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Yesterday I used three types and sizes /Weights and caught on all three : Started with the Hus Spoon 1/12 oz. caught a Pickerel and Bass right away and very small hen Gills. Switched to a 1/8th oz. Kastmaster caught more Gills and finally started hitting bigger males .Thirdly I tried a 1/6th (I guess) 'Super Duper ' and lost a nice fish after some nice deeper swimming and then dropped a male at boat side . I put on a 1/8th Lil'Cleo and got cut off by what must've been a Pickerel .
The small hens were up in the column The Pickerel and Bass were a count down of 10 and 5' respectively the Male Gills were suspended deeper down around 5 or more feet. I didn't have a depthfinder rowing around in a 10 ' boat yesterday but I know from experience I was fishing in 10' depths to 20' . The end of September always has fish in this NW corner in pockets and outside the dead weed tops showing on the surface .

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Comment by carl hendrix on September 30, 2015 at 1:35pm

going to have to give this trick a try John !!   soon I hope!!

Comment by John Sheehan on September 30, 2015 at 1:05pm

Great fish suspending technique Carl . I like the idea that these small spoons  can fit in a small mouth and appear vulnerable like a small baitfish (spoon)  attacking a worm piece . Predator notices small baitfish feeding and says" i'll eat both" .

Comment by carl hendrix on September 30, 2015 at 12:45pm

way to go John;; I havent tried using;; hard baits yet for gills; never thought of it!!

Comment by John Sheehan on September 30, 2015 at 8:24am

Prefer to do it from a boat Dick ,seems to work best .Give me Jigs when fishing from shore .

Comment by dick tabbert on September 30, 2015 at 7:03am

Thanks for sharing John. I really need to look into spoon chunking Musky mod got me curious but haven't been on the water to check it out.

Comment by John Sheehan on September 30, 2015 at 6:49am

Hey Keith all you need to know is in Musky Mods Spoonchuckers group: http://bigbluegill.com/group/northamericanspoonchuckers

Yesterday I used three types and sizes /Weights and caught on all three  : Started with the Hus Spoon 1/12 oz. caught a Pickerel and Bass right away and very small hen Gills. Switched to a 1/8th oz. Kastmaster caught more Gills and finally started hitting bigger males .Thirdly I tried a 1/6th (I guess) 'Super Duper ' and lost a nice fish  after some nice deeper swimming and then dropped a  male at boat side . I put on a 1/8th Lil'Cleo and got cut off by what must've been a Pickerel .

  Slip, the small hens were up in the column The Pickerel and Bass were a count down of 10 and 5' respectively the Male Gills were suspended deeper down around 5 or more feet. I didn't have a depthfinder rowing around in a 10 ' boat yesterday but I know from experience I was fishing in 10' depths to 20' . The end of September always has fish in this NW corner in pockets and outside the dead weed tops showing on the surface .

Comment by dick tabbert on September 29, 2015 at 8:33pm

Its a beauty John.

Comment by Keith Ritter on September 29, 2015 at 6:15pm

I'm going to have to add spoons to my bag of tricks. What would be a good starting point John?

Comment by Jim Gronaw on September 29, 2015 at 5:20pm

Nice work, John!

Comment by Slip Sinker on September 29, 2015 at 4:31pm

nice fish!... that is one odd looking spoon though...

how deep were they?

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