First time using Maja Spoons

[CCparker]

And they worked great....

46 inches and 40 inches.

Never used the Tony Maja spoons before, but have always been a bunker spoon fan. Well, his produced good for me. I was using the #2 in green.

55 feet of water and had them bouncing right on the bottom.

 

[POGE]

Nice catch, the kido's must have loved it.
I see the nice spoon rods, wire line?

 

[CCparker]

Thanks POGE. No wire - Braid. I gave up on wire a long time ago. Sure it works great, but its not much fun. The trick is the hanging a sinker (or heavy lure) off a three way swivel. Takes no action out of the spoon the way an inline sinker would. Kind of rig it like a mojo rig.

 

[Ryan C]

Thanks POGE. No wire - Braid. I gave up on wire a long time ago. Sure it works great, but its not much fun. The trick is the hanging a sinker (or heavy lure) off a three way swivel. Takes no action out of the spoon the way an inline sinker would. Kind of rig it like a mojo rig.

Interesting... so the mainline to a 3-way then one eye to the spoon and the other with like a banker sinker hanging how far below?

You find this works better than, say a 4oz drail?

 

[CCparker]

About 2 to 3 feet to the sinker. Works way better than a drail. try both and you will notice a difference in the action

 

[2320 pilothouse]

how long of leader--

dave

 

[IrishAyes]

I use the same set up. Twenty foot leader to the spoon. Instead of using a bank sinker for weight use a spro jig. I use an 4-8 ounce spro tipped with a shad. Caught a 40" bass with the spro the first time I tried this setup.

 

[sparky]

If you are in hard bottom, I'd attach the bank sinker with smaller mono than your main. For example, I've got my trolling reel setup with 50# braid, then use a 50# mono leader, but only 25# mono to the weight. I fish in the rocks a lot, and this way, if you snag something, it'll pop the weight off, and hopefully save you the spoon.