ever used beetle spins for trout and reds. If so what where the best colors? Would they work good under a poping cork?
I caught a big sheephead on a roostertail, so I guess anythings possible! Try one of the clear w/silver flake and let us know how that works out for you. I would imagine a trout would hit it at least.
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caught a flounder on the big lime-green beetle spin.
I have caught bass , bream ,crappie, catfish,
trout, reds, even peacock bass I don’t think you can go wrong with beetle spins and any color I personally like white and if you don’t have any in you tackle box then your not a fisherman
2008
Ranger Banshee Extreme
Yamaha 60
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Originally posted by buckbassI have caught bass , bream ,crappie, catfish,
trout, reds, even peacock bass I don’t think you can go wrong with beetle spins and any color I personally like white and if you don’t have any in you tackle box then your not a fisherman
2008
Ranger Banshee Extreme
Yamaha 60
Really? I guess there are a bunch of posers out there, including myself.[:0]
Actually, I might have one or two…
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2008
Ranger Banshee Extreme
Yamaha 60
They will definitely work for reds, trout, and redfish.
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Lee Strickland
Strickland Marine Insurance, Inc.
843-795-1000 / 800-446-1862
What is the difference between reds and redfish?
Redfish Magic… is basically a beetle spin.
Roostertails can be good for the macks as well. Get the white or silvery one, the look just like a glass minnow.
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Originally posted by SlowpokeRedfish Magic… is basically a beetle spin.
Take out the “basically”, and I agree even more. I always thought it was pretty cheezy for Strike King to take the Beetle Spin design and call it something else like it was something new. Even the size isn’t new. Bass fishermen have been using that size for many years. BTW, you’ve always been able to buy the spinner stand-alone and put a grub on it. It’s cheaper that way, and it’s the same thing.
Notice that the manufacturer of the Redfish Magic is Strike King–an old freshwater spinnerbait manufacturer. BTW, the Fluke and the Spook also started out as freshwater bass baits, as did the jigging spoon, which has been painted up and repackaed by Shimano as the “butterfly jig”. I’ve been wondering how long it will take before people start figuring out that an SR-5 Shad Rap, a jig-n-craw, and a Rapala jerk minnow will catch saltwater too. Redfish and flounder will also eat plastic worms. I’ve caught both on them. One of my best flounder was on a jig and craw. There isn’t really much difference between what freshwater gamefish and saltwater gamefish eat (inshore, anyway).
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Lee Strickland
Strickland Marine Insurance, Inc.
843-795-1000 / 800-446-1862
I’ve had luck with the Green tail on a Red head with the spin on them (about the size of the redfish magic shown above). My Brother-in-law likes to take the spins off, but the last 3 times I fished with those colors and the spin on, it netted fish.
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Lures are designed to catch the angler first and the fish second. It is marketing in its purest form. You can catch spades with a cigarette celophane on a hook and tailing reds on a fly made of yarn (not to say that some aren’t better than others). It ain’t rocket surgery, just a way for us to obsess further over fishing.
Buckbass you should avoid absolutes like “no fear” and “your not a fisherman” bo!
please take me next time you go for tailers on the yarn. i’ll film the whole thing. when EVERYTHING goes right, I might hook 1 of 4 on a doa.
The red fish magic is the bait i caught my first reds on. The first nine in one day. Only got one on it since then. It’s a souped up beetle spin but it seems to work. My only dislike is that the grub dislodges from the barb on the hook very quickly after a few fish. Other than that it is a good bait, especially in muddy water.
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Replace the grub and head with a regular one. Das what I do.
Gotcha Covered,
Lee Strickland
Strickland Marine Insurance, Inc.
843-795-1000 / 800-446-1862