Tiny Microspoons and gills

[chaunc]

Here's a tip for anyone that fishes for bluegills. Give the tiny black microspoon from crappieday a try. Me and T.O. used them at Ky lake last week and caught and released almost 200 fish in three days using them. We fished near the boat docks with them under a small weighted bobber and tipped with a maggot or nibble and had a great time. The wind was howling out on the lake so we came in and fished the docks. Those little spoons really slammed them. Got a few crappies too. 4# test line, and a loop knot to let the spoon swing worked best. Give em a try.

[crappiefisher6]

I've never used spoons before. So bare with me while I ask what might seem like a crazy question to you. If you still have to put bait on the hook with a spoon. Then why even bother using a spoon? How do you know that the gills were not just after the maggots or the nibbles? Like I said I've never used spoons before.

[deathb4disco]

tipped with a maggot

Was your success due to the spoon or the maggot?

Not trying to knock the spoon -- it's just that, in my experience, no bluegill(or shellcracker or trout or catfish or crappie) can resist a maggot, no matter what it's hooked to.

A fair test would be for you to fish the spoon (without maggot) and your friend to fish the maggot on a bare hook. I'd suggest a #14 hook and 2lb. line.

[deathb4disco]

If you still have to put bait on the hook with a spoon. Then why even bother using a spoon?

Crappiefisher6 beat me to the obvious question.

[chaunc]

Well i have to admit i didn't fish it without the maggots. I had a cup with me so i used em. Next time i'll fish em bare and see how well they'll work. Is that fair enuff. Dont want to lie to you guys. I just know we had a blast catchin them gillies using the spoons. My buddy tried a small jig with maggots but changed to the spoon when he saw how fast i was catchin them. I started with and ended with the spoon.

[Illinoisgiller]

Now these are good questions, but there is really not a solid answer.
Here is a situation that is similar .I happen to be a fan of some of the smallest Grizzly Jig patterns. I tip all them with wax worms. I had the same doubts some of you have.
To test this I took a tiny salmon egg hook and used it bare w/ wax worm under the same conditions as the grizzly jigs. I still caught fish with the bare hook, but most often smaller and less in numbers. Switched back to the jigs and was gifted with larger fish and more of them.

Long answer to short question-- When you find a system that is working
, (and it sounds like the spoons are doing that) stick with it .
Thank you for being thoughtfull enough to share, I might give those spoons a try also.Mike