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Location: Stockbridge, WI | Just wondering how many baits guys have. I have around 30, which I know is hardly any, and I have friends that think I'm nuts when they find out they cost around $20 a piece. |
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Location: On my favorite lake! | you should ask how many boxes of lures guys have. Some of these guys could stock Rollie and Helens |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I'd several hundred. Including creatures, probably well over a thousand. |
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Location: Lebanon,Mo | We are no different than Bass guys,our's just cost more and are bigger.....baits.I have about 85-100 without counting,but almost all of them have caught me fish other than having multiple colors of each.
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Location: Northern IL | Sorry WRONG question!! motoyama,, the question you should be asking is "Do you own enough baits that will hit "every depth" "at all speeds"?
You could own 10,000 surface baits but if the fish never come shallower than 30' the day you are on the water you will never catch one!
Don't get caught up in the #'s of baits you own you will never buy success. Rather focus on purchasing baits that run "true" and hit "exact" depths from the surface down to at least 48'. |
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| I have no idea. Hundreds of one kind, hundreds of another and hundreds for one type of fishing and hundreds for another...........and then there are the ones just for trolling, so....more than 1000 and less than 2. |
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| I always try and keep at least two, it's all about choices, yah know? |
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| A better question is how many of the baits you own have caught a fish? I know many guys that have 1000+ baits, why?!?! they will never catch a 1000 fish in their lifetime. I Keep 150-200 baits -over half have actually caught at least one 'ski ....why do I even have that many? I find myself buying around 10-15 baits a year, mostly to replace the ones that got destroyed the year before. On my list for this year a topraider, a pacemakers, 2 triple D's, 4 DCG's and 4 Rad Dogs.... and then a few bulldawgs and suzy's as they get beat up through the year....and that's all I will need.
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Location: Not Where I Want To Be | What did JB Say.
We're first collectors than fisherman.
Like my Father in law said to his daughter when they were talking about guns..She asked how do you know if you have enuf guns. His reply was if you know how many Guns you have you don't have enough
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Posts: 814
| I used to have over 400! This year I will have under 100! And probably only about 20 styles of baits with the rest just being different colors. When I first started this game I bought everything, as time passes you really start to see what lures produce and what lures ride in the box all year. Take this advice If you need more lures than what fits in a Lakewood monster throughout the season you need to re analize. If I would have listened I would have saved a ton of money and been that much closer to my ranger. In 09 go for 100 and under!
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| Way to many but still looking for more! Just the otherday I "found" a bag of about 20 Shack Attack lures that I forgot I had got last fall. I guess when you forget about a bag worth $400 you have enough!
Another good question is how many do you atually use? I have box after box of musky baits but find myself using the same 5 or 6 baits all the time. |
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI | I own about 60 baits, but have found that I have probably about 4 or 5 that I always use. I'm still buying more, tho, because I just don't have all the right color/depth/clarity of lake/sky condition combinations. You need baits that will cover from surface down to 20' and in all different colors. For me, it's the fact that I hear other baits catch fish, so I just HAVE to have that one. Or that one in 2 colors. |
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| i have hundreds and i firmly believe. from topwaters to the bottom. you fish different waters and different presentations equates many lures. |
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Location: Indiana | I have somewhere around 160-170, but like others say I have a few that get all the time. I am finding myself widdling down to the styles that cover the different situation the water presents, then a few colors of each of those. Buying lures is a learning process in the beginning. You find what you like and what works for you, then sell the others. You end up losing some money like that, (but it is fun). |
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Location: oswego, il | I probably have around 450 baits. Like what has been posted above, how many have we caught fish on? I find myself changing baits alot less often than I used to. Sometimes I will throw one bait all weekend and never take it off.
At the musky show, I seen a ton of baits that were great and I salivated over. Then I asked myself what bait will I shelve so I can throw this bait? I have a ton of great baits that I don't use enough now. I did buy a few baits, way less than normal but chose them carefully. |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion |
200 or so..... Still not enough, unless you ask my wife.
Jerome |
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Location: Oshkosh | I have about 135-140 and like the others have said that I use most of the same baits most of the time. This year I am going to try to get more of the baits in the water that haven't gotten as much water time.
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| I have more musky lures than I have musky stories...
Too many to count and I would probably would have the best boat on the market if I invested in it; now, I figure, about 1200 lures.
1200@20-30/each
There is my new snow machine, vexilar etc.
Is there a world record in this category?
Someone out there should hold this title. lol.
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Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin | Last count was just over 1200 when I hung them all up in my basement for inventory. That was two winters ago. Now I would have to say closer to 1500.
I actually took pictures of all my lures, rods, reels, graphs, and other equipment so I have a record of my equipment. That is now in a fire proof safe just in case something happened to all my stuff. This way I can have proof if it ever needed for insurance or police.
From top water to crankbaits in muskie baits and a bunch of walleye baits for trolling big eyes on the great lakes.
People say one or two of a lure is enough. Sometimes I have 5 or six of each lure in each color if its needed. YES, there is times when a certain lure color is hot trolling and YES I have run six of the same color at the same time with extremely good results. Bait hoard? Yes.
Some say it's crazy but if it catches more fish because I have what I have then its buisness. It's all about results when on the water. What ever I can do to increase my catches I do. Bring on the shows................I am ready for a few new lures.
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Location: SW MI | Not enough! I've only been at this for a year so I'm still building an arsenal. |
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Location: Omaha, Nebraska | I have about 70 lures and I have considered even selling a few more and slimming down to about 50. I can only carry so many on me and they are wasting space/money just sitting around looking pretty. They need to be fished! |
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Location: On the water | I would say I have about 40 lures total. What I take fishing with me is a Top Raider, Jackpot, Crane Bait, Super Shad Rap, Jointed Loke, Bull Dawg, Phantom, Double Showgirl, and Mepps Giant Killer. Most have caught fish and I can work pretty much any depth. I will be buying a Double Cowgirl, and Hellhound. I have confidence in the lures I use and its hard for a new lure to break into the lineup.
Good Luck,
Tom
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Location: N.FIB | I have alot and keep telling myself I need to sell some and slim it down,but when I go through my boxes I don`t want to get rid of anything,and I just add more.I will say that when I go fishing I take my lakewood monster box and have it filled full,sometimes I go to grab a lure and it`s at home,I hate that,the worst thing is figuring out what baits to take for a week long trip,that takes a while. |
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| I only own about 30 baits. |
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| I use to buy everything also--Many colors of the same baits. as time goes by you have your favorites that you use and have confidence in. I have gone from about 300 down to about 50. That may still be more than needed. It is a pain trying to transport all that stuff. Give me 2 rods and about 10-12 baits and I am fine. |
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| As my dad said, how in the hell am I ever gonna decide what to use. My number is probably between 3OO-4OO. Do I "need" all of them, absolutely not, but I hate thinking I want to use a certain bait to do something, but I don't have it in the boat. It's also kind of a hobby to move buy and sell/trade baits.
I've also got a growing collection of baits that will never see the water, but some of them are really freaking cool. |
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| honestly. i don't know. i trade for baits and buy bait for redeu's and customs. at least thats what i tell myself when i get them, lol. years and years ago, i remember looking for over a week just to find ten different large sized lures. limited selection for sure. black, red and white that stuff. nothing wrong with that though. now in a half hour i bet i could drive and buy 100 different big lures. i really think i'm not alone when i say...'' owning lures is just as good as a fish when i'm telling fish stories''. it's kind of a silent prestiege now. anyway. i've got boxes and boxes and boxes of lures. at least half got the hooks cut off and never replaced. but i still want more and i know i'll get more. not to mention my own lures, but i don't count them, they're basicly unlimited. awsome hobby collecting baits. sometimes i get several of the same and they go to the DNR kids' programs along with reels, rods, small lures, money, whatever. good luck |
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Location: Pittsburgh, pa | I have around 400. I keep saying that it is time to downsize!! I just bought another lure from here 5 minutes ago. I still have 2 shows to go to next month. I keep telling her,One of these days I will sell some. |
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Location: Land of the Musky | Maybe 200 for my own use but almost 100,000 and growing for others  |
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| I am right around 40 or so I have several more that I want but none that I really need I suppose. My dad keeps telling me that I don't need to buy any more, he just does'nt understand....... thankfully though my list is getting shorter as I realize that I have it pretty well covered but there are always a few more that I want..... always more. |
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| I have a lot of lures, that is true. When you make lures you tend to collect lots of your own work. I get all of the seconds and the screw ups, but I have a box full of gliders that I made that aren't seconds. I also have a couple of Plano boxes that are full of turds that I made. I also have a collection of HRs that I have been working on for years, along with a bunch of old HRs that I bought and then stripped and repainted.
I also make my own bucktails and spinnerbaits. Those add up over the years without even trying.
Lately I've been buying lots of different crankbaits because I love casting them, and have been doing more and more trolling every year and have never been out fishing where I troll exclusively, but that day is coming soon.
Heck if I counted walleye lures and bass lures you could add on many more, because you can't catch walleyes and bass on muskie lures.
Ironically I was going over some papers for my will the other day, and I figure that when I go, my daughter can sell all of my equipment from the boat, rods and reels and lures and not have to worry about paying off extra debts. I always said that when lures went up to twenty bucks a piece that they were an investment as well as playthings and collectables. I'll continue to make lures as a hobby and buy them to use and collect, but they aren't going to go to waste even if some of them never see the water.
On that note, I fished Vermillion last fall and stumbled onto a weedy bay that was loaded with pike. Not huge, but not hammer handles either. Every time that I caught a fish on one of my gliders, I would toss the fish back and put on a new glider. The guy I was with asked me what I was doing, and I told him that I was giving them all some experience. By the end of that afternoon, I had turned 30 virgins into veterans.
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Location: Eagle River, WI | I would say I probably have around 500 or so baits, but I only bring about 200-300 in the boat. Some would say I need a bigger boat. I really start out by choosing between the same 5-10 baits but then I refine my bait choice depending on whats moving fish. The other thing is that I absolutely love muskie lures and winters here in eagle river seem to get longer and longer so it gives me something to do when I can't be on the water. |
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Location: Cedarburg, Wisconsin | Not enough! Still haven't found one that catches fish every time.
Considering I have been at this since 1966, and bought lures every year, my guess is a lot. I know what lures I have for the most part, and what lures are worth replacing when they are lost or wear out. I add new lures when I see one that does something the others don't. As I've gotten older I've come to the realization I hate sharpening hooks, so I don't add as many lures now as I did before. I also have less disposable income than I did before so there's another reason to cut down on buying lures whose prices keep going up. With the stockpile I've got, I can stop buying them and fish for the rest of my life and not run out. That's how many lures I've got. But will I, no! |
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Location: St. Louis, MO., Marco Is., FL, Nestor Falls, ON | If you live long enough and fish muskies most of your life (like 56 years) you accumulate a lot of lures. Plus if get old enough you stand to inherit the lures of friends and family who pass on. Reaching a 1000 is not impossible...actually, probable. Now...how many do I consistently use? Not more than 40-50. But if you have favorites, you tend to have multiples of those baits in differing colors. It mounts up fast. Doesn't stop me from buying, though. |
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| Probably 200-300, just about right I think. I'm slowing down on my purchases, so my desire to have everything and my practical and pragmatic sides must be reaching an equilibrium. |
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Location: Contrarian Island | too many....I would say in the neighborhood of 1000...as Koepp posted, I need to go thru and take pics for insurance...
use to have more, but every winter I try to go thru and sell the ones that didn't hit the water the previous year...as someone else said, make sure you have lures that can cover the depths and you know how they run/work etc...
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Location: Not Where I Want To Be | Just took a inventory. A whole 120 baits. I'm gonna do my best to keep it under 150. Of the 120 i think 1/2 never seen the water. This tells me one thing. I need to spend less time EYE fishing and more time SKI fishing......... |
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Location: Wauwatosa, Wisconsin | I think counting the new baits ive bought this year so far i think im around 65 baits. I have them all hanging up around my room. my room is a musky fishermans paradise...filled with musky fishing pictures, posters, replicas, baits, and a full rack of musky dvds! i live in there during the off season!!!! |
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Location: Southern W.Va. | Still a rookie, only have about 100 hard baits and about that many bucktails and spinnerbaits. Total maybe 200 baits .
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| Couple hundred maybe. Been thinning the herd a little at a time. If I buy a lure now, it's either because it does something the others do not, or because its a custom color. You don't need a bait in every color, of course, and customs probably don't catch any more fish. I just like having lures that are different from the ones everyone has. |
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Location: ROckford IL | I used to have a ton of lures but then I slimed down a bit, I own over a 100 now |
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| I probably have less than what I did a few years ago,but i still buy new ones every year. 3 or 400 or so. I have a few favorites that get most of the use and most of the fish. I've also found that one year Grandma's are hot,so I buy a bunch of them. Then it's Shallow Raider,then Depth Raiders, then Big Games,then certain colors ,then....... Who knows what it will be this year. I also have some that I just love the action of but just never use although this year I'm going force myself to use them more if I can put down those blasted double 10's |
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Location: Sun Prairie, WI | I have found out that lures catch more fishermen than they do fish.
Like someone said, one of my greatest fears is that after my death, my wife sells them all for what I told her they cost!! |
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How many lures do you have?