Dtmasportsman

They look great!

Thanks Bill! I gave a couple to Devin to pass your way too! We'll see you up there in May!

Thanks ERABBIT!

Got done painting a batch of spoons yesterday! Let me know what you guys think.

Sold, thanks guys!

Hi Chubbed. Frogger is taking this lot. I'll have a couple more in the next few days to put up as well

Hey Frogger I responded to your PM

1 lot of 6 spoons for sale. Different manufacturers and sizes. $10 for spoons plus shipping from Delaware. Message or email me to order.

Diawa Accudepth line-counter reels are inexpensive and sized right for browns.  I spool up with 15 lb mono and leader down to 12 lb mono.  Fishermen east of Olcott usually run Fluorocarbon leaders because of clearer waters.  The 7' one piece light-action ugly stick rod is a perfect match.  You could always use spinning reels or bass baitcasters you may own if you don't want to buy anymore tackle.  Your salmon reels spooled with 30 lb mono work good when you want to pound the shoreline with your boards.  The heavy line keeps your baits running high so not to snag bottom (just add a leader of lighter line and set the drag lighter- for the leader material)

I second the Daiwa Accudepth's I use them for walleyes and browns and lakers in the spring. We use uglysticks as well and i use 15lb mono down to 10lb fluoro leaders for the walleyes and trout.

Very nice looking spoon PD! I have always been a fan of the brown trout colored rapalas. I imagine this spoon will be killer as well!

Dave

Getting some into production!

Can't wait to see the setup! Will have to give you a seminar on rigging ballyhoo and other offshore lures!

Here are a fee more we have come up with!

Thank you! Its fun messing with different colors and patterns. Your spoon designs are awesome btw!

Messing around with some new designs at the shop. Let me know what you guys think!

Great thread guys! (Just found it). Down here in DE it has been a weird season. I personally have been seeing very few deer, but others are seeing tons. My buddy got a real nice one (10pt in pics below) the first week of November, a couple hundred yards from my stand, and I finally got on the board with a decent 7 point (2nd pic). Sounds like the seasons are all jacked up up there. We have it easy. Bow season goes from September 1st to January 31st each year with 2 weeks of shotgun and 2 weeks of muzzleloader mixed in. 4 doe tags with your license and you can buy 2 buck tags, (1 quality, 1 choice) and an unlimited amount of extra doe tags if you want them.

Good luck the rest of the season guys! I still have a couple bruisers I am chasing around and getting ready for ducks. Before you know it I'll be getting the boat ready for browns and the walleye opener up there!

They look great!

Lets get this thread back to the top! Working on some more painted color schemes this winter and some basic taped spoons. 

It was great having you guys down and a blast fishing with you guys! Well plan a trip in June to really get on the tuna and sharks!

Trying to talk the wife into coming up the weekend of the 27th. Will let you know!

Nice pics Devin! 

That sucks man! Just make sure you have weekend of July 25th free!

Hey Moose we found 1 worm in one of the smaller drum. I've never found more than one in any fish and they are easy to cut out. I really like eating black drum. 

Here is a link to an article I wrote with my favorite Drum recipe, "Buffalo Drum Fingers" but I guess anything fried and with buffalo sauce can't be bad

http://m-asportsman.blogspot.com/2015/05/buffalo-drum-fingers.html

Haha it is wild. They only "drum" sometimes, I've caught a bunch when you don't hear them at all, and sometimes everytime you start to hear them its game on. They only hang around this area from the end of April until the middle of June, but its a fun time they pull like freight trains.

This link has audio of what they sound like, you can hear them when they swim close to the boat. On calm nights you can hear them from hundreds of yards away 

http://ocr.org/wp-content/uploads/Black-Drum.swf?width=848&height=434%20rel=

You can hear them "drumming" under the boat! It is pretty wild if you've never heard it.