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Spooning with Crawler chunks
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 LedHed on October 6, 2015 at 6:40am
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Excellent
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Comment by B. Waldman on October 5, 2015 at 8:41am
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Nice report. I have been pretty surprised by the number of bluegill I've caught this year on normal sized jigging spoons while fishing for walleye and white bass (3/8-1/2 oz. sizes). They'll definitely take a crack at them despite their size. Changing out the treble to one that has some type of feathering or mylar tied on seems to really help with attracting the gills.
On the spoonplugs, I've got a bunch of them and even belong to a local SP club. Don't recall ever catching any bluegill on them, but I have caught about everything else including bass, crappie, white bass, walleye and catfish. They do a heck of a job on pike and musky from what I've heard also, though I don't really have either of those fish in abundance in my neck of the woods. The basic foundation of structure, breaks, breaklines and deep water is still just as valid today as it was when Buck first wrote it all down on paper.
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Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on October 4, 2015 at 5:34pm
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Nice gill and report John.......
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Comment by dick tabbert on October 2, 2015 at 8:54am
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Steve check out
NORTH AMERICAN SPOON CHUCKERS
a group here on BBG with Musky Mod our go to guy on spooning.
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Comment by Steve Wilson on October 2, 2015 at 7:42am
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I have not used any of the spoonplugs..... but have been curious about them since I saw them in Fishing Facts magazine in the 80's. Youtube has a lot of vids about them....they sound like they work pretty well.
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Comment by John Sheehan on October 2, 2015 at 7:15am
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Yes Slip the other two spoons I threw I switched out to single hooks which I prefer.
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Comment by Slip Sinker on October 1, 2015 at 11:01am
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hey thats a great technique altogether... but have you tried swapping out the hooks to singles or better yet (for me anyways) a chain dropper single hook and a vertical ice jig? my hooking percentage and numbers went way up.
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I have a whole set of BP Spoonplugs but never used them .Trolling spoons . Have you?
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John..... have you ever used any of the Buck Perry spoonplugs ?
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Comment by Keith Ritter on September 30, 2015 at 5:23pm
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Thanks for the response John. I think they carry Kastmaster spoons at my local Walmart. This could be a good fall tactic in my area as well.
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