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Location: Perryville, MO | The Cowgirl thread got me thinking...just like it was said, most of us use the same "go to" or confidence baits 90% of the time. Tackle boxes full nonetheless, we throw the same bait again and again. Time of year, conditions, body of water, surely come into play. But still we turn to our confidence bait. What five baits could you not live without? All your tackle gets burned up in a fire and you only have $100 dollars to replace baits (God forbid that to ever happen to any one of us). What are you buying? |
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Location: South Portsmouth, KY | 1. Medussa
2. Mag Dawg
3.Cowgirl
4.Super Model Cowgirl
5.Hawg Teaser
6.Rattlin Shad
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Location: Price County WI | 1- Standard Dreamcatcher Bucktail Chart and Black
2 - Mag Tandem Dreamcatcher Bucktail Chart and Black
3 - Mag Dawg - LOTW Perch
4 - Creeper - All Black
5 - Bobbie Bait - Custom Walleye Color |
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| 1. Suick
2. DDD
3. Gerry's Girl
4. #8 Shumway Flasher
5. Weagle
6. 8" HR Shaker
I could pretty much fish with those 6 baits and it would cover 90% of my fishing. Might need a few colors depending on where I was, but I could get by with what's listed above.
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2.Black Bobbie (weighted)
3.Mepps Muskie Killer
4.Red October Tube
5.Bull Dawg in black |
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Location: Pelican Lake/Three Lakes Chain | Gerry's Girl
Top Raider
10" unweighted Suick
WA Wabull
Curly Sue
Weagle
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Location: Smith Creek | cowgirl
squirrelly phantom
curly sue
weagle
pacemaker
suick |
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| I'll ignore the $100 dollar part
Cowgirl - silver blades
Chopper - black or loon
One eyed willy - black
Depth raider - perch or chart
Phantom - firetiger
pounder or 11" curly sue - probably white |
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fish stick
mag dawg
double 10
12" warner
sq phantom |
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| 1. Cowgirl - silver/blue
2. Warlock - crappie
3. Bulldawg - black/orange
4. Dreamcatcher bucktail - black/green
5. Phantom Viper - black/white
6. Ace Spinnerbait - silver/white |
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Location: Oshkosh | Shumway Giant Flasher
Curly Sue
Timberwolf
Weagle
Suick
Top H2O
Peter |
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Location: Hopefully on the water | dbl cowgirl-black and silver
pacemaker- black and green
hellhound-hot tiger
regular bulldawg-black and orange
undertaker-purplehaze
shallow invader-orange and black |
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Location: St. Lawrence River | In no order
Suick
Tallywacker
Showgirl
10" jake shiner
Bulldawg
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Location: N.FIB | reg dawg-walleye color
creeper-black or orange
blk/silver-cowgirl
phantom-walleye color
depthraider-black
thats all I need for the lakes I fish alot,I could add a couple more baits and be set for a week long trip and leave my 8 boxes full of lures at home.
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Location: McGuire AFB, NJ | Hmm If I was stranding on a desert island (with muskies of course) and I could only take five lures....they would have to be:
Suick
Mepps Maribou
Weagle
10'' Jake
Bulldawg
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Location: Madison, WI | Weagle
Suick
Top Raider
Homemade Double 10
BullDawg
Crane Bait
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Location: Perryville, MO | I should have posted my own...
DC10 - lemonhead
Spinnerbait (simms, grim reaper, or nutbuster...still kinda undecided)- white
Mag Dawg - black/orange
10" weighted Suick - black
Baby Shallowraider - white
BTW I suspect that having tons of lures isn't as bad an occurence as guys sometimes make it sound...I'm thinking that's where the learning curve is developed for one's top five...after you develop what really works, you may look back and question "why do I have all these that I don't use?", but it's precisely how you learned which one's are most effective in your situation for how you fish them...isn't that how and why the "buy/trade forum" works?...guys aren't getting rid of just junky lures...but lures that no longer fit their top tier... so feel free to sell me the one's you're not using  lol.
Anyway, the lists are helpful for me as the learning curve remains steep...thanks. |
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Location: Il | slammer twitchbait
double 10
pacemaker
bikini beerbelly 6"
wades wobbler |
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Location: Kronenwetter, WI | Big Game Twitch Bait
Mag Rubber
Double-10
Weagle
Black hair with orange #8 fluted Indiana
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Location: martinsburg wv | gerrys girl
hellhound
weagle
jake
t bone |
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Location: Not Where I Want To Be | Gerry's Girl 10
Curly Sue
Smuttley Dog
Suick
Weagle |
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| 1. Super Model
2. Double Cowgirl
3. Pounder
4. Top Raider
5. Weagle
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Location: Janesville | 1) Rubber Dubber
2)homemade bucktail
3) suick
4) topkick
5)Top raider
6)little feller |
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Location: Lake Tomahawk, WI | Cowgirl - Silver/Green
Topraider - Black
Magdawg - WI Walleye
Depthraider - Sucker
Grandma - Black/Silver
Perchbait - Blue/White
That's over $100, but maybe I can find 'em used.
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| Dreamcatcher Bucktail-black nickel
Jr Double Cowgirl- black nickel
Double Cowgirl-Purple gold
Mag Dawg-Cisco, walleye
Topraider-baby loon, red squirrel
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Location: So. Illinois | - 10" Weighted Suick in white holoform
- 12" Weighted SUick in Sucker
- Rapala SSR in FT, Silver or Gold SHiner
- Pacemaker, Orange with Black Spots
- Jr Double Cowgirl in Black w silver blades
- Double Cowgirl in Red/Black with Red/Silver Blades |
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Location: mpls | Trueglide Tremor
Alias DBA
Heckler topwater
Pounder-walleye
Supernatural 14"
The top three put multiple fish over the 50 mark last year-up to 54". Hard to argue that.
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In no order but all I have to say is the tidal wave blew my mind last year it was an excellent bait
Tidal Wave
Double 10
Mag Dawg
Phantom
Weagle |
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| Black/Nickel Double Showgirl
Blackbird Topraider
Orange Tiger 9" Weighted Suick
Canadian Crush Squirrelly Phantom
Black Orange Curly Sue |
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Location: SE, WI. | Wick creeper Depthraider Headbanger Bagley 10" jake Homemade spinnerbait/or JD GIRL W/ BAT.....:o Jake 10" |
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Location: Chicago | DCG any color
shumway flasher-blk w/red tinsel
topraider blk
slammer- my old wood walleye pattern
mag dawg walleye org tail |
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super D
through wire rumbler/topraider hybrid
viper
mepps maribou
10" wtd jake
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Location: On the water | Top Raider
7" Crane Bait
Hellhound
DDD
Reg. Dawg
Bucktail
Thats all I need! |
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Location: Maplewood, MN | 1. Suick - weighted in sucker pattern
2. Double Cowgirl - Black w/orangle blades
3. Weagle - Frog
4. Topraider - Loon
5. Mag Dog - Walleye
6. 8' Slammer - Perch
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| Gerry's Girl
Weagle
Wally Pog Jr.
Talonz Claw
DepthRaider |
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2. jr. one eyed willy
3. chopper
4. homewrecker (made in china)
5. bulldawg (made in china)
6. a double ten for when I run out of talent using the above mentioned fun lures!
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Location: Detroint Lakes, MN |
$100 to replace baits;
10" jointed believer
2 Rad Dogs
4 Glittertails with different blade sizes so I can interchange tails and blades
1 Chopper
Sucker rigs donated by BN
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Location: Arpin, WI | garagemade glide, orange
topraider,black
grandma, bass
slopmaster tandom, black/chartruse
mepps musky killer, various colors
this fall i bought a shallow invader and was pretty impressed with it but didnt get to use it much. I see it didnt make anyones list any thoughts |
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Location: Perryville, MO | Shallow Invader made 1 list...I've kept a pretty close watch...I'm gonna put together a composite as this keeps going, but with an estimate I'd bet DCG, mag dawg, weagle, suick, top raider, phantom, probably would be the top 6...I'll look more closely in a day or so (several Lee lures and pacemakers too!)...that's just a guess. Really been quite interesting.
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Location: WI | Suick
Pacemaker - preferably the smaller one
Creeptonite
DCG
Weagle
For trolling;
10" jtd Believer
Shallow Invader
Big spinnerbait..don't have a brand favorite yet
Shallow Raider |
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Location: Michigan | 1. Big Game 10" surface twitch
2. Rabid Squirrel dbl colorado
3. Curly Sue
4. Mag Topwalker
5. M/G spinnerbait
6. Hirsch's Ghosttail VII
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Location: Cedarburg, Wisconsin | You can buy five new baits for $100? Must be on the web with no tax.
9" Weighted Suick
8" Slammer
10" Believer
LeLure Globe
Eagle Tail
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Location: New Berlin,Wisconsin,53151 | 1) Double 10's Bl/Slv, Gr/Slv
2) Suick Perch
3) Triple D walleye
4) Phantom sucker
5) Topwater - Headbanger
Even though suckers were the bait of choice last year, I'll still buy baits......
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DCG any color
Lowrider - loon
Pro Mag Dawg - walleye
Weagle - any color
Squirrely SS Shad - walleye |
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Gerry's Girl
Ace Tandem
Slammer Crankbait
Regular Bulldawg
Squirrely Phantom
Steve Ruhmann |
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Location: MN | Spring-Summer
1. 11" curly sue
2. Big mama whaletail
3. 8" phantom
4. Dcg purp/brass
5. 10" Jake
Fall
1. Super model
2. 14" Jake
3. Mamouth curly sue
4. 8" phantom
5. Big mama super whaletail
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Wiley
7" Grandma
Believer
Depthraider
Topraider
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Location: Central Iowa | Weagle - green/black
9" weighted suick - walleye
Rad Dog Spinnerbait - black/nickel
DCG - black/nickel
7" Grandma - perch
10" weighted suick - orange/black |
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Location: New Berlin,Wisconsin,53151 | I didn't know you wanted spring and fall.
Spring I like to throw
1) Smithwick perch
2) #5's Gr/slv
3) 6" Slammer walleye
4) 7" Jake perch
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Location: Perryville, MO | Netman - 1/28/2010 8:38 AM
I didn't know you wanted spring and fall.
Didn't necessarily...but Tim probably has his priorities a little straighter than the rest of us...figures he'll come up with another $100 before the season changes...actually the $100 part of question really wasn't important...most curious about what guys throw 90% of the time...another thread suggested that most of us rely on just a few baits...figured 5 to 6 would make for interesting consideration. |
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Location: MN | I just NEED those 9 I'd do anything to have them... And I mean ANYTHING. |
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| Grim Reaper spinner bait (chart./orange)
Shallow Invader (perch)
Depth Raider (perch)
Mepps Giant Musky Killer (orange /black)
6" Jake (gold holo)
Top Raider (firetiger) |
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| Slidin' Shad
Cowgirl
Chopper
Dreamcather bucktail
Curly Sue / Suzy Sucker
Captain Doug Kloet
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Location: McGuire AFB, NJ | AFChief - 1/27/2010 5:50 PM
- 10" Weighted Suick in white holoform
- 12" Weighted SUick in Sucker
- Rapala SSR in FT, Silver or Gold SHiner
- Pacemaker, Orange with Black Spots
- Jr Double Cowgirl in Black w silver blades
- Double Cowgirl in Red/Black with Red/Silver Blades
Cheif your Killing me lol, top five my fellow airman. |
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Location: Fridley MN | #1 Pearsons Grinder - black
#2 Double Cowgirl - Black with silver blades
#3 Wades Wobbler - Walleye
#4 Hawg Teaser - pike
#5 Shallow Invader - walleye or crappie
#6 Ernie - crappie |
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Location: Birchwood, WI. | 1-REEF HOG
2-HUGHES RIVER BAIT 8'' HUGHY
3-POES JACKPOT
4-TOPRAIDER
5-COWGIRL / DOUBLE 10
***GOOD TO GO****
can i sneek 6- PERVOKER????
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| jointed supernatural headlock
trueglide alias spinnerbait
supernatural piledriver
pounder
double #13
trueglide 10" tremer |
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| 1. Big Joe
2. Mag Bulldawg
3. Spanky Fireball
4. 10" Suick with Stealth weighted leader
5. One eyed Willy
6. Musky Train MX6 (spring) MX9 (Fall)
Jeff Hanson
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Location: musky waters of SE, WI | 1. Red October Monster Tube- Chart caboose
2. Super Model- Black/chart
3. Shallow Invader- White
4. Medussa- black
5. Tidal Wave- Black/chart
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| 1. Tidal Wave my first 50 inch muskie on that bait.
2. Pro Dawg
3. Hellhound/Phantom
4.Glittertail/Cowgirl
5.Fishstick HD |
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Location: Northwoods | Hi-Finn Trophy Minnow Hawg Wobbler Tally Wacker Piranha Suick Believer
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Location: Seymour, WI | Mepps # 5
Baby Shallow Raider
Dbl Showgirl
Pacemaker
Suick
Depth Raider
Hard Head
Seven for me |
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Magdawg
topraider
Suick
Phantom
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Location: Central MN | In no particular order
1. super model
2. suick
3. believer
4. creeper
5. topraider
6. live suckers!!!! never used them before, and wow it almost seemed bass fishing.
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Location: Bloomer, Wi | Top raider: blackbird
Shallow invader: walleye
pounder: Cisco
Dbl 10: black-red/flame
spinnerbait: black/nickel |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I looked in my go to Just Encase and here's what got allot of hook rash last year, so if I lost all my baits I'd think I need to buy the following
Weagle
Suick, 9", unweighted
Topraider, it's black
Wabull
Violent Strike Mag Willow Spinnerbait
Various Creatures
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TuffShad 5"
Stud Dog
Red October Tubes
Legend Perchbait
Legend Plow |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Weagle
Pounder/ Mag Dawg
Phantom/ Hellhound
Perka
Twich Bait
10"/14" Jake
2010 I will use the larger Buck tails a lot more, along with the Medussa and Prop Bait.
I hope 2010 is a better year for all of you guys, and gals. Good Luck, and be Safe out there.
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Location: mad chain | 1. live action joe
2. spanky
3. BS willey
4. kermit Good Muskie Magnet
5. Bull Dawgs
6. suick |
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Location: Perryville, MO | Well I suppose there's no terrible surprise as I've put together a bit of a composite. Lots of baits so I may have made a mistake or two (as I did this in a short amount of time).
1. Dawgs 31 (pounders - 5, regs - 12, mag -14)
2. Suicks 27 (9" & 10" were mentioned, most weighted, many not specified)
3. Cowgirls 26 (5 were super models)
4. Topraiders 19
5. Weagle 15
6. Phantom 11
7. Double10 9 (not specified)
8. Jakes 8 (mostly 10")
Curly Sue 8
9. Depthraider 7
10.Gerry's Girl 6
Pacemaker 6
Believer 6 (different sizes mentioned)
Shallow Invader 6
11.Mepps Inline 5
Chopper 5
Slammer Twitchbait 5
Hellhound 5
11. 3-4 lists
Hawgteaser, Dream Catcher, Creeper (generic), Triple D, Shumway Flasher, Red October Tubes, One-eyed Willy, Shallowraider, Crane cranks (different models), Wades Wobbler, Grandma (different sizes).
Again this may be a bit rough in terms of numbers. Several people, of course, mentioned suckers as well.
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Location: neenah, wisconsin | without a doubt my gotos
1. pearson plugs minnowbaits
2. pearson plugs fat shads
3. pearson gliders(10 inch are off the hook)
4.shack attack curly sues 11" and mammoth
5, beast teaser #8s
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Location: Muskegon Michigan | hawkeye9 - 1/27/2010 2:26 PM
The Cowgirl thread got me thinking...just like it was said, most of us use the same "go to" or confidence baits 90% of the time. Tackle boxes full nonetheless, we throw the same bait again and again. Time of year, conditions, body of water, surely come into play. But still we turn to our confidence bait. What five baits could you not live without? All your tackle gets burned up in a fire and you only have $100 dollars to replace baits (God forbid that to ever happen to any one of us). What are you buying?
Fire perch Weagle (old one 4.8 ounce)
Tan Perch Talonz Little Claw Twitch version
Ace Scooter in Green Frog/green tail
Crane 206 white belly perch
double #8 Shumway Flasher Black and Gold
Kingfisher
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Location: Racine, Wi | Weagle
10" Weagle
Homemade Dbl 10 (one in particular rocked some nice fish this year)
Hardhead
Pounder
9" Granny |
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Location: Elgin IL | Big Game
Cowgirl
Big Daddy
Hellhound
Depthraider
10 inch Jake
also must have mag floating Bulldawg and a spinnerbait of your choice
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Great thread, thanks to everyone who posted. As a rookie this info will save me a lot of money.
just remember that a the majority lure's triggering ability is done by the Indian, not the arrow. So you still need to buy everything and see what YOU can make a lazy fish bite on! In the right hands, a manta, say for example, is deadly...in average hands it's very mediocre...same goes for lots of jerks and cranks! |
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | Easy Answer:
-weagle
-double 10 spanky
-8" hughes river shaker
-9" weighted suick
-10" jake/9" grandma |
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Location: Perryville, MO | I absolutely appreciate longNtoothy's advice. I'm still a rookie to ski's, but definitely can relate from other fishing experiences. With a texas rig or caolina rig I can trigger bass to bite just about anywhere, but my partner would go fishless. His cranks and my cranks are never the same make, though we've fished together alot of years. May look exactly the same, same profile, same color, same depth range, but he gets action from lures I just can't and vice versa. Confidence and the intracacies of working a particular bait for sure (it can't just be luck...it's happened just way too many times for there not to be a more substantial explanation).
That said, I think the list will help me as well as other rookies to narrow the search for lures that work for the particular way each individual fishes them. Still, no doubt I'm gonna be "muskie stupid" for a while like everyone else until the learning curve levels off a bit. Guess that's just part of the process. I'll enjoy the ride and pray my wife doesn't divorce me thru the process. |
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Location: Moses Lake, Wa | 1)Ducktail lures buck tail
2)dominatrix bucktail
3)bikini bait co. glider
4) mad dogs "go dog"
5) Double cowgirl |
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Location: Wausau, WI | Mag Dawg - Color? That's like choosing between kids.
Pounder - I'll never tell
Grinder - White/Green
Dreamcatcher - I'll never tell
Shallowraider - Natural Perch |
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Glttertail
10" Suick
Mouldy's Hog Wobbler
MagDawg
Reef Hawg
Pacemaker
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