Spoons for Walleye???

[Lund_Dude]

HI! I always hear you Erie guys discussing trolling spoons on Dispy's for walleye and would like to give it a go. I do a bit of trout/salmon fishing with dipsy's and spoons on Lake Michigan. The spoons I usually use are Pro-King or similar long (4-5"), thin and light.

What are these Scorpion or Stinger spoons? Where can you get them in SE Wisconsin? Thanx!

P.S. Hope to see you Erie guys in about a month!!!

[Capt. Denny Bergeamn]

Lund Dude,

Check out there web site: www.mistinger.com

The Michigan Stinger Scorpion Spoons are only 2 1/4" long. They resemble minnows and have a great action (wobbles back and forth in a symmetrical rhythm).

If you are looking for a place to purchase some
contact Denny Braun. He owns a bait store in Vermilion, Ohio and carries all the popular colors. He is very active on Walleye Central. Just leave a message for him on this board. He will get back to you.

[Bob Z]

Try www mistinger com for information, pictures, etc.

[Juls_WI]

There spoons that are about 2 1/2 inches long, thin, and as skinny as my pinky finger. I have skinny hands, so keep that in mind when your trying to picture this...hehe

I would give you some to try, but I only have a handful as it is. I picked them up when I was at Erie this past April.

If you are interested, call Den at the Sportsman's Outpost down in Vermillion, OH at 888-855-9032. He would have them, and would gladly ship them to you. As for the best colors, Den would know that too.
We used them last Fall when I was down there for the WC Get Together, and they worked great for walleye.
I have some to try here, but have not had the chance to try them on Wisco waters yet.
I have another spoon to try too...Snoops, and Infinity, made by Kingfisher. I think by the looks of them, the Snoops would be a good one to try on Bago, or Green Bay.
I don't know of any SE Wisco tackle dealers that have them yet.

Juls

[Lund_Dude]

Thanx for the link! You can buy the spoons directly on-line for $3.49/each. I will certainly buy a few. If you don't mind, I would like to ask a couple more questions?

What are the usual hot (must have) colors on the West/Central portion of Erie? How do you rig the spoons on a three way with a crank and not get a mess? Does this spoon/crank combo count as your two rods in Ohio?

Thank you to everyone who was kind enough to reply.

[Andrew]

Nothing wrong with using ProKing spoons for walleye. Atleast they rocked last year on my fly-in to N. Ont. I used them on the upper leg of a three way with a Hot-N-Tot on the down leg and walleye (and pike for that matter) hit the spoon 80% of the time. I was using the orange with orange ladder pattern. The walleyes loved it.

[Andrew]

Nothing wrong with using ProKing spoons for walleye. Atleast they rocked last year on my fly-in to N. Ont. I used them on the upper leg of a three way with a Hot-N-Tot on the down leg and walleye (and pike for that matter) hit the spoon 80% of the time. I was using the orange with orange ladder pattern. The walleyes loved it.

[ETT]

Ohio law allows 2 rods per angler and 2 lures per rod. Best way to run spoons around Kellys is behind 20 jets (Luhr Jensen Jet Divers). Must have colors are confusion, shrimp, boy-girl, superman, watermelon, and rainbow trout. If you go east you'll need some of the purples like Kavorkian, blue berry muffin, & purple people eater. Good luck. Don't you just LOVE the names!!!

[Tom (Mich)]

Amen to the colors listed previously. Lat year, at least in the Michigan waters of Erie, spoons far outproduced the cranks. Since the MI waters are somewhat shallower, we fish them off three ways using cranks to get them down. We use 3 foot leads to the crank on the bottom and 5-6 foot leads off the top to a Scorpion or micro/mini-Streak. IMPORTANT TIP - always maintain slight tension when setting lines to keep the crank digging at least a little. Failure to do so will result in the crank floating and the spoon sinking with some nasty, nasty tangles.

[Lund_Dude]

Thanx for the advice! I think these guys dream up the names for colors after a couple of the "special cigarettes" ;-)

[Lund_Dude]

Thanx for the tip! I wondered how they did this without a mess.

[eye stalk]

I checked with ODNR on this question once before. Your are entitled to two rods and up to three hook set-ups per rod.

[Nomad]

3 hook sets. That sounds like a crankbait with twin trebles and spoon with a treble on a three way. Am I wrong?

[crash]

I thought that each lure counted as one "hook" or something like that. as long as it didn't have more than the allowable number of actual hooks.
for example: a rapala with three sets of trebles has 9 hooks, so if the regs say no lure can have no more than 6 hooks then you have to remove a set of trebles (or cut one hook from each treble). Confused yet? So if the guide says three sets of hooks, do they refer to a "hook" as a complete lure? then you could run two spoons and one crank.

Aside from that, I have a full box of Krocidile spoons, Can I run those or do I need a Stinger Spoon? what make it so special? Flying blind here...

[trim rod]

not trying to take any sales from anyone but pro bass store north of chicago has a good selection.was just their last week.

[Lund_Dude]

Wall-Mart in Port Washington Wisconsin has about 7 colors of the Scorpion and the price is $3.48. Thanx for all the help...