spooning

[hazzzardcounty]

I HAVE BEEN READING ALL THE ARTICLES ABOUT SPOONING BELOW THE DAM, WELL I TRIED IT OR AT LEAST I THOUGHT I DID? NOT SURE. I FISHED LAST WEEKEND, I THINK IT WAS THE SAME DAY OF THE TERUMENT BUT LATER IN THE EVENING. THERE WAS 2 TURBINES RUNNING, I MAD SEVERAL CASTS INTO THE RUSHING WATER AND LET MY LINE DRIFT BUT HAD NO LUCK. I WAS JUST WONDERING IS THE THE METHOD EVERYONE ELSE USES OR AM I DOING SOMETHING WRONG. ANY ADVICE WOULD BE APPRECIATED
. THANKS

 

[MrWiskers]

The spooning most of us are doing is vertical jigging. Spoons designed for this type of fishing are called jigging spoons and come in all sorts of weights and styles. I use the Cotton Cordell spoons in 3/4 oz and 3/8 oz. The technique ususally involves jigging the spoons around structure or drop offs in the 8-20 foot depth range. Some of us also cast the spoons and retreive them in a hard upward jerk and let the fall to the bottom and repeating.

 

[hazzzardcounty]

THANKS FOR INFO.

 

[Fat Albert]

<font color="#ff0033">Pay close attention to what MrWiskers said....he is the guru of jigging spoons.   FA</font>

 

[flip1up]

I think most of the spoon caught fish are coming from down river a little ways from the dam. I went fishing from the bank Sunday, about half way between the dam and the RR bridge. I was throwing a grub and didnt do any good. Two latino guys were catching the heck out of White Bass and a Smallie or Spot every now and then. They were using small 2" Hopkins spoons. There was only 1 turbine on at the time. They were getting pretty big Whites.