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| Anytime I tell people I fish form muskie they always ask if I use spoons. Does anyone actually use them? |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | Mostly for cereal and ice cream |
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| Good for serving the food too!  |
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Location: Minnesota | i brought a friends son with me 17 year old he went through my box. he put on a musky size 5 of diamond cought a 45 incher. so they do work not for me but they do work |
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| Trolled on the back of a Believer a Williams Wobbler attached to the back hook eye of the Believer with 18 inches of leader, The Berger King Rig. Seems to work well on the St. Lawrence. I will soon give it a try. |
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| I've used them for tigers and pike and have done really well with Daredevles. I have yet to try them for put Muskies though. |
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| cave run legend - 12/23/2012 7:27 PM
Anytime I tell people I fish form muskie they always ask if I use spoons. Does anyone actually use them?
give the Mepps Syclops and Williams Whitefish a try. done will with both.. |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | Cody - 12/23/2012 9:42 PM
Trolled on the back of a Believer a Williams Wobbler attached to the back hook eye of the Believer with 18 inches of leader, The Berger King Rig. Seems to work well on the St. Lawrence. I will soon give it a try. :)
Anyone who I have talked to has always had the fish hit the Believer.So I wonder about the effectivness of the spoon
The leader can also be attached at the center hook on the Believer for less dampening of the lures action.
I don't like the potential mess that would be created in the net with the possible damage to the fish
Spoons have been used ( more in the past ) for over 50 years on LSC
Spoons can be used on downriggers if you want somthing that will track close to the depth of the ball
Yes spoons will work so will so will any piece of metal or chunk of wood if placed close enough to an aggressive muskie IF IT MOVES IT'S FOOD
You have to fish a lure that you have confidence in or you won't leave it on long enough to give it a fair test. Although I have caught hundreds of trout on spoons They are not a confidence bait for me when fishing muskies. |
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Location: Palm Coast, FL | When I used to troll quite a bit I used them with great success early right after ice out. 100'+ of line out and trolled at 2.5mph or slower. |
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Location: Northern Illinois | I have not caught a muskie with one yet, and I don't really fish them that much at all these days, but I have witnessed my grandfather catch a a ton of huge pike with them. He litterally had a freezer that he had filled with 8-10 pound Nothern Pike (yes they actually would eat them all). He mainly caught them with live bait (chubs), Johnson Spoons (with pork rind) and Daredevils. Many of the fish were even caught in late July and August. In these months he would work the spoons over deep water and let them sink, flutter, rise, play with them. Back then I never really had the patience or the touch to get what he had. Wish he was around today to show me more.
Also, in addition working them deep, you can skip/flutter a Johnson Spoon concave side mainly down over the thickest weeds or lilly pads you can imagine without getting hung up. |
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| I recall seeing a report of some big fish caught in Lake St. Clair-Detroit River on spoons. I would certainly try a 1 1/8 oz. Len Thompson in shallow water. Best action I've seen on a big spoon. |
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| horsehunter - 12/24/2012 6:35 AM
Cody - 12/23/2012 9:42 PM
Trolled on the back of a Believer a Williams Wobbler attached to the back hook eye of the Believer with 18 inches of leader, The Berger King Rig. Seems to work well on the St. Lawrence. I will soon give it a try. :)
Anyone who I have talked to has always had the fish hit the Believer.So I wonder about the effectivness of the spoon
check out the video's.. fish are clearly going after the spoons. |
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Location: nappanee IN | yea i remember spoons, back when i was training Vince how to become the fisherman that he's now we trolled spoons during the first ice-out challenge and i got a 44" to place second behind Terry Anderson hanging a sucker over the side. all i had was a lindy gator spoon -aka- babe winkleman's spoon and we ended with vince's 29" and my 44". so way back then they worked. prolly not now though. you know how things change  |
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| I used them a lot in the seventies and always caught fish on them casted or trolled,was very common to do so back then.A great application for them in todays muskie fishing would be jigging them where ever you guys are jigging the tubes or bondys,or fuzzy duzzits.lots of flash |
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| The Berger King rig seems to catch big fish on the St. Lawrence, but to each his own. I personally know of one being caught on this rig so I know it works. I'm gonna give it a try myself. When my Dad took us to Canada for Walleyes I would get some trolling in with a Williams Spoon and always catch a pike or two, which back then I was after, I wasn't even aware of Muskies back then....I wish now I was.  |
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Location: NE Wisconsin | One of my customers caught a beautiful 44 tiger on a Johnson Silver Minnow this fall. |
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Location: Lake "y" cause lake"x" got over fished | Every time I put one on I catch a plethora of pike. Had one follow on a smallie colored one a few years ago. Spoons used to be my favorite Pike bait. Carried over into my Musky obsession, but like I said, if I use one, I tend to catch a lot of pike. |
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Location: Minnesota: where it's tough to be a sportsfan! | I have gator spoons, red-eyes, daredevils, Hopkins & Johnson silver minnows on the wall for guests to choose to use. About once once a year one will get a boat ride. Although they almost always will get atleast a follow up. The silver minnow is one of my favorite throw back baits, can cast it along ways, and it is very alluring as it swims. |
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| Cody - 12/25/2012 11:49 AM
The Berger King rig seems to catch big fish on the St. Lawrence, but to each his own. I personally know of one being caught on this rig so I know it works. I'm gonna give it a try myself. When my Dad took us to Canada for Walleyes I would get some trolling in with a Williams Spoon and always catch a pike or two, which back then I was after, I wasn't even aware of Muskies back then....I wish now I was. :-(
Interesting tactic, I have family that lives and fishes out East and I do so myself once or twice a year so I have heard of this. My take has always been most if not all the fish that will come in and hit the spoon trailing would just hit the crankbait instead if there wasn't a spoon behind it. Maybe I'm wrong though, haven't tried it personally. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Spoons catch fish. They are just 'out of style' right now. |
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| spoons do work , but as stated above confidence, not in vogue bait,.... are all right.
it's a great bait that works great, a negative part to it is it has a lower hookup percentage, not sure why but you'll miss more fish on a spoon, as comparded to cranks, glides, bucks..
i cast my spoons due to the line twist even with a trolling plate (rudder) or a weight in front ( again confidence)
it can be worked in any fashion, casts a mile, easy to work all day, don't be afraid to wash a few of them on an outing
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Anyone use spoons?