Jigging Spoons For Crappie -

[Aix]

Do -you- use jigging spoons for crappie? Why or why not?


I understand the use of soft plastics offers many advantages. Quick color/style change, low cost, fewer problems with snagging, etc, but what’s your take on jigging (or casting) spoons for crappie?


Truth be told, I have used spoons for bass, but I have not used spoons for crappie, yet. I recently saw an article online about using them for crappie, and it got me thinking. I’m really liking what I’m seeing with the small, rattling spoons offered by several companies. It seems the ice fishing crowd has had tools like these in their bags for years.


Aside from the snagging risk, there’s something to be said about a lure like this. What are your thoughts and experiences using spoons for crappie?

[P-row]

Aix.... jigging spoons are great for crappie and bluegill. I use them more for ice fishing but they can be great in open water too. Bay de Noc makes one called the Swedish Pimple, one of the best in my opinion. In open water I use a single hook w/bait opposed to a treble hook in the winter.

[P-row]

Here's a gill I caught yesterday on a hammered nickel spoon with a leaf worm....

[Kevin22]

Absolutely, spoons work fantastic when the fish are deep and you can get pretty much on top of them. Dont be afraid to go big too, 1/2oz spoons are not too big...

The key is that they are a reaction bite, so fish them fast and hard. Sometimes it looks like i am out snagging spoonbill, but really just fishing a spoon for crappie or walleye.

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[Aix]

I did a little looking into different spoons currently offered. I like the ones with a built in rattle, but I also thought the gliding types were interesting. Lots and lots of options, which is why I was surprised to see so little mention of spoons on the forum. I know people are using them or there wouldn’t be so many offered.


This summer I lost 2 Ladyfish on a 1 1/2 oz spoon due to the treble hook not being strong enough. Ladyfish can be very acrobatic. When they shook, the weight of the spoon was enough to nearly straighten out the factory treble, so I switched the trebles out to single hooks on most of my larger spoons.


I, too, jig pretty actively when I am dropping spoons vertically, at least I have in the past.

[DockShootinJack]

Interesting

[Kevin22]

I did a little looking into different spoons currently offered. I like the ones with a built in rattle, but I also thought the gliding types were interesting. Lots and lots of options, which is why I was surprised to see so little mention of spoons on the forum. I know people are using them or there wouldn’t be so many offered.


This summer I lost 2 Ladyfish on a 1 1/2 oz spoon due to the treble hook not being strong enough. Ladyfish can be very acrobatic. When they shook, the weight of the spoon was enough to nearly straighten out the factory treble, so I switched the trebles out to single hooks on most of my larger spoons.


I, too, jig pretty actively when I am dropping spoons vertically, at least I have in the past.

The northland buckshot is a great one, tried and true.

The vmc tingler or custom jigs and spins slender spoon are good flutter spoons. They will lay on their side and flash as they fall, like a dying shad.

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[Charman03]

The small pinhead minnow by clam works good when it’s cold and they are deep

[SuperDave336]

Check out Bink's Spoons. They use to be a sponsor here.

[Aix]

The Ladyfish that straightened these factory hooks on the 1 1/2 oz to get away looked to be about 30”, which isn’t a heavy fish at all. If a fish that size can do it, I wouldn’t trust those factory hooks for much.


I would think that lighter spoons wouldn’t be quite as easy to straighten factory hooks, but I’ll still keep this experience in mind when using spoons if they don’t come with strong factory hooks.