You can never have enough tackle I use both technics with good sucsess every days different .

 

Yep both work ok.best for salmon was the spoons that is when they stocked it with them.but now they stock it with steelhead no more the salmon. I have caught all the fish worth a mention with both.but did like the plug better.you will do ok with either just got try it.and if you know where go get what your after alls ok.have fun.

 

Thanks guys.
I may just start w/ the sticks and boards and see how it goes.

 

Stick baits and harnesses. Plugs get more fish for me because most of them move up at night. Meat gets fish everyday everywhere. Spoons more so after the water heats up some. Deff doesnt mean they wont eat anything else though.

 

Early spring for me is ice-out !
From ice-out til the water temp hits the mid-40's, I'm trolling all cranks. Keep the speed slowwww, .8 - 1.3mph and don't forget to also target the top 15' of water!! I use ReefRunners primarily, both the 800's and Ripsticks. I also like to run HuskyJerks as they have a less aggressive action.
When the water temp starts to reach 50, I start to include more worm harnesses with the cranks. I personally, rarely run spoons anymore.

GR

 

Stinger spoons are terrible 2 fish and the finish gets chipped off I have a box full with the finish gone. Used Contender spoons with very good sucuess last year thier motto is the finish won't deminish check them out.

 

Sticks in the spring for sure. You usually have to troll slower in the spring and spoons don't work so well at slow speeds. Good luck!

 

Stinger spoons are terrible 2 fish and the finish gets chipped off I have a box full with the finish gone. Used Contender spoons with very good sucuess last year thier motto is the finish won't deminish check them out.

dave and dave jr of contender are top-notch guys. i would never hestitate to deal with them. dave sr has to be one of the most knowledgeable fisherman that i have ever known.

 

Early spring for me is ice-out !
From ice-out til the water temp hits the mid-40's, I'm trolling all cranks. Keep the speed slowwww, .8 - 1.3mph and don't forget to also target the top 15' of water!! I use ReefRunners primarily, both the 800's and Ripsticks. I also like to run HuskyJerks as they have a less aggressive action.
When the water temp starts to reach 50, I start to include more worm harnesses with the cranks. I personally, rarely run spoons anymore.

GR
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GR hit the nail on the head. I'll start to dump the colorado blades when the water hits 47 and maybe make one pass at .7-.8, if nothing I'll go back to cranks. I do like fishing cranks because I fish worms all year. Last year worms for me took off 3rd week of April, the year before I got em going the 2nd week of April but my bigger fish came off Cranks

Deep Floating Rouges, Deep Husky's size 12, Deep Bomber 25A's, RipsStick 700's and Reef Runner 800's are the first ones I reach for. When the water is under 42 I don't reach for reef runners. I go with the others first. Spoons will go once the spawn is over, the days are longer and water is really starting to warm up, the fish are rested and are all very hungry including the males once alot of them start to leave the reef comlex. my .2

 

In spring you will see a lot of people in boat clusters jigging in early spring. We used to do that but the fish are mostly small males. So now we skip straight to trolling with deep down crank baits and that produces much bigger fish. The spoon bite usually picks up in later spring. The small 2 1/4” Michigan stingers are the best. Copper back/UV colors. You can tip them with crawlers as well. So the way we fish is crank baits behind planer boards and we always run two spoons straight out the back behind size 30 and 40 True Trips. They’re like jets but way better, easier. It will dive and if you set the hook it trips a hammer that disengages the dive and you aren’t winding against that heavy current on your retrieval. So we have spoons straight out the back during spring so we know when the spoon bite starts. Usually May or so. And then spinner rig bite kicks up when the water temp comes up late spring/into summer. Good thing about trolling is you can use weights and divers, tadpoles etc. You can run a combination of cranks, spoons, spinner rigs, Erie deeries etc to see what Wally wants and when. But we did away with dipsy and jets years ago. Now it’s true trips and I’ve also integrated tadpole diving weights(1.3oz) as well bc you can run them behind planer boards. Do not run true trips behind a planer board and don’t run crank baits behind true trips. Things tend to go awry. I also replace treble hooks on crank baits and spoons with single wide gap walleye hooks or bait holder hooks if I want to run crawlers. It makes life so much easier getting the fish unhooked, not getting all tangled in the net etc. And the treble hooks get buried in the fish, in their eyes, deep down in their gut and all over. So on a small walleye or other species you intend on releasing, treble hooks just tear them up and they die. So the singles are just as efficient, less of a pain to deal with and better for fish. Hope this was helpful. Good luck out there and be safe.

 

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