>>669605The folks I've talked to in PA swear by them for trolling. Big Dardevle weedless spoons with feathered hooks are supposed to be one of the better muskie lures on Raystown.
This time of year here in Maryland the cold water really slows down the bite. In addition to traditional skirted jigs with trailers it's sometimes effective to throw a jigging spoon. They work great along dock/pier-sides and other structure. You basically let'em bottom out and then hop them up and let'em sink back down to trigger a strike. The same can be done with one of my all-time favourite metallic lures, the Silver Buddy. They have a vibrating action sort of like a lipless crankbait, so if you let'em hit bottom they flutter heavily upward with each lift of the rod tip.
The biggest downside to jigging with non-weedless, treble-hooked lures is that it's a good way to find snags and lose them if you're casting from shore. In a boat or wading shallow water it's usually less of a problem to retrieve them.
