SJK Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 How many of you guys fish spoons in the summer? If so, what type of structure to you target? And, what kind of spoons are your favorite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BANDIT Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 Great Question :popcorn: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJK Posted July 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 Well, Thank You Bandito.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 3/4 oz Hoppe's in creek channels works pretty good when al else fails...i should have used one tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastenfish Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 I have a 5" Strike King sexy spoon that I throw occasionally on the end of long main channel points with things get tough. However, I've never caught anything on it. My partner throws a 3" spoon some and catches a lot of small fish. I would love for someone to give me a confidence boost on here to make me throw it more often. Come on somebody on here has to be a good spooner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brwnbass Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 It depends on what you mean, i have caught tons of walleyes on a man-o-lure or hopkins, at night & during the day. Have also caught some good bass in winter jigging on points & bluffs. Ive tried a casting spoons a few times with no luck, yet. gonna get one of those big strike king spoons & try it tho.I hear that ripping them off the bottom can be the way to go, kinda like strokin a jig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassinHomer Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 I've thrown one a few times in the heat of summer, usually a sexy spoon or something like that casted to some sort of structure I.E. channel ledges points ect, I've not spent a whole lot of time with it or anything but it's always at least gotten me bit, thing is you never know by what, Loudon is really bad for white or yellow bass. I usually stoke it (hehehe) like a jig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donnie Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 Haven't tried it since FL, but I used to use a 2 1/2" Silver spoon with the tail from a red shad worm as a trailer in the reed lines. Worked great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountainman Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 Ive not used one outside of the winter months. Even then, Id rather be taken out behind the wood shed and given an old fashioned country arse whuppin that fish that stuff. I hate it. Im not a big fan of dragging around a 1/32 oz fly under a stupid bobber neither, but Id rather do that than jig that dang spoon. Just my Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donnie Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 Oh come on Mountain, what do you really mean? LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2golforfish Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 i have thrown the bass pro strata spoon with some success in the summer months when i can see a school of fish suspended or near the bottom on my sonar screen, just watch it go down and jig it in the middle of the school. have caught some bass like this on flannagan but usually it is stripers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
31Airborne Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 Yep, it works. Find those deep, active schoolers and work it vertically. Use your electronix to make sure you're getting it to the correct depth. Have also used a hopping presentation along long, shallow sloped points. Both worked this past weekend on Cherokee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
31Airborne Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 Forgot the important part - I like the Nichols 4 1/2" jobs. Plz see nicholslures.com for details. Buddy of mine turned me onto these this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunkerhunter1982 Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 Spoons are big fish baits, and I am liable to use one anytime except spring. In early and late fall you can load the boat at the mouths of big creeks and pockets if you can find the bait and bass suspended as they head back in there. In winter I love to fish them vertically around large stumps, brush, boulders, etc on the ends of main channel points. Found out this was a killer technique for big smallies and largemouth while fishing for walleye back home in NC. I have also had success on the big Lake Fork, Nichols, Strike King type Structure Spoons (for lack of a better term). They are good ledge and point end baits for a big bite. Unfortunately, they are also catfish catching machines. One thing I have noticed about spoon fishing, even on summer structure. I have very little success on a spoon, ever, in water less than 20 or so feet deep, and I would prefer 30 or so most of the time. Also, tackle and technique make a difference. For the big summer casting spoons, be the bear. Use a 7 or 8 foot heavy rod, 20 or 25 pound fluoro, change the hooks to a larger, sharper aftermarket type, and tighten down the drag. Work it like you mean it. Jerk the Hades out of it, going from rod down to overhead, and let it sink on controlled slack or you will kill all the action and miss the bite. When you hook one on one of these things, he will be the kind you wanna weigh in if he aint a kitty kat. Don't play with him. Hook him, get him up, ski him to the boat, and if you have a slow net man keel haul the SOB over the side no matter how big he is. They will throw these things in a heartbeat, and you will lose every one you let play around on you. As far as vertical jigging, I typically do that in clear water. 10 pound floro and 1/2 or 3/4 spoons work well for me, with an oversized split ring added to the spoon for extra action and less line twist. Use a shorter rod, something like a 6'6, and make sure is has some tip. Also, if you are in a situation where the bass can be schooling down deep, thread your line through a feathered treble before you tie on the spoon. The feathered treble will catch you doubles while free floating around up there a lot of times. Don't overwork the bait in this instance. Popping it 6-12 inches on a tight vertical line will move it one or two feet, which is plenty. Way too many people start their upward jerk down near the water and end it with the rod up around their boobies. No sense in a 10 feet spoon movement most of the time. I generally let these sink back down on a completely slack line as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfishin Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 no spoon fishin for me at least not enough to give any imput Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiceGuy Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 great resoonse lunkerhunter. i use the big sexy spoon 20lb fluro. i tie a 3 ft leader with a swivel. i really dont spend much time on the water in the summer but i have caught some good ones n june for around the first 3 weeks. seems like that bite dies just like all the other ones do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunkerhunter1982 Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 great resoonse lunkerhunter. i use the big sexy spoon 20lb fluro. i tie a 3 ft leader with a swivel. i really dont spend much time on the water in the summer but i have caught some good ones n june for around the first 3 weeks. seems like that bite dies just like all the other ones do. Where you been? Haven't seen you or Wes on here lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiceGuy Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 Where you been? Haven't seen you or Wes on here lately. been trying to make some money for this fall. i think wess has been on the water some..you n NC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunkerhunter1982 Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 been trying to make some money for this fall. i think wess has been on the water some..you n NC? Movin Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiceGuy Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 look us 1 these days when your settled and we will take a trip to some NC lakes.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basslover79 Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 something like a 6'6, and make sure is has some tip. Also, if you are in a situation where the bass can be schooling down deep, thread your line through a feathered treble before you tie on the spoon. The feathered treble will catch you doubles while free floating around up there a lot of times. I seen on ultimate match fishing where they were fishing on ky. lake and they were running the line throught the eye of the spoon and then tying a treble hook on without tying to the spoon. Is this what you are talking about? I usually dont use a spoon to bass fish but I have been wanting to try it more often and gain some confidence in it. I love learning the right way to use new lures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunkerhunter1982 Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 something like a 6'6, and make sure is has some tip. Also, if you are in a situation where the bass can be schooling down deep, thread your line through a feathered treble before you tie on the spoon. The feathered treble will catch you doubles while free floating around up there a lot of times. I seen on ultimate match fishing where they were fishing on ky. lake and they were running the line throught the eye of the spoon and then tying a treble hook on without tying to the spoon. Is this what you are talking about? I usually dont use a spoon to bass fish but I have been wanting to try it more often and gain some confidence in it. I love learning the right way to use new lures Nope, not what I am talking about. I know some guys that run the line through the spoon and then tie on the hook. They do that because it gives it a bit different action and doesn't give the fish as much leverage to throw it, but I don't like to do that. What I am talking about is taking a feathered treble, like on the back of a topwater, and just running the line through the eye of the hook. Then tie on the spoon, with its own treble and all. The spoon sinks faster, so you catch a lot of fish just hanging around on the treble, and if they are schooling a fish that would usually try to take a spoon away from another hooked fish will eat the feathered treble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountainman Posted August 11, 2010 Report Share Posted August 11, 2010 Nope, not what I am talking about. I know some guys that run the line through the spoon and then tie on the hook. They do that because it gives it a bit different action and doesn't give the fish as much leverage to throw it, but I don't like to do that. What I am talking about is taking a feathered treble, like on the back of a topwater, and just running the line through the eye of the hook. Then tie on the spoon, with its own treble and all. The spoon sinks faster, so you catch a lot of fish just hanging around on the treble, and if they are schooling a fish that would usually try to take a spoon away from another hooked fish will eat the feathered treble. Thanks for straightening us all out, there, Blake...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stump9000 Posted August 11, 2010 Report Share Posted August 11, 2010 Thanks for straightening us all out, there, Blake...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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