Spoons vs. Spin doctors/Flies

[walleyehunter]

Making my second trip to the big lake in july.  Last year I fished on a buddies boat and we did most of our damage on spin doctors/flies trolled around 2.0-2.2 down speed. I think the spoons wouldnt fire due to the slower speeds. Now that I am a few weeks away from my trip, trying to put together a game plan.

 

How do you guys decide if you are runnings spoons, or running SD/Flies?  Do you just put out a mix of everything and then dial them in based on what fires?  What would a good down speed be for a program that is a mix of both?

 

When I lake trout fish on Erie we end up running either all spoons or all flashers once all the rods are dialed in, very seldom do we get both firing all day.

[ontherise]

I start with a mix at 2.5 down speed

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[Chas0218]

Yup 2.5 for me too.  Generally I set my gps speed to 2.5 and once I deploy everything to where it needs to be I end up with a slower down speed from all the water resistance.

[bout time]

I always run a mix and see what fires. Down speed will all depend what you are using to measure it. For depth raider my best 2.1-2.3, I know the sub-troll guys like 2.4 and most fish hawk folks say 2.6. Start with one and if no action increase or decrease to see what fires. When you get a hit just repeat repeat repeat. Depth/lure and speed

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Edited June 14, 2014 by bout time

[baitrigger]

I run a mix and go heavy on whats hot. Always have both in the water. Will mix colors, but never go one or the other. Both produce all year.

[orangediablo]

Just throwing this out there, but I know the Subtroll and Fish hawk speeds aren't consistent with one another.  So, when you say a down speed of 2.5, which units are you guys speaking of?

[dvdegeorge]

2.5 to 2.7 on my fish hawk

[Adk1]

I ran spoons of my riggers both times out last summer and ff of dipseys. Never took a single hit on the spoons

[rbonnell]

I have been running a mix of spoons on the diggers f2f on dispy my spoons have fired a lot more than ff. I have been running down speed at 3.0 on my fish hawk and have been catching a lot

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[walleyehunter]

Thanks for the Insight. I think I am going to start with a ff on one rigger and a spoon a little further back on the other and see what happens. I have a fishhawk so I will try 2.5ish on my down. My trip can't come soon enough! Dreamin of those drags screaming

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[baitrigger]

Look up some of the posts on cheaters. It doesnt have to be one or the other.

[Chas0218]

Seems like this year has been more of a spoon bite, at least according to the reports.

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[rbonnell]

It has been so far

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[Grand Slam11]

Maybe it's just me but I tend to get bigger fish on the f/f than spoons. Only been out a coupe times this year but have got 4 fish over 20 pounds and all on flasher and flies.