The old cliche about spinnerbaits being underwater crescent wrenches because they are adjustable to any fishing situation might be played out, but Brandon resident and Ross Barnett regular Mike Murphy believes there are just as many differences between spinnerbaits in their packaging as there are changes anglers can make to them once they take them out.
For him, it all comes down to the wire. Too thick and the spinnerbait puts out hardly any vibration. Too thin and the spinnerbait puts hardly any fish in the boat before completely falling apart.
Murphy said he has found a happy medium between vibration and resiliency in a ¼-ounce BOOYAH spinnerbait.
“You can tie on six different brands, and each one is going to have a different vibration,” Murphy said. “And spinnerbaits are all about the vibration. The flash and skirt are important, but fish feel the vibration long before they see the bait.”
Murphy has found that the BOOYAH Vibra-FLX series of spinnerbaits are durable lures that rarely need bending back into position, while they also produce more vibration than spinnerbaits with regular stainless steel wire.
“Once a spinnerbait gets bent up to the point that it no longer looks like it did when you took it out of the package because you had to bend it back so many times, you can tell the difference in the vibration,” Murphy said. “I don’t have that problem with the BOOYAH, which means I can spend more time fishing than tuning my bait.”
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