Wire Size For Spinner Baits And Buzz Baits

[CNC Molds N Stuff]

I know this sounds like a total newbie question... but only because it is. 

 

What is the most common wire size for off the shelf spinnerbaits?

 

What is the most common wire size for off the shelf buzzbaits? 

 

I know some like Willy Wackers use a thinner wire, and some big fish hunters may use a heavier wire, but what constitutes normal, light, or heavy wire diameter? 

 

 

 

 

[toadfrog]

.035 for spinners  ,.o35 and .040 buzz baits .

[Basseducer]

I agree with toadfrog, but I have seen buzzbaits with .050 wire up around the Cal Delta.

[cadman]

.035 -.040 for spinnerbaits and buzzbaits.

[DaBehr]

When I was starting I used the info from the Do-it mold and what Barlow's recommends.

For example for my favorite spinnerbait:

http://www.barlowstackle.com/Do-It-Ultra-Minnow-Spinner-Bait-Molds-P279C57.aspx

Andy

[21xdc]

I use .040 or .041 minimum for any spinnerbait I make... I also use .050 for all my buzzbaits.

[smalljaw]

The most common sizes you see on the shelf for spinnerbaits and buzzbaits are 3/8oz and 1/2oz. As for wire sizes, the most common is .035" for spinnerbaits with a lot of larger companies using .040" for 1/2oz models, I myself like .035" for 3/8oz and 1/2oz. For buzzbaits, the most common wire size is .050" - .052", I've made buzzbaits with .040" and it works on a 1/4oz buzzer but on a 3/8oz and 1/2oz the wire bends too easily from the fish pulling it down and so .050" seems to work better and it is what most off the shelf baits use.