Flutter Spoon?

[Jason Essary]

A lure I am thinking of trying is a flutter spoon. Now I am not talking jigging, im talking the 4" to 6" flat 1ounce spoons that are being thrown out and stroked off the bottom. Just wondering if anyone has tried it on TR?

[Topwater TRL]

Yes, I have used a 4" flutter spoon during the last two summer's and into fall. I paint one side white and leave the other side silver. Seems to work better with that combination. Fished it on my medium heavy flipping stick rod to get a full 5 or 6' sweep pull. 14# mono to absorb the shock and to help retrieve off the bottom if stuck. I also found that downsizing the treble hook resulted in more hook ups. It is a tiring technique but does result in larger fish overall tan say a 1/2 oz Kastmaster, etc. It is not suitable for broadcast fishing over brushy or trashy bottoms. Make sure you use a good swivel say 13" above the spoon. Can't say its a game changer but does selectively get you bigger fish that want or at least react to a larger offering.

[rps]

I have used the technique on the long J hook point at the mouth of Rock Creek. It works well for the spots there. So far it has not given me any walleyes.

[Jacob W]

I fished a 3" spoon last year over creek channels and had some luck. It was a cheaper bps brand I changed the treble hook on it and added a big split ring.

[dtrs5kprs]

Cheap hammered chrome jig spoon will do the same thing. I use the spoons from jann's. Has worked for me in the fall on gravel places around Baxter.

[abkeenan]

I just bought some over the winter from lurepartsonline.com as a project plus cost of spoons is outrageous buying them from Strike King, Lake Fork, etc. They are a chunk of metal with a hook for crying out loud. I bought 3 different sizes (1 jigging and 2 casting). I put all of them together (split rings, hooks, etc) myself and painted some of them white (Krylon spray paint then clear coat with fingernail polish, simple and effective). The jigging spoons were so darn cheap I got 20 of them for like 5 bucks. The 3.5" 3/4oz where also dirt cheap and bought 20 of them as well, left 10 nickel and then painted 10 white. Then I bought 5" 1oz BIG flutter spoons which is what I am assuming you are really wanting. I haven't used them yet other than the 4" ones I painted white just as a trial run and did hook up with 1 short fat Kentucky off the end of a dock suspended around 20 ft out in 70-80 FOW. This was back about a month ago and the fish were not in the docks yet. All said and done with components (split rings, hooks) plus the actual spoons I paid around $80.00 bucks. The ones in the link below are basically identical to Strike King's Sexy Spoon version and these come painted if you want them (I got 5 nickel and 5 pearl white). If you were to buy these in a tackle shop you'd probably pay in the neighborhood of $300 bucks for all that I got. Great savings for the cheap @ss like me. These lures inherently lend themselves to getting snagged and you will lose quite a few in tree tops and dock cables so paying a lot less doesn't sting so bad when you lose a couple here and there. Looking at their prices now they have gone up since I bought mine but they are still a lot cheaper than buying them in the pack.

Listed at 3.5" which is closer to 4" and weights 3/4 oz: http://lurepartsonline.com/Shop-By-Category/Casting-Spoons/Steel-Casting-Spoons-Nickel.html

Listed at 4" which is closer to 5" and weights 1oz: http://lurepartsonline.com/Shop-By-Category/Casting-Spoons/Fingerling-Casting-Spoons.html

Jigging Spoon in 1/2oz: http://lurepartsonline.com/Shop-By-Category/Jigging-Spoons/Lead-Jig-Spoons-Unpainted.html

These are the cheapest spoons I could find anywhere online and I looked at Jannsnetcraft as well as Barlows. Maybe A LOT more info than you asked for but figured I'd share.

As far as actually using them I will have to get back to you after a few trips out this summer hitting the docks and bluff ends/ledges with them. I was throwing mine on a 7' MH Diawa T-Rod with a Lews Speed Spool on 17lb Seaguar InvisX and it was just fine. Was strong enough to pull snags off when need be and then some.

-Brett

Here is a pic with some scale if you're interested (bottom 2 are the ones I painted):

[bfishn]

I have used the technique on the long J hook point at the mouth of Rock Creek. It works well for the spots there. So far it has not given me any walleyes.

Might try slipping a skirted tube over one. Slows the fall a bit.

[Quillback]

Thanks for the info Ab, the brand name spoons are a little overpriced IMO.

I've tried flutter spoons on the Rock in the summer when they are biting jigging spoons, never have worked as well as the little Cabelas jigging spoons.

Had some really good days on them on Beaver and the Bella Vista lakes during the winter, if you can find a winter bite on schooling shad those things are deadly.

I like to put a feathered treble on them.

[Diamond City Fisher]

My wife and I caught a limit of hybird strippers on 3" spoons a couple of days ago on Bull Shoals. Painted white on one side. Seems to be the combination they want. I order my spoons from Barlow's to save a few bucks. They also work on schooling bass.

[Chris King]

I had some Bass Pro points one time and got one of the big 5" Strike King spoons. I fished with it in the winter mostly to slow the fall of the spoon and did well over tree tops in the clearer water. I think it was like $10, so without points, I would have been looking for a different brand. I used the chartreuse shad color on chrome. They do have some good looking colors.