INDIANANGLER

Hi guys,

got this decent size murrel of around 2 KGs for the first time i was trying my hand into spinning with the table spoon. it was a fabulous experience with a spinning partner whom i have met recently.



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will come soon with many more catches.

regards
Manish

Congrats. That was a nice catch.

Congrats Manish :)

Good murrel there. Waiting for more :)

Wheres the home made spoon??

DeZZ

i second you dezz, a pic of the spoon lure would be great...btw nice catch

Dude there are very few who have accomplished what you have in the span of time you have!
Great going mate! Nice murrel and keep em catches on a roll...
Hope to catch up someday fishing....

Congrats Manish.
Nice fish.

Ravi

Congrats guys...nice catch...and as rest are saying, post the pic of the spoon as well.

Good Sol.... it seems to be loaded.... check out the belly!

thanks all ....will definetely post the pictures of my spoon very soon

regards
manish

Nice catch, thanks for sharing, eagerly waiting for the pic of spoon

nice catch !

IG, u said it...to me also it seemed loaded...kept quite cos was not sure and was thinking of calling up one of you to check it.

Congrates Manish!!! nice murrel!

Regard
Arish!

great catch!!!!....but where is the pic of the spoon buddy.

Congrats Buddy.......,by the way ,is that a Lake or river stretch..?

am sure that place might contain More... so keep casting...

hi guys,

thanks again for cheering me and sorry for being late in posting the pictures of my spoon. As promised i am posting the pictures of my spoon and a recently caught 2 Kg murrel on same spoon.



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regards
Manish

@ viper ....it is a lake called surgaon and it is having a nice quantity of murrel


thanks
manish

manish i think you have not attached a swivel to your spoon,further have u painted that red color to it intentionally ?

i think murrels striking such spoons is very rare as compare to spinners.

hi basrath,

yes I have intentionally coloured the spoon with a nail polish for the special effect and i do have a swivel in this spoon but that is missing in this picture. i am very new to spinning but in my case murrel is taking spoons very easily

regards
Manish.

Hi manish cheers on the great catch !
Have u tried out soup spoons made out of metal for spinning ?
( soup spoons in this case would be the flattned out spoons u get @ chineese joints with the soup)
have a bigger wake and a more wobbly action ...also casts a mile on 8lbs mono ! ( thicker/heavier the spoon longer its going to cast!)
ps: maybe better better suited for deeper waters in lakes/rivers.

Nice catch Manish,

I have tried similar spoons(thanx for the pix) for two seasons in Murrel area never had even a single catch. Have caught Masheer and Mully with the spoon.

Websinner nice idea,..Do you catch Murrel regularly with soup spoon?

Imran

@ Imran ...its been hit n miss ...but the soup spoon spinner creates a massive wake on a fast retrive ...... kindda hard 2 miss .

You should be able to get two lures out of a spoon.
A fat one like the one in the pic and a long slim one made from the handle which is a good option for faster waters.
We used to make them as kids and caught plenty of fish on both versions but the handle spoons sometimes needed a very slight bend to get them to wobble - just a bend, not a twist, you don't want it to spin.
At a push, you can even make three lures by cutting the bowl of the spoon lengthways. This makes great little spoons that are better than the ones you get fron using teaspoons but are a little more work to build.

Ken how should the spoon behave? Should they be wobbling or spinning, the spoons I make similar to those in the pics above spin. I shall try to cut some spoons lengthways and fish. Thanks for the tip.

Idealy, the lure should wobble rather than spin as spinning causes line twist.
It's hard to see until the end but have a look at this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weq8m3MsQTw

Spinners are different. With a spinner, the blade should revolve around the shaft and again, there should be no line twist because the shaft doesn't rotate.

@imran can u plz post the pic of a soup spoon which u r using so that i can get a goodidea abt it thanks

Basharath I don't make soup spoons, webspinner does..Link to the spoon i used.

Ken thanks for the link..The spoon action in the vid look very fishy, wish i could replicate that.

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hey mate just saw your post excellent catch and some very good home made spoons keep them coming

Imran,

What sort of link do you have between the swivel and the spoon??

DeZZ

Teritex,

Spring washers from hardware stores,,The size is M3,,,I believe you also get them in shops that sell automobile spare.

Imran

That spoon looks like... a teaspoon. Did you make it?

Wonderful murrel caught. Nice spoon made. Reminds me of old days when I used to make my own spoons of different shapes and sizes. Famous shapes were kidney, mcdonald and teardrop. Dont know whether you are familiar with these names or whether these names still exists. These were my all time favourites. Used to make copper, brass and silver spoons. Thnks for sharing the pics and happy fishing.