Secret Spoons

[striperman36]

Originally Posted by big jay

I've got a couple.
I fish alot of bunker spoons, and I thought I would give these a shot. I call them the stupid spoons - I just can't take the name, and I must have been a moron to spend $50 each (they were $75 each when they first came out).
In any event, I haven't been all that impressed. To be fair, they didn't get as much time in the water as my other spoons. I'm more of a fan of the traditional reliable's or Montauk spoons - and I suppose they can't get bit in the cabin.
I will say this - they get deep fast. They drop like a freaking stone if you take the boat out of gear or troll down current, so its easy to hang up your investment. They just fish differently than regular spoons, so if you already know how and do well, not much of a reason to get them.
All that said, I know 1 guy that really likes them - the fluke pattern has worked really well for him.

The fluke has me interested also, I do think I will fool around with the spoons I have, I too think the bucks is big for the reward, but if you hang a 60 and you know they are there where we fish.

If I ever see a bass chasing my 8 lb fluke at Sakonnet, I am gonna wish I had it livelined!!!

Anybody ever liveline fluke?

Bill

[MakoMike]

I know the guy who "invented" them, Jimmy George, he used to be two slips away from me in Montauk. He claims that his spoons are different from regular bunker spoons, and I know the ones I've seen are a lot bigger than bunker spoons. I'm not a wire line guy, hate the stuff, so you won't see me fishing any kind of spoon.

[Mr. Sandman]

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.