Luhr Jensen Krocodile 1003-012-0013 vs Acme Little Cleo C140-HNG

Buy the Luhr Jensen Krocodile, model 1003-012-0013, when you want the half-ounce chrome spoon the size field names, UPC 049762000613, with a treble hook and a 14.2 g weight cell that matches a half ounce. Buy the Acme Little Cleo, model C140-HNG, when you want the quarter-ounce hammered spoon the title names, UPC 048515035483. One is twice the weight of the other. They do not cast the same.

Short version. A size 2 spinner is a blade on a shaft, not a spoon. A floating minnow has a lip. Ten-pound mono is a light-spoon line. Thirty-pound braid is a different spool. A 2500 spinning reel is what throws a light metal bait. Match the model before you match the word spoon.

The Krocodile card's title is Luhr Jensen 1/2 Krocodile (Treble Hook) Chrome. The detail block prints brand Luhr Jensen, model 1003-012-0013, manufacturer part 1003-012-0013, UPC 049762000613, GTIN 00049762000613, size 1/2 Oz, color Silver,Chrome, number of pieces 1, unit count 1, and fishing-hook type Treble Hook. The included-components line names Luhr-Jensen 1003-012-0013 1/2 Krocodile (Treble Hook) Chrome. The item-type name repeats that sentence. The manufacturer cell says South Bend Sporting Goods. The item-weight cell says 14.2 g. A half ounce is 14.2 grams, so that cell agrees with the size field. The dimension cell says 1 by 1 by 1 inches. A half-ounce Krocodile is longer than a one-inch cube. Treat 1 by 1 by 1 as the mailer, and treat half an ounce as the spoon.

The bullets are the hardware note, and one of them does not describe this size. Versatile multi-species minnow design. Heavy-duty construction. Corrosion-resistant finishes. Then the card says sizes 016 through 058 are rigged with split rings, swivels, and Red Magic flipper tails, and that sizes 034 and 100 are rigged with welded rings. Model 1003-012-0013 is a 012, not a 016. The flipper-tail sentence is about a different size range. Do not expect a red flipper tail in this bag because a later size on the same brand has one. The point-style cell says Needle Point. The target-species cell says Trout. The style name says Modern, which does not tell you the retrieve. The best-sellers line files the spoon under fishing hooks. It is a spoon that happens to carry a treble. It is not a box of bare hooks.

Chrome is the color cell, written Silver,Chrome. Anglers say chrome for a lot of Krocodiles that are not model 1003-012-0013. The prism-lite finish is a different model number. 049762000613 is the barcode to photograph. If a seller's photo shows a stripe, a hammered face, or a flipper tail, that photo is a different spoon. The description's premise is that a big fish eats a smaller fish, and that the spoon can be cast, jigged, or trolled. That is the product. A snap swivel you add is your hardware. The card's 012 size does not claim the swivel in the 016-through-058 bullet.

Krocodile model 1003-012-0013, UPC 049762000613, half ounce, chrome. Little Cleo model C140-HNG, UPC 048515035483, quarter ounce in the title, hammered neon green in the color cell. A prism Krocodile and a nickel Cleo without the green are different cards.

Who should buy the Krocodile, and who should buy the Little Cleo?

Buy 1003-012-0013 if you want a half-ounce chrome spoon and a treble named in the hook-type cell. The 14.2 g cell agrees with a half ounce. Skip the 1-by-1-by-1 dimension cell when you are picturing the bait. Skip the fishing-hooks rank when you are deciding whether a spoon belongs in the box. The 012 in the model is the size code. The bullet that rigs split rings and flipper tails starts at 016. If you needed that tail, this card is the wrong size even though the brand is the same.

Buy C140-HNG if you want the quarter-ounce hump-backed spoon in the hammered finish the title names. The item-type name says Acme Tackle Little Cleo 1/4Oz Hammered Neon Green. That sentence is clearer than the size cell, which says One Size. The weight cell says 8.8 pounds. A quarter-ounce spoon is not an 8.8-pound slab. Weigh the lure in your hand. If it feels like a quarter ounce, the cell is the error. If the mailer weighs pounds, you ordered something else. The color cell says Multi, Hammered Neon Green. One bullet says a hammered nickel and gold finish. Those two sentences are not the same finish. Open the bag and look at the metal before you call it either one.

Do not buy the Krocodile to replace a spinner, and do not buy the Cleo to replace a crankbait. A treble spinner needs a different retrieve. Do not buy a prism Krocodile and call it 1003-012-0013. Do not buy a plain nickel Cleo and call it C140-HNG. The green in the item-type name is part of this card. Do not treat the two spoons as the same cast because both are metal. Half an ounce and a quarter ounce land in different water.

What the Krocodile 1003-012-0013 is actually for

A Krocodile is a minnow-shaped spoon you cast, jig, or troll. The card does not give a retrieve cadence in beats. It gives a size and a hook type. Half an ounce is enough metal to throw on a spinning outfit into a wind, and light enough to fish a river if the current is not a freight train. The target cell names trout. The brand's own copy talks about salmon, stripers, and salt water as well. The cell on this card is trout. Fish it where a half-ounce chrome spoon matches the bait, and do not pretend the rank line under fishing hooks changed the shape.

Model 1003-012-0013 and UPC 049762000613 are the pair to write on the tackle box. The manufacturer cell's South Bend line is the company name on the card, not a second spoon. A 1/4-ounce Krocodile, a 1-ounce Krocodile, and a prism-lite finish are other models. The piece cell says 1. If you expected a multi-pack, this card does not say that. The needle-point cell is hook language. The hook-type cell already said treble. If a listing photo grows a single siwash hook, that hook is not the cell you bought.

Do: cast it and let the spoon flutter on the drop, or troll it at a speed where the metal wobbles instead of spinning the line into a twist. Don't: add the flipper tail from the 016 bullet and call this 012 the same rig. Don't: trust the 1-inch cube as the spoon. Measure the metal. If it is not a half-ounce bait of a few inches, you have the wrong model. Don't: store it loose against a soft plastic. A treble in a worm bag is a snag you will find with a finger.

What the Little Cleo C140-HNG is actually for

The Little Cleo is the hump-backed spoon. The bullets say a seductive wiggling action and the illusion of a fat baitfish acting in a confused way. That is the retrieve: a steady pull that lets the hump wobble, not a rip-jig meant for a blade bait. The title weight is a quarter ounce. That is the lighter of these two cards, and it is the one you throw when a half ounce is more metal than the fish or the rod wants. Model C140-HNG is the reorder. UPC 048515035483 is the barcode. The set is one piece. The target-species cell says Bass and Panfish, written with a caret between them. That is a small-water and a lake-bass use, not a promise that the same spoon is a salmon trolling rig.

The size cell saying One Size is the cell to ignore. The title says 1/4-Ounce. The item-type name says 1/4Oz. Those two agree. The weight cell's 8.8 pounds does not agree with either of them, so it is not the spoon. The color disagreement is the other check. Hammered nickel and gold is a bullet. Hammered Neon Green is the color cell and the item-type name. If the spoon in the bag is green, the item-type name won. If it is gold and nickel with no green, you did not get C140-HNG. The card does not print a hook-type cell the way the Krocodile does. Look at the hook that arrives. Do not invent a treble count the card never printed.

Do: retrieve it so the hump can wobble, on a line light enough that a quarter ounce can swim. Don't: compare an 8.8-pound cell to a half-ounce Krocodile and call the Cleo the heavier bait. Don't: assume every Little Cleo is C140-HNG. A 1/6-ounce nickel Cleo and a 1/8-ounce fluorescent Cleo are different models. Don't: replace the hook with a different size and then blame the action on the hump. The shape is the bullet. The hook is what you tied.

How to fish the two without mixing the weights

Start with the line you already trust for small metal. Ten-pound mono lets a quarter-ounce Cleo wobble and still has stretch when a fish hits on a tight line. A half-ounce Krocodile will also swim on that mono, and it will cast farther when the wind is up. Thirty-pound braid is a grass and cover conversation. On a clear river it is more visible than either spoon needs, unless you add a leader the braid card never included. The Krocodile wants a cast, a flutter, or a troll. The Cleo wants the steady wobble the hump was cut for. If you burn both like a crankbait, you bought the wrong action for both.

Hook hardware is not shared. The Krocodile cell says treble. The Cleo card does not print a hook type. A snap you add changes how both spoons swing, and neither included-components line names a snap. Pinch the barbs or not according to the water you fish. A spoon that helicopter-spins on the drop is usually a line-twist problem, not a color problem. A small swivel you own, ahead of the spoon, is the fix. It is not in either box.

Keep the two spoons in different compartments. Chrome and hammered metal look alike once the header is gone. Write 1003-012-0013 on the Krocodile sleeve and C140-HNG on the Cleo sleeve. The weight you feel is the check the cells failed to share. Half an ounce against a quarter ounce is a difference you can feel without a scale. The 8.8-pound cell is not a feeling. It is a number to throw out.

What actually fails on these two cards

The Krocodile reorder fails when the finish is close and the model is not 1003-012-0013. Chrome, prism, and a striped side are not one UPC. The flipper-tail bullet fails you if you expected a red tail on a 012. The dimension cell fails you if you believed a one-inch cube was the spoon. The hooks rank fails you if you ordered a card of loose trebles and received a spoon. The weight cell is the one that works: 14.2 g is a half ounce. Use that agreement. Do not use the cube.

The Cleo reorder fails when the size cell's One Size sends you to a 1/6-ounce or a 1/8-ounce Cleo. Model C140-HNG and the quarter-ounce item-type name are the check. The weight cell fails you if you believed 8.8 pounds was the lure. The color bullet fails you if you wanted nickel and gold and the bag is the neon green the item-type name printed. The missing hook-type cell fails you if you expected the Krocodile's treble sentence on this card.

The shared failure is fishing one weight as if it were the other. A quarter-ounce hump, thrown into a wind that wanted a half ounce, lands short. A half-ounce chrome spoon, crawled through a creek that wanted a quarter ounce, is more metal than the cast. Buy the one whose size field or title matches the rod you already own. Buy the other when the fish ignore that weight.

What this comparison is not

It is not a spinner and it is not a hard minnow. It is not a hook-only card, even though the Krocodile rank line sits under fishing hooks. It is not a promise that every chrome Krocodile is model 1003-012-0013, and it is not a promise that every hump-backed spoon is model C140-HNG. It is not a flipper-tail spoon. It is not an 8.8-pound lure. It is not a one-inch cube.

It is not a license to ignore the bag you received. Weigh the Krocodile against 14.2 g if you want the cell confirmed. Weigh the Cleo against a quarter ounce and ignore 8.8 pounds. Then fish the action each shape was cut for, on the line you already spool, with a snap you already own if the line twist shows up.

So which spoon should you buy?

Buy the Luhr Jensen Krocodile, model 1003-012-0013, UPC 049762000613, chrome, when you want the half-ounce spoon, the treble in the hook-type cell, and a 14.2 g weight that matches the size, and you have read that 1 by 1 by 1 inches is not the bait and that the flipper-tail bullet starts at size 016. Buy the Acme Little Cleo, model C140-HNG, UPC 048515035483, when you want the quarter-ounce hammered spoon in the item-type name and you will ignore the size cell that says One Size and the weight cell that says 8.8 pounds. They are both spoons. They are not the same cast.