Flutter Spoon Questions

[pbizzle]

I'm really wanting to try flutter spoons on schooling bass this year. What size is good? I'm looking at them in the 5" range (1-1.5 ounce). My rod can't handle more than about 1.5 ounces. What color? Chickamauga has slightly stained water, but I'm going to fish them in 20' FOW or more. I usually fish gold spinnerbait blades if that helps. What brands are good? I'm wanting to try some that a fairly reasonably priced, because I know they snag easily. How should they be retrieved? I know about the lift and drop, but how high? Is it a hard technique to learn? Thanks everyone, I'm hoping to catch some Chickamauga Pigs on them.

[WRB]

Lake Fork 5" spoon in Magic Shad.....$8

[Catt]

Lake Fork 5" spoon in Magic Shad.....$8

Check out Lake Fork Tackle on youtube on how to fish the spoon & I think Tom Redington has some as well.

[Hooligan]

Per the usual, the boys have you covered and I can't help but chime in. Look no further than the original Lake Fork spoon. They're the best of the best. I've tried Nichols, Strike King, Johns, Monster, and always revert to the Lake Fork.

Redington has a great video on flutter spoons, as does Kelly Jordon.

[Bluebasser86]

I want a flutter spoon to work for me so badly, but I just isn't happening. I've caught lots of whites and wipers, but zero largemouth, smallmouth, or spots. I can catch them on a regular jigging spoon, but no dice on the flutter spoon. I think it's because we just don't have the concentrations of fish and our offshore fishing isn't as good as most lakes that they seem to work well on. 

[martintheduck]

I haven't noticed any major performance differences between brands. Has all come down to having high quality treble hooks really. Because of the nature of the bait I concentrate heavily on what the line it doing... they like to hit it on the fall. Plus, to keep snag down, I don't really let em' sink into the bottom. As soon as it touches the bottom i'm ripping it off. You will inevitably get snagged. Heavy line is helpful. 20lb+ fluro for me

[Hooligan]

Huge difference in profiles and shapes. The way the spoon falls and flashes is everything. The f utter and side to side roll is vastly different based on brand. Fall rates are dramatically different. The strike King falls close to a foot per second faster than a Nichols, and the Nichols is about two inches faster than the original. The brass content is also different, which leads to fall rate.

As hooks go, I convert a lot of my spoons to a so was hook doing away with the treble, and have actually recorded an increase in hookups.

The absolute key to flutter spoons is to not set the hook the first time they hit it. Let them hit it again, maybe a third time before sticking them. Almost every fish I catch will slam the spoon to "stun" it, then turn to catch and eat it. I missed hundreds of fish before I could finally convince myself to not lay into them right away.

[martintheduck]

Huge difference in profiles and shapes. The way the spoon falls and flashes is everything. The f utter and side to side roll is vastly different based on brand. Fall rates are dramatically different. The strike King falls close to a foot per second faster than a Nichols, and the Nichols is about two inches faster than the original. The brass content is also different, which leads to fall rate.

As hooks go, I convert a lot of my spoons to a so was hook doing away with the treble, and have actually recorded an increase in hookups.

The absolute key to flutter spoons is to not set the hook the first time they hit it. Let them hit it again, maybe a third time before sticking them. Almost every fish I catch will slam the spoon to "stun" it, then turn to catch and eat it. I missed hundreds of fish before I could finally convince myself to not lay into them right away.

 

 

Repeat the part about the hooks? I' not understanding what you were saying and seems like a solid piece of info

[Hooligan]

Sorry! Silly auto correct doesn't think I meant what I meant.

I change a lot of my hooks out to Owners Siwash hook.

http://www.ownerhooks.com/specialtyhooks.htm

Scroll down a bit, they're on there.

[martintheduck]

Any difference in how you need to fish it? Imagine you need to really rip that hookset. I imagine you get less snags. 

[Wayne P.]

If you want to catch "pigs" use a pig catcher:

 

http://www.***.com/Nichols_Ben_Parker_Magnum_Flutter_Spoon_8/descpage-NCMAGSP.html

[Hooligan]

I really don't fish it much different than a treble hook. Like I said the biggest thing I've found is that before I really lay the wood to a fish, I'll let them hit it two, even three times.

And, as much as I hate to admit it, 50# braid on a 7-5 to 7-11 heavy stick is the way to go. I want to move as much line as quickly as possible, and hammer it hard when I do. Braid is the answer for that.

[SirSnookalot]

Spoons do come in a variety of styles, they all catch fish.  A spoon may be more versatile than some people realize, they can be casted, jigged, and trolled.  The depth can be controlled to a certain extent by positioning the rod differently.  Down here Krocs are very popular, a local company sells one called a Gator, as nice as any other wide bodied flutter spoon I've used.

I'm a bit more into kastamster type spoons, sling jigs and cripple herrings.  One of my favorites is Wahoo redfish key spoon, I use those for bass.