Spinner on your leader, more fish???

[catamanic]

Just curious, does adding a spinner on your leader increase the amount of fish caught? Me and my buddy went out the other night, he caught 7 channels and i only got one. our lines were within a few feet from eachother and we were using the exact same bait. the only thing different was the fact that he had a spinner on his leader. just wondering if there is anything to that...thank you!

[Larry FlatCaster]

Cats can be attracted to vibration, if the spinner was thumping and caught that many fish.... sounds like you guys might be on to something.

[pureinsanity]

It is possible that he had an advantage over you, but it also depends where the cat came from. For instance if it came up stream to the baits and his bait was the first in the fish's path??

[catamanic]

there was one point in the night that he caught 4 within 20 minutes of eachother

[RiverFish]

When I troll spinners/crawlers for Walleyes on the WI river, I will usually pick up at least one channel cat. They smack the spinner, gets your heart going when they hit.

[Gordie]

I dont know about the spinner therory but I bet there is a guy on here who can tell you about a rattle bobber

[pureinsanity]

I bet the catfish used its exceptional eye sight to hone in on the bling (spinner) and that is why his bait was taken rather then yours

[Larry FlatCaster]

I dont know about the spinner therory but I bet there is a guy on here who can tell you about a rattle bobber

I was thinking the same thing.... He'll be along shortly.

[catamanic]

what is a rattle bobber??

[TruthWalleyes]

what is a rattle bobber??

Put one of these bobbers with beads inside of it 6" from your bullhead

Mr Crappie Rattling Pear Fishing Bobbers

[Gordie]

If you want to really test your spinner theory put a hatchet blade on the clevis now thats a blade that throws out a whole lota thump and vibration..

[TruthWalleyes]

If you want to really test your spinner theory put a hatchet blade on the clevis now thats a blade that throws out a whole lota thump and vibration..

Shake - e - Blade...Now these things thump!

[rushing]

I just fill my bullheads with pop rocks.

[TruthWalleyes]

Or Alka Seltzer

[pikestabber]

Just curious, does adding a spinner on your leader increase the amount of fish caught? Me and my buddy went out the other night, he caught 7 channels and i only got one. our lines were within a few feet from each other and we were using the exact same bait. the only thing different was the fact that he had a spinner on his leader. just wondering if there is anything to that...thank you!

Try it again and see...could be a fluke, could be something to it. I never try to form an opinion with fewer than two or three trials, preferably more. That said, I personally am a fan of spinners. If the current is strong enough to spin them around it does a couple things, IMO. First and most obvious, it puts out more vibration which is a definite attractor for cats (and all fish). Second, and more hypothetical, a spinner displaces more water...pushes it out in a wider swath, which, in turn, disperses the scent of your bait further and farther out. If a cat is picking up on your buddy's bait/scent from farther away, he follows it to his line and not yours. Of course, the current will disperse scent of it's own accord, so the spinner assisting in this is just my theory.

[nsnutter]

Your buddy was in the right current seam. Spinners etc probably don't make a huge difference - but who knows ... test your theory out and let us know ...

[catamanic]

thanks for all the input, I'm going to go out tomorrow and test it out, I have a bunch of different rigs set up.I will post my results

[Larry FlatCaster]

. Second, and more hypothetical, a spinner displaces more water...pushes it out in a wider swath, which, in turn, disperses the scent of your bait further and farther out. If a cat is picking up on your buddy's bait/scent from farther away, he follows it to his line and not yours. Of course, the current will disperse scent of it's own accord, so the spinner assisting in this is just my theory.

Interesting thought that I hadn't considered. I could see merit in it.