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Location: Madison WI | Well the season is coming to a close for most of us within the next month or so and I was just wondering what everyone's most productive bait was for them this season. Mine was the 8 inch Bucher Swimming joe (sucker and perch pattern) this bait accounted for 8 of the 16 muskies I have caught so far this year. What has everyone else had good numbers on?
Another year almost over and still I have yet to catch a muskie on any kind of bucktail. My second most productive lure was the 4 inch 1 1/2 oz rattle trap in which I caught 3 including my PB.
Edited by muskyhunter24 11/8/2008 10:20 PM
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| The most productive baits for me in 2008 have been:
#1) Musky Innovations - Shallow Invader - Bumblebee and Walleye patterns
#2) Original Mantas - Pumpkin Perch and Crappie patterns - have not even seen a fish on the hang 10 mantas I throw
#3) Hellhound - ERC - Any color - almost always at least see fish when working the hellhound. My fav - Holo Bluegill
#4) Bucher Jointed Baby Depthraider - Any color - most productive bait in the past 5 years - The one miller perch DR I have has accounted for 11 muskies since 2005 when I started my log. Almost no paint left on it.
What has not been working for me this year:
Not one fish on a bulldawg this year, actually I did have a couple 30" range muskies in the spring on the 6" dawgs but overall disappointing.
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Posts: 135
| Fished the Kawarthas in Ontario during September. I caught 12 Muskies on one of John Snow's Crankbaits. That was my hottest bait for the year, all fish came in the propwash with 17 to 36' of line.
John |
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| Ill be the first of I am sure many to say the double cow |
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| Perch DDD |
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Location: Iowa Great Lakes | Wades Wobbler and DDD have served me the best so far. |
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Location: University of Hartford | Depthraider, and then bucktails |
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Location: martinsburg wv | hellhound |
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Location: Medford, WI | Bulldawgs and Curly Sues....probably 80% of my fish, maybe more.
-Jake |
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Location: Sawyer County, WI | A black Pacemaker was my big winner this season. |
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Location: Oregon, IL | Salmo Skinner 15 real gray shiner |
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Location: mpls | Trueglide Tremors- 90% of my fish this year. Hot bait in 2007 as well!! |
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Location: Hayward, WI | I think nearly tied for most productive this year are soft plastics (Super D's and Curly Sues), and Double Cowgirls.
curleytail |
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Location: South Portsmouth, KY | Another vote for the double cowgirl as being the most productive for me this year. |
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| sennetts small black pacemaker... gotta love topwater!!!!!!! |
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Location: Michigan | Dawgs/SuperDs by far and then DCGs |
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Location: WI | Tanner Wildes Rabid Squirrel dbl 8 bladed bucktail worked good for me this year. Lee's Chopper was good too. Moved a lot of fish on Topper Stoppers, and had some action on Dbl 10's, Rumblers, and small Bobbie baits.
Spent a lot of time trolling through the year with not a single musky caught. My tactics next season will be different. |
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Location: Oshkosh | Shumway Giant Flasher
Peter |
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| Various gliders, and ho-made buzzbaits in the reeds and shallows. I'll be throwing ALOT MORE buzzbaits next year. Working on a few designs this winter. |
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | Topraider, Weagle, and Bulldawgs |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Violent Strike Mag 8/10 spinnerbait, Llungen Nutbuster, Weagle, Rumbler, Creature. |
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| Star baits and Tuff Shads took the majority in my boat |
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| It's probably a dead even tie for me.
The first half of the season goes to the Dunwright Top Dancer (in the perch pattern). That thing is amazing and produced fish when nothing else would do it.
The later part of the season is easily attributed to a topwater, saltwater lure made by Lu Nemanius. He usually makes awesome gliders but his walk the dog, surface, striper lure is the best I've ever used.
Johnny
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Location: Chicago, IL | Rabid Squirrel tail... specifically the new rabid squirrel spinner bait put the most fish in my boat this year. the spinner bait is by far the most versatile lure I threw all season. |
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Location: Twin Cities | Odd year for me, last years #1 isn't even in my top ten.
Bulldawg/curly sue
DCG
Creeper
Manta
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| by far the big M,especially in the propwash
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Location: Passaic, NJ - Upper French River, ON | Red October Dbl 10, Sledge, 9" AP Lure, Rumbler, M&G spinnerbait.
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| Rubber......Big Joes/kickin minnows
Blades..... 8s, 9s, and 10s
Chopper....8 fish on 1 chopper in sept alone |
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Location: Dixon, IL | 7.5" Grandma is great for me for this year! Twitch, jerk, and swimming. Few nice bass on it, too! Sucker and walleye color is best for me. Would try H mother of pearl color on lakes with lot of shad in 2009!
Windel's Harasser is good bucktail for me!
Would try Hellbound, bulldawg and several other in 2009! |
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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | Muskie Treats and Suckers |
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