Let’s talk about lure action and retrieve speeds shall we. I was looking on the back of the package of the Blue Fox Vibrax Minnow spinner today and read this. The Minnow Spin from Blue Fox offers anglers the flash and attraction of a tuned spinner with a deadly action of a sinking balsa lure. Perfection in every detail, the Minnow Spin has proven deadly for smallmouth and Panfish/crappies and Trout. Controlled sink rate is perfect when fish are at certain depths. For best results retrieve slowly.
Here is what I want to discuss with you. This statement usually rings true but is not always the way to present your lure. In the winter the water is quite cold obviously, so this is a good retrieve speed (slow) when fishing for Trout in the winter months or in spring when the water is cold due to mountain run off. Another time of year when a slow retrieve is effective is high summer when the water temperature is warm or hot. Those days when it’s say 25-30 degrees Celsius. The fish tend to not exert too much energy at these times of the year so a slow retrieve speed is highly recommended during these times. Early in the morning when water is cooler, a slow retrieve speed is also recommended until the water has a chance to warm up a few degrees.
When the water has warmed up that few degrees, than start to increase your retrieve speed a little at a time to key in on how fast the fish are willing to swim to hit your offering. In the summer time, say at 10:00 AM, I present the lure at a medium speed and usually do very well with that type of retrieve speed. Later on in the day however, I slow down the retrieve speed as the day starts to warm up. The speed I use then is a medium slow retrieve speed. At dusk in the summer months I will pick up my speed to a medium high speed as the fish are very active at this time of the day and will usually hammer on anything that they can see or hear. I hope this helps all you beginners who are new to the sport of fishing or those who are not new.
