Here's one of Do-Its marvels. Sold as a casting spoon, this little gem doubles as a vertical jigging spoon. These spoon lures are super productive on the Mississippi River behind the dams and along current breaks where deeper water and shallow collide. These breaks are prime territory for walleye and sauger. The vertical approach is just the ticket to banging these guys.
Shown are a 1/4, 1/2 and a 3/4 ounce lures. Similar baits sold along the river have another treble at the top split ring as well as at the bottom where these have hooks, but I find too much tangling occurring with the hooks at the top so I have not used them here. The large eyes are usually found at the bottom of most of these spoons and the common name is a "one eye". I have gold scale tape on the backs of the purple and the orange baits shown here. The chartreuse has glow tape on the other side.
While the shapes available are many, I like the "weight low" profile when using this particular bait. They fish fairly fast with a nice wobble if dropped on a loose line. A minnow head or a whole minnow can be added for taste but I prefer the dressed treble or a tail portion of a twister tail added for additional action. The hits will not be subtle regardless of what you add to the trebles. This bait can be rigged and fished with the narrow end down if a person wants more wobble on the drop. Basically, there is no wrong way to fish these as long as the delivery is vertical. They do work well thru the ice too.
We received a winter wake-up call here in the north but hopefully I'll be able to sit a day or two yet in the boat and jig these. The smaller one shown will grab crappies too. The larger sizes will bring in Lake Trout if used in water where those denizen reside. This is simply a great all-round bait.
