Thanks Todd. The rod was a MH with 12 or 15lb Maxima. That felt sufficient. I'll try the hook swivel. I remember you showing that at 3 Rivers some time back. I tried it a bit but got frustrated with the spoon hooking back on itself more often. That's a hassle I can easily live with if I can land these pigs more often.

This last session I added a swivel about 10 inches up the line to help with line twist. Prior to this my line would bung up and lead to birds nest casts after a few solid hours of spoon fishing. The extra swivel did seem to delay the issue but it returned at the end of day two. I think much of this comes from reeling in the lure too fast at the end of a drift so the lure starts to rotate instead of wobble. Impatience is my constant enemy while fishing.

O