Spooning striper

[J-Doc]

4 hours ago, Champ188 said:

If I go, she's with me. I'm blessed to be married to such a great fishing buddy.

Understatement. 

She's a rare gem. 

[Champ188]

6 minutes ago, J-Doc said:

Understatement. 

She's a rare gem. 

Yes she is, J-Doc, and thanks for saying so.

And yes, I definitely outkicked my coverage. By approximately the length of Toledo Bend Reservoir.

[Old plug]

I am a cheater sometimes if I  want  my spooning fishing to be almost certain. I will put a 2-3 inch fresh shad on a spoon and jig it or just let it drop through the water. Work wonders. It will also get you surprises from other species as well. Beats the boredom. 

 

[J-Doc]

40 minutes ago, Champ188 said:

Yes she is, J-Doc, and thanks for saying so.

And yes, I definitely outkicked my coverage. By approximately the length of Toledo Bend Reservoir.

Now that's funny right there!! Lol

[J-Doc]

36 minutes ago, Old plug said:

I am a cheater sometimes if I  want  my spooning fishing to be almost certain. I will put a 2-3 inch fresh shad on a spoon and jig it or just let it drop through the water. Work wonders. It will also get you surprises from other species as well. Beats the boredom. 

 

Cheater.....brilliant.  

220...221...whatever it takes. 

[Stump bumper]

There was a discussion about wives fishing then a confession about cheating, I was afraid where that was going. I was thinking something like hey your wife fishes with me and she broke two rods and lost 4 of my best jerk baits so now you owe me $400. That would be the story if my wife fished with someone else anyway.

But I have jigged a dead threadfin on a spoon and got fish to bite that were not hitting the bait or spoon before.

Also disclaimer if you sneak around fishing with my wife I am not paying for anything she breaks or looses !!!

[Dan the fisherman]

I use binks pro spoons for vertical jigging. I forget what I use for horizontal spooning.  I know them when I see them though. 

[Old plug]

Thing about those shad the fresher the better. I isually do not rake more than a couple dozen. keep them in the water dead or slive and use them within a couple hours that is plenty enough to satisfy me.  

 

[Blll]

Can't make this up...true story. Last week I had just got out and had tied on a new Dixie-Jet spoon on for the first time. Forgot to adjust the bait caster and 1st cast into the wind blew up a backlash of epic size. Picked at it for a good 5 minutes while drifting in the wind and you guessed it..wham! Something clobbered it. With no way to let out line, I chased it with the Minn Kota and finally gained some line on the reel. Great fight -14# striper. Still swimmin.

[J-Doc]

1 hour ago, Blll said:

Can't make this up...true story. Last week I had just got out and had tied on a new Dixie-Jet spoon on for the first time. Forgot to adjust the bait caster and 1st cast into the wind blew up a backlash of epic size. Picked at it for a good 5 minutes while drifting in the wind and you guessed it..wham! Something clobbered it. With no way to let out line, I chased it with the Minn Kota and finally gained some line on the reel. Great fight -14# striper. Still swimmin.

Hit the spoon on the bottom of lake?