well I love to use spoons as well as jigs. I use spoons in every way that you would use a jig, jiggin, casting trolling, they give a nice action while useing them for jiggin. I just lift the rod and let them fall. I like useing small spoons and small jigs because I seem to get more hits on a bait with a smaller profile. sometimes the fish just dont seem to want a large bait but the will take a small bait without hesitation.I fish spoons plain, with crappie nibbles and with minnows