mag spoons on seneca

[steelydan]

anyone have any luck using mag spoons on seneca? i'm thinking of running a couple each time out to see how it works. any input would be great. please tell me what you think.

[ray koziatek]

ONLY REAL DEEP AND DONT EXPECT MUCH ,reg and real small work better..oh and the only ones (mag size ) was a large sutton flutter spoon.

[ERABBIT]

Yes I use them early in the year a lot up top and down 25' to 30' , sawbellys are around 5" to 6" then some bigger ...... will still drop them down off and on all season but seems best early April thru May

[Sk8man]

Last two responses were right on target. Bigger is NOT ALWAYS better :>) Sutton 88's (hammered silver or hammered silver and brass work best but on rigs generate a lot of drag (OK singly on riggers and behind leadcore but not well on small dipseys) but I've had real good luck over the years with Large sized Evil Eyes especially the black/silver lightning and Blue silver lightning ones but mostly out very deep and in the Spring (pulling thermocline rigs mostly). Again, throughout the season you want to try to match the size of the sawbellies available. Smaller is better as the season rolls on. Most of the time the "Lake Ontario" big stuff doesn't work real well (or consistently) on Seneca. Sutton #71's used to work well for me when there was a viable smelt population on Seneca but that is no longer the case. If you are after Lakers on Seneca Northern Kings and Pirate spoons (when you can find them) work well on them as well as the bigger browns. With rainbows and landlocks smaller is almost always "better".

[Sk8man]

I forgot to add that I've had the same experience as ERAbbit in the shallows in the Spring and probably it reflects the fact that the larger sawbellies are in there spawning in large numbers and thus the larger spoons match them pretty well.

[steelydan]

i usually will drag the dreamweaver s.s. and michigan stingers. i have noticed during winter,the size of bait that is in the lake trouts belly is very large. some that i have taken had saw bellies of maybe 6''. i figured it may be worth a shot to drag a mag spoon once in a while.

[quality time]

We have run them in the spring early summer at all depths. We have been uping the spoon size when we are getting to many shakers. So that being said we would more than likely catch more fish with the smaller spoons. I have caught some big lakers on big spoons.