Tail Spinner Tricks For Spring Bass Fishing

The Tail Spin is an overlooked option for Spring bass. Its traditional use is deep water presentations around baitfish and schooling bass. Like many techniques it has been refined in recent years and a variety of new lures have hit the market to help capitalize on the shallow bite, smaller baitfish, short strikes, etc.

If you're still using a tail spinner one dimensionally its time to consider your other options. This bait can be hopped, steadily swam parallel to bottom, jigged, burned, or used to cast extreme distances to busting fish. With so many options its a wonder we don't have a tail spinner tied on every time we hit the lake.

We've found 4 tail spins that fit our fishing style the best. These baits cover all the bases and can fish in a variety of conditions. Below is a break down of the baits as well as the tackle we use to fish tailspins effectively.

The baits...

(Blue Shad, Iris Shad)

(Ayu, Real Shad, Crystal)

(Blue Shad, Purple Met Shad, Shad)

(Black Smokey Shad, Tanago 2)

Hook Upgrades...

Use size 4 hook for all baits except the Duo Realis. The duo hooks are extremely small, a size 8 is best.

Great Rods For This Technique...

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Equipment We Recommend...

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[michaelteaby]

Once AGAIN...., you guys have opened up another door !! Thnx a Million for keeping me Educated and Sane through the Winter

[kodymackie]

You and your brother are literally the absolute best for gear review and technique explanations! I appreciate you guys for taking the time for helping.

[jackbursovsky]

You all are the two most informative you tube fishermen out there. Thanks and keep it up

[jimhartman]

This a great! I just did a search yesterday for a tailspin video on your channel. I could have sworn I saw one before.
Thank you as always for sharing this.

[johnkoons]

First limit I ever caught in '71, little George in 3-5' water. Met Tom Mann, who we can thank for the tail spinner going big (Little George), asked him how he could fish them all day as he commonly did an not lose a ton of them. He said jokingly to me, "buy em by the dozen". Always been a stand by for me, structure fishing down deep. Thanks for the video.

[Kado]

A tail spinner is one of my favorite search baits. They work awsome for smallies in Washington.

[BLsoowoop]

Hearing those hounds in the background got my juices flowing

[lgd]

Super informative video as always. Thank you for all the tested knowledge that you share. It has definitely changed the way I look at things when I'm out on the water. After all fishing is more of a mental game than we think. I'm thankful to guys like you that take the time to break it down for us weekend warriors! Tight lines, brothers!!

[masonmc]

I love your videos! They give me something to fill the need to fish while I’m overseas. Keep it up!

[shawntitsworth]

Great video Matt. Love the info you and Tim offer us. Gonna have to pick up a few of them tail spinners. I like throwing something the fish hasn’t seen. With that said I’d like to see a video on fishing the scrounger head. That’s something else I wouldn’t mind trying. I’d like to hear how and where y’all use them. Thanks for all y’all do for us. Keep the vids coming.

[nicholasdettling]

As always some incredible information from some incredible people

[Caliekat]

Great video! Did a double take on the cat at 5:19, my fishing buddy looks exactly like that 🤣😂🤣 she gets fresh fish when she follows me finishing the canal's

[CBALLZ]

Tailspinners will be out of stock by noon today at TackleWarehouse.com🤣🤣🤣🎣🐟👍🏻

[dennishodson]

Your story on Tim's recollection of the shallow water catch reminded me of a lost HUGE LM at Arkabutla Lake in MS. Fishing a shallow saddle, white bass started busting near bushes I was fishing with plastics. Picked up a rod with a Little George on and chunked it. 3 feet of water and got bit. I watched this bass swim by the boat headed to deeper water with the George on it's lip. Needless to say, one shake of it's head and the George was slung. It just didn't click that this may have been a pattern.Thanks to this U Tube, I am adding the shallow water (Tailspin) tactic to my deck.

[stevencaldwell]

I’ve found that tailspins along with a blade bait ( December, January, February ) is a killer one two punch! Blade bait slow jigged on bottom, Tailspin chuck and wind for suspended bass.

[Uncle_Yukon]

6:11 Your wizard cat just disappeared. HaHaHa

[Altered]

Been throwing Mann’s Little George for years. I was surprised you didn't even give honorable mention of it. Silver blue back works well here like the Chrome blue back lipless baits do.

[dennisnicholson]

The disappearing cat trick was pretty cool, Matt. Ah, the magic of cinematography. Seriously, thanks for showing me a type of lure that adds just that much more to my arsenal. I guess that I'll have to learn how to change out hooks.

[enter_future]

Fantastic video!! Love the in depth explanation and examples necessary to use each bait properly in every video 🤙

[kimehunt]

You guys must have a mountain of original treble hooks.