Spoons for Game Fish
Spoons for Game Fish By Ken Sturdivant
Spoons have been around for more than 50 years and beginning as well
as experienced anglers learned to catch almost all game fish on these
deadly baits. With a wide variety of sizes, shapes and colors, spoons
should be an important addition to any tackle box. And these little
wonder baits can catch almost any fresh water and many species of salt
water fish.
The spoon was used during the depression as a simple replacement lure.
Many anglers could not afford any other baits and there were usually a
lot of old spoons in the kitchen. The kitchen spoon was the first time
this lure was used.
Anglers are a curious breed finding lots of ways to make something out
of nothing. And the spoon is one of the best examples of the industrious
nature. Pulling out an old kitchen spoon his mother figure may not miss,
the anglers would simply drill a hole in both ends of the spoon. By
adding an old hook to the fat end and a split ring to the narrow end,
the anglers learned that this simple device would catch fish.
The natural curve in any kitchen spoon reveals a wobble in the water
that looks like a shad to game fish. A slow retrieve will work best
for this lure.
Spoons have come a long way in development over the years. With materials
in these lures from leads to plastics, spoons can be adapted to almost
any fresh and salt water applications. And colors and as infinite as the
anglers imagination.
Spoons can be used all year, a fact that a lot of anglers overlook. Several
years ago, the vertical jigging technique in the dead of winter caught tons
of deep water bass, stripers and even crappie. But the spoon is not just a
winter bait.
One of the world’s best anglers, nine time B.A.S.S. angler of the year
Roland Martin of Clewiston Florida, lives and guides year round in central
Florida. Martin uses the Johnson Silver Minnow, a popular spoon used world
wide, to catch fish in the dead of summer.
Spoons for freshwater fishermen can be used all year to catch almost any
fresh water specie. From small mountain streams catching trout to lakes
catching muskie, the spoon is a simple and deadly bait.
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