Leverage Spinnerbaits

[HawgTide]

Anyone use leverage spinnerbaits? I was really excited to get them, but after today, I'm very disappointed. The hook came off the spinnerbait and cost me a 3 to 4lb Smallie. They get pretty mangled easily. I guess I'll have to stick to terminators.

[Yaeger Guide]

I have used the Leverage spinnerbaits since the Wisconsin opener. I have had good luck, but you are right that they will get mangled especially after a big pike or two. Re-tune 'em and they are ready to go.

After the MN opener, I am sold on them as an alternative to the Terminators. The flexibility of the exteneded hook shank is very nice. It does eliminate the need for a trailer hook in most situations. It was my only spinnerbait yesterday and worked well.

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God bless,
Judd Yaeger
Yaeger Guides
(Twin Cities Guides)
www.yaegerweb.com/guide

[This message has been edited by Yaeger Guide (edited 05-30-2004).]

[HawgTide]

Thanks for the response. Have you had any of the hooks come off yet? I caught a bunch of smallies today and yesterday on the leverage buzzbait and it worked great. I don't know if I could trust them in a tournament, though. Hopefully that was a one time thing.

[Yaeger Guide]

I have had no issues with them...yet. I am not a heavy spinnerbait fisherman so I might not be the best source to see if they will survive. Good luck.

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God bless,
Judd Yaeger
Yaeger Guides
(Twin Cities Guides)
www.yaegerweb.com/guide

[Trailblazin]

Stick with Srtike King or Terminator...You get what u pay for...

[HawgTide]

Leverages are just as expensive as terminators, so I don't know if that saying applies.

[Daze Off]

I bought one over the winter but have not given it a try yet - now I am curious to see the results.

Actually for my money I like the cheapo spinnerbaits (Northland) that I can change skirts and blades on and who cares if I lose them? My 2 cents anyway.

Daze Off

[HawgTide]

Thanks Dan. I ordered a dozen of them over the winter and this happened on opening day on the first one I tied on. Granted, I had already fought 8-10 smallies in heavy current before it happened, so maybe it was a fluke. They did seem to run true and overall I was pleased with them.

[Dan Wood]

I've never had a hook come off on the leverage baits. So far, I like them and like the idea of the flexible shaft.

[Trailblazin]

HawgTide - I was incorrect in stating the Leverage were not as expensive as the Terminators/Strike King....I was thinking of something different. I have heard of these lures and hear good things about them.

Good Luck

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