I have tried one and the key is a really soft rod. If you notice the rod he was using was about 10' long and really soft, looked like an old surf rod. They said it was an 8' tallas and that was the rod he was showing during the tackel review segment but that was NOT the rod they were actually using. The key to the spoon action is a really soft rod. I have over 60 fishing rods and I don't have one like they were using...I was thinking of getting a custom one just for this lure but it seems like a hassle. I may pull the trigger this year.
He use to sell several spoon sizes, I think he had sizes up to something like a 15" 4# spoon, all I see now is a 9" 2#model.
They are not cheap either 40 bucks a pop, you hang a few of these on the stones and you begin to feel that pain in your hip pocket.
Lastly, it is all wire line fishing. I tried to troll a big bunker spoon on a downrigger with braid this season and it did not work out as well as I had hoped. I actually did catch a few fish with it but it was not the same as straight off the rod. You really need that soft lazy action of the rod to get that spoon to really swim right. I tried it on a short penn wire line rod and it was too stiff. I trolled it around squinocket point for a while and did not do much. I have to say I did not fish a lot with it. Replaced it with a Bassmaster trolling Pike and took a few fish. These giant spoons cull thru the small fish and only target big fish. You will not get too many sub 20#er's on these fluke spoons.
Another thing if you catch a 80#er on wire line does it count? I thought the IGFA forbid wire. If he his targeting record fish you think he would have legal gear.
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