Spooning for Musky

[Splitshot]

Hey fellas , this would be my first go at this board , so I hope the topic hasn't already been raised . Just wondering if any Musky hunters have put much time into trying large spoons for lunkers

[tinbanger]

welcome aboard Splitshot.
Just getting into Muskie fishin this year so not much help.
But there are lots of Muskie Fishers on this board , I 'm sure you will get lots of help.

Tinbanger

[Wall-I-Guy]

Hey Splitshot

Welcome aboard

Have a few West Carleton folks here

[saskie]

Hey Splitshot - nice to meet you!

[Mr.J.]

I got a small muskie last year with a Williams Trophy, black and had a buddie get a muskie on a Williams Wobbler.

So spoons are a good choice in my book.

[Wall-I-Guy]

Don't know why I didn't think of this earlier, but Fish-Hawk, uses a Wabbler spoon in his Musky quick strike set up. Now it's not quite using a spoon to catch them but let me tell you, it was very successful at our fall Musky outing on the Rideau.

Check it out...http://www.fish-hawk.net/phpBB-2.0.2/ph ... kie+outing

[Snidley]

Try the largest version ( 6") of a Williams Whitefish spoon in silver or silver/gold and attach a bright twister tail on the back of it. Troll it in the prop wash and you will be pleasantly suprised. A Williams Wabler will not track well in this application and the Trophy is not made in a large enough size for big 'Skies. By the way what is the opinion of muskie hunters here with regards to using bronze hooks vs. chrome silver hooks. I've been told by 2 guys that i know and respect Musky wise that bronze is the only way to go. Regards Snidley

[g unis]

hi guy. spoons are ok but speed can be an issue. to fast they twist out,. be sure to use good swivels ahead. if your going to get into slimer fishing invest in more crankbaits and spinners if your going to troll. just my 2 cents. george

[Lucky4]

Hi Splitshot,

I caught a few muskies catsing large "pike" spoons, like the 5 of Diamonds from Len Thompson. In some snaggy situations, I prefer to risk a 3$ spoon rather than a 15$ spinnerbait.

[Mr.J.]

I am definitly someone who likes to experiment and not shy to try just about anything. I do have an idea to try this spring too. Now, when I see this spoon set up that WIG showed us that fish-hawk had set up and my mind starts to get racing.

Brilliant comes to mind. Please share some more.

Mind if I try it too?

[Splitshot]

Thanks for the replies on the spoon subject guys. I have seen guys using spoons on the Rideau at a 2-3 mile/hour troll and wondered about the productivity . The insight with plastics is interesting and seems to be getting pretty popular with the newer bait styles , certainly with crankbaits. Sometimes trying different patterns , like large spoons can interest the biggins. An interesting approach could be trying a downrigging or steel line approach deeper in the water column when the summer fish have moved of the characteristic spots.

[trexellunge]

Hi Splitshot. You bring up a good point. There is no question that muskies hit spoons. The reason I don't use them when muskyhunting is that I feel hookup ratio is lower on a spoon than with most other musky baits. Sometimes when fishing for pike with spoons, I'll have a musky take a swipe at it, but much of the time the hooks don't find their target.
It's hard enough to get a musky to hit your bait, why lower your odds of a successful hookup?

[Bobber]

Wecome aboard Splitshot. I hope you find this site useful and meet a lot of great Anglers. As WIG mentioned, using a spoon as an attractant on a quick strike rig seems to work well. Here are the stats, last year when we went out on the Muskie gathering, Fishhawk and Markus were in one boat, Snagthis and I were in my boat. Fishhawk was using a spoon and nailed two. He then put a spoon on for Markus, and he nailed two. In my boat, we managed to get one without using a spoon, but then everything slowed down. I said to myself....self....let's give the spoon thing a try! I did so and what do you know, hit another one. We quickly rigged up Snag's line with a spoon as well as she had never caught a muskie before and we were determined to get her first.

Guess what.....she caught two that day as well. Was it the spoon? Who knows, but on a day that produced 12 muskies, 7 of them were caught using the spoon technique. Conincidence?....or do spoons really attract these beautiful beasts?

[muskymuskymusky]

yes i use them quite often when trolling. I use the hammered williams in gold and silver mostly. I have not caught any big ones on them but i use them mostly when things seem slow that day. I also like the silver blue williams. it seems to me fish of all kinds can be caught once i switch to a williams .(thats also why i try it on slow days).

[Guest]

Check this out folks:

http://www3.sympatico.ca/strike.zone/Spoons.html

Cheers,

HW