Uses for 2” spoons

[scotch and sodus]

My daughter has heard me speak of spoons so she bought me 30 2” spoons for $10. They are all different styles and colors. I’m just not sure the best way to utilize them. I am used to larger trolling spoons. Any insight is welcomed thank you in advance. 

[Sk8man]

She gave you a great gift. They (in general and depending on which ones )  work great on the Finger Lakes especially on rainbows browns and landlocks. Usually they are quite speed tolerant and seem most effective when trolled fast. They work great on sliders off the riggers too.

Edited November 25, 2017 by Sk8man

[scotch and sodus]

Do you long line them. Or typically behind flasher or dodger?

[Xxx]

WOW dude, did she ever give you a nice gift!! I mainly fish for walleye and the 2-1/4” spoons for eye or browns ect. You can long line them but I mostly run them off the boards for shallow I use a 1/4oz split shot a rods length away from the spoon. For 10-15ft I use snap weights and for deeper I’ll use the tadpole systems which really work nice from a number 1 to the number 4 in the tadpoles. Or like mentioned above run them off the riggers. They will produce!!! 

[bottom-feeder]

when the browns get finicky early season in shallower water.....run em out on short leadcores

[Tim Bromund]

They also will work nice as slider spoons.

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[whaler1]

Run em on your riggers or on free sliders. Can’t tell you how many big fish I’ve caught on small spoons.


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[scotch and sodus]

Thank you for taking time to post. Now I’m excited to get back out there to give them a try. 

[Firechief48]

Definitely run them as sliders. They work great for steelies and cohos but I've had kings take them also. 

[Xxx]

OOHH Yea, those will produce, like mentioned on a slider, or a small board in close to shore with a split shot just to keep them under the first 5ft of water.

[Big Dave]

In the Fall all the bait that hatched out last spring are about that size. In the Fingerlakes that size spoon are killers.

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[Gill-T]

Fingerlakes spoon

Browns along shore in spring

Walleyes on Erie 

Steelhead offshore

[justtracytrolling]

The small spoons work well on walleye anywhere!  

[scotch and sodus]

Awesome thank you all for the info and support. I do appreciate it very much. 

[LakerTaker]

I recently spoke to a guy that fishes Lake Erie. He said he mainly uses 2” spoons for walleye, behind jet divers, and frequently limits out with that set-up. If any of those are heavier jigging spoons, I would use them for ice fishing.


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[Blue Knight]

There's no better advice than what's already been given. I've had good luck with Apex 1.5's on sliders which are designed & used for Kokanee but have worked well in Lake O! They also work great for Walleye in Lake Erie. A buddy of mine fishes them out of Port Burwell.