How many lures?

[wasssit]

Just wondering how many Musky lures people have in there tackle box.
I have about 2 dozen, but that doesn't seem to be enough. Mostly bucktails

[cliffy]

Let me start by saying I have had the muskie sickness for a few years...and the answer to your question is about 150 lures. Yes, a person does not need that many...and that is something I have heard my wife say a thousand times. To be honest, I have about 12 that I use most of the time. A handful of bucktails, jerk/glide baits, cranks and plastics is all a person really needs...Just my two cents.

[Esoxmn]

Last count 150+. Yes i have a problem

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[Mightymuskie]

Well I also definitly have the sickness!! Last count was over 300 last summer and I probably got another 50 over the winter and plan on buying more! Most have only been thrown a few times. I have a box with my favorite 40 in it, that I just keep rotating. Most of the lures are jerks and cranks, a few bucktails, spinnerbaits, and soft plastics. Even worse I've built a workshop for making my own lures. I don't think I can be cured!

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[RK]

Hiya,
Well, it's a sick deal let me tell ya...

The bait wall in my basement is 7'x11', and it's full floor to ceiling. Plus I've got some hanging from the floor joists too. I started acquiring muskie lures when I was 13, so I've had some time to gather a few. I've never counted (kind of scared to) but it has to be near 4 digits or better. Like I said, sick deal.

I did notice something a while back though. It's not so much that I have lots of *different* baits, it's that I have *lots* of the baits I use most often. I like two different kinds of bucktails an awful lot, one made to my specifications, and one designed by my Esox Angler cohort Jack Burns. They're custom tied, and I buy them a couple dozen at a time in my pet colors every so often, cuz fish chew 'em up eventually, and I'd rather make one big order than a bunch of little ones. So I have all kinds of those around... For the baits I rely on, a dozen or so (sometimes 2 dozen, or more) in various colors isn't unusual. Plus some baits I really like go out of production, so I hoard them, because a lot of muskie baits get destroyed or wear out eventually. It all adds up.

Still, when I was down in my tackle room this winter it started to sink in how many of the baits I have may never see the light of day again because I just won't ever use 'em. Some of them were flops for one reason or another, others have been replaced by baits that do the same thing but hook better, are more durable, or whatever... Between the lures, rods I never use anymore, and all the other crud I have laying around, I really should clean things out and have a doozy of a garage sale

When I'm actually on the water though, I don't carry all that many baits. 25 maybe? I could probably get by with less than half that. One some waters, I only bring 2 or 3. I fished for a week on Lake of the Woods last summer with one Plano Stowaway with half a dozen baits.

Cheers,
RK

[half2fish]

I just started to gather muskie lures and i am only 16 so i think i have about 10 or 12. not a bad start and would defenatly love to accually get a muskie to even follow. But i think i have a fever anyways.

[pondhopper]

I just started too so I only have about 10.

[half2fish]

Have you gotten any muskies yet?

[Lost]

I'm not even a Muskie fisherman (yet) and I already have about 20 lures. Got them all this year.

[pondhopper]

The only fish I hav caught so far is a 29 inch muskie.

[Hugo]

RK,

Let me know when you have that garage Sale
:-).

I started muskie fishing a couple of years ago with my 3 boys. To be honest, they buy most of the lures these days with money they get working here and there although when we started I bought about 10 that we used the first year. I would say we know have close to 100 or so, never counted.

Dave

[guideman]

After 35 years of muskie fishing I have amassed about 500 baits, of one kind or the another. Like RK, many of them will never see the water again.

I have a bucket with about 20 baits in it that I use all the time. I change it over the course of the season depending on weather and seasonal changes however it's still only about 20 baits.

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[CRAPPIEBAIT]

6 5gal buckets full.About 100+ I would guess.I have lots o hair and top water.

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Greg

[fishinmike]

i was lucky enough to get a job at odyssey lures out of centerville this summer. im only 15 but love to fish for the bigguns' i got about 15 musky lures and some more that i dont use because they are just way to big for my rod.
im still collecting though and there is no sign of stopping

Best Wishes and Fishes
Mike

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[AWH]

I actually just counted mine this morning for the first time. I bought a new Lakewood box because I've got too many baits for my old box.

Seeing the number of baits that some have, now I don't feel nearly as bad. I've been fishing muskies for about 15 years and I'm at 92 baits. I've had a lot of will power the last 5 years and have bought only a few baits per year.

But of my 92 baits, I've put 56 in my Lakewood box that I might use. The remaining baits I have are going to stay in the basement because I'll likely never use them again. And of my 56 baits in my box, I probably only use about 20 of those on a regular basis. And a typical day on the water will see me only using 6 to 8 baits, sometimes only a couple.

AWH

[Aj10]

I have almost 100.

[wasssit]

I just bought 8 new lures, when I went fishing on leech. Out of all of them 1 worked the best, green and black caught all the fish, this time.

[Swamp Scooter]

I have a few, 10, and am going out today to try some of them out.

Garage sales from some of your "tackle rooms"???... I would drive a way for that. Even with gas at about $2 / gallon!

[bassman186]

I've got about 270 that I've been collecting since I was 3, most from family members and ones that I've bought and found on the lake!

Produce stocker by day, Muskie and Bass fisherman by night

Matt

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