Those are just two of the companies putting spoons on the market today designed to target walleye while trolling. Pa’s and Fishlander are putting out some sweet color patterns as well these days. As the water temps are bound to rise next week with 80′ weather coming back into the picture using spoons will be productive for a while longer in September.
I suppose you could rig these lures behind a bottom bouncer or snap weight, but to date the most productive method has been to run them behind a disk, Jet or other type of diver. Luhr Jensen makes both the Dipsey and Jet Divers, these are the most established names in the biz. Big Jon makes the Mini Divers, while Fishlander makes a clear Lil’ Diver. You can run these like they are out of the package, or given several sticker combinations (included) you can run colors on them as well for extra attraction.
From your main line from your rod n reel, connect the divers using a snap, NO SWIVEL. When using the snap and swivel combination, the divers tend to roll over and stay up in the water column. From the diver to the spoon, tie on some clear monofilament or fluorocarbon line. Four foot is a good length between the diver and the spoon. You can use the spoon in conjunction with a snap n swivel. This will help reduce line twist on the leader line.
The main concern when trolling spoons is speed. While a mile an hour is ideal for a crawler harness, its a mile too slow when using spoons. The slowest I have used these at is about 1.7 mph. Never gone above 2.5 mph, so thats your target range when it comes to speed.
The benefits of trolling spoons include covering more water, quickly. Others are that you dont have to deal with messy live bait. Also when setting out your divers, you can stagger their depths until you zone in on where the fish are that day. Up, suspending or hugging bottom.