Spoon of the Year

[Gray Fox]

The best spin dr. has been covered, now what was your best spoon for the season? Is it homemade or store bought? My best spoon this season was a Stingray Fat Nancy with glow tape on the inside of the cup.

[Ray]

My best spoon was the NBK in a magnum...there was always one in the water.

Ray

[muskybob]

42 second spoon

[jeb1340]

Purple Glow Frog NK28, the paint was chewed off of it.

[jason]

i switched over to warrior spoons and so far this yr mix veggies has been a very good spoon.

[salmonbound1]

gator

[Legacy]

Stinger glow gator (custom taped in stinger size)

[For Fun]

an older black and purple pirate 55 size on bottom ... only have two left ... ... greasy chicken on sliders ...

[LongLine]

DW SS Bloody Death.

Tom B.

(LongLine)

[Iceman]

NK 28 Watermelon

[Fishtails]

DW ss Bloody Death was very good to us, but a DW ss Green Goby (gold cup) was killer once we got our hands on a few later in the season. I think it will be a new production color for DW in 2010.

[1fish2fish]

Has to be the NK 28 Watermelon. It was our 'go to' spoon all year!

[Misty IV]

I actually had 2 which were productive. Michigan Stinger's green NBK and a Michael Jackson. I really don't think it is connected to his death, but in the fall, the MJ did really well with the browns.

[Billy V]

The DW Superslim Gator, Diehard, and Feelin Irie were crazy good for us this year.

[Mick]

Nk mag gold 42 took the most spoon bites on my boat this year. The super slim firecracker, and death wish did pretty good also.

[Yankee Troller]

Gator!

[Gill-T]

Dreamweaver SS Leopard Frog. With modifications of course.

[johnbrownt]

gator,carbon/14,blueberry muffin and of course the good old spook gold and silver

[kingslamon22]

r&r chart/orange icicle. looks like dreamweaver caremel dolphin for those of you who do not know of r&r products.

[Jammer]

HOT:

Spring: Silver Streak Sister Sludge (Caramel dolphin) and NK28 Double Orange Crush.

Summer: DW Glow Froggie, and Stingray NBK.

Fall: Stingray Mixed Veggies

GO TOs:

NK28 Watermelon, Moonshine Carbon-14 Magnum, NK28 O's Alewife (see attheoak.com)

NEW top performers:

Moonshine Purple Nurple (reg and Mag), Stingray Twister

JAM

[ray koziatek]

Well if i had a super secret spoon i would share it(not). But have found over the years all 8 or more importintly the hours fished over 6000,that the Hot spoon has to match the conditions cold water, pea green water,clear water,early morning,bright days,cloudy days,afternoonbite, and evening bite,flat surface,choppy surface,1 ftrs ,4 ftrs ,then toss in depth of water the fish are in,and temps, then are you after browns,steelie,kings,and yes landskark WALLEYS,.....have i forgot the 3-s's speed speed speed...many of us run a mixed spread (spinnys and spoons) so ya gotta have the right weight spoon to match the speed needed for the spinnies..i have and do run all the listed spoons listed and maybe a few more,,tho is you run a spread of one spoon all year you will get fish all year ,its the fine tuning of the spoon to speed and conditions that may be a better thought,also a slight bend in a spoon can kill or add to the action check em over the side before deploying each time only takes 5 sec a small splitshot 6 ft up the line in heavy flea conditions can help keep the line end of the spoon clean and running proper .. so for the newer guys a good spoon selection is important but there are a lot of little things to keep in mind that will make a difference of a good day to a great day.... and dont forget the 3 S's

[Tall Tails]

Carmel Dolphin!

[rolmops]

Dream Weaver SS Kevorkian did the magic for me.

But Ray is completely right when he mentions that every day is different and spoons should be selected accordingly

[marman]

Stingray Freakin' Veggie by far

[Silver Fox]

Stingray glow gator in any conditions.