Had a chance to try out DC's In-Line spinner technique. I was striper fishing wind blown points on Texhoma yesterday afternoon. I was alternating between a Sassy Shad with a 1 oz jig head and the Mepps. I'd say I caught an equal number of fish on both techniques. I'd throw one then switch to the other. I lost my count of fish after 20. On the spinner the largest fish was a 19" striper. Same on the Sassy Shad. I thought the spinner, along with DC's technique, was effective. Some challenges I had was I had to really work to cast the spinner very far. It's a light lure. Originally I had it on behind a P-Line swivel. Don't waste your time with that setup. I did setup like DC noted with 10 lb Berkley Flourocarbon, medium action rod and bait caster. The reel wasn't a high grade one and I think that contributed to the challenges. So my 2 main challenges were casting distance and when I tried to pull the hook out of a stripers jaw I broke one of the 3 hooks on the treble hook. Just seems like a cheap hook for a $3 lure. That all said I'm going switch the setup to one of my nicer, longer, rods and one of my Shimano reels. I'm going to keep the setup as one of my permanent setups in my rod box. I plan to try it on sand bass in the near future.

DC,

Did you ever try one of the Mepps long cast spinners? They're heavier. I thought about trying on Texhoma for stripers in deeper water.

Thanks for the advice,
Bill Smith

No I haven't. Just noticed them recently in Cabela's catalog and thought it is something I need to try. Thanks for the feedback. I also occasionally break one of the hooks off the trebble, and then cut it off with dikes and put on a new treble of about same size using a split ring. Works just fine.