How would you fish this lure!!!

[Bassnajr]

How would you fish this lure!!?? (weight 1/2 oz.)

[fishizzle]

a weedless spoon with a 3" white grub trailer dragged across  the tops of lillipads slowly has worked for me.  another option would be to dead stick it so it flutters down as long as you compensate for line twist when you reel it in

[J Francho]

Through thick weeds, with a pork or grub trailer.  Personally, I use Johnson Silver Minnows, but these are the basically the same idea.

[midnighthrasher]

I use a similar one called a " Mepps Timber Doodle " . Great lure. I use it with a trailer. Either a double tail grub or a gulp alive nighcrawler and it kicks total @#$%^&*. Never caght a bass on it but walleye love this lure.

[MSPbass]

I used to throw a Moss Boss, with the built in trailer, through Lilly pads; but that stopped after I found more realistic frog baits. I probably still have a couple in an old tackle box, but I can't think of a reason to use it over a toad or frog now.

http://www.cabelas.com/p-0030998113578a.shtml

[microman]

cast it into weeds with a pork rind or fish strip trailer

[Bassnajr]

OK...I follow the logic...

What about using it as a "spoon" bait ripping it off the bottom??

Ideas??

[fishizzle]

I think theres too much curve to the blade and it would spin too much on the rip but it could still work. 

[J Francho]

OK...I follow the logic...

What about using it as a "spoon" bait ripping it off the bottom??

Ideas??

For that, you want a Hopkins Shorty Spoon.  1/2 oz. is a good size to start.

[MSPbass]

This is a topwater spoon, not a jigging spoon. But whatever, give it a try. I'd probably use a swivel though. I'd expect it to spin in circles all the way back to you.

[Bassnajr]

Topwter with a trailer...got it. Never heard of a topwater spoon, but why not!!??

ajr

[RoLo]

Topwter with a trailer...got it. Never heard of a topwater spoon, but why not!!??

ajr

When I was a kid, there was a method of pickerel fishing called "skittering", which used a Johnson spoon.

A long canepole was used to literally skate the spoon, back-and-forth over the tops of the pads like a fleeing baitfish.

Today, the J-spoon is probably used most often as a superficial runner (couple inches under the surface)

for very weedy areas where other lures can't be fished, not even a buzzbait.

Roger

[Bassnajr]

I do have a "Weed wing"...a spoon with a prop on the front. I guess this falls in that category.

[.ghoti.]

I wish I still had some of those Rapala spoons.

With a large grub on the back, you can fish one of these deeper, without spinning.

Walleye, on outside weed edges, loved these things.

Bass, too.

[Tin]

I wouldn't Alan... ;D