I have a variety of spoon types, not too many days go by where I don't use one of them in saltwater.  For bass fishing you bet I use them, my 2 favorites are a gold Redfish key spoon and a Clark spoon, both are saltwater spoons and I only use them in freshwater.

Hopkins shorty tied on year round.

Spoons are so old school.. the only time I would consider it is jiggin deep and I hate fishin deep

Old school huh, do you consider a jig old school?  Wouldn't surprise me if a jig may be one of the first artificial lures ever used.  There are many types of spoons, that many jigs plus a whole lot more.  Another thing that wouldn't surprise me, both spoons and jigs account for more fish (all species) caught than all other lures combined.  

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-Kent 

If/when I choose to troll, I will either use a crankbait or a spoon.  The little cleo is one of my favorites.  Sometimes I'll fish a johnson silver minnow but conditions rarely seem right when or where I'm fishing.

I used to love Mepps syclops a good productive spoon, thought it turned over too much causing a lot of line twist.  I prefer spoons that wobble back and forth, I keep a good supply of Krocodiles on hand.  I'm sure lots of people get emails from a site with 99 cent sales, that site has Krocs every now and then for 1.99, that's when I stock up.

This is a Heddon Moss Boss. A great topwater bass lure. I've caught a few lm's on this. It doesn't catch all of the fish, but it has accounted for some of my biggest fish. I use it on pads and weeds and catch fish in the weeds with it like a frog and a lot of times when it comes off the pads into the open water is when fish crush it.

 

 

 

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I use to troll the musky size Johnson spoon for big pike. Caught some big catfish on that spoon as well. Only thing is the catfish destroy the weed guard. Maybe not a bad thing as I don't believe it's much of a guard anyway. Today I use a 5/8 oz. Tony spoon for casting and jigging back to the boat for deep water smallies. But only if I'm fishing a spot with no weeds.

Spoons are a great fishing tool. one that can be fished any depth. very simple, but very effective. we have on a few occasions had the opportunity

on table rock to utilize spoons such as the johnson silver minnow in flooded brush and vegetation. i can not think of anytime of the year that i do not

have some type of spoon tied on a rod.

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