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I have 2,3's. I talked to owner of company when I ordered and he recommended that size for early spring becasue he believes the natural bait is smaller and so the lure should match it.

I have a few colors other than Spring Frog. They have a red dot/white and the same in blue and orange. All work well, but Spring Frog has worked the best for me.
I like them because there heavy for size and you can cast them effectively from shore.

With the NeverSnag hooks added, they would be next to impossible to snag up which at the price of tackel nowadays is a good thing

solotripper wrote on Jun 13^th, 2012 at 1:11pm:


What sizes do you prefer?
1,2,3,4,5?

Every LT I've ever caught was on a spinner.
I stumbled upon these and like them a lot.
There Spring Frog Pattern is killer in early spring when the Lakers are in shallow.

Heavier weight spinners work well when the water heats up.
Rig them with those Never-Snag Hooks I'm high on, and you have a great set-up for casting/trolling any species.

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I brought a new guy along on my recent QP trip.  He is an experienced angler.  He fished almost exclusively with small spinners: mepps and french spinners.  He out-caught us all!  He caught everything on these little spinners: northern, walleye, and bass. 

I was amazed.  I've never used spinners in the QP, but may try them on the next trip. 

prouboy

most of my breaks and lunches at work revolve around reading this site and walleye central. i found this very interesting article that fits into this convo.

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If I'm reading this right, then they are the same species changing appearance when the go to lake or sea. I see why people would say they were a sub-species, but it appears that isn't factual.

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Jaximus,

I can't say for certain if I lost hook-ups using those NeverSnag hooks. I guess you'd have to have a underwater camera hook-up and do a side -by-side comparison to know.

All I know is that from nice sized Steel head to 10-12" rainbows, once on they never got off.
I take all the barbs of of my hooks and even then, unless I gave them slack so they could twist free, I had know problem.

They make a sampler pack with everything from pan fish sized single hooks to big double ones.
Would make a great X-mas stocking stuffer to try them out

I was fishing #11 Tectan mono on a 10' cheap Whuppin Stik rod from Cabelas and big or small it worked great. Can't beat that for sale price of $22 and free shipping.

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I thought that too, and it may be true, but I met a old guy up there (74) who was a dedicated river fisherman, had a custom jet boat set-up and everything. Retired at 56 and has been fishing ever since, even working as a guide for awhile.
According to him, a Steelhead besides spawning in the lake/ocean is a sub-species of the Rainbow?
He seemed very knowledgeable and fishes almost everyday from early spring to late November.
But I don't know for certain and would like to know if anyone knows for sure?

ive never been a fan of the weedless type spring/wire/rubber/plastic hooks. ive always been afraid that in order for you to hook a fish solid you cant have anything in the way of the hook and in order for it to be weedless/snagless youd have to sacrifice hooking some fish. i dont really lose many lures because i run 20lb test braided line(i tried suffix 832 and its amazing!!). i can usually straighten out he hooks or they will pull through the rotten timber.

the only weedless type modifications i do are when using rubber worms and dipping the hook point back into the rubber, but with the extra wide gap worm hooks its ready to catch fish in an instant.

Minor highjack...

Steelhead vs. Rainbow?
They're the same species, right?  The difference being that the Steelhead has left the river for the ocean (or Great Lake) and returned to spawn?