Today went spoon joggin on my home lake, found crappie 50 foot deep caught about 12 crappie and 10 catfish, pretty good half a day.
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Today went spoon joggin on my home lake, found crappie 50 foot deep caught about 12 crappie and 10 catfish, pretty good half a day.
That is a nice half day trip Danny. :ThumbsUp
Congrats on the successful outing. I love to catch 'em on a spoon this time of year. What brand & size were you using? I'm a Hopkins fan.
Jim
jim I have used all the brand spoons out from the old butter bean spoon, Hopkins, homemade poured, Red Devils, now I use a spoon or what we call a lazer blade we buy at bass pro, looks sorta like a gay blade, in 1/2 oz. Silver and black, and white. I like white better because it looks like a shad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yak Fish
wow that is deep , never hit them that deep before , interesting read and congrats :highfive
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Originally Posted by Danny Lang
Thanks for the reply. I use Sonars, Silver Buddy, Crickets, and Gay Blades too, though not as much as a Hopkins.
Jim
jim when I lived in Virginia and North Carolina you could buy silver buddies but not here in Georgia. Wish I would of bought me a few. Never heard of a sonars.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yak Fish
Aren't all of those blade baits?
I know Silver Buddies, Cicadas, and Sonars are absolutely deadly in deep water. Almost anything will hit those things.
Sonars are made by Heddon. They also have 3 holes across the top for different actions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danny Lang
Let me know if you want me to round up some Silver Buddies & send 'em your way. It'd be no trouble.
Jim
Silver Buddy used to have one with an all white paint job, which I found to be more productive than the unpainted silver version.
My first blade bait was the Gay Blade, then the Silver Buddy, and then the Cicada. I've mostly used them for catching White Bass & Hybrid Stripers. Hopkins Spoons & Kastmasters (w/bucktail) have also been acquired over the years, again for those same species. Never really fished much during Winter, so jigging for Crappie with these baits was not something I ever got around to doing. I considered using them for Crappie when Pushing jigs, but just never got around to it. I have little doubt they'd do a great job with that technique, or even Long Line Trolling, for that matter. :ThumbsUp
I'll be off for two weeks starting next weekend & am planning on trying spoon fishing with livescope myself for crappie, smallmouth & striper on Cumberland if nothing goes wrong to keep me from it.
I've also done well with a baby Little George tail spinner on winter crappie. I think they're 1/8 oz and have a real slow fall, but the vibration and flash is the deal this time of year. The baby Little Georges are kind of hard to find these days. I've bought several on ebay because I can't find them anywhere else.
Jim
Little Georges are one of my absolute favorite baits.
We use them in saltwater for mackerel, but a lot of other stuff will hit them. I usually lose them to toothy fish like mackerel and bluefish, they rarely live too long. I actually made a plaster mold for lead-casting thei bodies. It was a lot of work, but I could have them when needed. Then I found a bunch at Dick's on sale, and I haven't needed anymore for awhile, but I think I'm getting low. I need to search to see if they still have them for sale.
Jim Hester makes some great tail spinners among all kinds of other things.
I use the cotton cordell spoons. Larger sizes for whites and stripes. I have used super-small spoons for crappie, usually a Kastmaster. When talking blade baits I'm a Steelshad guy. Going small on them is key using them on crappie.
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Cotton Cordell's Little Mickey Spoons are deadly on crappie too. I couldn't remember the name of them, so I had to look them up. They're sold in pairs and are money well spent.
Jim
I’ve used blade baits deep jigging along with other offerings. The hands down best was one I found ata sale for .50 and sanded and repainted. Pearl white with a pink spot on the bottom front and a hint of chartreuse along the back. Worked great til I left it in a tree, best I’ve ever tied one and I’ve tried a big mess of them.
Jigging spoons are very underrated for crappie, a papermouth can eat a big ol spoon
lil georges will ruin sand bass , never tried spoons or blade baits for crappie myself
but a sand bass guide once told me about an underwater hump he ketched several big slabs off of with a slabbing spoon in the summer time.