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Location: Roscoe IL | Figured this would be a fun thread to get some new lure ideas before the 2013 season starts. I got a 51 on a large Pacemaker in LOTW. I'll never forget it!
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| 9" grandma jerk model last season |
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| White Medussa with only 2 tails now... |
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Location: tHe LaKe Of PrIoR, mN | well a lindy rig and leech
But actually targeting musky it was a thorne bros custom mag heli dawg that they no longer sell  got my first casting over 50 and a few other big pike and muskies on it I have went through 3 of that bait was going to buy a few more but they dont exist anymore
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Location: MN | Suick
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Location: Chisholm, MN | Black cowgirl |
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Location: Northern IL | 800 Spoonplug trolled in deep water. |
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Location: Medford, WI | Shumway Flasher (Black and Nickel) |
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Location: 31 | (Mark) Windells Chugger 1990 |
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Location: B;acksburg Virginia | an orange/nickel bucktail my brother made |
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Location: West Metro, MN | Homemade double 10 bucktail |
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Location: Ontario | Grandma
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Location: Detroit River | My first boated 50 came on a pearl Bondy Bait (regular) 51 1/2 X 24" girth". 
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| Tallywacker was the first measured, I dropped a nice one in the water prior to measuring on a little ernie. BR |
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| Jerrry Newman...do you still use the Chugger?? I recall reading an article years ago in Muskie mag about your use of this bait, if my memory serves.
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Location: Roscoe IL | Is the Bondy bait used like a Jig or a pull bait similar to retreiving a Bulldawg? |
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| Weagle baby! |
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| Bondy's are mostly jigged right under the boat. At least around here... |
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| Magnum Hog Wobbler 52 1/2"
Jeff Hanson
madisonmuskyguide.com |
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Location: Bonn, Germany | Pounder Pro Dawg - 55.3 incher |
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Location: central illinois | SS Shad. Shad color. |
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| Husky Hawg Wobbler. |
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Location: Minnesota | 10" purple slamer |
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Location: West of the metro, MN | Pink double 10 (nickel/glow blades) |
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Location: Cave Run Lake KY. | EDDY BAIT, Aug, 1965 Monument Bay LTW ( I'VE BEEN EVERY WHERE MAN ) |
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| First 50 was caught on a Dadson Blade Bait, WOODDuck?!. One of the best baits in the league,
Edit: Check out the video of my first 50 if ya want.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83HP7aS2FjM
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Location: central Wisconsin | A 24" sucker on a quick strike rig. |
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Location: Hayward, Wisconsin | Eddie Bait...long ago! Eagle Lake. |
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Location: minnesota | first and only 50" + fish (so far)
cobra jig rigged with a manns jellyhoo. 51" but I never took a girth measurement. Really wish I had so I could get a replica made. Anyone have a good way of estimating girth? 
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Location: Cave In Rock Illinois | Hogwobbler |
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Location: Central Minnesota | Hot perch regular medussa. |
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Location: Birchwood, WI. | 52.5 ON A PIG JERK BAIT.. |
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| Giant Jackpot |
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| Tippy River Darter Holloween color |
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Location: new richmond, wi. & isle, mn | The first year of the top raider. In the blackbird pattern |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Creature. |
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| 8" phantom viper bullhead 51 at night one of 2 fish in 2 casts! |
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| Salmo Skinner 15 (Firetiger)...deadsticked at the side of the boat |
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| Orange and yellow rad dog |
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Location: St.John, Indiana | First one was a 52" last year on a DC 10 yellow/gold. Took 16yrs, then got lucky 2 more times ,what a year !! |
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Location: Bemidji, Lake Vermilion | All black husky Hawg Wobbler. |
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| wades wobbler......can tell the newer musky fishermen from the older hardcores based on what lure caught the first 50. |
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Location: plant earth | Mepps musky killer!!!! |
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| Black and silver EAGLE TAIL....53" Oct. |
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| bucher 800 mag buck, brass brown may it rest in peace. Caught alot of fish on that bait till a friend sent it to the lake bottom. |
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| 1st and 2nd came within 10 cast of each other on a white Medussa I spruced up with a little Spike It Garlic Markers.
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| 51 black/black supermodel figure 8 fish |
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Location: Bloomer, Wi | 1st one came on a cisco pounder
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Location: Not far enough north! | Black Bucktail/Black Blade after about a three minute figure eight...She was an old skinny fish and was blind in one eye. |
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Location: Pulaski, WI | Cisco colored Hardhead
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Location: Elk River Mn | Candy Corn DCG |
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI | 1991 - 54", Hi-Fin Teasertail |
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Location: Palm Coast, FL | Casting 10" straight Believer, LOTW. |
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Location: WI | 10" jointed Believer. 50", 2007 |
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Location: indiana | black and orange rad dog on the figure eight. |
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Location: Black Creek, WI | Eddie Bait |
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Location: Waconia, MN | Double Cow Girl, slow rolling at night. |
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Location: Walker, MN | Suick. |
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Location: Muskegon Michigan | 6 inch Jointed Loke. Fish was a 52 inch St. Clair hog. Wife's first was a 51 on a Talonz Slasher. Both white belly perch. |
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| 50 inch on a Flame and black double 10. Last cast, last day of the trip on LOTW. !! The fish is the one on my avatar. |
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Location: South East Wisconsin | 52.75 Grandma |
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| Custom double 8 |
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Location: Birchwood, WI. | jerken jimi - 3/11/2013 5:47 PM
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| Home made bucktail in 09 |
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Location: menasha wi 54952 | Green and silver CiscoKid. |
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Location: Twin Cities | Husky Hawg Wobbler-51" |
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| Red/red double cowgirl on Mille Lacs, dump thing is I've never thrown that lure since, really not sure why not. |
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| Black Teddie Bait early mid 80's....LOTW.... |
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Location: Cave Run, KY | DC10 Blue and Silver last year on the Cave! Only took 34 years. |
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| Small home made bucktail that a buddy of mine made for me black and yellow. |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Sherbert Colored Mag Dawg |
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Location: Otsego, MN | Black bulldawg |
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Location: Chaska MN. | Mepps giant killer , black with orange blade
It was the third fish in 5 casts over about a half hour on a single spot the size of a small home. The first was a 38 the second was a 42 and finally my first 50
WOW what a morning
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Location: Waconia, MN | Muskie Mulisha Softail Lure in Okaboji Perch Pattern. 50" on the dot. |
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| SUICK!
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Location: The Yahara Chain | B.S. Willey creeper. |
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Location: SE Wisc and Vilas County | Innovations Magnum Real Fish Sucker 50 3/4 in November |
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Location: Indiana & Wisconsin | Shumway Flasher (brown & copper) |
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Location: Barnesville MN | 10" Black Suick |
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Location: Hayward, WI | Black and orange springdawg |
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| 8" .50 Cal Jointed Believer. 50/50 Pearl and Green Firetiger Trolling Black/Orange Cady Weagle Casting.
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| Caught my first 50 on a almond perch slasher and my dad caught his first 50 on a coco perch slasher 15 mins later. |
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| 51.75 on a rad dog, firetiger |
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| Monster Medussa |
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Location: St Paul | Fudally Musky Candy bucktail...black/silver. |
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| Big V - 50.5" on an black/orange topraider back in 2003. Then was lucky enough to get a 53.5" two days later on a stomper. |
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Location: (South of the 218) | Creeper - BLACK
- borrowed from a friend when we dropped him off at the dock so he could go to work and we could continue fishing. |
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Location: 31 | 123 - 3/11/2013 4:12 PM Jerrry Newman...do you still use the Chugger?? I recall reading an article years ago in Muskie mag about your use of this bait, if my memory serves.
Guest Yup, good memory... I think that was early 90s. I still use it and it’s still an extremely effective bait under the right conditions… like almost anytime in the summer/early fall when big muskies are present.  However, I've been forced to use it sparingly these days because my elbows are pretty well shot from casting (I use to call it chugger elbow). I’d say working my large chugger is the equivalent of burning a x13... and as some of you reading this painfully know, eventually something has to give. |
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Location: On the Niagara River in Buffalo, NY | My first 50"er came on a Depthraider Jtd in Niagara Walleye color, at night,durring a storm,trolling Lake Erie back in late Oct 1990.
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Location: Angola, IN | I'm pretty sure my first fish over 50 was a 55" caught on a 9" jointed Wiley in white belly perch with a special epoxy topcoat on the Ottawa. |
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| 50.5" on a blue super topraider, LOTW |
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| baby girl. |
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Location: Warroad, Mn | Mepps Giant Killer, black, silver blade. July 4th, early 60's. |
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| Black/Gold/Orange Mag Low Rider! 53 big V! |
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| Ben Olsen - 3/14/2013 9:35 AM
Black/Gold/Orange Mag Low Rider! 53 big V!
I just bought this same lure! Hope it works for me on the Big V in July! |
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| My first came on a Tallywhacker. I used a buddy's because i just didn't like the sound of the one I had. It was 52 1/2 |
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| As I was reading the posts in this thread I didn't see a repeat lure until about the 9th post. That's when I decided to do a quick tally. Those of you with tackle boxes full of lures, you will not be disappointed - you've been right all along... you really DO NEED ALL of those lures and there is not a magic lure!!!  Up through Guest's 3/14 at 12:09 post I counted 40 DIFFERENT lures (more, but I categorized some of the same types - like double8/10s as one lure and various bucktails as another lure) and of those only 17 lures listed multiple 50s! Here's the stats I recorded so far:
bucktails - 16
double 8/10s - 12
bulldawg - 8
hawg wobbler - 6
top raider - 5
Suick - 5
Medusa - 4
Grandma - 3
Tallywacker 3
Eddie Bait 3
Believer - 3
Creeper - 3
Slammer crank - 2
shumway flasher - 2
Depth Raider - 2
Wiley - 2
Low Rider - 2
...and the rest with only one 50... (in the order they were listed in this thread)
Pacemaker
Lindy rig & leech
800 spoon plug
Windells Chugger
Bondy Bait
Weagle
SS Shad
Dadson Blade Bait
Baby Shallow Raider
Cobra Jig
Pig
Jackpot
Tippy River Darter
Creature
Phantom
Salmo crank
Hardhead
Loke crankbait
Cisco Kid
Teddie Bait
Thunderstick
Muskie Mulisha Softtail
Slasher
BTW, I've got many of the lures listed above - all of them anxiously waiting to be involved with my 1st 50!
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI | d2bucktail - My guess is this list of lures for "first 50's" would look much different if the question was asked which lure(s) have you caught 10 or more 50's. |
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| It was a double ten, Little Sturgeon, but Kick'n Minnow still my fave! Really sad not one of the above on the "Chicken!" (or they're not admitting it!) |
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| My first was on a MX9 51.5" |
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Location: Sw Pennsylvania | Musky Train Mordas Minnow jtd in firetiger color. |
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Location: Minnetonka | Black/Nickel Bucktail: Mille Lacs |
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Location: On the Niagara River in Buffalo, NY | Will Schultz - 3/14/2013 12:53 PM
d2bucktail - My guess is this list of lures for "first 50's" would look much different if the question was asked which lure (s ) have you caught 10 or more 50's.
11 that were over 50" on Legend Perchbait in Niagara Walleye color ,18 that were 50" and over on Hi-Fin Magnum Trophy Diver Jtd in Black & Hot Pink
21 that were 50" and over on Legend Plow in Golden Sucker color
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Location: Iowa | 9" Grandma |
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Location: Hayward, WI | Purple Mag Dawg - went out and bought a few more and haven't seen a fish on one since. |
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Location: With my son on the water | First 5 all on an exciter (jerk bait) all about 15 years ago. I have gotten many over 50 since, but not a one on the exciter in about 15 years.
Things Change. |
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| homemade dbl 10 borrowed from a friend! |
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| top raider 1st cast opening day 2007 |
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| White Supermodel in a snowstorm after dark....51. |
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| dbL 10 I made that day. blk/pink blades blk/red skirt. 53. with two other fish within same 1 1/2 hr. 'little guys --42 and 46. lost one more at the boat. :)) lost that bait on the same rocks the next day !
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Location: Muskegon Michigan | d2bucktail - 3/14/2013 1:40 PM
As I was reading the posts in this thread I didn't see a repeat lure until about the 9th post. That's when I decided to do a quick tally. Those of you with tackle boxes full of lures, you will not be disappointed - you've been right all along... you really DO NEED ALL of those lures and there is not a magic lure!!! Up through Guest's 3/14 at 12:09 post I counted 40 DIFFERENT lures (more, but I categorized some of the same types - like double8/10s as one lure and various bucktails as another lure ) and of those only 17 lures listed multiple 50s! Here's the stats I recorded so far:
bucktails - 16
double 8/10s - 12
bulldawg - 8
hawg wobbler - 6
top raider - 5
Suick - 5
Medusa - 4
Grandma - 3
Tallywacker 3
Eddie Bait 3
Believer - 3
Creeper - 3
Slammer crank - 2
shumway flasher - 2
Depth Raider - 2
Wiley - 2
Low Rider - 2
...and the rest with only one 50... (in the order they were listed in this thread )
Pacemaker
Lindy rig & leech
800 spoon plug
Windells Chugger
Bondy Bait
Weagle
SS Shad
Dadson Blade Bait
Baby Shallow Raider
Cobra Jig
Pig
Jackpot
Tippy River Darter
Creature
Phantom
Salmo crank
Hardhead
Loke crankbait
Cisco Kid
Teddie Bait
Thunderstick
Muskie Mulisha Softtail
Slasher
BTW, I've got many of the lures listed above - all of them anxiously waiting to be involved with my 1st 50! : )
Actually three listed caught on Slashers. My wife was the first Grand river baits had two. Mike |
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Location: S.Wisconsin | Mag dawg...it was on top of my box in the garage. Got my wife right in the knee....doh. lol..still waiting |
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Location: Menomonee Falls, WI | 50 1/2" on a Pacemaker.....S.E. Wisconsin. August 8th, 2004. |
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| First 50"er was 52.5 inches on an eight inch floating Bobby Bait in jail bird color scheme. Caught a 52 incher three days later on the same lure. |
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Location: Roscoe IL | Picking up 3 baits listed here, thanks for sharing!
1) bondy
2) Black on Black Dbl 10
3) Giant Madusa (Purchased) |
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Location: PA | My first was on an 8 inch Wiley Jerkbait Walleye color |
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Location: Michigan | First 50 trolling - Hoginator
First 50 casting - Mag Voodootail |
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Location: Money, PA | 1997 - 8" Wiley Muskie King - Dogs Ballz - 52" Kawartha Lakes
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Location: Denmark | 50" pike, on a Purple Shumway Screamer |
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Location: Janesville | Rubber dubber. white/orange tail |
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