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Mike123
If I don't get a fish within twenty minutes of throwing a jig I will switch colors or try a different bait! Most of the time they eat my jig first :lol: I think if a steelhead will eat a spoon or spinner they will eat a perfectly presented jig, but with that being said many people use way to big of jigsAlso many people don't know how to fish jigs that well and its not just a throw it out and let it drift through thing, it takes experience to master jigs and spoons for that matter! Good job on the steelhead :clap:
Very good point!! I need to fish spoons more often, its a cool feeling when they smack a spoon. What size were you using?
It didn't happen to have a teardrop shape to it does it? Considering all the possibilities of where this summer came from..ahem...and the "fad" place I'm guessing it is a green steelie, 5/8 oz left from the weekend warriors last summer...am I gettin close? Thats a good spoon for that type of water.
It is rare for me to fish a hole and not hook a fish only to get one on a spinner or spoon. Normally I will get one on a jig or roe then finish up the hole with a spinner and spoon for a bonus fish!! The reason for that is because 90% of the fish in a given hole will run for the hills when they see a big spinner or spoon coming through the water but that other 10% will smash it. The 90% of weary fish I can get with a jig or roe under a float or drif fishing but then that crazy kamikaze 10% that we all know and love I can get with a spinner or spoon on my way out! See that way I use the more stealthy techniques first and finish with a bang!! LOL
This is why its good to cover water with a spinner and spoon if you don't have a lot of time because those more aggressive fish will hit within a few casts of being in the zone. I think overall you can hook and land more fish by approaching it like I do. Plus you will lose less gear and money! :lol: