I like Johnson silver minnows. Some people get fancy with colors, I prefer the KISS method. Gold for cloudy days and silver for sunny days. It's good to have a couple of 1/4 and 1/2 oz in each
I've only used the 1/4 and 1/2 oz Johnson gold ones and have had decent luck. I use the 1/4 oz in 1-3' water and the 1/2 oz in deeper water. I've never tried black but read their good in darker waters. (We replied at the same time Trigger,pretty much the same)
Thanks...I casted a Hopkins spoon about 1/4 mile off in the surf yesterday. I tripped the bail mid cast like a rookie and snapped the braid above the swivel. I may have tied a bad knot or it may have had a nick. Either way I watched $5 and my only spoon sail out of my life for the day.
I have done that and also one better; I tripped my bail a little later than that and did not snap the line. Instead it comes back like a rifle shot and if you are lucky it whizzes past your ear and buries itself in the sand without hitting anyone.
Anyone use the Bomber "Who-Dat" spoons? I have one but have not fished it. They look neat and make a lot of rattling noise.
I don't know why the johnson spoon would twist up the line? I fish the 1/4 & 1/8 oz and the spoon just sort of waddles back & forth and never spins? Is it the speed of retrieval?
I did put a spinner ahead of a 1/8 oz spoon just for giggles but I have not caught anything with it yet. I used a 3/4" chrome spinner with beads above and below. I never made one before but I happened to have a few spinners and the little thing to attach it to the leader. I used a piece of guitar string for the leader and twisted the ends with a pair of safety wire pliers.
I have one of the who-dat spoons but refuse to use the thing because of the name. A friend of mine (New Orleans native and Saints fan extraordinaire) bought it for me knowing how much I hated that phrase.
Yep, this just happened. Third cast behind house in the cape fear river. Drum at my feet, at least I got to touch him as he swam off. Pretty copper color river red.
When I'm in wide open spaces i do sometimes. When I'm on the edge of grass/docks and there headed into grass/docks I'll try to turn him. This one was pressured some to avoid going deep into the grass, the drag wasn't the problem. An aged spoon and weak hook was. Also, when I'm on foot I tend to tighten down. This wasn't my first outing, I know all about the drag.
Is that a Johnson spoon or an Asian knock off? I think the new Johnson spoons are made in china anyway unfortunately. I got some old ones a little while back still in the package and the made in USA surprised me. My local shop carries only the knock off spoons.
FWIW, shifting production to China(or anywhere) doesn't automatically equate to lower quality. It's the lower production standards and less focus on quality control for the sake of greater profit by the parent company that results in inferior products.
There are certainly things that Americans can do better than anyone else, but making a strong hook or applying a good finish can be done anywhere in the world with the right equipment and supervision.
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