01-05-12, 11:41 PM | #1 |
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Winter Spooning
I took Cole last Sunday to Lake Orange at noon to try the fishing... was very chilly, the water temp was 44* or so.. we located some bait balls i 15' water and started casting to them with silver buddy type baits and flutter spoons. I was amazed that this crappie swiped his flutter spoon... he had a face full of it!
I managed to catch a 5.5 on a silver buddy... All in all we had 2 bass, 2 crappie and a white perch.
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Very nice! Way to go!
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Good looking bass. Looks like you had a pretty good day fishing for winter time. Spoons is something I haven't really tried much of, looks like I need to learn. Again nice bass.
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Jigging spoons is something I should try more often. Nice pics!
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01-06-12, 10:27 PM | #5 |
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Funny, I managed to catch a few crappie on a big fat free shad. One was around 15" and 1.5 lbs. They must be more active in the winter than bass.
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That's a dang nice bass! Congrats!
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Eh huhuhhh huhh
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What a great way to spend a winter day!
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Nice fish for what can hardly be called Winter, here at least. I don't fish spoons much, but am I correct in believing the way to fish a spoon in winter, is to let it fall to the bottom, then give it rips off the bottom, let it drop back down, then rip it again ect.?
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mannnnnnnnnn........awesum is all i can say. yours is ok, but i like the kids fish better. looks more like MY style of fishing. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
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Dogmatic, you are correct! Cast, let sink .. rip... someimes if youi see suspended fish schooled up you don't let it hit bottom... count down to approriate depth & rip... I've caught several suspended bass & crapiie doing it that way...
Hey Bamabassman.. It was cool to see Cole catch that Crappie on that flutter spoon!!! I could'nt believe it... last I had looked back he was fishing the silver buddy.. then he snuck that one in on me...
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Dogmatic--- the amount of rip varies also.. we've been short ripping now.. but there are times where they want "stroked" or ripped high.
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sam, i was out with the wife shopping today. went to this place called UNCLAIMED BAGGAGE. found a johnson's silver minnow spoon. $2.00.it's one of the bigger ones. red with a white stripe through it. gonna put a pork trailer on it come a few weeks from now. jig it on the highway support collums. see what it brings up. probably about 20-30 feet down. or may glide it across the pads. don't know which i will do first. but gonna use it. got a few spoons in my arsenal. i hope to use a lot of different stuff this year.
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Not the topic I was expecting............. I love spooning, it doesn't have to be winter, but cooler weather does make it more enjoyable.......................
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Maybe you can find someone else on the forum who also likes to spoon. I hear the internet is good for hookin' up. After all it's no fun spooning alone.
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he has docirv.....why he wants to spoon others is beyond me. BWAHAHAHAHA!!!
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