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Great tip Big Mack....
After a successful outing a few years ago I changed all my spinners to single hooks.
Pinching the barb is also a good idea if you plan on releasing.
Hardly even have to touch the fish with these two practises.
Remember to atleast wet your hands with these sensetive little guys.
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Oh Ya....once in a while one for the pan is a good idea too!!!!:thumbup:
EGB, Panther Martin, lipless crank, maraboo jig, hook and worm all on 5'6" light action shimano rods with 1000 class shimano reels, nonofil 6 lbs line, ant swivel and 6 lbs fluro.
just noticed this thread, my best setup for brookies is a #1 mepps aglia silver or gold in colour, but the small ones i find like worms or flies, i usually only fish for 16 inches and up, so im no expert on the smaller fish. ive tried blue fox and panther marten, but found mepps specifically aglia works amazing, immitating a minnow exactly what a large brook trout wants, but then again sometimes the spinner dies and i put on a slip foat a small hook and a worm, and then bam sometimes i even get 22 inch specks on a WORM! but i find they come off easy with the one hook, and if i fish with a worm i like to have no sinkers attached, the float always lies down, BUT the worm falls slowly and looks very realistic! but usually the spinner is my go-to.
Williams wobbler #60 silver in colour is a killer for those larger brookies!!!!!
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Number 2's and 3's with extra long single hooks fresh off the wire bender.
I like a 4inch husky jerk, black with the orangy red belly.Fish it like you would for smallies.
I'm not telling, lol
It has changed as my reasons for speck fishing changed. I have been fishing them for 49 years. During the first 30 I was almost exclusively catch-n-eat and my go to would be natural bait, especially minnows, smelt, ciscos. During the last 19 I have been almost exclusively catch-n-release and my go to are large streamer fly patterns that imitate minnows, smelt, ciscos.
I know that Drew at Watson's Tackle house in Owen Sound usually has an assortment of Sutton West Rivers Spoons in stock. They are pricey little devils but they do work well.
My biggest cane off a #12 gold rib hares ear.