Spoons Spoons Spoons

[The Rooster]

I don't know a thing about spoons other than guys at the river are catching white bass on them. I want to get into this too. There are different kinds for sale. Some look like they are long and straight, others actually spoon shaped with a wave in them, and some look like they were cut diagonally across from oval shaped bar stock so that they have flat sides with tapering tips towards the ends. These all look like do nothing lures, like they would just sink if not reeled in, and might twist line if they were reeled in. I know they do work though. I'm thinking you just work them like a jerk bait. So if any of you use them, what types do you use, and how do you use them??

[mrmacwvu1]

There is a good article on this site about them. One of the pros discusses different methods and applications for them.

[The Rooster]

Thanks. I went and read that article and it gave me a few ideas on how to start. I also bought a three pack of spoons from Walmart, the ones that looked angle cut from bar stock with a treble hook on them. Seems the article gave more tips on the weedless type than the open treble, so, back to the store I go.

[Bluebasser86]

Not a big fan of casting or weedless spoons but there isn't a much more effective tool for catching deep bass feeding on shad than a jigging spoon. I like either a silver or white War Eagle jigging spoon, 1/2 or 3/4 ounce. Good electronics are very helpful for this technique. I was lucky enough to learn it a little bit from a guy I fished a tournament at Table Rock with that had an old paper graph. It was amazing how well you could see your bait and everything going on under the boat.

Still trying to learn the big flutter spoons. I caught a couple white bass on one last Wednesday but I'm still looking for that first largemouth or smallmouth on one.

[The Rooster]

Ok, so there are flutter spoons, casting spoons, and jigging spoons. What does each one look like?? The names seem to tell me what they do, I think. flutter would sink and flutter back and forth as it did so, jigging is just as it sounds, but what does the casting spoon do??

[Bluebasser86]

Casting spoons are like your Little Cleos and Dardevils. They're generally tear drop shaped.

Flutter spoons tend to be large, curved spoons that are relatively thin to help them catch water and flutter on the drop. The Strike King Sexy Spoon is a flutter spoon

Jigging spoons are usually kind of oval shaped and very compact and heavy built to get down quickly.

Slab spoons are another kind of jigging spoon. Basically just a slab of painted lead but they're usually a little wider than standard jigging spoons. These are probably what you see guys catching white bass from a river on since they're inexpensive and get down quickly in the current.

[SirSnookalot]

Spoons make up a large part of my arsenal. Johnson spoons are excellent in weedy conditions, I like Mepps cyclops for open water. In windy conditions I use a thin profile spoon to cut thru the wind better. As far as what I catch the most fish on most seem to produce pretty equal, don't favor one over another. I would recommend using a BB swivel to help reduce line twist, I've never had any kind of spoon that doesn't twist up the line, especially with spinning gear.

[SirSnookalot]

After reading this post I went out with a mepps 8 gram spoon (they are french so it's metric) a little less than 1/4 oz. I use the saltwater version for bass, gold plated and don't tarnish at all. Cutting to the chase, caught quite a few with just a moderate retrieve, I do not like to burn a spoon in.

[The Rooster]

I'm guessing what I bought then were jigging spoons. They were compact and 1/4 oz., sort of heavy for their size. This is what I bought.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/South-Bend-Kast-A-Way-Trophy-Pak/17119585

[SirSnookalot]

They resemble a Kastmaster, which IMO is a casting spoon, not that you couldn't jig with them. These are casting spoons

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Fishing/Hard-Baits/Jigging-Spoons%7C/pc/104793480/c/104732280/sc/104410080/Hopkins-Shorty-Undressed-Jigging-Spoons-Silver/743868.uts?destination=%2Fcatalog%2Fbrowse%2Ffishing-hard-baits-jigging-spoons%2F_%2FN-1100332&WTz_l=SEO%3Bcat104410080

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Fishing/Hard-Baits/Jigging-Spoons%7C/pc/104793480/c/104732280/sc/104410080/War-Eagle-Jigging-Spoon/1352825.uts?destination=%2Fcatalog%2Fbrowse%2Ffishing-hard-baits-jigging-spoons%2F_%2FN-1100332&WTz_l=SEO%3Bcat104410080

I actually do more casting with them than jigging.

[tholmes]

If you're going after white bass, you can't do much better than a Kastmaster, IMHO. Like Sir Snook said, a ball-bearing swivel is almost necessary, especially if you're using spinning tackle.

Tom