Red and White Daredevle Spoons

Mac1 · 08-25-05, 06:18 PM

During a Michigan lull of two weeks duration we ran into a local American Indian lady who advised us to try Daredevles in a different manner.... We went into town as directed and bought 4 of the longest cane poles we could find.....16 footers at the time. We rigged them with the green woven nylon line by wrapping three feet of the tip and then making the line four feet longer than the pole, also as directed. We then tied on a Daredevle standard red and white spoon on each pole. My brother in law sat in front and placed the poles across each knee and under the other knee.....making an X pattern with the poles.....I sat in back with the motor doing the same thing......we then trolled slowly through each weedbed we could find and were often lifting one pole or the other to remove the weeds. The motor startled the fish out of the weedbeds and they would often take a swipe at a spoon on the way out. The first time we did this, the water was like glass, a hot and still day, two o'clock in the afternoon. We landed 5 pike, a 15 inch perch, several bass and for some strange reason, a bullhead. The largest bass probably went about 5 pounds, but struck slightly short of the spoon. As I recall, the spoons were about 4 inches in length and did not have weedless hooks, but regular trebles, also as directed.

zooker · 08-25-05, 07:56 PM

lol
they were /are the greatest tackle invention of all time . i recently got disgusted at a certain lake and pulled out my jigging rod and one of the lures i had was a black and white daredevil. i think the biggest fish i caught all year i got on that lure. bouncing it off a rockpile in 30+feet of water.i caught 9-10 other bass using the same method. i rig mine with a swivel about 12" above a snap swivel 1 thing they do is create lots of line twist. i use a 6'6'' spinning rod mh fenwick-of course- with a very long handle. i have a quatum energy pti spinning reel attached. i use 8 pound pink ande and i have caught tons of bass on this set up in very cold temps. also if i remember right i got a 12 pound flat head on this thing once -now that was fun-

zooker

1FASTLASER · 08-26-05, 07:06 AM

I cant beleive I'm about to say this but here goes I'm showing my age now. What you discovered from that lady is the old technique called jigger poling. A lot of old ttimers used to do it before the days of casting rods and used to mop up on fish. Now zook behave and dont chime in here.LOL

Mac1 · 08-26-05, 07:30 AM

I can be wrong, but I thought jigger poling was when you had a short line and swept the lure around and about in the water near cover and stumps, especially in the spring here in the south. The long poles here are to get the lures out and away from the boat and the actual movement in this particular case is simply that of trolling. Kindly correct me if I'm wrong....I appreciate the inputs. Good fishing, Mac

chuck n · 08-26-05, 01:27 PM

The short line and long pole is by definition "jigger poling" but it sounds like Mac1 just used a variant of that technique. Like you said, it was popular in the south. You don't think we'd do it the same up north here do you? LOL. Of all the years I spent in Florida, my favorite bumper sticker was " We don't care how you do it up North"

zooker · 08-26-05, 05:52 PM

i have seen jigger poles at work at bugs island. and the guy was sweeping the water with a buzz bait and cleaning them out..i would have really hated fishing against this guy...

laser just how are you going to fish from that bullet with a walker taking up room on the front deck?? they aint got the biggest ones either ya know..

zooker

KH. · 08-26-05, 10:14 PM

i had a cane pole and broke with a cieling fan on accidentLOL

454ss · 08-26-05, 10:43 PM

ha, man i aint seen a cane pole in a loooong time

zooker · 08-28-05, 09:29 AM

and you claim to be from ga huh?

zooker

1FASTLASER · 08-29-05, 06:10 AM

Zook

They do when they are the 20XD yes grasshopper that means Xtended Deck you nut.

zooker · 08-29-05, 07:14 PM

still tough to fish around your walker -or are you in a wheel chair after the sky fell on you??

zooker

1FASTLASER · 08-30-05, 04:46 AM

Ok grasshopper you got me on that one. Sometimers kicked in LMAO. Just wait everry dog has his day and I'm a pitbull when I have mine. LOL

08-25-05, 06:18 PM	#1
Mac1 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 183	Red and White Daredevle Spoons During a Michigan lull of two weeks duration we ran into a local American Indian lady who advised us to try Daredevles in a different manner.... We went into town as directed and bought 4 of the longest cane poles we could find.....16 footers at the time. We rigged them with the green woven nylon line by wrapping three feet of the tip and then making the line four feet longer than the pole, also as directed. We then tied on a Daredevle standard red and white spoon on each pole. My brother in law sat in front and placed the poles across each knee and under the other knee.....making an X pattern with the poles.....I sat in back with the motor doing the same thing......we then trolled slowly through each weedbed we could find and were often lifting one pole or the other to remove the weeds. The motor startled the fish out of the weedbeds and they would often take a swipe at a spoon on the way out. The first time we did this, the water was like glass, a hot and still day, two o'clock in the afternoon. We landed 5 pike, a 15 inch perch, several bass and for some strange reason, a bullhead. The largest bass probably went about 5 pounds, but struck slightly short of the spoon. As I recall, the spoons were about 4 inches in length and did not have weedless hooks, but regular trebles, also as directed.

08-25-05, 07:56 PM	#2
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	lol they were /are the greatest tackle invention of all time . i recently got disgusted at a certain lake and pulled out my jigging rod and one of the lures i had was a black and white daredevil. i think the biggest fish i caught all year i got on that lure. bouncing it off a rockpile in 30+feet of water.i caught 9-10 other bass using the same method. i rig mine with a swivel about 12" above a snap swivel 1 thing they do is create lots of line twist. i use a 6'6'' spinning rod mh fenwick-of course- with a very long handle. i have a quatum energy pti spinning reel attached. i use 8 pound pink ande and i have caught tons of bass on this set up in very cold temps. also if i remember right i got a 12 pound flat head on this thing once -now that was fun- zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

08-26-05, 01:27 PM	#5
chuck n BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Addison, Mi. Posts: 61	The short line and long pole is by definition "jigger poling" but it sounds like Mac1 just used a variant of that technique. Like you said, it was popular in the south. You don't think we'd do it the same up north here do you? LOL. Of all the years I spent in Florida, my favorite bumper sticker was " We don't care how you do it up North" __________________ I'm sure gonna miss her when I get home-.Brad Paisley- (Fishin' Song):)

08-26-05, 05:52 PM	#6
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	i have seen jigger poles at work at bugs island. and the guy was sweeping the water with a buzz bait and cleaning them out..i would have really hated fishing against this guy... laser just how are you going to fish from that bullet with a walker taking up room on the front deck?? they aint got the biggest ones either ya know.. zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

08-26-05, 10:14 PM	#7
KH. BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,316	i had a cane pole and broke with a cieling fan on accidentLOL __________________ and god said let there be bass, and there was bass

08-26-05, 07:06 AM	#3
1FASTLASER BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: crossett,arkansas Posts: 2,777	I cant beleive I'm about to say this but here goes I'm showing my age now. What you discovered from that lady is the old technique called jigger poling. A lot of old ttimers used to do it before the days of casting rods and used to mop up on fish. Now zook behave and dont chime in here.LOL

08-26-05, 07:30 AM	#4
Mac1 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 183	I can be wrong, but I thought jigger poling was when you had a short line and swept the lure around and about in the water near cover and stumps, especially in the spring here in the south. The long poles here are to get the lures out and away from the boat and the actual movement in this particular case is simply that of trolling. Kindly correct me if I'm wrong....I appreciate the inputs. Good fishing, Mac

08-26-05, 10:43 PM	#8
454ss BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Glennville,GA Posts: 615	ha, man i aint seen a cane pole in a loooong time

08-28-05, 09:29 AM	#9
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	and you claim to be from ga huh? zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

08-29-05, 06:10 AM	#10
1FASTLASER BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: crossett,arkansas Posts: 2,777	Zook They do when they are the 20XD yes grasshopper that means Xtended Deck you nut.

08-29-05, 07:14 PM	#11
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	still tough to fish around your walker -or are you in a wheel chair after the sky fell on you?? zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

08-30-05, 04:46 AM	#12
1FASTLASER BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: crossett,arkansas Posts: 2,777	Ok grasshopper you got me on that one. Sometimers kicked in LMAO. Just wait everry dog has his day and I'm a pitbull when I have mine. LOL

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