size 6 colorado blade in classic silver or gold

White, chartreuse, and silver are great minnow imitators. When picking out colors, you’ll want to stick with one that matches the bait in your lake. It’s extremely versatile and can be fished slow or fast depending on the mood of the bass. In the summer all the way through the winter months, the bait is great to fish around schooling fish, wood, rip rap, and anywhere bass are feeding on shad, shiners, or herring. In the spring when the water has warmed up to the upper 50’s and low 60’s, it can be thrown around pre-spawn staging areas like points and ditches with good success.

This bait can shine in all times of the year due to its uncanny ability to mimic a small school of baitfish. Blade size should also be considered, using smaller blades for minnows and bigger when trying to imitate larger baitfish like shad or herring. The cup is not extremely deep, so it doesn’t emit a ton of vibration, but very closely matches the profile and sound of a baitfish swimming through the water. Like the name implies, this blade is long and skinny and comes to a sharp point, and closely resembles a leaf from the willow tree. The double willow leaf blade spinnerbait is probably the most commonly used spinnerbait in seasoned bass anglers’ arsenals. The light colors imitate a skittering baitfish in clear conditions and the darker versions present a great silhouette in low light conditions allowing the bass to see it. We like to use white or chartreuse with a silver blade when the water is clear, and a dark skirt with a gold or black blade when the water is more stained or muddy. The single blade spinnerbait is ideally slow-rolled around wood, rip rap, and large grass flats where bass pull up to soak up the sun’s rays.Īs far as colors go, you’re going to want to match your blade and skirt color to not only the forage present in the lake, but also to the water color and conditions. This vibration triggers the bass below into a reaction strike. This is where the “thump” of a single Colorado blade spinnerbait really shines. Despite the increasing water temperature, fish still are a bit lethargic as the water temps tend to be in the upper 40’s to low 50’s.

When the water first starts to warm in the spring, bass become increasingly active in feeding up on baitfish in order to fatten up for the rigors of the upcoming spawn.

We generally like to run a Colorado blade when the water is cold or dirty in order to allow bass to easily home in on the lure from a distance using their lateral lines. This blade excels when you’re looking for high vibration to trigger strikes. The Colorado blade is a large tear-dropped shape with a deep cup in the blade. This version is the classic spinnerbait model and definitely still has a place in every bass fisherman’s arsenal.

Size 6 colorado blade in classic silver or gold