I made a spoon out of a cheap stainless teaspoon once as a gag if that counts. Actually caught a northern or two, but that's a northern. These days it's mostly the usual live bait walleye rigs with little modifications that I like to think work better (but likely don't
). Always better if caught on something you've made! Check here for ideas, particularly the downloads:
http://www.luremaking.com/ 
