![]() I made a mental note and decided to see if some of these tactics would work back in my neck of the woods, including the spoon.Īrriving back home I pulled out my tackle box and wouldn’t you know it, there in the bottom was an old spoon. Even the lure, the Johnson Silver Minnow, was something I would have thrown for Northern pike. What really struck me was the gear we were using medium action spinning tackle, the very same I would be using if I was freshwater fishing back home, was provided on the boat. It was also my first trip to Louisiana, where I was fishing with Captain David Bourgeois of Big Dog Fishing Charters in the Baratarian Basin. I cut my teeth on striped bass, bluefish, cod and haddock, but this was my first red drum. This was not my first rodeo with saltwater fishing, having spent a great deal of time along the New England coast and in the Hawaiian Islands. When the battle was over I was able to boat a 27½ inch red drum, or “Red” for short. During the struggle the rod tip broke, but there was nothing I could do about it at this point. My six and a half foot, medium action rod was nearly bent double and all I could do was try to keep the rod tip up and hang on. ![]() ![]() On the retrieve my lure, a gold Johnson Silver Minnow, stopped dead in the water and a split second later something pulled on the other end and started taking line. ![]() 2.7K Dana Benner explains why the often overlooked spoon and other metal lures still have their place in the saltwater angler’s tackle box and how anglers are returning to the practice of “throwing metals”.Ĭast after cast I made to the grassy edge of a small island. ![]()
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