Spoons

[Pat3697]

Do you fish them? If so how ? Trolling? casting? Do you tie on directly or use swivels? Just wondering cause I'm going trout/ salmon fishing this weekend and was thinking about trying spoons..

[5fishlimit]

I like to use them for smallies. I cast them, let them fall to the bottom, and them rip them off the bottom.

Rinse, and repeat.

[WRB]

For trout you can cast retrieve or slow troll. Thomas Bouyant spoons work great. Follow lure makers instructions.

[Pat3697]

got a little cleo with great color hoping I can get something with it.

 If not im going back to the rapalas that gave me so much luck last weekend.

[SirSnookalot]

Being primarily a saltwater fisherman spoons make up a huge part of our arsenal and I use them a lot, bass fishing too.  There are so many varieties of spoons it would be difficult to list them all, one thing they all have in common is they catch a lot of fish.  Some spoons come with nothing, others just a split rig and some come with a swivel.  I quite often will attach a swivel if not supplied, use a leader for shock and attached using a BB swivel.  Even still I'm careful of the style of spoon I'm using, I have gotten away from spoons that revolve a lot like a drone spoon or J-spoon, that is line twist personified especially when trolling.  My favorites are krocodiles and redfish key spoon (I use these for bass), they waver back and forth and don't turn over.  Not a new spoon but quite this year are sling jig types, every manufacturer calls them something different.  Diamond jigs, sweedish pimple, sling jig, jig fish and so on, they are thin profile and heavy for their length, I have never casted a lure that goes so far, 80+ yards is not out of the question.

[J Francho]

Here you go:

 

 

[Insanity]

Never fished for either of those fish. But since they like spoons they might like a Cast Master. With the white feather treble hook. If your casting they will cast a mile. And have a killer sway back and forth. Doesn't kink the line as bad as a spoon. Always heard swivels work great for spoons. Never tried.

Man my dad spanked me one day with a new weed less spoon that had just came out. (20+years ago) I had the same spoon. But he had bought one that came with a frog looking trailer. And they where after that thing that day.

Which made me think you might try that as well. The whiter feather trailer gets bites on the cast master. As did the frog that day. Not sure about your species but bass sure like trailers. I'd think that make a difference on them as well. A four inch straight white split tail sure would look nice swaying back and forth behind a spoon. Might cut the body down to an inch or so long.

Think il try them for pond bass here.

[SirSnookalot]

Francho's spoon proves a point, fish don't care what it really looks like.  Every time I see that spoon it doesn't look any better, I'd would have thrown it out, lol................but is still catches fish and that's the bottom line.

 

I was out yesterday using a wide flat profiled gold saltwater spoon for bass, as always it was productive.