Spoons in Pads

CMorg · 12-10-07, 09:28 PM

Anyone ever fish a Johnson spoon in lilly pads ? Does this produce at all. The weedless spoon is what Im lookin at for this application.

lizardsrule · 12-10-07, 09:35 PM

Yes I have and do. However they really aren't totally weedless, especially hitting a stiff lilly pad.

Lizards

ROBZILLA · 12-10-07, 11:09 PM

I have a secret way of making a spoon weedless. It works every time and you would think to your self why didn't I think of that! Just put it this way it's a modification. If you want more info PM me and we will talk, but you won't after I tell you right!

Marty · 12-11-07, 08:47 PM

Years ago, I used weedless spoons a lot in pads. However, as soft plastics rose in prominence and variety, I now prefer those rigged weedless to the spoons which haven't gotten wet now in a few years.

Mac10 · 12-12-07, 08:24 AM

Some use a Johnson weedless silver minnow and run a plastic worm onto the weedguard and then punch the worm on the hook to make it weedless, leaving the tail of the worm free to wiggle as the spoon wobbles.

Mac10 · 12-12-07, 08:27 AM

You can also run the worm threaded on the guard, cut the worm at the hook and back it off the guard a little and thread it over the hook and barb, that also works to some degree.....working the spoon in reeds and pads still requires a certain degree of care.

keithdog · 12-15-07, 02:01 PM

Hey CMORG, I have used weedless spoons for catching bass in shallow cover, especially lilly pads that are laying either flat or very close to flat in the water for 30 years now. And believe me, it works. I used to use a Johnsons spoon with either a skirt or pork frog as a trailor. It works pretty good. However I do not like the hook design of the Johnson spoon, only because of the way the spoon is positioned on the hook. The hook begins it's bend upward as it is comming off the spoon, which leaves nearly no room to thread a trailor without making the trailor lay unnaturally bent and curved off the hook. However, there is a spoon which I long ago adopted as my go to spoon for these conditions which works considerably better than the Johnson spoon. It is made by Lakeland, and is called the Jawbreaker Spoon. The hook extends out from the spoon a little further than the Johnson spoon does and allows you to add a trailor more easily. It also come equiped with a skirt built into the spoon. There are two plastic weedguards instead of the one single wire guard found on the Johnson spoon. I have caught a ton of bass on the Jawbreaker spoons. Their shape is a little different than the Johnsons spoon, and runs a little shallower with a nicer swimming action. I often dont even use a trailor on the lawbreaker as the skirt which it comes with works nicely. And the swimming action is such that I have caught several bass on this spoon in open water as well.

12-10-07, 09:28 PM	#1
CMorg BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Southern , IN Posts: 1,832	Spoons in Pads Anyone ever fish a Johnson spoon in lilly pads ? Does this produce at all. The weedless spoon is what Im lookin at for this application.

12-10-07, 09:35 PM	#2
lizardsrule BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Saint Augustine, FL Posts: 7,374	Yes I have and do. However they really aren't totally weedless, especially hitting a stiff lilly pad. Lizards __________________ There are three types of Snakes I hate 1. Live Snakes 2. Dead Snakes 3. Sticks that look like Snakes. And Gators too!

12-10-07, 11:09 PM	#3
ROBZILLA BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Markham, Ontario, CANADA Posts: 1,901	I have a secret way of making a spoon weedless. It works every time and you would think to your self why didn't I think of that! Just put it this way it's a modification. If you want more info PM me and we will talk, but you won't after I tell you right! __________________ Hang E'm High Till The Gills Go DRY! BARRIE,ONTARIO,CANADA

12-11-07, 08:47 PM	#4
Marty BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 1,580	Years ago, I used weedless spoons a lot in pads. However, as soft plastics rose in prominence and variety, I now prefer those rigged weedless to the spoons which haven't gotten wet now in a few years. __________________ Meeting expenses is easy...they're EVERYWHERE The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits Rochester, NY

12-12-07, 08:24 AM	#5
Mac10 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: East Tennessee Posts: 1,066	Some use a Johnson weedless silver minnow and run a plastic worm onto the weedguard and then punch the worm on the hook to make it weedless, leaving the tail of the worm free to wiggle as the spoon wobbles.

12-12-07, 08:27 AM	#6
Mac10 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: East Tennessee Posts: 1,066	You can also run the worm threaded on the guard, cut the worm at the hook and back it off the guard a little and thread it over the hook and barb, that also works to some degree.....working the spoon in reeds and pads still requires a certain degree of care.

12-15-07, 02:01 PM	#7
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	Hey CMORG, I have used weedless spoons for catching bass in shallow cover, especially lilly pads that are laying either flat or very close to flat in the water for 30 years now. And believe me, it works. I used to use a Johnsons spoon with either a skirt or pork frog as a trailor. It works pretty good. However I do not like the hook design of the Johnson spoon, only because of the way the spoon is positioned on the hook. The hook begins it's bend upward as it is comming off the spoon, which leaves nearly no room to thread a trailor without making the trailor lay unnaturally bent and curved off the hook. However, there is a spoon which I long ago adopted as my go to spoon for these conditions which works considerably better than the Johnson spoon. It is made by Lakeland, and is called the Jawbreaker Spoon. The hook extends out from the spoon a little further than the Johnson spoon does and allows you to add a trailor more easily. It also come equiped with a skirt built into the spoon. There are two plastic weedguards instead of the one single wire guard found on the Johnson spoon. I have caught a ton of bass on the Jawbreaker spoons. Their shape is a little different than the Johnsons spoon, and runs a little shallower with a nicer swimming action. I often dont even use a trailor on the lawbreaker as the skirt which it comes with works nicely. And the swimming action is such that I have caught several bass on this spoon in open water as well.

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