Doug I usually use a couple of waxworms.This has produced more than just gills for me.

John, newbie question here. What do you mean by 2 or 3 interlinked snap swivels? do you have a photo? Thanks -Bryan

Bryan,Just open the snap and hook it though the ring of the next swivel,until you have several in a row, This "chain linkage" is almost like having a few inches of trolling leaded line directly on your line for casting & weighting.

Doug, a few years back, fishing in the Thousand Islands section of the St Lawrence River (NY) I used a 2" double tailed curly plastic as tipping -over deep humps and edges of weedbeds (18') the really big gills up there slammed this plastic. I don't believe it is made anymore-called a "Cat Claw",due to the unique parallel facing twister type tails. I got literally hundreds of hefty panfish on this dressing.Best I ever used for BIG gills! Fortunately I have nearly a lifetime stash of these actionized tails!

So I'm assuming that the single hook that comes with the rattlin' spoon is the way to go as opposed to the treble?

Charles, are you tipping the hook with plastic or live bait?

This group is taking on a life of it's own. Congratulations.

North American Spoon Chuckers is to Big Bluegill as The Jefferson's were to All in the Family. ;-)

Just joined the group and haven't tried a spoon yet. First question, can you just tie it on a start casting, or do you have to add swivels or anything else to prevent line twist? If you were just starting out, which spoon would be the best one to start with?

Marty, see this blog on spoon rigging http://www.bigbluegill.com/profiles/blogs/deep-water-spoon-presentation

Or see my video entitled spoons.
http://www.bigbluegill.com/video/spoons-1

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North American Spoon Chuckers is to Big Bluegill as The Jefferson's were to All in the Family. ;-) Lol!.............

I was thinking more like....what Kramer is to Stienfeld!

Rattlin Flash spoon (Fire Tiger)in 3-5 ' depths took a Rainbow Trout as well as many BGills W and Y Perch in the rain yesterday.Even took two gills on a plain spoon after getting them worked up with small worm pieces.Great fun!

MM I'm learnig and having some luck at it, but alot of room for improvement, I dig this gr8 technique, tight lines

Hey guys...not a big deal...but I got another dozen or so gills last evening on the 1/16 oz RF spoon at a local pond, some up to 8 in, and missed a bunch that were running me into the heavy weeds. Switched over to plain worms below a bobber and actually caught fewer fish! Doesn't take much to make me happy!

Was out with Neighbor Man to delevan lake yesterday and man oh man was it foggy, LMAO, 5:45am, nav lights on, visibility was 40ft MAX. My first experience. Neighbor was all smiles but I admit getting to the other side by compass, WOW had to be done very very carefully. "WHEW" all in all good day, 13 keepers over 7in largest being 9 1/2. 25 or so didn't make the cut, lol get it? didn't make the cut. lol, ok ok!! tighgt lines all Dano

OOPS, thought I'd just say the spoon technique is getting better and I also got Neighbor Man "spoon chuckin"

A while back I mentioned that when casting the added spinner I applied to my spoon rig ,it slid up the line when casting.Bob Davis suggested a drop of super glue.Bob got me thinking and not being a fan of super glue came up witjh this idea.I use an Eagle claw float stopper to keep the spinner blade close to the spoon.

thanks for the invite Bill,i do fish spoons ,on fly rods.but reading your group i thank i will try some spoons on some white perch(ie crappie in your neck of the woods. thanks again man. shooter


gators are ugly

I just bought a bunch of different Acme and Mepps spoons to try this spooning thing out. Also a few Swedish pimples and even two Super Doopers. I see that alot of you all tip your spoons with various things, so I'll try it. Bill, you've probably answered this question a hundred times in other threads, but what is the advantage of a single hook over a triple?

First and foremost, this open water spooning methodology is based upon horizontal presentations. Many spoon manufacturers rig their products with treble hooks mostly in part of the hook-up ratio treble hooks offer in vertical presentations. The single hook is paramount when presented horizontally, and more evenly balances the spoon when rigged with plastic trailers such as solid bodied tube baits, and more oftenly live baits like crawler chunks or waxworms.....Single hooks also make for easy unhooking....when fish are coming to the boat on just about every cast, trebles will slow you down.

The single hooks that were supplied with your swedish pimples are called the Mustad sproat #3365C in size 6 or 8....they are available at Bay D noc lure co.

Thanks, Bill! I'll rig a few up with the singles that came with the pimples and give it a go.

Joe, be sure and rig the single hook so the hook point rides up (flat side of Swede)

Had a nice catch today guys on #3 Swedes, 1/8 oz Kastmasters and RF spoons on crappie, gills and bass. Nothing big, but we got about 25 fish altogether on the spoons tipped with bait from a 2 acre pond. Coolest thing was that I got to teach my buddy Kevin how to fish them and he caught a bunch of fish on them and was really tickled about it, learning a new tactic and all.

We later hit another pond and got gills and bass, but the spoons were not as productive as at the previous spot.

Jim, that's too cool. Never too late to teach an old buddy new tricks.

I'll Be darned, spoons work on bluegills! I tried a few of the spoons that I had rigged up today when I wasn't doing so good with the Spin Flies that I normally use. I tried a variety - all between 1/12 and 1/8 oz. One thing I noticed right off the bat was that they all casted better than spinners and grubs. Maybe the 'gills werent used to seeing them or something but I got quite a few short strikes, and certainly more hookups than than I had gotten earlier in the morning. Surpirisingly, the hot spoon of the day was a 1/12 oz. Acme Phoebe in fire tiger. Unfortunately, I hadn't switched the hooks over on the Phoebes from triples to singles yet, and I wish that I did, because the triples were really doing a number on the fishes' mouths. I'll fix that tonight.

OK ALL, WILL SPOONS WORK IN LATE OCTOBER, NOVEMBER?? Or do I go after a different species?? I'm still using them. I was out roughing it last weekend and no luck except for a 21" snake on a 1/16th swede with a piece of crawler. Or will the gill action slow? Any advice??????

Dano, October is official spoon month!....my guess is that you were fishing water that just wasn't cold enough. 58 is the magic number, and can be considered golden down to 52 deg. Look for suspended fish on deep weedlines in close proximity to wintering areas....see this vid shot last Nov 2nd...surface temp was 52 deg.
http://www.bigbluegill.com/video/blue-fox-rattlin-flash-spoons

Thx 4 the reply "MM", OK then its a go, I'll keep spoonin... Water temp was 57 at Delevan Lake but conditions were nasty, will give it another go, I'm not done yet, hope your fishing is also successful. Keep us posted and love your VIDS

MM is on the mark. I bought a variety of spoons and small 1/8 oz Kastmasters. I had good luck the other day 4 Crappie, 4 gills kept and 6 yellow bass kept, many released. I had good luck on a 1/8th oz chartreuse spoon and the Kastmasters. I got some tiny silver 1" spoons, but they were too light to cast well. They may work for jigging. Thanks for the tip.

Mike

ive joined. i do have ONE spoon im going to try it when i go fishing again (if i remember)

iff someone could give me a couple i'd be happy

no one is very active on here anymore

Caught a few gills an some nice perch the last couple outings 11/23 and 11/29.The past three days have been spent in the deer woods,no luck yet.

if the weather is nice on winter vacation, i might go fishing

The fishing sites will start to get very active once the ice is thick enough and people start gettin the fever. I know I am starting to feel warm....

ok

well Musky i tried some Blue Fox Flash Spoons 1/16 oz. this weekend,on fly rods.
i caught some sac-a-lait(Louisiana crappie) and a few gills ,this was my first time spoon fishing on with fly rods.
i guess i am a convert now,i will have to add spoon box to my vest.

gators hate ice

A few trips out on the ice and 16th oz Rattlin flash spoons
produced some nice gills so did Hildebrant shad kings and Lure Jensen Hus with the big Red flapper,Acme Kastmaster also produced.

The Rattlin Flyer spoon is coming into play for Perch.Works good with Gulp magotts.

Very cool. Where do you get these little beauties??? Bob

There's a Gander Mountain in Madison, Wi. about 20 minutes from my home. I'll check it out the next time I'm that way! Thanks so much! Bob

Just grabbed these, some people say they are too big. I can't say that I disagree, but then I don't really know. Take a look, tell me what you think.

bass pro has the pimple thingamabobbers on sale!

2lb gill I didnt know gills fed at night?

Try them out Joe.If you get a fish to take one,it most likely will be a KEEPER.Just let the fish tell you.

2lbgill,,what light source down in the water are you referencing...and what bait were you using on the Hali....

Don, I found 3 on the Hali spoons at the Gander in Madison. Took all 3 of them but only had 2 color options. None were GLOW however. I was told there's a place up in Beaver Dam that has them so will try take place when I get around better. Have been out of work with foot surgery for 3 weeks now. Hope all is well up your way. Bob

I'm gettin' the itch to hit the ponds and lakes soon. It's been a cold, snowy winter (with yet another huge nor'easter coming tomorrow), but spring is in sight and I'm ready to pounce.

1st ice out spoon gill of 2010

5-24-10 Brother Greg and I got many fine hard fighting BG,WPerch ,Yperch and small bass in shallow murky water on on12thoz. and 1/8th oz Kastmasters tipped with crawler pieces or mealworms.Lost a 15" bass but have realized the potential of this great tecnique in hot weather ! The fish will chase a retreive as well as pick up a lift and drop. Made A LOT of casts with the spoons to shady areas and the pattern worked well.