Spoons, your favorite?

[DougH]

As we slip into fall and the fish start eating the spoon, do you guys find there to be much difference? Is there one special spoon you like best? Do you have a preference for hooks? Do you like a feathered hook?
Or do you just like to think about spooning... Don't worry Lance, I won't drag you into this one.

[FRANKRIZZO]

THE ice jig

[Guy Williams]

Magabait spoon

[ns nitro]

Old school hammer finish w feather treble!!! Solid Gold

[buddy brown]

The OG bizait iz d dark rainbow k-master wit tree sallmon eggs on each treble.... day lika- da juice from egg

[smpboy]

i have yet to find the perfect spoon the ice jig is prob my fav but they are expensive and break and bend out easily the crip herring isnt 2 bad either if u change the hooks out ,iam suprised that a company hasnt come out with any thing better than what we had 10 years ago their is alot of room for improvement for spoons

[gt5bass]

Petite brunette, 5'6"-5'8", C-cup

[some guy]

ichiban tackle...check it out...bunch of sick *** spoons.. all the ones that are like the cordell gayblade...so money.

[Oldschool]

Structure spoons for deep verticle jigging through shad schools are the type you need in our western lakes.
Slab spoons are lead, flat sided, compact so they get down fast without a lot natural flutter or action. Slabs come in the oval, coffin and minnow profiles.
Metal flutter type structure spoons are more popular than slabs, work better a little shallower and generally have a minnow profile.
Ice jigs are not spoons, although good verticle lure.
Blades with lead keel weight are a cross between the ice jig and flutter spoon.
Buzz Bombs are heavy triangle drop lures that spin on the fall.
Treble or single hook style both work, use a premium sharp hook, red or chrome.
Feathers or mylar hook dressing add color and movement.
Popular spoons: Slabs; Crippled Herring, Bomber Slab, Megabait.
Flutter; Kastmaster, Krocodile, Little Cleo, Dardevle Imp, Champ, Hopkins.
My personal preference is treble hooks with white or white chartreuse chicken feathers and chrome, white or gold colors.
The rod should be a 7' medium mod/fast. Line 10 to 15 lb fluoro, baitcasting or spinning reel. Spoons; 1/2 to 1 oz.
If you are going to spoon during the cold water period; learn how to needle or fizz the basses air bladder or use a torpedo 8 oz. sinker tied to another outfit to lower the bass back down below 30 feet or so. Put the torpedo sinker in the basses throat and lower it dwon using a rod/reel, stop at the depth you hooked the bass, pause, lift the rod up and reel up the sinker.
Delayed mortallity rates can be above 30% for bass caught deeper than 40 feet, so use caution. Ice jigs tend to damage the basses severley when engulfed due to the small end hooks get in their throat.
IMO you don't need to spend a lot of money for expensive spoons, this is a pure reaction bait depending on flash and profile, not detail, unless that gives you more confidence.
Tom

[Dave Wilson]

Oldschool: Some great advice and information. I won't spoon for bass any longer in water over 20 feet except in a tournament due to the decompression problems bass face as a result.

[Pete Marino]

Hey thats Hippie!!!!!!!

He even has long hair for you Gary. Guy says he likes when its being pulled. And he shaves his legs.........
You guys would be great together...you argue with each other like husband and husband anyways...

Im gonna go puke now!!!

Pete

[ash]

Duh....Spoons Great baits!

[tunaman]

...Cabelas' Real Image spoons are very good.

Roger

[Lance]

I think alot of people miss the boat on Oneida spoons, they are really good. And for DougH Ive provided a link:

http://www.bestbuysilver.com/oneida/stainless.html

[DanWarme]

Long before being known as the "tubeman"
a club I belonged to, was calling me "spooner" for my affections for that bait. Love to throw them.
Particularly in the summer.
And I've already said too much.

My top 3 are:
Hopkins shorty, 1/2 or 3/4 oz. Sliver or gold.
Ice Jig
BPS Dixie Jet. They make it, they stop making in, they start making it again.... Apparently they stopped again cause there weren't any in Rancho Cucamonga last night.

For winter bass fishing, my selection criteria is simple. Clear water, ice jig. Less tha 2' visability, Hopkins.


My spoon box probably weighs 10#. Those are the top ones for me, but you'll also find,
Man-O-Lures, Crippled Herrings, Duh spoons, Blade Runners, Kastmasters, Strata spoons and a few others I can't remember the names of.
Also find Little Georges which I often fish like a spoon.

Castaic has my personal record for deepest bass caught. 110'
That lake has always had a real deep spoon bite. But I can say with confidence that I have never gotten a keeper that deep. Stay shallower and your fish will be bigger.

[Oldschool]

Spoons are avoided by a lot bass fishermen becuase they think you only catch smaller school size fish. That may be true if you target the small school bass working the upper shad school mass.
Think under the bait ball and near structure where the bigger bass hold and look for injured baitfish and the bass size should increase.
The week I started using this site for example a few members watched me put several 5 to 7 lb and one 9 lb class bass in the boat using spoons on Casitas, so it's not always the small bass on spoons.
Tom

[gt5bass]

Castaic has my personal record for deepest bass caught. 110'
That lake has always had a real deep spoon bite. But I can say with confidence that I have never gotten a keeper that deep. Stay shallower and your fish will be bigger.

Dang Dan,

You got me beat by 2'. My deepest bass came out of Casitas at 108'. Nice solid 3lb chunk.

[DanWarme]

You're right there Tom.
My 1st double digit fish fell for a spoon on Lake Castaic.
12.5# a very long time ago.
Part of 4 for 21.5# that day for a club tourney. (Hence the name spooner)
But that was in August on Castaic. I have never had a lot of luck with big fish on a spoon in the winter. For me its been
Winter = numbers
Summer = size.

[DanWarme]

Castaic has my personal record for deepest bass caught. 110'
That lake has always had a real deep spoon bite. But I can say with confidence that I have never gotten a keeper that deep. Stay shallower and your fish will be bigger.

Dang Dan,

You got me beat by 2'. My deepest bass came out of Casitas at 108'. Nice solid 3lb chunk.

Like I said, the better fish are shallower! lol

[Oldschool]

November has historically been my best big bass spoon bite on both Castaic and Casitas. The stripers have made locating bigger bass difficult at Castiac, however don't always asume the white water are stripers.
You need to use a fillet knife to fizz bass caught over 60', try to stay above 40' or shallower.
Tom