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| I read over some of the "best colors" list, and had to ask you guys what you think the most productive lure out there is. Got to go with a Medussa or Pounder Bull Dawg. |
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| The past two seasons my most productive bait has been the Raptor jerkbait, but prior to that it always has been a jerkbait of one kind or another, so jerkbaits/gliders are my go to |
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Location: Northern New Jersey | A Cabela's spinnerbait. White and blue. |
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Location: SE Wisconsin | We caught more fish on gliders this season than any other year I can remember, although rubber baits took the cake. It really comes down to what you throw most often... |
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Location: Chisholm, MN | Check out the muskies inc lunge log and see the most productive baits. Might surprise you. |
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| Tiger Tubes. Saved my season. |
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Location: Appleton, WI | the most productive lure in the boat is a bucktail and someone is always throwing a version of it. In early season a small single blade is hard to beat along with a spinner bait to get in the weeds. in the summer a big double bladed bucktail really turns the Green Bay fish on. |
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| If your trolling it has to be Swim Whizz ask the guides on the St. Lawrence
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Location: Kronenwetter, WI | Errrr...bucktail (wire with blade(s)) |
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Location: NE PA | Suicks produced the most fish for me last year, but as mentioned above I think this is a weighted question as any bait you have confidence in will get thrown more. |
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| Tuff Shad, Believer, Wiley. |
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| Gliders are my confidence bait - hot tails, phantoms and mantas. |
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Location: Sussex, NJ | Pacemaker |
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Location: Minnesota | suicks all the way. but then the suick sees more water time then other baits |
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Location: Waukee, IA | Caught the most fish and my first over 50" on a Stan Durst custom Suick this past year. |
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| When I absolutely need to see/catch a fish on a zero day, I'll have an Acid Frog Muskie Treat at the end of my leader. On better days, I'll be slinging a Jr. DCG and/or MI rubber. |
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Location: Central WI | Bucktails, and Bulldawgs.. |
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Location: On the Niagara River in Buffalo, NY | Trolling the last 20 years Wiley Crankbaits have to be right at the top for numbers of muskies caught.Numbers of muskies over 55" trolling has to be Grandma, Believer & Legend Perchbait. |
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Location: Metro, MN | Pacemaker...I had a great year with it this year |
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Location: new richmond, wi. & isle, mn | Musky innovations bulldawgs all year long. |
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Location: Thief River Falls MN | Spanky baits heavy bladed 10's and 8" reef hawgs have been my best producers in that order about 4 years in a row now. |
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| Topwaters for me.
Whopper Ploppers.
Flap-tails.
Weagles.
Pacemakers. |
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| lunge lumber and RO tubes |
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| It changes Month to Month and casting to trolling.
May- Casting- Baby Squirko or Muskie Train MF Shad
Trolling- Muskie Train MX6
June- Casting- Spanky or Bulldawg
Trolling- Muskie Train MX7.5-MX9 or Musky Magnets
July- Casting Live Action Big Joe or Bulldawg
Trolling- Muskie Trains MX6-MX9 or Big Game Scuba diver 7.5"
Aug- Casting Spankys or Squirkos
Trolling- Muskie Train MX9 or Spankys
Sept- Casting- Spankys or Bulldawg
Trolling - Muskie Train MX9 or Grandmas
Oct- Casting 10" Suick or Bulldawg
Trolling- Muskie Train MX9 or Grandmas
Nov- Casting Suick with Steath Tackle weighted leader or Bulldawg
Trolling- MX9 or Grandmas
Dec- Casting- Bulldawgs or Live Action Mojoes
Trolling- Big Game Scubas 7.5"/ Grandmas
Jeff Hanson
madisonmuskyguide.com
Edited by Jeff Hanson 1/7/2014 11:02 AM
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| Bobbies for me... |
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Location: Planet Meltdown | Jointed Wiley's for numbers and Weagles for biggest. |
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| Big Game Cranks and Suick's performed well all season. Dream Catcher Bucktail in 'Lime on Lime' was good. Did OK on bondy baits..... |
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| Mini Medussa was my top 'throw back' bait...by far. |
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| muskymagnet - 1/6/2014 11:51 AM
I read over some of the "best colors" list, and had to ask you guys what you think the most productive lure out there is. Got to go with a Medussa or Pounder Bull Dawg.
I'm going to deconstruct this question a little bit.
"What is the most productive lure out there?"
Overall it's an inline bucktail. Why? Guys make more casts with a bucktail when targeting muskies than any other bait.
In my boat it's a DDD. Why? I make more casts with a DDD when targeting muskies than any other bait.
Across the muskie world, if you eliminated the use of bucktails 100% over the course of a season and instead made the same number of casts with a glidebait/crankbait/jerkbait/etc. that are made with bucktails the one that is used the most will be the most productive.
A bait can't be productive if it's not in the water. Inline bucktails are in the water more than any other bait. Overall, they produce the most fish simply because of sheer volume of time they are in the water. |
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Location: Contrarian Island | when the window opens there is flat out no better bait than a double bladed bucktail imo... now at any given moment that isn't always the most productive lure, way too many variables to give it to one lure, but day in and day out i'd bet a lot of money if you put a double 10 on your line you'll catch more fish than any other lure on the end of the line the whole time.
ie take 4 great anglers on the same lake, same time, day in and day out, that double 10 will get the most hits imo. |
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| I no alot of it is confidence n what ur throwing, but ill never step in another boat for a musky outing without an 8in. Black sucker Hellhound!!!! Many times this year I could at least move fish when nothing else was happenin at all, not to mention how many ate it!!! That or One of Musky Sluts gliders "Swerve" has put sum fish in my boat as well when nothing else would work!!! But then again gliders are my favorite way to fish, so that is what I'm throwing 75% of the time!!! |
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Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin | I have to agree with Brad on this. A double 9 or 10 blade bucktail is hard to beat.
But if I had to pick another I would go with one of Slammer Tackle's minnow baits. I can't think of a time all season long where I can't catch fish on his baits.
Spring through Fall - Slammer Tackle minnow baits hands down work. Start small and finish big, he has them all. Great baits. |
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| Double 10 Handlebarz electric black series has produced big fish on so many bodies of water it's a must. |
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| Most productive in my boat was phantom softails and magnum bulldawgs |
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| Had a lot of luck on top waters last season. Gonna be my confidence bait this season. |
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| single blade bucktail.0723 |
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Location: Detroit River | Last year my most productive was a Bondy bait because about 50 % of my trips were jigging trips. 2nd was a double 8 bucktails, followed by Medussas. Medussas would have won hands down had I not lost so many fish on them.
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| wkeegobbler - 1/6/2014 8:14 PM
Caught the most fish and my first over 50" on a Stan Durst custom Suick this past year.
Caught my PB on a Stan Durst custom Suick as well this year. |
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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | BNelson - 1/7/2014 3:50 PM
when the window opens there is flat out no better bait than a double bladed bucktail imo... now at any given moment that isn't always the most productive lure, way too many variables to give it to one lure, but day in and day out i'd bet a lot of money if you put a double 10 on your line you'll catch more fish than any other lure on the end of the line the whole time.
ie take 4 great anglers on the same lake, same time, day in and day out, that double 10 will get the most hits imo.
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| Man, I like those Lil Hammers, Awesome Paul !! |
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