So What About Great Lakes Spoons?

[Dogbreath]

As per the other thread since Coyotes quality is in the toilet maybe it's time to lok at some of the products from the Great Lakes region.

I've never though too much of all the different colours some of those companies have and the even stupider names they invent but Northport Nailer is very popular and looks a helluva lot like a Coyote http://www.northportnailer.com

Also http://www.jrstackle.com/carlson_spoons.html

 

[SIR]

But wonderbreads and cop cars have WORKED so damn well for so LONG that I just HATE to have to go back to EXPERIMENTING. We usually put 2-3 fish in the boat almost every trip in a two hour window using only three lures.... call me lazy but I like sticking to what works.... until it's no longer an option... finger crossed on verathane

 

[Dogbreath]

There's also the Canadian Company http://www.luremaking.com.

I have a few of their blanks that work quite well.

 

[Slabby20]

What size Coyote cop car's and wonderbread's are the most popular in Barkley, 4", 5" or 6"?

 

[SIR]

I like 5's

 

[nootka]

We have very good success with the Northport nailer spoons.
In particular, the 5" orange/green watermelon pattern.

We have used them in the ocean in the US and Canada. They are very effective salmon catchers.

 

[Slabby20]

Nootka,

Which of these spoons is the one you say you have had sucuss with? The "Superior Sunset which seems to have the orange and green you refer to or is it the "Watermelon Frost Glow"? http://www.northportnailer.com/store/index.php?cPath=22_26


Are these heavy spoons or are they pretty light like the Coyote's?

Thanks,
Slabby

 

[Dogbreath]

As I said one thing I have difficulty with is all the (to me) odd finishes-damned if I'll ever use anything Orange for a Spring Salmon.

Then along comes some guy who says Orange works for him just fine here....

Dang![)]

BTW-if you want to know where many of those guys buy their blanks here it is http://www.worthco.com/


<center>Trolling Spoon Blades</u></center>The New Worth Trollers are perfect for those Great Lakes patterns for use on salmon and lake trout. Available in 6 sizes, these excellent trolling spoons are stamped from the finest premium brass in either a smooth or hammered finish. Like all Worth plated spoon blades they are highly polished to give that added flash and sparkle in the water.

 

[Rum Buddies]

quote:damned if I'll ever use anything Orange for a Spring Salmon.

Why not?

 

[Dogbreath]

quote:Originally posted by Poppa Swiss

quote:damned if I'll ever use anything Orange for a Spring Salmon.

Why not?

Because nothing a Spring Salmon eats looks Orange to me that's why.

 

[Rum Buddies]

well I don't know many things that look like a mongoose spoon, watermelon,wonderbread - you get the idea.

But now that you do mention, I can't think of any orange tackle that is common for trolling.

 

[Dogbreath]

Speaking of Wonderbread I had to see a good sized fish taken on one right in front of me to believe it works.

I rationalised that the glow spot were what they were after(!)

 

[Rum Buddies]

the thing is we assume that the fish sees the same colors we do, but we all know that color changes as we go deeper in the water. It could be that a lot of the colors are simply looking grey but the pattern is doing the trick.

Ever wonder why bright orange hats don't scare deer, well they can't see orange, it just looks grey to them. I wonder if there has been any studies like this in regards to salmon?

 

[Dogbreath]

quote:Originally posted by RVP

...worth, hagen's, lakeland - I use them all and so do many others. There are other sources that I am not at liberty to divolge (sic)

Oh cut the crap you think because you sell tackle you have trade secrets to protect?[)]

It's all on the net and anyone with half a brain can find out anything with 10-15 minutes in front of a screen.

quote:Originally posted by RVPit is pretty cool when you are able to custom finish and catch fish on something that you designed using a basic spoon blank. The only thing about doing this is you don't really save any money in the end of it all, after bying equiptment for spraying powder, ovens to bake the finish, 100's of colors on powder paints and finishes, split or jump rings, hooks, swivels, masking, etc., etc. - but man you sure have a lot of fun playing around with your ideas.

There's no need for a huge investment a few pots of paint and a few dozen blanks is lots.

I'm thinking of a Glo Purple spoon.[8D]