Spoon hit by Brown

[KenH]

Is now a good time to use spoons or are spoon productive any time of the year?  I have a bunch of krocodiles and i seem to always over look them.
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Cold water months are when spoons are used the most bercause that is when
the trout are close enough to catch from shore. I have caught trout casting spoons from the boat in mid summer.

[johnjav]

Is now a good time to use spoons or are spoon productive any time of the year?  I have a bunch of krocodiles and i seem to always over look them.
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Cold water months are when spoons are used the most bercause that is when
the trout are close enough to catch from shore. I have caught trout casting spoons from the boat in mid summer.

Do you ever troll with spoon using your LC line? 

[KenH]

Is now a good time to use spoons or are spoon productive any time of the year?  I have a bunch of krocodiles and i seem to always over look them.
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Cold water months are when spoons are used the most bercause that is when
the trout are close enough to catch from shore. I have caught trout casting spoons from the boat in mid summer.

Do you ever troll with spoon using your LC line?

Spoons are designed for "Trolling" or "Casting". I do troll with flutter spoons,
Suttons actually on LC sometimes. I don't troll casting spoons on LC because they aren't designed for it;  too heavy and sink too quickly. However I know you can effectivly flatline troll a casting spoon.

 

[Montrose]

I always snap the rod tip a couple of times during a retrieve to incite a reaction strike.  I have watched more trout than I care to think about follow a spoon right to the rod tip without striking.  I feel it helps, especially since just as the pause ends and the retrieve begins again, I tend to get the majority of strikes.

As Ken said, I also snap the tip a couple of times after the lure settles on the bottom to begin the retrieve and have had fish hit immediately.

[nysptsman]

I myself use the countdown method and a straight retrieve most of the time just like Ken. But I will say while fishing Pepacton last year I saw a guy casting a croc and jigging it back and he was pounding them. So of course I now try that sometimes. I usually fish the top of the water column for the first couple of weeks and after the water warms a little I go deeper with the spoon.

[Pointer]

Thanks guys for sharing how you fish a spoon. Personally I use a variety of methods including a steady retrieve, stop an go retrieve an also let it sink to various points in the water column before starting the retrieve. I haven't noticed that any one method will out fish another consistenly.

Chris

[johnjav]

What size spoons are we using?  Pretty much all my krocodiles are 2 and 5/8 inches in silver and brown trout color.  They are .5 to .75 ounces in weight  Hoping to get out this weekend and try them. 

[KenH]

I use 1/2 oz and 3/8 oz the most. Very rarely under no wind conditions or
very very cold water and sluggish fish that need a crawl of a retreive will I use
1/4 oz. I suppose if I used lighter equipment than my 8ft 6in rod I could go even lighter.