Looking for jigging spoon tips!

[simoniz]

If you have some jigging spoon tips or questions please share! Myself, I want to do some spoon fishing but it so hard for me to build confidence in it. Any info. will be appreciated.

Thanks

[cajun1977]

ive never fished spoons except for ice fishing and all i would do is put a peice of crawler on the spoon and move it up and down....ive also heard its primarily a bait for schooled fish

[Shadillac1]

I used Jigging sppons in tx for white bass, hybrids and stripers. Usually find the ball of baitfish on graph then the whites etc down below. Drop a R & R jigging spoon down reel up 6"-12" off bottom and give a little snap. Not to hard or you'll tangle the hook up in the line. Usually the fish hit on the fall as the bait flutters down. I find Nicel works the best but have had luck with the white color as well. These work great on crappie too. Occasionally catch the odd spotted bass or LMB. This is working great right now in Tx. I have tried several kinds of jigging spoons including Man-o-Lure, Mirro-Lure etc but I have found that these R & R's are the best. Guy in Temple, Tx makes them. Hope this helps..

[BulletTJ]

Use your electronics, turn the sensitivity up, locate the bass and simply drop the spoon down to them. You can actually see the spoon on you depthfinder. Jig the bait just about the fish to start with. Sometimes the better fish will be in the lower portion of the school. I catch them in cold water like this all the time.

[shawn706]

http://heartlandtackleservice.com/spooning.stm

[Papa Tom]

Thanks for the link with LTBama's work on it. I've read some of his stuff before. Very interesting and insightful. Several things I would never have thought of. Thought I read where he runs his sensitivity lower than I would have imagined. Guessing to eliminate all the extras and only see bait and predator fish. Thanks again

[Dover]

a few tips I'd give:
1) use light line 6-10 pound (flourocarbon helps)
2) use a swivel on spoon to prevent line twist
3) use a spinning rod/reel setup (spinning reel allows you to backreel spoon to preferred depth)
4) use a net to get fish in the boat (spooned fish come alive when they see the boat)
5) don't horse fish, gently reel fish up, they don't even know their hooked until they see the boat
6) fish normally hit the spoon on the fall; you feel them when you lift rod
7) some say to watch the slack in your line as the spoon falls to detect strikes
8) change treble hooks frequently or resharpen hooks often (they dull from draggin' the bottom)
9) "match the hatch" with size of spoon (use ones that look like shad in your lake)
10) if you snag a shad/minnow, leave it on and continue to jig (makes a delicious meal for fish)
11) have a plug knocker readily available to save a few spoons that get hung on the bottom
12) vary the tempo on jigging (fast jerks, slow jerks -- use what the fish will hit)
13) when you feel the fish, you may have to lift your rod tip high into the air to allow you catch up and take slack up quickly
14) if you catch and release a fish in the same area, just be aware they sometimes turn off when you let 'em go back to the school
15) lastly, do more looking for the right balls of shad on your DF and you do more catchin' versus fishin'