Catch on an old lure: Fished today in the Key West area. No dice using various lures and Gulp. Started using an ounce and a quarter Hopkins with a single dressed hook. Was fishing on a...

USAF Major Loc: Sea Bright, NJ

Fished today in the Key West area. No dice using various lures and Gulp. Started using an ounce and a quarter Hopkins with a single dressed hook. Was fishing on a dock and out from underneath comes mangrove snappers fighting each other to get the lure. Five casts, 4 fish landed. Moved to another location in the marina and I couldn't keep the jacks away if I wanted to. Fun day and lesson learned to try everything in the box before quitting. Been at least 5 years since I used a Hopkins lure.

Egghead

Awesome. You should know that in a battle some times ya gotta even throw the kitchen sink at em to win. Nice you had a great day Sir. Where's the pictures,??? Thanks for your service.

Jim54 Loc: Pulaski VA

USAF Major wrote:

Fished today in the Key West area. No dice using various lures and Gulp. Started using an ounce and a quarter Hopkins with a single dressed hook. Was fishing on a dock and out from underneath comes mangrove snappers fighting each other to get the lure. Five casts, 4 fish landed. Moved to another location in the marina and I couldn't keep the jacks away if I wanted to. Fun day and lesson learned to try everything in the box before quitting. Been at least 5 years since I used a Hopkins lure.

Does anyone know where you can buy the old hopkins lure. Thanks

FishWrangler Loc: Cazenovia, N.Y.

I would bet if you can't find it anywhere else it will be on eBay.

USAF Major Loc: Sea Bright, NJ

I use a flip phone and don't have a clue as to how to post a picture.

Pickle Loc: Duplin co, NC

Jim54 wrote:

Does anyone know where you can buy the old hopkins lure. Thanks

If you can't find them you can make them from chrome supply lines for sinks. Beat them flat cut to length dimple with ball peen hammer, drill hole on both ends and add split rings.

Jim54 Loc: Pulaski VA

Thanks may try that

Salty Dog Loc: Punta Gorda, Florida

https://hopkinslures.com/shop/lures/standard
Cheers 🐟

Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA

USAF Major wrote:

I use a flip phone and don't have a clue as to how to post a picture.

Do you post to this forum using your phone or do you use your computer? If you do use your phone and you take photos with it, and you want to learn how to do it, I can walk you through it and would be happy to do it. Let me know, PM me if you like, let me know what kind of phone you're using and I'll help you out if you want.

USAF Major Loc: Sea Bright, NJ

Thanks for the offer of assistance. I use a flip phone that my adult granddaughter refers to as a drug dealer special. I post using a computer.

Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA

Does you phone not have a camera?

USAF Major Loc: Sea Bright, NJ

Spirit: DK but if it does I DK how to use it. It is a Kyocera and underneath the brand name it says Virgin Mobile.

Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA

Well if it does it is very simple to use. If your screen has a number of icons on it, one of them will be a picture of a camera. If you press that icon your camera application will open and your screen will show whatever the camera lens is pointed at. Usually in order to take a picture you just point the camera at whatever and then press your screen with your thumb and it will capture a photo. Play with it and see if you can do that, then get comfortable with it and we'll go from there. The problem with these phones is that they are not particularly user friendly. At least not for us old farts who grew up in an analog world. The operations required to use them are actually quite simple, once you figure it out. It's the figuring it out part that can present a challenge.

Royal Whaler Loc: Warren Michigan

Hopkins Spoons are very successful in Michigan in the St Clair River system when jigging for walleye. Been using them for years.