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| I have been muskie fishing for only a couple years and for my 20th birthday i just recieved a $300 dollor gift certicate to Hellen and Rollies. I fish manly in Iowa but me and my dad get up to Canada once a year we have gone to Fireside Lodge everyear which is a small bait lake, but this year we will make our first trip to LOTW during the opener and will be staying at Sabaskong Bay. I have come up with a bunch of lures that i plan on buying before we head up. I Just want some help know what lures i should keep on my list, which ones not too and some to add. Also Colors and Size help would be apprecaited. Well here goes the List.
Ruff Tackle Original Rad Dog- Black and Orange/ flame
Marv's Viper Tandem- Black/ Nickle
Mepps Marabou- Black/ Silver
Grim Reaper- White/ Nickel
2 Buckertail 700- Black/ Chart. and Black and Red/ Nickel
4 Buckertail 500
Bomber Long "A" Mag- Fire River/ Orange Belly
Mania Holoform Jake 6"- Darter
Mania Jake 6"- Glitter Perch
Mania Jake 10"- Orange Tiger
Slammer Crankbait 5 1/2"- Firetiger
Boobie Bait 6"- perch-yellow belly
Fuddally Reef Hog 8"- Flo. Green
Bull Dog 6"- Black/ Orange
Bull Dog 9"- Black
Slammer Drop Belly- Firetiger
Suick 9"- Chart/ Black Dots
Suick 7"- FireTiger
Booger Magnum Buzz Bait- Black/ Silver
Booger Big Game Buzz Bait- Firetiger/ Firetiger
Bucher Top Raider- Baby Loon
Thanks Agian For the Help |
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Posts: 1137
Location: Holly, MI | say can you loan me a hundee?
Looks like a prety diverse list, everyone will add their favs i'm sure.
If you still have some money left how about..
Pearson Grinder Spinnerbait.
Shallow Invader
Baby joionted depth raider
1 oz red eye wiggler spoon in copper
If you paln any trolling you better grab some Jointed Wiley's.
Have a blast, 300 goes too quick huh? |
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Posts: 880
Location: New Berlin,Wisconsin,53151 | The main equipment is a great rod. reel, & line. Look at your Suicks. Jakes, and Slammers in different colors, you will not be disappointed. What you have left in money buy some top water.
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| What colors do you think would be better for the jakes and suicks? |
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Posts: 364
Location: Kentucky | Hey Doonon, what a nice gift! Enjoy spending.
I'll throw in a few edits, with reservations since everyone has their own favorites and places to fish, so take it with a few grains of salt:
Scratch the Buchertail 500s and get a couple Bootails (any size and mix the color with stuff you don't have).
Upsize the Slammer crankbait and short Suick. Just like the way the larger ones work.
Scratch the Reef Hog and get a 6" version or a 6" Phantom or an Undertaker.
Add a Squirko.
Jointed DepthRaider is very versatile.
Scratch one buzzbait.
Little light on topwater, but I love the Baby Loon TopRaider. Add a Slammer Creeper, Mouldy Hawg Wobbler (husky size), and a Musky Buster Phat Boy.
Just my preferences. I'm sure you'll have one of everything before long! Good luck!
Doonan - 4/29/2004 6:48 PM
I have been muskie fishing for only a couple years and for my 20th birthday i just recieved a $300 dollor gift certicate to Hellen and Rollies. I fish manly in Iowa but me and my dad get up to Canada once a year we have gone to Fireside Lodge everyear which is a small bait lake, but this year we will make our first trip to LOTW during the opener and will be staying at Sabaskong Bay. I have come up with a bunch of lures that i plan on buying before we head up. I Just want some help know what lures i should keep on my list, which ones not too and some to add. Also Colors and Size help would be apprecaited. Well here goes the List.
Ruff Tackle Original Rad Dog- Black and Orange/ flame
Marv's Viper Tandem- Black/ Nickle
Mepps Marabou- Black/ Silver
Grim Reaper- White/ Nickel
2 Buckertail 700- Black/ Chart. and Black and Red/ Nickel
4 Buckertail 500
Bomber Long "A" Mag- Fire River/ Orange Belly
Mania Holoform Jake 6"- Darter
Mania Jake 6"- Glitter Perch
Mania Jake 10"- Orange Tiger
Slammer Crankbait 5 1/2"- Firetiger
Boobie Bait 6"- perch-yellow belly
Fuddally Reef Hog 8"- Flo. Green
Bull Dog 6"- Black/ Orange
Bull Dog 9"- Black
Slammer Drop Belly- Firetiger
Suick 9"- Chart/ Black Dots
Suick 7"- FireTiger
Booger Magnum Buzz Bait- Black/ Silver
Booger Big Game Buzz Bait- Firetiger/ Firetiger
Bucher Top Raider- Baby Loon
Thanks Agian For the Help |
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Posts: 1906
Location: Oconto Falls, WI | My edits would be:
Add a few different Mepps Magnums (Black/white/silver tandem,black/chartreuse;red and whatever blade color it come with, any tail with copper blade) and scratch the buchertails. With the Mepps Magnums you can interchange blade colors with tails for more diversity. Put the red tail with copper blade. Use black/white/silver combo as is or use the chartreuse blade with black/white tail.
Jackpot!
drop the 6" bulldawg, and go with an unweighted magnum in Black/Chartreuse (some places call it perch)
Add some 3 or 4" Mister Twister glow tails for trailers on bucktails
add one or two more Marabous |
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Posts: 285
| If you don't already have them, there should be a Hawg Wobbler and a Topper Stopper in the boat (Mouldy' Baits). Buy some clear krylon or envirotex coating, and spray these with a clearcoat, to avoid paint issues. They are especially vulnerable to the paint getting goopy if stored with some soft plastics.
Clearcoating will also help ward off hook smiles and toothy marks.
Try my little trick: loosen the tail section of a Hawg Wobbler 1 full revolution, it allows the bait to be worked faster without losing the enticing sound and action.
Colors: black or red/white for the Hawg Wobbler, and black/chartruese for the Topper Stopper
Later,
Papa Joe |
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Posts: 576
Location: Germantown, WI | A lot of good choices but a few of my favorites are the 6" phantom, wabull, smaller manta, esox research's DDD, and rapala super shad rap. Have fun spending that $ |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | So far the list, if bought in total, would WAY exceed your budget. I agree with the 'a bit light on the topwater' comment, and would encourage you to look at a Poe's Awaker and a Wabull, for sure. |
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Posts: 256
Location: Janesville | I a not a pro but i would get a couple of eagletails and drop the bucher tails. You do need more top water baits like the creeper and teasertail. Color for eagletails black with chartuseand orange blade. topwater baits black or frog colors.And you need perch and a black wiegthed suicks.stay also with the bigger bulldogs and not the 6 inch ones.Guest my two cents This is what works up there for me . GOOD LUCK MAGNUM |
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| I have had alot of success with TKO Lures. They have a brown lure called a 9 dollor bass and it has been good. If your taking your trip in late summer use something with heavy yellow belly, it seems to get more fish when trolled slow. If you have the time, surf the guys web site: www.tkolures.com
It's worth the look because the colors he uses have all been tested over many years. For some reason the site won't come up in a google search. Maybe he wants to stay small.
Try to find a kush Spoon. Red and yellow colors have produced alot of fish for me. I still have 4 that are over tweenty years old.
Have a good trip |
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Posts: 87
Location: Wauwatosa, WI | good selection, but I would'nt leave the dock without a pike-pearch style manta, and if it was in the fall a hang-10 manta
Bob Ryan |
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| I like to throw spinner baits. I would say pick up at least 1 Pearson Grinder Spinner Bait and I would add a Rad Dog. These baits will get you thru the weeds and are great search baits. A Globe and a Flaptail for on top. I also like any of the Manta Baits. Last year in Canada on opening weekend ( cedar lake ) I had 2 skies follow a Manta right to the boat. One on each side of the bait which was a walleye color. |
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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | Hey Denis,
First time I've seen you post...where are you in Land O Lakes? |
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| I would add to the list one glider bait from Bikini Bait Company.........write me and I will send you a pic of what I have. :d
[email protected] |
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