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| I am curious to find out what old school baits people are using for Musky (ie Creek Chub Pikie, Daredevle, etc) Let me know which ones you guys have had some success with. Thanks. |
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| Eddie Bait, he hasn't got any eyes cause he don't need to see were he's going! |
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They don't get much more old school than spoonplugs,, for the last few years boated over 1300 musky fishing for em part time, fish are stupid and don't know the difference between a new bait or an old bait, it all about the "depth",,, of the bait and the "speed" we take it past the dummy.  What can I say That's the way it is.... You can believe in magic or you can believe a fish has a pea size brain that never had an original thought.
Jerry Borst
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| Believer - 7/19/2007 4:24 PM
I am curious to find out what old school baits people are using for Musky (ie Creek Chub Pikie, Daredevle, etc) Let me know which ones you guys have had some success with. Thanks.
Well,that was my dad's favorite two lures for Pike.,CC Pikie and Daredevles over 50 years ago.We still use spoons for Muskies,and do well with them.I know of at least two of us who caught our first Muskies on Yellow/Black 5 of Diamonds at Sabaskong. |
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| Cisco Kid Topper, still catches fish and hammered to hell, Eddie Bait, and Mepps Musky Killer #5s much older than my children |
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| Whats a spoonplug? Thats a lot of fish! |
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| I would like to lean Spoonplugging! |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Tek Neek. |
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Location: Athens, Ohio | http://buckperry.com/ All you need to know about spoonplugs and spoonplugging.
Miss ya, Buck! Hang a big one for us up there with yer spoonplugs! m |
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Location: On the X that marks the mucky spot | Best baits for me this year have been Eagle Tails (cowgirls before there were cowgirls), suicks and M&G spinnerbaits. They're so old that they're new again! |
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| Spoons seem like they are still a sleeper lure for Musky. I took this quote from an article about trolling spoons for Musky in Ontario: "...Very few anglers fish spoons for muskies. This means few muskies have seen spoons, which is a major plus during periods of high angler activity, or on lakes where fishing pressure is severe. The next time you're out there, do the unthinkable. Clip on a big spoon, and give it a try; you just might be pleasantly surprised..." |
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Location: Minnesota | Love old Suicks. I like buying the old ones off of eBay and touching them up some. Kill with these baits in Canada. Also like my 30 or so Daredevles.
Edited by Grunt Lures 7/20/2007 10:29 PM
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Location: minneapolis | Reef Hawgs, Blue Fox Vibrax, Bagley's B-Flat- These oldies still get wet when I feel it's time to toss something "new" 
Although I did recently sell my old Burmek B-1 in a garage sale for a dollar............ |
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| Ditto on the old Suicks.....when they were more round than square. They have a completely different action than the square Suicks of today. I bought several very nice ones on e-bay and use them alot. I also bought a few that had hook rash...etc. Those I worked over and repainted and clearcoated. The one major difference is the roll and dart that they have, and you seldom stick a hook in the side of them.
I wish they would go back to making the old ones. I don't know when they changed or why they stopped.
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Location: Freedom, WI | JerryB - A spoonplug is a trolling lure correct? Or do they work for casting also? |
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| I have not used them myself but my impression is that you can cast or troll the spoonplugs. This site has more details on presentation and strategies: http://buckperry.com/
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| I met an older gentleman tonight at a freind's party and I picked his brain on what lures he used for musky. It was interesting because the selection wasnt very different from the types of baits we throw now. He talked about jerkbaits, bucktails and topwaters and the main difference is that he didnt have as many colors to select from. The progression was similar though and they used alot of natural colors/patterns. This makes me wonder if keeping it simpler allowed him to focus more on fishing a lower number of baits well (which is something I try to do too.) I am not saying that I think its not an advantage to have alot of baits to choose from, it just sounds like he had to learn how to master using fewer baits. I sometimes wonder if it is harder to really take advantage of all of the baits in your box if you only use them occasionally because you have hundreds of them. As a beginner I try to really focus on learning how to work each one before I jump to another one because its intimidating to try to master many different techniques right off the bat. |
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Location: Bloomington, MN | I occasionally toss a Slim Jim (later named Big Slim) made by Marathon with hopes of reenactintg a memory from 30+ years ago. I still have a stock pile that has never seen the water. We didn't, for some goofy reason, like the newer ones with the full spring in front,(the old ones had the torpedo shaped brass jobbie) so I contacted every well known bait shop in northern Wisconsin and bought what I could find through the phone (pre- Rollie & Helen/Thorne/Burger Bros. days! We even did a road trip from Pelican to Land O' Lakes (Wow!!! 50 some odd miles) since they didn't know the difference between the old style and the newer style. I still use Old Wooden Bait Company lures that are 25+ years old. The bait is a replica of Creek Chubs Striper Pikies. They are still too good to hang on the wall. I also chuck a Smitty (long time discontinued color....Jaw Breaker) from time to time due to having a mid 40" follow on White Birch Lake (part of the Ballard/Irving chain),
Edited by Clark A 7/22/2007 3:12 PM
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| old school lures. its the creek chub pikie. they are truly the icon of lures. even today they rock muskies.. its funny how theres millions floating around in garages and old tackleboxes. guys they in my opinion are a trollers treasure. |
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Location: Home of the 2016 World Series Champion Cubs | Mud Puppie |
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| I second the Mudpuppy and the Cisco Topper. How about the Marathon Musky Houn.
Steve, The Tek Neek??? How do you work those? I still have two that I think I won at a Bill's Musky Club outing in the 70's. Never tried them much. They look like all the little weights in the belly want to pop out. Who made that bait? It looks kinda like a beer bottle, right?
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| Way to go Steve. Tek Neeks are great. How do you work em? Work em fast and they are very erratic. I gotta bunch of custom painted ones. |
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| Heddon Wood Vamps! Surprised nobody has mentioned these yet. When I started musky fishing in the 70's my Dad gave me three lures...all straight vamps in Strawberry, RedRibs and Shore Minnow. That's pretty much any of our crew of five brothers, Dad and various nephews, brothers in law, etc. used. In fact you were referred to as being partial to one color i.e. ohh that Johnny, he's a Strawberry fan.
Nowadays we really don't throw them anymore but on my Canada trip next week I may just dust off one or two! |
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