Cuz you're obviously not holding your mouth right

Gold spoon/Johnson Sprite was my first Saltwater lure. Stood in blissful ignorance 50 years ago at the Skyway sandbar. Waded out to the nearest sand hole with a Zebco 33 tied to the Sprite, threw across it, got a "hit". The fish took off like a shot, pulling my rod tip down till my rod was straight and my line popped before I could react. I sped up to Oneil's Marina bought 3 more Sprites, drove back, adjusted my drag, cast across the sand hole, and proceeded to catch 5 nice slot reds (there was no slot then, nor limit) and i have been a spoon man ever since. The sprite and the Salty Dog in watermelon green only, by Bagley, were my only go to lures for years. I much preferred the action of the Sprite to the Silver Minnow. Using a lift and fall jigging method that thing twisted and flashed in every direction. And it caught everything. Trout , snook -- it was MY snook lure for 20 years -- reds, flounder. A half inch of squid trailer would turn the flounder ON. But I know what you mean about lures that don't work for you. I carried a tackle box drawer full of Mirolures for years. I would throw one for a few minutes without a bite in water I knew to be fishy, and my confidence just wasn't there for it, and i'd have to switch to the Sprite or the Salty Dog. One seemed to work when the other didn't. Then one day I read a magazine article by a guy in Louisiana that threw a 52MR 18 on a long rod in four to six ft of water, let it sink then pulled it in long fast sweeps toward the surface, letting it flutter to the bottom. I used the technique in the deeper water between the oyster mounds in Bishops Harbor and proceeded to catch the biggest and mostest trout i'd ever caught, and I've repeated it many times since. Oddly enough tho, this Mirodine that some say has taken the place of the spoon, has not produced for me. And...the single hook Silver Minnow never did either. I guess i'm a slow learner. I still throw the Sprite, and/or a white body red spade tail plastic jig that spirals come hither on the drop.

I agree. But I've been fishing w a guy who throws one a lot a d catches fish. So I decided to give them a better try and low and behold I caught trout ,Jack's and. believe it or not....pompano. pomps on a spoon is new to me but were getting them. Johnson gold sprite and silver minnow.

partner348 there is a lot of knowledge right there

mannyfresh1490 look for grass lines in shallow water. Trout and Red Drum like to hang out in those areas.

Good to see you at the Haddrells expo the other week

I am from Tampa Florida

Its still on the air

FlatsClass/KZfaq I gave up cable awhile ago anyway I miss the show

Vinfish 46 Go to WaypointTV you'll find it there and many more good shows.

Do u choose gold or silver in winter?