The Spoonpluggers Forum

When we are in the shallows we are supposed to strain the water from top to bottom. After 8 -10 then we are supposed to stay glued to the bottom. Staying with the controlling of the two factors of Depth and Speed apparently the correct depth for that given situation was the free running jerk bait si...

dj, Try being a carpenter , you get to be outside all of the time. You can be out there when it's 95 like now and you get to be out when its -15 in the winter , it's awesome. You get to work and watch the weather come in right before your eyes. Just when it's good conditions it starts raining, then ...

were can a fella find those tips you speak of? I've worn through several already with wire.

jerry, thanks for the advice - I guess I should know by now that Buck's equipment is the only way to go. It's funny, after only two trips out I feel short handed without wire line. I know some of the posts had talked about losing feel using wire but I didn't find that to be true. You could tell the ...

Here's a tools question for ya. I just started running wire. I've been using the braided lines for years now but I can only get down to about 35 feet or so.. Soooo. I figured I'd try wire. I love stuff - your spoonplug follows the boat like a lost puppy - but after only two trips out The wire cut gr...

I would imagine that deep water is realitve to water color. In clear lakes sometimes you can't make contact w/ fish untill you hit 25-30 feet and I know that other spoonpluggers are catching fish much shallower on the same day in lakes with better water color. Clearer lakes the cutoff would be 10 + ...