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Location: Chicagoland | I just got back from my Canadian fly-in trip with Chimo out of Red Lake. The fishing was great as expected and 4 pike over 40'' were boated (2 x 42'', 1 x 40'', 1 x 43''). All of these fish were caught on large Daredevil's in yellow, red, or bright green. This does not count the countless mid and upper 30's, with 2 x 39''. I love these lures as they are easy to throw and their action is great. How effective are spoons on muskie? When are they best to throw? Thanks a lot guys, and anyone who hasn't headed up to Canada should get up there asap! Thinking about going to Lac Sueol or Eagle Lake next year for big pike and muskie. |
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| Live2Fish - 6/17/2008 12:49 PM
How effective are spoons on muskie?
They're not...hehehehehe |
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Location: Chicagoland | Really? that's surprising |
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| We always threw 3/4oz red and white daredevils with split tail pork rind trailers in spring for northern and would end up catching musky. I actually caught my first musky ever on pink Mepps Cyclops spoon. |
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Location: Chicagoland | The Cyclops is a great lure. I neglected to mention that above. So you think If I played one over a fresh cabbage bed, there might be some musky caught? |
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| I'm sure its' a possiblity. That is how my first came. Swinging it through fresh spring cabbage nd got it on the Figure 8. I wouldn't really rule anything out. My dad's last fish came a few years ago, but he caught it on the last dead chub in the minnow bucket. Threw a bass hook on and this dead chub and boated a 39 incher. |
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Location: Chicagoland | nice
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| Live,
We fish lake trout water and have boat several fish using spoons. In fact on more than time we've seen fish following our spoons as we are pulling them to move to different locations. I think spoons are under utilized today. Years ago they caught plenty of musky throwing Doc spoons early in the season.
Edited by Hunter4 6/17/2008 12:24 PM
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| when I was younger and we were going up to Eagle every summer I always caught nice pike on simple little daredevils and rizzo wiz's...had muskies chasing too...they were the best to use til the bulldawg came out..but they still work just as well I'd guess. After my crappie fishing experience yesterday I'm thinking of taking a 13" crappie and throwing it on a quickset rig, I've never seen a nice muskie move so fast..EVEN IN CANADA lol |
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Location: N.FIB | just yesterday I went to a lake by my house and a guy shore fishing told me he landed a 38 on a gator spoon,I know they work but I never try them.Also some years back at a bait shop around st germain a guy caught a 45 on a spoon reeling it real slow is what he told me. |
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| I always keep one of those big Silver Minnows in my box but the only time I ever pull it out is when I want to take a toss or two into the really thick stuff. |
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Location: New Brighton, MN | Personally, I haven't caught any muskies on spoons, but I haven't tried. However, I can't imagine it's much different than a spinnerbait or bucktail. Flashy, big vibration, erratic movement, etc. It's just not as "cool" as a massive and colorful double bladed bucktail @ $26.99 a pop.
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Location: McFarland | I think it was Keyes outdoors not to long ago had a show on where they were catching some skis on big ole daredevils or spoons of some sort. |
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| I know a friend of mine caught 2 45" within 15 minutes of each other trolling a red/white daredevle through the same saddle on LOTW. I like throwing a spoon to take a break for a bit to catch some pike. Caught a 41" on LOTW 2 years ago. They're really easy to cast and retrieve. |
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| I don't use spoons to specifically target musky but have been thinking of using some on a tiger lake I fish. Most the time I'd guess other presentations would be more effective but its a good idea to keep an open mind. I would think they would shine in early season since they tend to be a slower presentation and look akin to a dying (winterkill) fish. |
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Location: MPLS, MN | I have a buddy that loves the KB Spoons for Musky, Seen him catch a few on them too. Usually on a hot sunny day he busts out the Gold one. Keyes outdoors showed Chad Cain using spoons. Not my first choice but always have at least one with me.... |
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| We've caught quite a few on daredevles,especially 5 of diamonds,yellow/black diamonds. Took 3 out of one weed bed burning spoons over the top of the weeds. 3 years ago one of my sons took a 49 over a saddle with a spoon. Somedays they trigger hits when other lures don't. I especially like my hooking percentage with spoons. |
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Location: Chicagoland | Oh yeah. When a fish its a spoon, they often inhale it. I always crimp my barbs on spoons because they never seem to come out, and its less stress on the fish. That's from a northern pike stand point, I don't know if muskie are as aggressive with spoons as hungry jacks. |
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| I always keep a red and white daredevil in my lure wallet I have caught several on them nothing huge but my dad swears by them from back in the day so there must be something about them. |
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Location: Ontario | I've never used them either, but think about the overlap in terms of lures between pike and muskie: spinnerbaits, inline spinners, jerkbaits, surface baits, big soft plastics, Jakes, Believers, you name it. I don't think spoons would be excluded from the list as being pro-pike and anti-muskie. A buddy of mine in MI gets fish in the 35-40lb range almost every November on LSC, and usually on big Troll and Husky Devils. For pike or lake trout not many lures hook better or can be fished as easily at differing depths. If everyone on this board spent 2 hours per trip on prime spots at prime times casting or trolling strictly spoons, I bet a lot of muskies would wind up being caught. Johnson Spoon is great bait for heavy slop cabbage. Cool post, hearing everyone's stories about spoons!!
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|  I remember the day we caught 3 on spoons,and at the bar one young Musky guy wasn't too sure what a Daredevle was. I think he thought it was something brand new. For years we never told people we used them. |
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| They work great, but people would rather spend $20.oo on a large bucktail...kinda cracks me up...a large spinner will move water and catch fish but a spoon won't...Ha Ha...the only downside is the twist in line...but it is only over looked because it is not trendy...Ben |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I fish 'em alot on the Goon when I can't get the fish to look at a spinnerbait or bucktail. Walleyes, bass, big pike, and muskies...all spoon fed. |
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| BenR - 6/18/2008 9:33 PM
They work great, but people would rather spend $20.oo on a large bucktail...kinda cracks me up...a large spinner will move water and catch fish but a spoon won't...Ha Ha...the only downside is the twist in line...but it is only over looked because it is not trendy...Ben
Too true. LOL. People want new lures,not ones that were popular in the 50's. Speaking of new lures, how many times have we seen a new lure come out everyone buys and by shear numbers of people throwing them,it catches a bunch of Muskies. A couple of years later it's forgotten in place of something else,and the cycle starts again. |
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Location: Chicagoland | Back when a Giant Killer was "the" big bucktail, people caught tons of fish in summer and fall on these lures. Now the big bucktails are eight inches long and have funky plastic shiny tails, and two blades. I only wonder if good old trusty Mepps will try to come out with some new gargantuan lure to compete with the cowgirls, or if they understand the pattern and see that perhaps this enormous bucktail fad will die in due time. |
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Location: WI | I caught a short musky on a red/white dardevil. I also had my biggest follow on a Gator spoon. I think that one was a musky, all I saw was a HUGE head come in and turn away at shore. |
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