Walleye Express
04-11-2003, 08:07 AM
After aquiring a couple dozen of the New Pa's spoons this past winter, I've been thinking of how to use them in conjunction with my usual crankbaits, versus by themselves.
The one's I got are the smaller 2 inchers and are very light. Exactly what one would want to stack in tandom with a small 1/4 ounce tot or Ka-Boom Winning Streak Crank.
The question is just how to run these spoons on the same line as the crank and still keep the clutter, hassle and the cluster #$%^% to a minimum. I've decided to go with what I did a long time ago when I fished for Salmon, sliders. But I'll use it with a twist.
A slider for those who don't know, is simply a spoon or other light lure on a short leader that attaches and slides freely down your mainline after the lure attached to the mainline has reached it's running depth. This technique is usually used in conjunction with cannon balls and downriggers. It's the boats forward motion and the arc/bow in the mainline from the rod tip to the lure far below, that keeps the slider kinda running freely up and down the mainline in that mid range depth zone. Many an extra salmon has been caught on this free sliding/running lure. This technique works great but needs deep water and/or this mainline arc to work at it's best.
A few years back I was fishing in some fairly shallow water and tried something different, and it worked. I was catching a few Salmon on Magnum Wiggle Warts while long line trolling in a certain Lake Michigan Harbor using my smaller boat. Two of us could only use two rods out the back, as the traffic in and out of the harbor was steady. Decided to try a spoon slider, but because of the lac of angle from rod tip to the main lure, it kept working it's way down and getting tangled. Took a rubber band and loop tied it 5 feet above the Wart. That kept the spoon from sliding down to the Wart and the spoon worked just above and in front of the Wart. My first fish on this slider spoon/rubber band stopper idea was a small Steelhead and it pulled the rubber band down to the end of the mainline to the Wart and held fast. The next was a 20 pound king and it still worked great. So sliders with a rubber band stopper is what I'm going to try this summer and see what happens.
The one's I got are the smaller 2 inchers and are very light. Exactly what one would want to stack in tandom with a small 1/4 ounce tot or Ka-Boom Winning Streak Crank.
The question is just how to run these spoons on the same line as the crank and still keep the clutter, hassle and the cluster #$%^% to a minimum. I've decided to go with what I did a long time ago when I fished for Salmon, sliders. But I'll use it with a twist.
A slider for those who don't know, is simply a spoon or other light lure on a short leader that attaches and slides freely down your mainline after the lure attached to the mainline has reached it's running depth. This technique is usually used in conjunction with cannon balls and downriggers. It's the boats forward motion and the arc/bow in the mainline from the rod tip to the lure far below, that keeps the slider kinda running freely up and down the mainline in that mid range depth zone. Many an extra salmon has been caught on this free sliding/running lure. This technique works great but needs deep water and/or this mainline arc to work at it's best.
A few years back I was fishing in some fairly shallow water and tried something different, and it worked. I was catching a few Salmon on Magnum Wiggle Warts while long line trolling in a certain Lake Michigan Harbor using my smaller boat. Two of us could only use two rods out the back, as the traffic in and out of the harbor was steady. Decided to try a spoon slider, but because of the lac of angle from rod tip to the main lure, it kept working it's way down and getting tangled. Took a rubber band and loop tied it 5 feet above the Wart. That kept the spoon from sliding down to the Wart and the spoon worked just above and in front of the Wart. My first fish on this slider spoon/rubber band stopper idea was a small Steelhead and it pulled the rubber band down to the end of the mainline to the Wart and held fast. The next was a 20 pound king and it still worked great. So sliders with a rubber band stopper is what I'm going to try this summer and see what happens.