No Love For Spoons?

[Lord Castlereagh]

Hi, All:

 

I used a spoon for the first time the other day, and had great success. Got crappie, bass, and a 15.5-inch trout.

 

However, I almost never hear anybody sing the spoon's praises, and I notice on this board under the "What's Your Confidence Lure?" thread, hardly anbody (maybe nobody) mentions spoons?

 

Why is this?

 

Thanks

[All about da bass]

I have fished them, I prefer to fish them on ledges in the summer and in different areas in the fall. Yeah I don't recall anybody saying a spoon as their favorite. Most people were with t rigs, c rigs, wacky rigs, ned rigs, pretty much a soft plastic rigged in different ways.

Spoons will catch a lot of different species, because it imitates a dying shad or other bait fish. Most fish eat shad, it's an easy meal.

[jr231]

Spoons are almost as effective as inline spinners... come in all sizes and colors..  

 

I think they're frowned upon or not talked about by bass anglers because they are easy to use.. in other words.  "Beginner lures".. never understood that. But oh well. 

 

Ask a person who runs charters for salmon. They've got love for spoons (;

 

[soflabasser]

I use spoons mostly for saltwater fishing and rarely for freshwater fishing.They do have a place and time that they work very well, that is for sure.

[Armtx77]

I have about a dozen Silver Minnows in various colors. With Chrome(silver)/Blue being the one that catches a few dozen bass a year.

I typically scream them over the top of grass beds in early summer.

[FishDewd]

I use them on rocky rivers where there is a current, but never on any kind of still water like a pond or lake. I'm not including waves as current, that's just boats or wind. They just get snagged too easily for me. Fast presentations just don't work for bass here, especially in the summer.

[WRB]

6 hours ago, Lord Castlereagh said:

Hi, All:

 

I used a spoon for the first time the other day, and had great success. Got crappie, bass, and a 15.5-inch trout.

 

However, I almost never hear anybody sing the spoon's praises, and I notice on this board under the "What's Your Confidence Lure?" thread, hardly anbody (maybe nobody) mentions spoons?

 

Why is this?

 

Thanks

Search "spoons" on this site.

Tom

[scaleface]

What kind of spoon did you use ? Theres a lot of different types .

[thinkingredneck]

Spoons are an old classic.  I have caught crappie, bass, trout, Salmon, bluefish,  and mackerel on them.

[Bluebasser86]

I carry dozens of spoons in my boat, mostly jigging spoons. One of my top secret baits this past winter was a 1oz casting spoon 

[burrows]

I eat cereal with a spoon. But I don’t use them for bass fishing. 

[rangerjockey]

One of my favorite ways to fish.. Love the summer time dock bite with the Dixie jet slab spoon..

Pitch it under the walk ways and around the boat lifts .

The flutter spoon is more of a post spawn suspended fish deal for me.

 I like to cut the swivel off the slab spoons. It will twist the line and it has to be changed or cut back every day but the fish love to see it spin.

 

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15 hours ago, Yeajray231 said:

I think they're frowned upon or not talked about by bass anglers because they are easy to use.. in other words.  "Beginner lures".. never understood that. But oh well. 

I think it's the opposite. Spoons in the hands of someone who knows what they are doing are one of the best baits around, however they often require extreme awareness of conditions as well as a narrow range of speed where they work best, and a dedicated rod with an action that let's just say is not in LMB angling fashion. These things cause most to dable and relegate and move on to something else. I know "flutter" spoons were all the rage a bit ago, and they certainly have a place, but vertical jigging is nothing new. I still prefer my saltwater Hopkins, but of course, depth, current and wind are going to dictate what spoon works best. When fishing spoons, when in doubt, slow down.

[NorthernBasser]

I used to always use the Johnson's Silver Minnow. No idea why I stopped, but it's been some time since it's seen the water. Would always use a Zoom Split Tail trailer on it. that thing would just glide thru the lily pads. Caught many big bass on it. I may have to give it some love this year. 

[Cak920]

I fish spoons for pike in the same places I fish for bass and generally I catch a lot of pike and very few bass on them. Not sure why but that’s how it is for me. I like spoons they just aren’t in my bass box. If you look at me profile pick it’s my go to spoon for pike.

[jr231]

@reason no doubt proper equipment , approach, and technique will increase your lures (in this case a spoon) effectiveness... 

 

I used to use tiny daredevel spoons like 13 years ago when I was a child and catch crappie, perch, bluegill and bass off the back of a paddle boat with an old junk spinning rod I didn't even know how to spool properly. 

 

It was a nice " private " lake tho... 

[scaleface]

Iv'e never had any luck with Daredevil  or Krocodile type spoons . Have caught a few fish on weedless spoons . Jigging spoons , I have done well with .

[Peddiesake]

Whenever the shad are busting I go to a hammered blue/silver Little Cleo. You can knock out a dozen LMB in an hour under those conditions.

[senile1]

I use spoons under specific conditions.  In the summer on clear water mountain impoundments a spoon can be the best lure for suspended fish at times.  A jigged spoon has been my go-to lure when bass are suspended over trees in 30 to 50 feet of water at Table Rock Lake.  Jigging a spoon can be effective for winter fish on the bottom as well.  Additionally, when Kentucky spots are busting shad at the surface using the correct spoon can be deadly.  

[Crestliner2008]

This is one combination of 5/8 oz. Tony Spoon and Clacker rig that I've had very good results with when fishing for deep water smallmouth bass. The In'Fisherman presented this option several seasons ago and it's become one of my staples:

 

 

[WRB]

The BR site has hundreds of replies and 69 pages on spoons and several articles written on spoon fishing avialible to the members. Suggest you take advantage of this resource.

Casting spoons, jigging spoons, weedless spoons etc.

Tom

 

[Catt]

Dead of winter, creek channels, suspended bass, & a jigging spoon!