Best Blade Bait Reel

Omnia Community Member reported catching Largemouth Bass using the Blade Baits technique and Shimano Curado DC Casting Reel on Lake Murray. Additional comments from this report: "Bass will be found on the sunny side of shallow docks. Retrieve slowly with occasional pauses."

The Chub King reported catching Walleye using the Blade Baits technique and Shimano Curado DC Casting Reel on Delta Reservoir. Additional comments from this report: "We found some active birds and walleye were underneath the schools of little perch. Hopping blades or swimbaits off the bottom and then letting them fall was the key."

Kenmac reported catching Largemouth Bass using the Blade Baits technique and Shimano Curado DC Casting Reel on Lake Fork. Additional comments from this report: "Used under spin baits, fishing dock lights. We caught (2) 5 pounders and (8) 3 ad 4 pounders"

Matt Shene reported catching Walleye using the Blade Baits technique and Daiwa Ballistic MQ LT Spinning Reel (Past Generation) on Oneida Lake . Additional comments from this report: "I drifted along weed edges in 11-15' of water at the beginning of fall. A recent cold front brought the lake surface temperature down from the low 70s to the mid 60s. Perch and other small bait fish are clearly moving into shallower water, pushed by temperatures and heavy winds. Finding weed breaks and slowly jigging i1baits (locally made by Mike Yarema) along those edges produced some nice walleye mixed with the occasional perch. As the water temperature decreases even more fish will be found in these areas."

Blade baits are a great way to target bass in winter as the they will congregate towards the dam. The main lake points that have a flat shelf to them are great areas to focus in on. Slowly yo-yoing the blade bait can help generate a reaction strike.

Thomas Davis reported catching Smallmouth Bass using the Blade Baits technique and Daiwa Tatula LT Spinning Reel - EOL on Dale Hollow Lake. Additional comments from this report: "I caught a couple of smallmouth my first day down at Dale Hollow on pea gravel banks with a blade bait and a Ned rig. The next day I found a productive pocket fishing brush and man made fish attractors with a jig and a jerk bait. "

Andrew De Kock reported catching Smallmouth Bass using the Blade Baits technique and Daiwa Tatula LT Spinning Reel - EOL on East Lake Okoboji . Additional comments from this report: "Mid April on Lake Okoboji this year and was met with the coldest water temps that I have fish in the lake has about 39°. The large mouth had just barely big to go into the shallow channels and we’re unresponsive to any lures. I ended up finding the Bass on Main Lake rock piles schooled up thick with pre spawn smallmouth! I caught a few on a Vision 110+2 in perch (walleye liked that a lot more than the smallmouth did and I think they were spawning). Almost all of my smallmouth came on the blade bait fished very slow with a spinning rod. Simply make a long cast and let it fall to the bottom then make short hops about 2ft off bottom and the fish would strike on the fall. What a fun way to catch them! "