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Rooster tails are my favorite spinner. Caught all species of trout on 'em including the occasional lake trout in the spring when they're shallow, smallmouth, largemouth, spotted bass, white bass, crappie, bream, and saltwater fish too. Barracuda and a couple others. I've even caught a few catfish on 'em.
They're a little more fragile than Mepps and others, the wire shaft is thin and it can get bent. But they seem to spin easier with less speed than the others, which is why I like 'em.
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Bunch of everything but never found the tail to be essential.
Just what I had on hand.
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Just went to sporting goods store and noticed a large display of Rooster Tail spinners. In my 50 years on the planet, I've never caught a fish on one. Has anyone? Mepps, panther martin, blue fox...yes. Zilch on a rooster tail.
Someone must be buying them, because they still make them. These were caught on rooster tails this year in NM. ![[Linked Image from i.ibb.co]](https://i.ibb.co/k0h4LRT/AECE9383-3290-4-F90-B94-C-3-D7512-D5-DF70.jpg)
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Rooster tails are great tool to have in your box. As are Panther Martin's and Mepps spinners. Never underestimate a spoon for certain fishing needs. Everything has it's place. The biggest steelhead I caught, was on a double tail Mr. Twister while walleye fishing below John Day dam on the Columbia River. You just need all the tackle your pocketbook can withstand. Just like guns, can't have to much or too many.
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I caught my biggest cutthroat on a Roostertail. I don't know how many trout, bream and white bass with one, but it's a lot.
I usually can the treble hook and put a single on
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Just went to sporting goods store and noticed a large display of Rooster Tail spinners. In my 50 years on the planet, I've never caught a fish on one. Has anyone? Mepps, panther martin, blue fox...yes. Zilch on a rooster tail.
Someone must be buying them, because they still make them. These were caught on rooster tails this year in NM. Is that Quemado?
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I gave all my rooster tails to my kids.
Panther Martins or Thomas Buoyant spoons for me.
All of them do something better than the 30-06, but none of them do everything as well.
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Just went to sporting goods store and noticed a large display of Rooster Tail spinners. In my 50 years on the planet, I've never caught a fish on one. Has anyone? Mepps, panther martin, blue fox...yes. Zilch on a rooster tail.
Someone must be buying them, because they still make them. These were caught on rooster tails this year in NM. Wow.... those are toads.... did you really need to kill them?
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PS, if you think Trump is “good” you’re way stupider than I thought! Haha
Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit.
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Just went to sporting goods store and noticed a large display of Rooster Tail spinners. In my 50 years on the planet, I've never caught a fish on one. Has anyone? Mepps, panther martin, blue fox...yes. Zilch on a rooster tail.
Someone must be buying them, because they still make them. These were caught on rooster tails this year in NM. Is that Quemado? JellO emerges from the shadows
Originally Posted by Judman
PS, if you think Trump is “good” you’re way stupider than I thought! Haha
Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit.
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Recovered from his ladder fall and PTSD…
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Younger days caught a bunch of blue gill and pond bass on them. Yellow and purple? Seemed to work best for me.
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Just went to sporting goods store and noticed a large display of Rooster Tail spinners. In my 50 years on the planet, I've never caught a fish on one. Has anyone? Mepps, panther martin, blue fox...yes. Zilch on a rooster tail.
Someone must be buying them, because they still make them. These were caught on rooster tails this year in NM. Dayom. What lake and lure color, pls. Be nice to hit Groundhog Res in Col when up there hunting. Sometimes TPandW stocks trout in small city lakes in Texas in the spring.
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Trout, steelhead, striper…… carp will smack them with their tail and get hooked.
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When the fishing gets tough ...I tie on a Rooster tail or a Beetle spin.... I have caught Bass, Bluegill, Catfish and strippers lol.....Works most of the time !!!!!!
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When the fishing gets tough ...I tie on a Rooster tail or a Beetle spin.... I have caught Bass, Bluegill, Catfish and strippers lol.....Works most of the time !!!!!! I thought dollars bills only caught strippers?
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I’m bringing a tackle box full of rooster tails next time I go to the strip club
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Just went to sporting goods store and noticed a large display of Rooster Tail spinners. In my 50 years on the planet, I've never caught a fish on one. Has anyone? Mepps, panther martin, blue fox...yes. Zilch on a rooster tail.
Someone must be buying them, because they still make them. Rooster Tails have been staple in my tackle box for years. I've caught everything from bluegill to catfish to bass on them. And I've used them in ponds, creeks, rivers, and lakes.
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I like them for bass. I usually use the 1/4 oz in white or yellow. They can be a little aggravating if the wire gets bent and sometimes the spinner blade doesn't want to spin at all.
A 1/4 oz yellow shyster used to be one of my favorites, but they got really hard to find. They were much more reliable than the Roostertail and the spinner blade much quicker to start spinning on retrieve.
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when I was a kid, rooster tails were one of my favorites for bream and bass. caught tons of fish.
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I used them a lot as a kid and still fish them occasionally I’ve caught everything from gills to pike on on them.
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