I am not a huge spoon fisherman, but recently was bored, and tied one on and immediately my day got better. It was a hot afternoon on the river and fishing was very average. I didn't catch anything big, but12" smallmouth were really on it. Spoons seem to be mostly a lake bait, and I was wondering if anyone else has tried them on river smallmouth? I know I'll be experimenting more, as soon as the rivers go down some......