I personally tip a minnow head or wax worm most times unless the bite is ferocious. The Forage Minnow Spoon is more versatile, proven spoon that can be jigged aggressively causing flashing and fluttering to attract fish or jiggled and twitched for the less aggressive fish to thoroughly inspect without spooking. Overall, it’s a predictable, less aggressive presentation. The line is tied directly to the Forage Minnow Spoon to create a fluttering, wavering fall imitating an injured minnow. The Forage Minnow Spoon also comes in a smaller size, which is perfect for those early ice bluegills, perch or crappies. In contrast, the Forage Minnow Spoon is a smaller, thinner profile designed for picky or lethargic panfish, walleyes, bass, or trout. You can fish tipped with live bait or a bare hook. Or aggressive jigging creates more clacking, and in turn sound vibration, enticing fish from further away. To use as a search bait pound it off the bottom, creating dirt puffs which cause the fish to come inspect for food in the dirt cloud. The reasons for a larger profile are to attract larger, more aggressive fish, use as an effective search bait, or attracting fish further in dirty water. The side by side comparison picture shows both baits in the 1/8 oz size and you can visibly see Macho Minnow is longer, thicker and wider. The kicker tail creates clacking and more flash to attract more fish and tipped with a larger treble hook for a higher percentage of hook-sets. The Macho Minnow has a split ring for tying line and the beveled edge is a leading feature causing the Macho Minnow to slice through the water column in erratic darting actions mimicking crippled bait fish. The Macho Minnow is a larger profile bait designed for larger panfish, walleyes, pike, or trout. Both are vertical spoon presentations and are sold in the same colors. But how do you know when to use one versus the other? Let’s break down each spoon to find out!įirst, the similarities: They can both be used for casting open water for aggressive panfish, but more popularly used for vertical jigging on the ice. You should definitely have both lures in your ice arsenal. We use different baits in order to dial in a pattern and if one of us is getting bit more often we’ll switch, but not every fish’s mood is the same and sometimes having two similar baits can trigger more strikes. We are frequently asked why we use a certain bait. On our crappie trip Tyler used a Macho Minnow and I used a Forage Minnow Spoon right next to each other. There are obvious differences and baits designated for certain species, and then there are baits that seem similar, designated for the same species, but have distinct differences and purposes.
There are thousands of lures out there, and it can easily be overwhelming choosing what to use and when to use them. These are a more in-depth breakdown of something from the article to better educate you on a specific topic. A collaboration of Tyler and Sara Trampe’s knowledge, experiences, opinions, and insight on various topics in the fishing industry. I found that when targeting larger suspended crappies near the top they would be attracted by a glowing buckshot rattling but could not get them to bite so I am thinking they want something more active then a minnow on a jig.Tyler and I are excited to introduce Trampe Talk, a sidebar that will be included in my articles going forward.
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I hear of people using spoons for crappies and really don't know how to go about it but would like to learn a few tips and what works and what sizes work for crappies. Last time I was out I think I tried just about every kind of jig I had. I have been fishing crappies lately and having a hard time finding what they want, I have no trouble finding them but they seem to just want to stare at my jigs with a minnow then bite. I have used buckshots and forgeminnows in the past on dropper rigs but got into actually jigging them this year and have lots of successes using the buckshots to bring in the eyes early ice but didn't have much luck getting them to bite and would usually use it as an attractant and get them to hit a fathead.
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