anyone here use spoon lures for bass?

[orsrt05]

in my never ending quest for catching a bass on the new croton.....with no luck as of yet......i am always trying new lures.  anyway, i was organizing my tackle box last night and i came across a #1 & #3 Krocodile spoon lures that i have had in my tackle box for years....but i always brushed them off as being useless....dont ask me why  

after doing my research some more on spoon lures and realizing they are very effective and versatile lures.....does anyone here have any more insight on spoon lures?  has anyone here used spoon lures in the past with any success?  which spoon lure did you use?  how did you fish it?

[m82a1]

I've caught a couple large mouth in New Croton with spoons under the rt 129 bridge. I believe I was using a cheap bright yellow spoon with orange dots on it 2 -3 inches long. I let it sink to the bottom, or for a good long while at least (its pretty deep under that bridge). Retrieve by reeling a few feet & letting it fall, this worked well with spinner baits as well.

Last week on Kensico using a silver little cleo (2 - 2 1/2 inches long) I had a smallmouth on for a few seconds near mooring area 10. I was reeling at a consistent but slow retrieve so it would stay several feet under the water. After fighting for several seconds the small mouth performed a spectacular jump & spit the spoon out...

[orsrt05]

thanks for the reply!!!  the spoons i have are hammered metallic silver.  ill give these spoons a try and let everyone know how i made out with them.  i cant believe i have had them for so long and never even realized what i could have doing with them.  uuuggghh.  hopefully they catch me some largemouth!!!!!

[joel137]

good luck i know pickeral love  them try a  slow rise and fall retrieve the hit usually happens on the fall so keep the line tight to see the take

[KenH]

Any fish that eats other fish will hit spoons.
I've caught Trout, LM/SM Bass, Pickerel on spoons.
I've also caught Yellow perrch, White Perch, even Rock Bass
on spoons. 
I think spoons are probably one of the mosty simple and versatile
lures around.

[orsrt05]

thats what i figured about spoon lures.....but i have never really heard too much about them....they seemed simple enough to be used for anything that eats live bait....i wanted to check and see if any of you guys on here have had luck with them on the reservoirs and some of you guys have.....so now i have one more tool in my arsenal for catching bass

[Hal]

You may have seen this post in another topic, but yes they bite on spoons. Caught a few out in the middle with small dipsy divers and Sutton 44's. Copper.   (their hard to find) 35 ft down in late Oct on NC

[yanks555giants]

im an avid bass fisherman and i have not caught too many on spoons and thus rarely use them.  stripers love spoons though

[oilgorg]

I don't use them for bass but judging from this pic of one my buddy caught earlier this year they will take them, literally take them.

[KenH]

Does that smallie have a crankbait AND a spoon in it's mouth?

[johnjav]

it sure looks that way.  Whats the best spoon to use and size for browns? 

[oilgorg]

Yes my bud was using the rapala and when I went to grab him I noticed extra hooks and decided to use the net.  Guess they should have checked their line before that last cast.

[KenH]

"Whats the best spoon to use and size for browns?"

For casting and flat line trolling hands down Krocodiles in 3/8 to 1/2 size.
For LC trolling I use suttons.