Who makes and fishes jigging spoons?

[joelhains]

I've been fishing my entire life and making lures for nearly 20 years now. This past weekend I fished a jigging spoon for the first time in my life! A buddy on my boat had a box of Hopkins jigging spoons so I tied one on to give it a shot since the fishing was slow. Anyway, I caught a couple and now I'm thinking of picking up one of Do-it's jigging lure molds. Which ones have you used? What do you look for in a jigging spoon? How do you prefer to fish it? And how do you prefer to finish it? I fish Lake Erie the Niagara River and Lake Ontario a lot. I think the river would be a great spot to drift and jig.

 

School me on making and fishing jigging spoons!

[LimpNoodle]

I've got most of the Do-It slab molds.  Down here in Texas they call them slabs. All of them up to at least 1.5 ounces.

 

I've got the 3178, 3177, 3289, 3291, 1203, 3407, 3485, and 3482.  I wish that Do-It would come out with the 3482 shad spoon in a larger size.

 

I powder paint them and on occasion put a decal on them.  We fish them in several different ways.  

 

A slab is a very versatile lure. 

 

 

 

[Jig Man]

I have the hammered spoon mold.  I always carry them.  I cast them for surfacing fish.  Jig them for suspended or bottom fish and also yo yo them.   

[aulrich]

I have the two sizes of Shad so .75 oz to 6 oz , the small sizes of flutter jig and the 1.5/2 oz Diamond jig .

[joelhains]

I just ordered the smallest flutter jig mold.  1/4, 1/2, 3/4 and 1 ounce. Excited to make up a few and see how they do. In a perfect world I could go out on Erie and jig up a limit of walleye. Much more fun than trolling!