Northland Tackle Report

Walleye caught using Northland’s Baitfish-Image Spinner Rig

Aiming to put more walleyes in your boat this summer? Northland’s time-tested Baitfish-Image Spinner Rig collection can help you do that.

The dynamic Baitfish-Image spinner blades are one of the hottest producers on the professional walleye circuits and have claimed more first-place winners than all other spinner rigs combined!

The secret is the specially-designed lifelike holographic Baitfish-Image attractor blade that matches-the-hatch and mimics a walleye’s favorite meal, a crippled baitfish minnow. The shimmering blades spin, pick up light and reflect the Baitfish-Image back with each revolution to produce the illusion of live bait. It fools wary fish and triggers aggressive strikes.

Northland’s Baitfish-Image Spinner Rig

Baitfish-Image spinners sport sticky-sharp Needle-Point hooks, durable 60-inch long leaders, six jumbo attractor beads and detailed holographic baitfish-Image blades. They are available in three models with single or double-hook worm harnesses, and are deadly behind Rock-Runner® Bottom Bouncer sinker weights. Choose between the Baitfish Float’n Spin with its two hook snell, the two-hooked Baitfish Spinner Harness, or single-hooked Baitfish Spinner rigs. Baitfish Image Spinner Rigs are also available in a 14 piece assorted rig kit with multiple blade colors, perfect for staying versatile no matter where you fish.

In clear water, use natural baitfish colors like Silver Shiner, Perch and Rainbow Chub. In lightly stained water, Gold Shiner, Yellow Perch and Firetiger patterns work best. For dark stained/muddy conditions, go to larger blades (#4, #5, #6) in eye-popping fluorescents. When trolling or retrieving a spinner, vary your speed by pumping the rod tip and with “S” turns and erratic stop-and-go movements. When a bite is detected, hold the rod steady and slowly drop the hook towards the fish before setting the hook. It’s often a 5 count. Let ‘em eat it… then stick it to ‘em!