Catching Bass With Metal: The Trick Behind Spoons, Blade Baits, And Tail Spins!

[@JohnPhillips-qw4db]

My wife says she really loves spooning! Now I know exactly what high end combo to get her for Christmas! Thanks Matt!

[@rawson74]

Thanks for the actually showing the technique on the water instead of just explaining. It helps to see the action, in most cases, to understand what you are explaining. Keep up the great work.

[@chuchuvasquez]

Took the words right outta my mouth brutha!!!!

[@Paul-vn7ig]

Exactly!! Nice to see the different baits actually fished.

[@TheCastLife]

I love how extremely detailed Matt is when explaining how each bait works!

[@tragikk03]

they basically taught me how to fish over the past 6-7 years. You gotta tweak the info top fit the body of water you're on, which is a trial and error process, but their advice always produced for me, so far.

[@_clorp]

Appreciate you showing everything very clearly. I don't know the proper action half the time I'm fishing but this sure helps!

[@skidemn]

Another amazing video that breaks it down better than anyone else on KZbin. I really appreciate what you and Tim do here as it has helped me grow tremendously as a confident angler!

[@SkippinSkippy28]

watched older video 2 years ago. you made me buy more baits. but now i have 2 tackle boxes full of blade baits. I have caught so many fish in the last 2 years. You guys rock!

[@bobbymason8561]

love the explanations of how you retrieve and why you do it in that manner. Your videos where you take time to do this are the best. You always do an awesome job of detailing baits, and good places and conditions to fish.

[@itllkeal]

I'm a bit late to the video but thanks for sharing this. Lately I've been looking at old-school fishing and you can't get much more old-school than spoon fishing. Love it

[@johno7435]

Never fished a jigging or flutter spoon but I did fish the weedless Johnson spoon which is close to a flutter spoon and it worked great near grass 😉

[@timothyherr9658]

I just realized I've been fishing spoons wrong this whole time, until I found this video. Awesome video!

[@riclindsey329]

Matt brother I must've just set a record marathon for watching Tactical Bassin!!! You are awesome¡!!

[@tacticalbassin]

Ha! Thanks for supporting Tactical!

[@quicksave1]

Thank you for showing how to work the baits. Sometimes you literally need to watch it to get it.

[@shawnheap2936]

I really appreciate you showing how to work each bait. As I learn new techniques, how exactly to work them is always the most difficult part. Thanks!

[@rudydodds6054]

Thanks for sharing your information. I love to spoon for bass in the winter, I need a little more time with the blade bait and tail spinner to really get them dialed in. Awesome video thanks again.

[@Lee-vg8yk]

Matt; nice job cool

[@epistemologicaldespair68]

Through the late winter & early spring, my step dad and I could only get bit on blade Baits…silver buddies. Fishing pretty deep,we would mainly pull in smallmouth.

[@BillQuick-qo6lp]

Awesome info Matt! Never really fished any of these but I’m gonna add them into the mix now!

[@rickconner4895]

I watched and rewatched and will be using all these. Thank you. Merry Christmas

[@chrisboytim798]

Fantastic! Love the timing, too...as I'm about to make a trip on my new lake, the first time late fall bass fishing....ever, for me. Thank you!

[@danham3344]

Great video Matt! I’ve never been able to get the hang of these baits but this video will help. There was no mention of water clarity so wondering if they work in dirty water and if so, which are best for that? Thanks for yet another excellent video. You guys have really helped my game. 👍🏼

[@KissmyBasss]

I've been on a flutter spoon bite the last 4 trips, the bite is insane. 3-5lb bass so far and big sandies and some channels

[@alananderson2961]

Awesome video and professional informative presentation. Thank you. I enjoyed every minute.

[@jonorech]

Great vid, Matt. I learned a ton as usual. Wow, makes me think of fishing for other toothy critters up north: Flutter Spoons (Lake trout and pike) Jigging spoons and blade baits (walleyes). I learned how to walleye fish years ago on Heddon Sonars, and later Cicadas. Who remembers those?

[@greenpighunter6930]

Excellent lesson. Love winter fishing spoons & blades

[@rvfishingyet]

appreciate the follow-on retrieve tips as well

[@formatr6]

With the flutter spoon I've noticed that quick snaps work awesome when they are gagged up like spaghetti on the graph. It gets the bigger bites

[@kentbrown5369]

Major craft has a 7’ extra heavy rated from 3/8 to 3 oz. It’s an amazing rod for bigger baits yet it has a soft enough tip for lighter baits. At $149.00 it’s a great deal

[@LBendandi]

really appreciate your videos and watch all the time... wish a muskie angler would do something similar...

[@craigstuckey319]

I fish blades on bottom like a jig for saugeye and walleye in shallow rocks and destroy them. Yes I lose a ton. I've had days where I'll lose 30+ sometimes lol.

[@AdventurerAnthony]

Love how Tim gave Matt the Atta boy tap as he grabbed the net.

[@captnse]

I love the metal baits! They’re not just for catching mackerel in the ocean! 😀. The freshwater bass love them! I’ve caught so many bass with a plain old Hopkins spoon…just bombing it out and jigging it off the bottom! As for blade baits, I like the Binsky. With its keel design, I can cast a Binsky much further than a damiki vault, but I do love the Damiki Vortex (3/4 oz).

[@Tbowie13]

Thanks for this video, I'm heading to my cabin in the Ozarks for about a month and a half in 2 days and will be fishing Bull Shoals and Norfork, I've been wanting to use big flutter spoons for awhile on Striper, just haven't gotten to it. This will be the time...those bluff walls and points should be on fire right now! Man Matt, it's insane what all that Tequila Baccarac can do! I have been floored by that rod! They just straight, got that one right! I do almost all of my bigger bait fishing with either the Tequila B or a Megabass Destroyer BlackJack. Those 2 rods do almost all my big work, and do it well!

[@phatpakbaits]

You guys keep bringing it and the actual rod and reel technique was a great addition

[@patrickh.5435]

Ah yes the old diamond colored spoon. My favorite. And I've been running the blade bait like a lipless and it's been ripping on them but I'm ready to get to deadsticking

[@JoshKyleFishing]

I want to hear you guys talk about that 360 and targetlock combo!!!

[@kenniouscatchembray2681]

I would love you to break down Lake Anna, Bumpass Virginia.😊

[@joshballard7101]

Awesome video! Very informative!

[@mikecamalier2653]

I really enjoyed listening to you. Great job bassmd

[@brandonsmith606]

I've bought a few but honestly haven't fished them much. Something I found interesting is my Dobyns Fury 735c frog rod is absolutely excellent for the Nichols standard 1 1/8 oz. Flutter.

[@JonJonsOutdoors]

Love you did this one! The spoon just doesn’t make sense to me so excited to watch!👊🏻

[@stevemcewan8129]

Have you guys ever used the Manns little George tail spinner been around for a long time

[@kenmccarthyfishing]

Thank you Matt, I will be doing this today ❤

[@davidlaing4728]

Love to see you do one on jigging raps, shiver minnows, etc. a category the pros seem to hide that they use

[@Truckerslife-365]

Seriously your wearing brown dress shoes with a mega bass dyna response going after large mouth at Clearlake in California. This is why I looooove this channel 😅😊😂

[@johnbutler307]

Another great video thanks for all the tips

[@Jerms84]

Great video guys

[@FanOfLiberty1776]

Thank you for the info, Matt!!

[@bobcragle8124]

By the way great informing video . thanks ! bob

[@NFiltr8Red]

When all else fails, Kastmaster is my go to. Probably caught more fish and species of fish with it in my entire fishing experience

[@dewaynewilson8937]

Y’all are always great, thank you so much for sharing your techniques

[@robbaize4193]

Thank you for doing this video! Any extra tip on California delta?

[@twonhb28]

Great video as always! Have you ever tried using assist hooks like they use in saltwater vice using the trebles?

[@zach8973]

Spoons are just something I’ve wanted to try just my area in fl in flats , water ways and grass . But I’m really on a swimjig with a big largo shad bite , making it dart kinda like the s waver in away pulling around 10ft or so and just killing it . 😂

[@alanwinge8775]

They catch fall walleye too.

[@bobcragle8124]

What about casting and retrieving on bank fishing , I don't have a boat? do you bait the hook? The flutter spoons I have are just plain hooks. I really like fishing spoons.

[@dustinharris8828]

What about the megabass Nautilus line through tailspin? I’ve heard it’s a fish catcher too! I’ve been thinking about picking some up along with some dyna responses.

[@B.D.B.Outdoors304]

Hell yeah man, happy to see this one

[@seizedcarcass8440]

I really don’t fish spoons. Tailspins and bladebaits are my bread and butter. Especially around pressured fish. They are so versatile. You can burn them or jig them and so much more. The tailspin crushes in deeper water because on the fall it sort of glides. I don’t fish for suspended bass but I really thing it would kill them.

[@jakechimiak9626]

Bomber slab spoon or war eagle cold slaw spoon

[@jacksonbrooks]

How would you fish a tail spinner or a blade bait in five feet of water and lots of grass in the cold

[@shadygraves]

I've caught more bass with a Silver Buddy, Little George, Crippled Herring, and Hopkins Shorty than most anglers will ever see. Veritcal jigging with metal is one of the fastest ways you'll ever load the boat.

[@davidkearns3096]

Would a single rear hook work like a salt water spoon?

[@andyd834]

Big cats like that mag flutter spoon.

[@jamesbarron1202]

You don’t run a stinger on your flutter spoons? I know Tim used to use them.

[@charlie910]

Look into slow pitch micro jigging im sure bass in deeper 20, 30, 40 plus feet would go crazy over a saltwater slow pitch jig

[@dant8213]

I've yet to catch a bass on a big flutter spoon, don't have deep enough water out my way in most lakes I think

[@habibyali8697]

Awesome video Matt kind of an off topic question but when would u say the end of fall is and when would u say is too cold to throw topwater…December???

[@nolanreiserhoopz]

I’m not the best listener which one would u use to just cast and reel and make some big twitches

[@bobbybaker5304]

Love the Blade and Tailspins for sure. On the Megabass Teq Bacc rod, how many different lures are you comfortable throwing on it?

[@paulmiller676]

What brand are the wide spoons

[@LBendandi]

flutter spoons for muskie? Seems like a no Brainerd... going to try it...

[@davidkearns3096]

Blade baits; you can fish in as little as 2' and more? Whare I fish any time of year, there is crap on bottom (leaves dead milfoil ect.) Exposed treble hooks will be a problem. Hell even deep there is junk on the bottom. How do you avoid getting fouled?

[@WIDEawake419]

Informative vid, Matt - thank you. I might have missed it but what is the best water temp for this technique IYO?

[@jordanaya]

Does anyone know would the proper retrieve for a Reef Runner Cicada lure be the same as the blade bait retrieve shown here?

[@Mdgreenlee]

Bruising myself catching fish sounds like a cook problem to have! Haha

[@scottturner3762]

You throw a 1 oz Axe Blade on a 6'10Med and 7'2" ML?

[@noahledbetter3969]

Hey man I got some of the new zman hellrasiers and was wondering what kind of rod and reel would you use to throw it??

[@Smallmouthnation]

The Dyna feels like you are working wet leaf. Binsky rocks in the North

[@fishnmaster421]

Man y’all got this shit down to a science brother

[@RUF33OH]

Finally for the first time ever Matt says we can throw these baits on a rod we already own… 😅

[@tacticalbassin]

😂😂😂

[@logannewman4532]

Is it worth drifting a spoon in moving water?

[@tacticalbassin]

Yes, it can work. Our home lake has a ton of current in it and we spoon quite a bit here.

[@DCNY.Fishing]

my favorite way to spoon, is the little spoon 🥺

[@kesterharding1819]

Lets get it!!! I'm planning on getting the Tranx setup for swingbaits. Matt I see you're using the 300 over the 400. Does it matter which one I get? Also I saw you recommended the Gloomis rod for swim baits. Is that the best all round rod for swimbaits? Thank you for the consistent content. I slayed them on the vision 110+ jr last weekend.

[@tagg946]

i dont think the reel size matters *too* much between 3-4 hundred. 400's will be tougher reels, with larger/stronger gears to crank big fish in, they often come with a crank handle too, but theyre large and heavy when casting them around all day. Just make sure what ever reel you get has a hefty drag. if you get a 300 size, invest in a crank handle, adds alot of torque.

[@kesterharding1819]

@@tagg946 beautiful I'll just use your link to get it from TW. Thank you for always providing feedback.

[@soyskills]

Matt You went from a Zodias 75H to a Zodias 75MH for spooning but still use the spoons over 1 ounce.. any reason why you did so and how does the MH handle the heavier spoons vs the H?

[@tacticalbassin]

It handles it really well. We're always adapting and while the heavy is awesome for medium to large fish, it has a tendency to lose smaller 1-2 lbers because the blank isn't loaded as deeply as the medium heavy.

[@soyskills]

@@tacticalbassin thanks for the answer

[@andyd834]

The more I go along the more I wish I had more then 1 slx 6'10" med.

[@fishinfrenzy2544]

Yup broke the tip off mine this year been missing it

[@midwestfischerman]

FIRST!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙌🏻🥇👍🏻🎣

[@sheaffergrubbs6056]

It's not looking good for the American people......were in bad shape

[@l.foutdoors4315]

First

[@richgreen9093]

There goes another $300....

[@gabrielz2818]

jeans with sandals, cmon now do better

[@e.1228]

Good stuff👍 Tight lines my friend 🤟🤟🤟