Ok fastrac experts, more questions from the rookie over here. Picked up a spoonbill minnow recently and it looked an awful lot like a fastrac but with the big bill. Are you guys doing any good on these things? Or is the fastrac the one?
#2952, "RE: spoonbill minnow?" In response to Reply # 0
Rob,
Two of the Rebel lures look like fastracs and they both work. The Rebel Minnow looks just like it but only dives just below the surface (great for halibut/seabass in 2-3 feet of water). In fact I have had halibut slam this thing while I'm just twitching it on the surface (watch out for the birds though!). I haven't given the spoonbill minnow too much time on the water. It dives about 8-9 feet on a cast but when I'm fishing that deep I'm usually fishing the swimbaits. I have caught a couple seabass on the spoonbill so it does work.
Pete
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#2953, "RE: spoonbill minnow?" In response to Reply # 1
LAST EDITED ON Aug-14-01 AT 04:33 PM (PST)
I got a few spoonbill and regular minnows when I ordered the fastracs, but I haven't spent much time with either one. I tried to troll the spoonbill from my kayak, but it dove too deep and dragged in the sand. It did have a nice wobble though. I think it was going deeper than 8-9ft while trolling. I don't know why crankbait companys rarely put the diving depth of the lure on the package, they make you guess. Now for the regular minnow. To be honest I think that thing looks better in the water than the fastrac. I think it has better action and more flash, but like pete said it'll only go 2-3ft deep. With the fastrac being between the two, it has worked better for me inside morro bay. I guess it just goes back to letting the conditions/depth dictate which one works best. -Phil
#2954, "RE: spoonbill minnow?" In response to Reply # 2
Spoonbill - I used my depth finder and kept going deeper around the wharf until I wasn't hitting bottom. It was around 10 ft. when I wasn't hitting bottom anymore.
Minnow - you are right - these things have great action. A very wide wobble.
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You can't catch tomorrow what you kill today - please practice catch and release.
#2956, "RE: spoonbill minnow?" In response to Reply # 4
What size line are you fishing it with? I've hit bottom in 15' with 6# line, but can't hit 10' with 15# It's something to think about, and the main reason no one puts the depth a lure dives to on the box.
#2958, "RE: spoonbill minnow?" In response to Reply # 6
Yeah 12lb, thats what I was using. I checked out lurenet( where I ordered the fastracs) And noticed that they put the diving depth of the fastrac (5-7ft on 10#) but nothing about the spoonbill. One thing I did find was that they make a jointed spoonbill minnow. Might be something to check out. -Phil