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Title: what kind of spoons do you guys use??
Post by: shwung79 on Jan 05, 2004, 02:33 PM: I overheard some guys talking about the nice gills they were catching using spoons. I didnt want to look like I was being nosey so I didnt ask them. But anyways have you ever used "spoons"?? What kind?

Thanks \
Kevin
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Post by: acsacmboy on Jan 05, 2004, 08:11 PM: swedish pimple. thats what i use for everything, even gills sometimes.
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Post by: GILLCRAZY on Jan 05, 2004, 08:12 PM: My favorite is a small rocker made by the DOT. Red or chartreuse green! Good Luck!
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Post by: fishboy899 on Jan 05, 2004, 08:38 PM: Swedish Pimple, You can catch anything on a pimple. Hali jigs also work good also.
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Post by: shwung79 on Jan 06, 2004, 07:53 PM: Swedish Pimple,,huh. I make might have to look into that one, never tried it. Do you usually bait it?
Kevin
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Post by: fishboy899 on Jan 06, 2004, 08:06 PM: I use Spike's or Waxies. I also like to use a sweedish pimple with a hali chain. We used a Hali jig with the chain on it and they wouldnt hit it you had to have the pimple with the Hali chain.
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Post by: iceintheveins on Dec 24, 2004, 08:31 PM: Custom jigs and spins stinger is perhaps the best small spoon for ice fishing. They are thin, almost like a teardrop, and have a great fluttering action. Tipped with a waxy or a maggot, they are deadly for panfish, and all finicky larger predators like bass, walleye, and trout.
The smallest swedish pimple, the 1/10 ouncer, is about an inch long and works great tipped with bait for any panfish.

Tyler
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Post by: sbfPA_Mike on Dec 25, 2004, 11:46 AM: You can also try the Kastmaster, you can get these in pretty small sizes.
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Post by: Icefish4Life on Dec 26, 2004, 03:43 PM: 1/10th ounce Swedish pimple....tipped with spikes
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Post by: mullen2525 on Dec 28, 2004, 12:02 AM: i've had great success with the kastmaster
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Post by: richstick on Dec 28, 2004, 09:14 AM: I was perching yesterday in 32 FOW and was getting some decent gills mixed in - they would pound a 1/16 ounce Lindy Forage Minnow spoon - that is one of my favorite all around panfish baits...
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Post by: Dizzy on Jan 05, 2005, 11:14 AM: I just started using the Forage Minnow Jigging Spoon from Northland Tackle... the smallest size in charteuse was killing them last week (of course we had ice then)... the perch loved them too.

This is the single hook model... not the treble-hooked.
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Post by: wormwigglr on Jan 15, 2005, 08:34 PM: i like the red forage minnow spoon with the treble hook and i tip them with minnow heads or spikes, the perch hammer these spoons also.
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Post by: shwung79 on Jan 04, 2011, 08:49 PM: Just wanted to bring this back up and see what everyone is using now.
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Post by: icejunky on Jan 04, 2011, 08:55 PM: wow, old thread, but no change to the anwer.. Northland forage minnow spoon and northland eye dropper, both a are go to gill spoons
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Post by: shwung79 on Jan 04, 2011, 09:09 PM: Quote from: icejunky on Jan 04, 2011, 08:55 PM
wow, old thread, but no change to the anwer.. Northland forage minnow spoon and northland eye dropper, both a are go to gill spoons
Old thread indeed! Northland eye dropper...going to have to check that one out.
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Post by: slipperybob on Jan 05, 2011, 12:13 AM: I guess I can always add to it... ;D

Forage Minnow spoon
Doodle Bug spoon
Daredevel spoon
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Post by: captain54 on Jan 05, 2011, 09:50 AM: Forage Minnow,Frosty spoons, Demon spoon,Flicker spoon and Stinger spoon,they all fish heavy and are great for true bulls,for a different look I've had great luck on Slender spoons,they are very light and have a different flutter to them.I use it a lot the last two years,I like a T-boned wax worm on them,but that's just me,I felt that gills like wax worms better than anything.Also have used a little trout lure not sure of the name but they come two in a pack small spoon,single hook and two little metal flippers,I think it's called a hildenbrandt,also killed monster bulls last year on late ice with a Frisbee spoon,fishes heavy get down quick,tipped with a wax/worm I pounded huge bulls 9- 10 1/4 inches for two days on this combo then they where gone.
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Post by: slipperybob on Jan 05, 2011, 10:16 PM: (http://www.yakimabait.com/catalog/images/T/xctmpqqSOpY.png)

That Hildebrandt lure is called a Flicker Spinner.

(http://www.yakimabait.com/catalog/images/T/xctmpXI1U3l.png)

The Little Shaver is another spoon I will use sometimes for crappies.
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Post by: captain54 on Jan 06, 2011, 08:05 AM: Slipperybob,that's the lure I'm talking about you may call it a Flicker,but the other Flicker I mentioned is made by Gapen 1 /32 oz. hologram lure.
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Post by: slipperybob on Jan 06, 2011, 11:30 AM: I've got the Flicker spoon from Gapen too. I like the smallest Perch and Blue Shad patterns. I like the holographic tape and they both glow too.

The Flicker Spinner from Hildebrandt only shares the flicker name. Totally different lures. ;D
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Post by: Swift on Jan 06, 2011, 11:53 AM: Not much for spoons on 'gills but the Kodiak micro and mini Goblin have worked well. Getting pretty hard to find these days
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Post by: South33 on Jan 06, 2011, 11:57 AM: Swedish Pimple works for everything! I use a #2 for perch & panfish a #3 or 4 for trout and bass, and a #8 for pike. You can't go wrong with these babies!
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Post by: monkeyman2269 on Jan 06, 2011, 09:44 PM: i wish i could see a swedish pimple in the water so i can mimic the action
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Post by: SoftSpot_716 on Jan 10, 2011, 10:49 PM: might have to try some of the forage minnow spoons in smaller sizes
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Post by: JDthree on Jan 12, 2011, 12:31 PM: Better with the trebel or single hook?
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Post by: slipperybob on Jan 14, 2011, 11:52 PM: When in doubt, snippe off one of the treble hooks and make it into a double hook. ;D
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Post by: Hooligan on Jan 25, 2011, 06:53 PM: Demon Spoon from CJ&S.
Macho Minnow in 1/12th
Northland Doodle Bug spoon; remove the treble, put a size 8 or 10 Siwash hook on it, tbone a couple waxies or spikes and you're golden.
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Post by: Velcro on Jan 30, 2011, 11:40 AM: Yesterday I jigged up some decent bluegills with a hali (perch color) and a kodiak perpetual motion (goldfish color) tipped with waxworms. Somedays color might matter, but yesterday they just liked the presentation and waxies.
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Post by: South33 on Jan 30, 2011, 08:05 PM: Quote from: slipperybob on Jan 14, 2011, 11:52 PM
When in doubt, snippe off one of the treble hooks and make it into a double hook. ;D
haha
Sure if you can't decide go for it! ;D

I usually use the single but when using the bigger ones for pike I leave the treble on...
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Post by: slipperybob on Dec 24, 2018, 05:58 PM: It's been so long and so many new spoons have came out or old ones have be re-discovered.

Since then VMC Flash Champ is made of a copycat lure from ACME Kastmaster. Now there's 1/24th oz and even 1/32 oz in weights available

Reins Palpuntin spoons. The smallest one in 2g weight. Amazing, very small barbs on the treble hook.
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Post by: BH2 on Dec 24, 2018, 06:02 PM: We have been having good luck with Clams bomb spoons the last few year's.
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Post by: Seamonkey84 on Dec 24, 2018, 10:45 PM: The lure I always start with is a VMC rattle spoon. My second choice spoon is a CJ&S slender spoon.
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Post by: Van_Cleaver on Dec 24, 2018, 10:57 PM: I also like a Slender Spoon or a Northland Forage Minnow Spoon. I swap out the trebles for a dropper chain and quality no. 8 or 10 hook
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Post by: bearnoob on Dec 24, 2018, 11:33 PM: Since nobody else has mentioned it, Lindy quiver spoon has been very good to me for bluegill in the 1/16 oz size tipped with a waxie or plastic.
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Post by: Ice_Fly_Guy on Dec 25, 2018, 08:34 AM: Good ole Lindy Frostee spoon has been my overall best, but the C J & S Slender Spoon is not far behind.

The 1/32 oz Northland Forage is a really good size for gills, but hasn't caught the most for me.
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Post by: panfishman13 on Jan 13, 2019, 08:00 PM: CJ&S slender spoon is a sweet little spoon, ad has done very well for me in the past, and these last couple of years i've been having great success with the smallest Pinhead Mino spoon by Clam. for such a small profile, it fishes heavy and yet doesn't overpower an ultralight noodle rod. very very impressed with it.
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Post by: Luckydog on Jan 13, 2019, 08:10 PM: Kastmaster 1/24 oz silver/glow with one or two spikes.