#8 French blade for spring muskie?
Switchaxe
Posted 12/15/2015 2:26 PM (#796335)
Subject: #8 French blade for spring muskie?




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Just curious if anyone throws a #8 french for early season. I'm building some spring bucktail and wondering if that big of a blade is effective on a 5-6" lure.
Cloud7
Posted 12/15/2015 2:33 PM (#796336 - in reply to #796335)
Subject: RE: #8 French blade for spring muskie?





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Location: St Paul, Minnesota
I do.

Two years ago we stumbled upon a hot bite in the east metro where the we were throwing modified Mepps Magnum Musky Killers in the shallows and it was awesome.

Not a ton of luck in early spring though.

C7
Zib
Posted 12/16/2015 7:45 AM (#796402 - in reply to #796335)
Subject: RE: #8 French blade for spring muskie?





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Location: Detroit River
My very first legal size musky was caught on my homemade bucktail with a #8 French blade (.032"). I had made 5 bucktails the night before & told myself that was all I was going to be throwing that day & less than an hour in I landed a 48". It was the 3rd week of July when I caught it. Actually for 2 years straight me & a couple of my buddies did very good using bucktails with #8 French blades on LSC. Haven't thrown them much since then.
T.Carlson
Posted 12/19/2015 3:24 PM (#796777 - in reply to #796335)
Subject: Re: #8 French blade for spring muskie?




Posts: 155


That bait will work spring through early fall. Especially on pressured water where double 10's are zinging past the fish all day and night.