Reply With Quotei fished that roadbed a couple of years ago and caught alot of crappie. The biggest weighed almost 3 pounds
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Spoonplugging old US 231
According to my map, old US 231 runs pretty straight for 3 or 4 miles under the Cropwell Creek area with a number of intersecting submerged roads, building foundations, creek channels and other reachable structure along the way. I intended to troll spoonplugs over the roadbed last year, but never got around to it. Frankly, trolling is not my preferred way to fish, even though trolling by the Spoonplugging system is the best way I know to catch summer bass and other gamefish. My plan is to troll the roadbed with progressively deeper spoonplugs until I pinpoint a few good spots for long term casting. I'd rather catch 1 bass casting than 5 trolling, which is about what the trolling/casting ratio usually is. If it were just about fish numbers and weight, I'd seldom do anything but troll spoonplugs.
Last edited by donr; 03-23-2005 at 12:50 AM.
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i fished that roadbed a couple of years ago and caught alot of crappie. The biggest weighed almost 3 pounds
Hey where's my float.
What is a spoonplug?
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Spoonplugs and Spoonplugging are . . . .
Spoonplugs are metal swimming lures that come in a series designed so that each size runs in a precise depth range. The smallest Spoonplug is 1.5" and runs 2-4' deep. The largest Spoonplug is 5" and runs 20-25' deep. In between are 5 sizes that run in increments of 4-6', 6-9', 9-12', 12-15' and 15-20'. Spoonplugs were created about 40 years ago by Buck Perry, who is considered to be the father of modern structure fishing.
As Buck Perry would say, there is no magic to Spoonplugs or any other lures; they are simply tools to help find and catch fish. When used in a systematic way that relies on trolling, sometimes quite fast trolling, Spoonplugs strain the water and are still the best tools I know for the "find" part of catching fish.
For more information go to buckperry.com. Spoonplugs may be purchased at that web site, but I recommend against trying the lures until you learn how to use them. Get Perry's book, "Spoonplugging: Your Guide To Lunker Catches". The book was first published 40 years ago, but it is still the best source I know of for freshwater fishing knowledge.
Spoonplugs and books are often offered on EBay as classics and collector items. Beware that EBay prices regularly are a lot higher than new items from the buckperry web site.
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That is interesting...I haven't heard of those yet either...thanks for the info....
I won't be at work........I'm feelin' crappie today!
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those are some prime waters in and around logan martin
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