Casting Spoon
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A simple metal spoon that wobbles like an injured baitfish. Catches almost everything, from pickerel to stripers, and costs next to nothing.
What it's for
Cast and retrieve with a fluttering motion through schooling fish below dams
Retrieve fast and steady through busting schools
Retrieve fast and erratic to match frantic bay anchovies or silversides
Cast and retrieve fast over open water where hybrids chase shad
Cast and retrieve fast near surface bait schools
Cast and flutter through open water near drop offs and points
Cast and retrieve fast with erratic twitches through schools
Small flutter spoon jigged in current below dams and rapids
Small flutter spoon worked with a twitch retrieve near current breaks
Flutter or jig it near bottom to imitate cisco and smelt
Cast far and rip through open water and weed pockets
Cast and wind erratically along drop offs to mimic a fleeing baitfish
Flutter and jig off jetties, mackerel slam flashing metal
Cast and retrieve with erratic flutter in current seams
Cast and retrieve with erratic twitches to trigger strikes
Small flashy spoon trolled or jigged at 20-60 ft depth
Cast into feeding frenzies and retrieve fast to mimic fleeing baitfish
Retrieve fast and steady to trigger reaction strikes
Pink or silver spoon worked with a slow steady swing retrieve
Drift or slow retrieve pink or red spoons through holding pools
High-speed trolled spoon to trigger reaction strikes