Just seen this, I will try and find the pic soon.Dalleinf wrote:Picture. Or it didn’t happenBRONZEBACK32 wrote:I caught a 4lb rainbow today on these spoon
I'm wondering how well these spoons for for jigging, targeting smallmouth....anyone?
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Just seen this, I will try and find the pic soon.Dalleinf wrote:Picture. Or it didn’t happenBRONZEBACK32 wrote:I caught a 4lb rainbow today on these spoon
Reporting back. I think I am in love with tiny spoons! I got some in in time for a trout stocking and the tail end of the fall white perch season. I did not catch many trout with them, but the fishing was poor in general and I never really found a school of them. The perch were far far more accommodating and I managed about a few dozen dinks in the span of an hour or two.Houndfish wrote: I went ahead and ordered a few Daiwa Crusaders to try
Something else to try is take your hooks and flip them over, they are directional on the spoons and they may be riding hook side down causing the hookups to miss. I’ve flipped mine so hook point is up compared to the top of the spoonHoundfish wrote:Reporting back. I think I am in love with tiny spoons! I got some in in time for a trout stocking and the tail end of the fall white perch season. I did not catch many trout with them, but the fishing was poor in general and I never really found a school of them. The perch were far far more accommodating and I managed about a few dozen dinks in the span of an hour or two.Houndfish wrote: I went ahead and ordered a few Daiwa Crusaders to try
If tiny perch like these guys will hit them then I have high hopes for the big ones this spring when I can get out sooner in the season.
I also managed a few sunfish that trip, which is rare for this pond.
The 1/8oz Crusaders cast far far better than the 1/8oz inline spinner I have been using. They are a small bit heavier overall, but the profile is about the same. I am starting to realize that I don't care about my lures being *light*, but I want them to be as *small* as I can get them. But in any case the spoons are far easier to cast and can be retrieved far slower than the spinners and seem to be as productive or very close to the spinners.
My one complaint with the Crusaders is the hookup ratio. It was very very poor, with maybe 4-5 solid bumps per hooked fish and a very poor landing ratio of like 50/50. I think the hook gaps are too small for perch and I am going to swap a few out to the Owner-Cultiva hooks I use on my inline spinners to see if I can boost the hookup rate.
The combo can handle 1/16oz inline spinners, but the ease of casting and generally more chill day I have using 1/8oz ones really makes lures around that weight more appealing. I also get a fair number of pickerel and schooly stripers as bycatch so I run 6lb mono which isn't super great with lures under 1/8th. I am spoon-crazy so I will pick some up, I also use a few UL spinning combos for my perching and a light spoon will cast far better on them as I can use light braid and a (relatively) heavy leader.CM_Stewart wrote:If your gear can cast smaller spoons, like the 1.8g Daiwa Lupin or even the .8g Daiwa Vega, I believe you will get a better hookup ratio. I don't think the problem is the hook gape. I think fish that hit the spoons from the side, hit them near the front of the spoon and miss the hook entirely. With a smaller spoon they are more likely to take the whole spoon.
It seems that the fish I see chasing down the spoon from behind result in solid hookups
That is interesting, I had never considered the different action affecting the hookup ratio. Also thanks for the links!Dalleinf wrote: Spoon hooks dance about even more than the spoon itself and as such often get hit poorly or at a wrong angle by trout.