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re: Catching redfish on spoons
Posted on 9/9/14 at 12:41 pm to KingRanch
Posted on 9/9/14 at 12:41 pm to KingRanch
quote:
Gotta go weedless
Guys, I realize that some places are made for weedless. I'm just saying that, when I use to fish hard, I used these spoons with success. I would try the black, silver, gold Johnson Weedless in different sizes, but the wobble rite and the cleo would out perform.
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Posted on 9/9/14 at 1:03 pm to Jakesonaplane
I've caught lots of red fish. I can't catch them on a spoon. It's the damnedest thing.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 1:16 pm to Tiger 79
quote:
Guys, I realize that some places are made for weedless. I'm just saying that, when I use to fish hard, I used these spoons with success.
It's all good. I fish the Little Cleo's around jetties and in the surf, but since he mentioned Delacroix, forget about it. Typically 1'-2' of water and full of grass. Some ponds I fish down there, I literally use topwater frogs like bass fishing, because there's simply nothing else that will allow you to fish em. And there's reds in there, along with bass, and a redfish blowing up on a top-water frog is friggin AWESOME!Posted on 9/9/14 at 1:27 pm to Fishhead
Also, it needs to be said that, IMO, weedless spoons in the marsh are COMPLETELY different baits/lures than the Little Cleo's or Krocodile spoons. They are meant to imitate different things, and therefore, the presentation is completely different. IMO, when I'm using a weedless spoon in the marsh, I'm imitating a small crab. If you cut a redfish open from where I fish, it's full of nothing but crabs. They wobble slightly when you reel them in slow and drag them across oyster beds, and I think they take em for small crabs.
On the other hand, I've surf fished or fished jetties with the Little Cleo type spoons and I think they're meant to imitate minnows.
And yes, I realize the Johnson spoons I use are called "Silver Minnow", but I think the reds in the marsh take em for crabs when presented with a slow wobble.
On the other hand, I've surf fished or fished jetties with the Little Cleo type spoons and I think they're meant to imitate minnows.
And yes, I realize the Johnson spoons I use are called "Silver Minnow", but I think the reds in the marsh take em for crabs when presented with a slow wobble.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 1:32 pm to Fishhead
If you wanna have some fun with the reds in Delacroix, buzz a Junebug / chartreuse Horny Toad over the grass.....
jus sayin.............
jus sayin.............
Posted on 9/9/14 at 1:32 pm to boom roasted
Do y'all put a swivel on the Johnson spoons or just tie it straight to the lure?
Posted on 9/9/14 at 1:34 pm to Dtiger19
swivel snap
This post was edited on 9/9/14 at 1:35 pm
Posted on 9/9/14 at 2:04 pm to Dtiger19
quote:Never, but I don't use mono, so no issue with line memory. A swivel is just adding something else to go wrong.
swivel
Posted on 9/9/14 at 2:14 pm to Jakesonaplane
Used to murder the reds in Montegut with 1/2oz gold/red wob l rite with hammered finish.
Since I've been fishing Hopedale area the last several years I've not gotten one red to bite on that bait
Since I've been fishing Hopedale area the last several years I've not gotten one red to bite on that bait
Posted on 9/9/14 at 3:13 pm to Jakesonaplane
Hold rod tip down and try slow steady retrieve. It is not hard to do.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 3:48 pm to PapaPogey
quote:
I hate crank baits
Posted on 9/9/14 at 3:53 pm to Dtiger19
quote:Snap swivel
Do y'all put a swivel on the Johnson spoons or just tie it straight to the lure?
Straight line to spoon twists my line up tighter than Josh Gordon rolls a joint.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 3:55 pm to Fishhead
quote:Agreed. I've checked the snap swivel after fighting with a big red and it's been all jacked up, but I would rather risk losing a big red than pull my hair out fighting with a twisted line all day.
A swivel is just adding something else to go wrong.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 3:57 pm to Tiger 79
quote:My dad refuses to call it a gold spoon. It's always been "wobble rite."
wobble rite
Posted on 9/9/14 at 8:01 pm to boom roasted
quote:Quit using mono. Power Pro FTW.
I would rather risk losing a big red than pull my hair out fighting with a twisted line all day.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 8:28 pm to Fishhead
This thread is very interesting with all the different responses, rigging, and successes.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 8:38 pm to Fishhead
quote:I don't like powerpro on the baitcaster.
Quit using mono. Power Pro FTW.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 10:07 pm to boom roasted
quote:
I don't like powerpro on the baitcaster.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 10:56 pm to boom roasted
Why not? I've used nothing but since literally 2004, not one single issue with bait caster or spinning reels. Went fishing with Chad Dufrene in 2004 and got tired of him casting twenty feet farther, and watched him boat flip a friggin 10lb redfish. Started using power pro that day.
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