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Hi all,

Am enclosing a picture of my very first fish taken with modified Swedish Pimple on our local lake today. Although we didn't find any of the big gills that are normally suspended this time of year, the extremely cold fronts passing through have kept water temps bouncing up and down and it must really be messin' with the gills heads (as well as mine!) I got his hog on the very first cast with a 1/5th oz. S.P. in a hammered copper pattern due to the overcast skies. Also caught a perch that almost as small as the bait! Still lots of summer to go so hope to figure this spoonin' thing down as the summer slips by. Most sincerely, Bob Davis

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I bet that was unexpected.
The spoon does NOT discriminate!.....nice catch Bob.
"We're gonna need a bigger boat" comes to mind. Yeow ! steve b
that's great...I'm new to spoonin as well and I would like to know what technique do u use while spoonin...cuz I dont think I'm doing it right since I havent gotten a single attempt on it since I have been tryin..bout to stick to live bait...

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