Secret Spoon Hack That Will Help You Catch More Fish

Spoons, weedless or not, are a vital part of an angler’s spring tackle box.

Spoons, however, are a reaction bait.

Fish tend to strike spoons more aggressively than other soft plastic lures.

Because spoons are metal, fish know right away that they’ve bitten down on something other than a baitfish.

This is where FishBites came in.

FishBites come in strips that you can piece out to use and they even catch fish themselves if rigged just on a hook.

But, there is a secret hack to using FishBites with spoons to ensure the spoon retains its desired presentation.

Check it out!

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[FreedomYak]

I’ve used this with jigs mostly but will try it with spoon. I cut it diagonally in thin strips, that way you still get a streamlined piece instead of a block and there’s no waste. Thanks for sharing what works.

[davidsanders]

I've used small soft plastics for speck as a trailer and done quite well. Bet this works really good too. Seen people shorten the wire on the spoon and bend the hook up a little and rig it weedless with a rubber worm also. Thanks for the tip.🎣

[Florida.Caveman]

Thanks for the tip, I think you could of just cut the square a few MM longer and just cut it into 3 strips and Miminalize your fishbites waste.

[chrissewell]

Great idea! Even for any hard baits and spinner baits, to add some scent. Even lead head jigs!

[ConeyIsland]

outstanding tip on a amazing spoon thanx

[anthonymannarino]

Good idea 👍
Saltstrong needs to hit south FL. It would be nice to live on the Indian river lagoon or more north but we don’t lol. It’s a different fishery up there. Palm beach FL to Miami Fl area. Thanks guys

[Charsept]

I came up with the exact same technique a year or two ago. Little narrow teasers. So cool to have my trick validated by the pros.

[michaelgilbert]

Will be trying it this week on Florida east coast!

[jenniferswicegood]

Hey Richard, thanks for the helpful video. Please advise when it is best to use a gold spoon versus a white spoon (or other colors) since you showed both in your video. Keep up the good work.

[kevinshort]

Carolina here we always used a pork trailer on a Johnson spoon for large mouth bass. Since way back

[comfortablynumb]

FishBites makes a pretty good bucktail trailer too, or I use a soft plastic trailer and a little bit of FishBites.

[timgreer]

Really? Why cut a thin strip out of the middle at an angle when you could cut it slightly longer and have 4 strips instead of one with all that waste? I get what you are saying, but the execution is all wrong.

[cesarmeza]

I've been doing this for a while now I prefer using regular fish bite strips were the ones I cut myself. I also I use the shrimp flavor the pre-cut strips seemed to melt away a lot faster.

[tomcampbell]

I guess I'm missing something. Cutting the square this way to come up with is basically an oblong strip seems wasteful. Why not just cut 2 or 3 oblong strips from the square strip or from a slightly longer oblong strip

[edwardegnor]

Just a lil common sense here why are you cutting it in squares and not in thin strips seems a bit dumb to waist that much lol

[wk.]

Z man makes these split tail trailers that are murder on a Johnson Silver Minnow. They don't affect the wobble and you'll catch 2 to 1 over a spoon without a trailer. They slay on reds and surprisingly largemouth bass will go nuts for them too

[calebrabion]

I've never even gotten a bite on a spoon.

[eugenegress]

That is probably the most unknown, untried; researched, application to spoon Lures. How much actually inpeads action, or should it be used at all. spoon Mfg, should state, " Can or cannot be tipped with bait or artificial, but Manufacturers lack Common Sense. Thanks for the Info. Over 50 yrs ago, half a crawler pinned to the rear hook of a, " LAZY IKE Lure", was a Walleye fishermans trick. Maby a skinny piece of that would do the same. Good Luck to all, fishing this year, escape the madness of Woke and hit the Water, lol.

[daveengstrom]

What a waste of time. Never say in 10 words when you can instead use 10, 000.

[calallen]

Fishbite is okay. Not really successful for me