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Spoons vs Spinners

6/20/18 @ 11:29 PM
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RippinLips3
User since 6/19/18

this one topic that i have seen debated forever. what's your opinion? why? in my opinion i LOVE inline spinners nothing can beat em more specifically the Mepps #5 with no hair. i have used both spoons and spinners and i think pike just cant stay away from the things, the reason i think the Mepps 5 performs so well is because of the BIG wobbly blade that these fish just can't resist. though the Mepps 5 is good i would love to see Mepps come out with a size 6 blade with the same size body yo really make the wobble more pronounced. this is just a personal opinion of course, i have one friend who swears by spoons and he thinks they can't be out fished. is there specific circumstances that spoons work better than spinners? what is you r experience?

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6/21/18 @ 10:34 AM
BucketMouth123
BucketMouth123
User since 5/6/16

6 of 1, half dozen of the other. I have had really good success on little cleos, silver minnows, and dardevles. In the past few years I have primarily used hairpin spinners and done well also. 

I think the spoons have caught bigger fish for me but I think the spinners have caught more fish. But that's just a guess at past experiences.

6/21/18 @ 9:14 AM
BugleTrout
BugleTrout
User since 9/27/01

I switch out all treble hooks on my spoons with siwash-style salmon hooks.  It's way easier to release them.  I've also done it with Mepps spinners but you have to cut the hooks off of those and add a split ring.

6/21/18 @ 8:47 AM
ocetp
ocetp
User since 7/7/01
On our regular Canadian fly-in lake, the pike strongly prefer Johnson Silver minnows.  But then again, it may be me - trble hooks and pike are a real mess.
6/21/18 @ 8:30 AM
BugleTrout
BugleTrout
User since 9/27/01

I don't think it matters.  Pike will eat anything.  It comes down to what you like to fish with.  

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