Never seen so many post where guys are using spoons this year.......
No "mystery" hoochies, no "killer' hoochies....no "what hoochy should I use" posts......well.....almost none.
Spoons it is ?.....
We have been puzzling over the same question. So when I am fishing with my two buddies, we often put down one hoochie (up till this time of year a squirt) , and one
spoon.
For winter springs, the green and white coho killers were working perhaps just slightly better than green and white or blue an white "splatter back" squirts.
We have been searching for larger migratory fish, but almost all the fish recently have been at constance, on the bottom in 90-120 feet of water. On Sat May 1st, both double "hookups" (we lost 1 keeper, landed 3 7-8 lbs) were on a spoon and a hoochie (UV).
So, it seemed to us that the lure type (hooch vs spoon) wasn't important. What seemed to be important was
1. Size and visibility --- small--needlefish size
2. Location
3. Fish being there and "on the bite"
That is our best observations for Constance in the first week of May.
Hopefully they will shift to larger spoons (due to later fish and larger bait) soon
Thanks to other posters for their spoon pattern suggestions.
We have been wondering about that Irish Cream spoon--great spoon or just hype and marketing?