Super User the reel ess Posted April 26, 2015 Super User Posted April 26, 2015 Does anyone use these for bass anymore? I recall Virgil Ward was on their payroll back in the day. Do you use a trailer? Looks killer in the water. I bought one in gold at BPS Myrtle beach on my last visit The guy in the tackle dept told me I could spend a fortune for trout/redfish/flounder if I wanted but the spoon with Powerbait trailer would do the trick. I caught 2 keeper flounder. Quote
MassBass Posted April 26, 2015 Posted April 26, 2015 I think people have found frogs and toads alot cooler than the old johnson silver minnow. 1 Quote
Super User Scott F Posted April 26, 2015 Super User Posted April 26, 2015 I use them. A 4 inch white grub is what I use for a trailer. Comes through cabbage weed beds great. Pike are also crazy for them. 1 Quote
Super User RoLo Posted April 26, 2015 Super User Posted April 26, 2015 I still throw Johnson spoons, and they still catch bass. About 4 years ago, a 1/2oz Johnson spoon dressed with a 5" Kalin grub caught more sow bellies that year than any other lure. In his book, Roland Martin mentions that his two best bass stringers were both taken on Johnson spoons. No surprise there. Like a hollow frog, the J-spoon can be tossed into the heaviest cover, and like a solid toad, it keeps on coming so it has great area coverage. It's very exciting to watch a bulge in the water, close the gap to your spoon! Roger 1 Quote
Heron Posted April 26, 2015 Posted April 26, 2015 I still use them. I dress the gold, red/white, and chrome with a white grub. And I dress the 5-diamonds one with a flor. orange grub. 1 Quote
Avalonjohn44 Posted April 26, 2015 Posted April 26, 2015 Plain or with a grub trailer, these still kick butt. Favorite is the nickel colored, but gold and silver are awesome too. 1 Quote
Super User scaleface Posted April 27, 2015 Super User Posted April 27, 2015 Have any of you used it much in Standing timber ? I always thought it would work good in S T but just havent used it there . 1 Quote
bigturtle Posted April 27, 2015 Posted April 27, 2015 i use them in heavy weed and lily pad fields. i put a 4" mister twister pink worm on the end of a 1/2oz gold or black silverminnow. Quote
Super User RoLo Posted April 27, 2015 Super User Posted April 27, 2015 Have any of you used it much in Standing timber ? I always thought it would work good in S T but just havent used it there . I've fished the Johnson spoon in standing timber on Lake Rosseau, FL and also Rodman Reservoir, FL, but with mixed results. The weedless spoon comes through timber effortlessly, that's never a problem. The problem is, bass in timber tend to be vertically-oriented, unlike bass in weedbeds. I normally fish the J-spoon as a subsurface lure, because its slow flutter-down path is not the best dropbait for following tree trunks, I believe a jig or spinnerbait is more efficient. Roger Quote
CRANKENSTIEN Posted April 27, 2015 Posted April 27, 2015 A few weeks ago FLW had an article on a guy who successfully fishes spoons all the time. Including the johnsons spoon. I can believe it. I recently purchased one. Quote
Super User Jeff H Posted April 27, 2015 Super User Posted April 27, 2015 Was extremely popular when I was a young kid to dress them with Uncle Josh pork trailers. It was often the sub-surface lure of choice for guys that were after bass, and as mentioned the gators (pike) loved them even more. I have not fished one in many years, probably something I should revisit. I mainly fished them in reed beds. Quote
Super User Catt Posted April 27, 2015 Super User Posted April 27, 2015 Round here it's a 1/2 oz gold spoon with a #11 Uncle Josh green spotted chunk or a 1/4 oz black spoon with a yellow Uncle Josh kicker frog. Quote
Cameron211 Posted April 27, 2015 Posted April 27, 2015 Silver minnow just classic. I've caught alot of bass on it. Still use it today with no trailer. As stated pike also love this. Quote
Super User SirSnookalot Posted April 27, 2015 Super User Posted April 27, 2015 Any spoon catches fish, period ! Do I like the J-spoon, not one of my favorites. Why, it turns over too much to my liking and I'm not crazy for the hook, but it does catch fish. A similar style spoon is a Clark spoon (not weedless), it wobbles back and forth a little better and the hook is replaceable on some models. Yesterday I had a distasteful experience with a spoon. I order some cast champs that I really like, in the order I bought 2 3/4oz. Little Cleos, did not care for it at all. It turned over way too much for me, didn't like the movement in the water. Ya never know until you experiment, this one was a bust for me, I'm back to Cast champs and Kastmasters, crippled herrings and jig fish. Quote
Weld's Largemouth Posted April 27, 2015 Posted April 27, 2015 It is the most versatile lure I have used. It is super weedless so you can pull it through grass, pads, muck... Anything you want. There are a hundred ways you can work it: you can burn it under the surface, drag it on the bottom, twitch it, and even as a topwater. If you keep your rod high enough you can swim it on the surface and occasionally it will hop out of the water like a jumping baitfish. It also can be skipped very well if you learn how to skip it. I don't use a trailer btw. One of my confidence lures when nothing seems to be biting. It also works well in any condition... I have caught fish in clear high skies to overcast rainy days. I even catch at night by burning it under the surface. Always have one in my tacklebox P.s. The hooks on the ones over 1/2 oz do not come very sharp so I only use the 1/2 oz size And if you keep getting weeds you need to bend the weed guard out just slightly past the hook 2 Quote
Super User smalljaw67 Posted April 27, 2015 Super User Posted April 27, 2015 If you fish any lake with a lot of submerged weed beds then a silver minnow or three should be in your bag. I don't use a trailer, I simply let it flutter down to the tops of the weeds and begin reeling and pumping the rod every so often to make the bait surge forward. In open water, especially where smallmouth are, a Luhr-Jensen Krocodile spoon or an Acme Kastmaster, they all have brought fish to the boat for me and the best part is the fish today rarely see them. Quote
river-rat Posted April 28, 2015 Posted April 28, 2015 I've been using them and catching fish for 50 years. See no reason to stop now. 2 Quote
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