|
|
Posts: 425
Location: Elkhart, IN | I read an article in an older In-Fisherman about using Husky Jerks for muskie, and my first came on a BPS Topknocker which is a bass lure, so this got me to thinking, how many of you use bass lures for muskie? |
|
| |
|
Posts: 1237
Location: South Portsmouth, KY | I do sometimes when my muskie baits are not working. but my dad uses them all the time and his does ok. anyway bass lures look more like the forage of a lake than a big old colorful suick. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 129
| I do, but not exclusively. It gives you another way to approach
pressured fish and you can land some big ones on that tackle.
Tom |
|
| |
|
Posts: 688
Location: Northern IL | Spoonplugs,,, I use them all the time. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 1536
Location: God's Country......USA..... Western Wisconsin | Jigs, Bass crankbaits, spinnerbaits, spoonplugs, hellbenders, rattletraps etc. These are all used throughout the Muskie world with great success in some areas. Personally I prefer the Jig, many, many, Muskies taken on the old jig & pig combo. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 3928
| I use HuskyJerks in the spring, as well as RistoRaps all season long. I always beef up the rings and hooks, first, in case I hook a really big girl. Might happen someday, you never know.
A good trick for bass sizes spinner baits is - throw a small split ring over the r-bend, then your leader snap won't slide around. I've see guys boat upper 30"s fish with this set up, I would be worried about a really big fish, though. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 1310
Location: Washington, PA | I use bass sized spinnerbaits, sometimes husky jerks, and when I used to smallmouth fish I had tons of bite offs on jig and grub combos. They work, just depends where you're fishing, and what they want. |
|
| |
|
Location: Milwaukee | I, also, have used bass size spinners. My son caught his first muskie last week Sunday on a green v-blade bass bait, a nice 32 incher. I suppose a real fatty could straighten the hook, but what a good story!
|
|
| |
|
Posts: 1137
Location: Holly, MI | 1/2 oz spinnerbait brought me two skis this year. White head, white skirt, twin white blades. Landed two small 30 somthing skis on it then a small mouth bent the wire just in front of the head pretty good. I straightened it out and the next big smallmouth broke it right where it was bent and stressed. I saw the smallie dancin' on the surface trying to throw the hook still stuck in his mouth and reeled back in my empty leader. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 229
Location: Willoughby, Ohio | Our forage base tends to be smallish so we can use things like Wiggle Warts with good success, especially on certain lakes known to be "small lure" lakes like Clear Fork and Leesville. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 328
Location: MN | After bass fishing on waters where there are alot of Muskies, I never hooked into Muskie as many do bass fishing! So, I use the big muskie lures! That is what they are made for! |
|
| |
|
Posts: 425
Location: Elkhart, IN | Part of what got me to thinking about this topic is I saw a guy bass fishing and about wet himself when a muskie hit his buzzbait right at the boat:-) |
|
| |
|
Posts: 32958
Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I agree totally with what Muskyone says!! |
|
| |
|
Posts: 20281
Location: oswego, il | The new zam is a smaller sized lure, will catch everything. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 425
Location: Elkhart, IN | Originally written by ToddM on 2003-07-07 9:30 PM
The new zam is a smaller sized lure, will catch everything.
What's a zam? Do you have a link to it? |
|
| |
Who uses bass lures for muskie?