Darn it, Steve :mrgreen: For me, the answer would depend on if I'm interpreting John's question correctly. If the last breakline going "downstairs" was at 18' but I could establish/recognize a base breakline in the deepest water where it flattened out, then I'd feel comfortable working tha...
Curious if trolling was the only thing keeping spoonpluggers away from winning all the tournaments then why isn't the walleye trail leaderboard all spoonpluggers year in year out? Trolling is allowed and widely used in these events. Obviously a walleye is a different species with different behavior...
Great post above Jerry. Tons of detailed info. Haven't had the need to go to wire yet in my neck of the woods, but this pretty much lays it all out if I ever do. Saved a copy for the archives.
That Go-Devil was a very good jump lure for deep breaklines (down here and back then, a 'deep' breakline was 25-30 feet). Al Lindner showed me how he and his brother would 'backtroll' those things while staying in position by watching that depthfinder like a hawk. That big size Go-Devil was really ...
We see a variation of this in several of our flatland impoundments here in Indiana. In this case, the "muck" is silt that has washed in and settled over the many years, often filling up entire creek channels and related breaklines. But on some lakes, the wave action from boat traffic wakes...
Thanks for the information, John. I think I'll do as you say and leave it in the package. Just received a few of the earliest copies of Fishing News & Wisconsin Spoonplugger today. Some great details, stories and pics from the "beginning" of spoonplugging here in the Midwest, not to me...
I was wondering if some of you guys might be able to shed some light on this bait. I recently picked up this 1-oz. Vic Saunders Go-Devil off eBay. I know Vic was one of the early Spoonpluggers under Buck, and is still active with the group. I'm guessing several of the guys from IL know him and have ...