September 2010
SILVER MINNOW
The Johnson Silver Minnow was first marketed in 1920. The Silver Minnow is thicker in the middle than at the edges. This creates the patented 35-degree wobble. No other spoon is built like this, which is why no other lure has worked so well for so long. It rocks back and forth, but it won’t roll and twist line. And it’s plated with pure silver or 24-kt gold, to produce a brighter flash than chrome or brass spoon.
The hook is hand-soldered to the belly of the spoon, and the lure has a looped wire line-tie eye to which I directly attach my fishing line. The top of the lure has a stout metal prong that is strategically positioned right in front of the hook point, thereby defending it against snags and weeds. A biting fish can depress this prong easily but snags cannot. The spoon has an aerodynamic shape and it casts well.
Rated by Field and Stream Magazine as a “Top 50 Lure of All Time” in 2006, the Johnson Silver minnow is a tackle box necessity. Great for fresh or saltwater, the Silver Minnow can also be enhanced by adding a pork-rind trailer, which will give it that little extra wiggle and drives walleye and bass nuts.
Enjoy your lure!
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