its not suppose to spin like a spinner, and you just dont cast it out and retrieve like a spoon or spinner, if youre doing that stop it. You lift your rod, and then lower it and reel in the slack and repeat. you wanna create enough slack in the line so that it falls vertically then it imitates a wounded bait fish, this is when most of the strikes happen. good luck.
NOTE - this has been my experience with PINKS, haven't spent any time playing around with them with others......
Not true at all (well, true it's not suppose to, nor does it spin - it imitates swimming). First off, buy the single hook buffer (the round black rubber thing is for treble hooks that have a straight eye) and if you're using a single barbless (or barbed for that matter [where it's allowed, when it's allowed, if you feel you HAVE to have the barb LOL) you need the other one.
The offset cut works its way to the bent eye of your hook. Makes your offset eye single hook track straighter and increase hook-ups.
Secondly, I use buzz bombs often for pinks when they're moving farther out and/or heavy wind that grabs the line. In fact, I would have to say I've caught more pinks on buzz bombs that spinners and spoons combined opver the years. And honestly, my snags are VERY MINIMAL - VERY MINIMAL. Depends on how you fish it (like any other tackle) For the most part, I cast and retrieve, just like a spoon. If you watch the buzz bomb movement while reeling it in, it "swims" just like a bait fish. It's the approx size and shape of bait fish. Pinks hit it on the retrieve 80-90% of the time, vs. the 10-20% of the time "horizontal jigging (which is well described here
http://www.salmonuniversity.com/ol_buzz_bombing_Salmon_Rudnick.html ).
You have to keep in mind, that the larger they are the dramatically heavier they are in a low to no current situation, so a slow retrieve with a 2.5" is tough in little to no current. I use the 1.5" pearl ones mostly (white pearl with a color stripe - white, blue or green). I also do use the 2" when there's a heavier current or wind I need to cut through. That being said, trial and error. Most of the spots I go on the tidal Fraser are muddy bottom, so snags aren't an issue. Rocky areas you kinda need to be dialed in on your retrieve speed, or it can become a pricey trial (well, more the error!).
One other fun addition to using them, is that I hook up consistantly (2-3 time each year, and I'm sure others do as well, but no one I know personally) with other salmon species that make for a fun fight, even if I end up breaking off after being spooled - well worth losing the 5 bucks to me for the rush LOL
Might not be for everyone, but it's just another tool to add to the tackle box when nothing else is working - I actually take 2 rods. One a light-med rod with a smaller reel and lighter line (8 or 10 lb) for spoons and spinners, and a med rod with a larger reel and heavier line (12-15) for buzz bombs. Makes for a quick change mid-school if they're not taking one well, and it's too hard on my light rod the snap of a cast with that much weight, IMO. Often I outfish the spoon chuckers if it happens to be a tight lipped school, or one that's moved outside of spoon casting range.
Have fun, play safe
cheers!
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