If you could only have 10 lures. . . .

[Cooter]

OK, I know its absolutely crazy that any self-respecting musky fisherman would only have 10 lures, but if so which 10 would you put in your boat? I'll start it off - not in order of my favorites.

1. Blue Fox musky buck

2. Mouldy's Hawg Wobbler

3. Bobbie bait

4. Mepps musky killer

5. Bucher top raider

6. Bucher depth raider

7. Phantom jerkbait

8. Suick(weighted)

9. BullDawg

10. J-Mac jig and plastic

[RuKiddingMe]

In no particular order...

Musky Magic Slidin' Shad

Odessy Phantom

Odessy Viper

Dun Wright Dancer 7"

Musky Nut Wabull

Buchertail Top Raider

Musky Mania Jake 10"

Buchertail Depth Raider

LOW Rider

Black and Red w/Orange blade Custom Bucktail

I sure like the jerks and gliders...

RU

[paperlipz]

Mepps Musky Maribou

Musky Candy

CJ's single blade spinnerbait

Bulldawg

10" Weighted Suick

Manta

Wave Walker

Pacemaker

Hog Wobbler

LOWrider Magnum

[SteveWilson]

All you need is one lure

VISA card

[RuKiddingMe]

It's everywhere you want to be... (VISA)

RU

[cliffy]

Ok, this is a tuff one but here I go

1. Bucher Top Raider-Baby Loon

2. Manta glide bait-Wild Sucker or Small Mouth Bass

3. Bionic Bucktail-orange and black

4. ERC Grinder-White and Yellow

5. Mepps Maribou-Black and Silver

6. 10inch weighted Suick-Black

7. Bert-Black Perch

8. Hawg Wobbler

9. J-Mac Jig with Large plastic swim body

10. Pace Maker-Orange and Black Lace pattern

To be honest, I have over 200 lures but I seem to have the most luck on the basic black/silver bucktail and the Manta. I just like collecting those darn things. It drives the wife crazy..

[David Swenson]

I would have the following:

1. Baileytail Bucktail

2. Jake Bait

3. Suick

4. Top Raider

5. Wades Wobbler

6. Baileytail Spinnerbait

7. Creeper

8. Bobbie Bait

9. Blue Fox Vibrax

10. Eagle Tail

I of course would want every color and size available of each of the lures mentioned!

David Swenson

http://muskieguide.homestead.com/

[gators06]

I'm new to the sport (half dozen outings or so, with 1 42" on a bionic bucktail), but now have a good shopping list from you guys, thanks!

[guideman]

I have hundreds however these are the ones I like the best.

1. Harraser bucktail, color optional.

2. Topraider, baby loon or Black/orange.

3. Jackpot.

4. Muskie Candy.

5. Bobbie bait.

6. 6" and 7" Nitro (H20 Tackle).

7. Hogwobbler, any color, as long as it's black.

8. Manta.

9. Spinnerbait, an color, as long as it's white.

10. Marabu bucktail. black/silver, purple/white

"Ace"

[RK]

If it were me...

2 single spin rad dogs - one dark, one light. Grinders would be ok too...

Mouldy's Topper Stopper

10" Jake - Tenn. Shad preferably

10" Believer, $9 Bass or Finlander

Musky Buster Topwalker

Magic Maker

Squirrley Burt

2 Burns Burner bucktails, one white/silver, one brown/orange

That'd about do me all year. Other baits I'd hate to be without of course, but I could make a pretty good living on these.

I don't know exactly how many baits I have, but it's into 4 digits. Funny thing though, I don't have a lot of different KINDS of baits - just lots of the ones I know I like...

Cheers,

RK

[widetrack]

Give me a 10" firetiger Jake.

A black and orange top raider

A brown skirt/orange blade Rad dog.

That should about cover it.

I'm not sure why I have all that other dump hanging around.

[Aj10]

1.6-8 inch phantom

2.musky maribou

3.hawg wobbler

4.stomper

5.jackpot

6.suick

7.bull dawg

8.grandma/jake

10.storm big thunder{shallow diver}

[barnyard]

It wouldn't be that difficult to narrow it down to 4 baits. I am sure that most folks rarely use more than 8 different baits a day. I know that most days, I rig up 4 rods and rotate between those 4 baits all day and of those 4, one of them is in the water 75%+ of the time.

I have also built up a large inventory of baits and am finding that the more baits that I have to choose from, the more that I fall back on the ones that I know how to work and have the most confidence in.

So, for me, it would be:

1. a couple of Rad dogs

2. a couple of rock hoppers

3. couple of Blue Fox bucktails

4. some jigs with thumber plastics and tubes.

5. a couple of bobbie baits

Of my list, the plastics are possibly the most versatile. With some different sized jigheads, hooks, weights and other inserts, I can do everything (including topwater) with a tube that is being done with any other bait.

I'll probably put the rest up for sale....

Tom B

[Cooter]

Hey Barnyard - Just curious what a rock hopper is, have never heard of them before.

[wisconsinfish]

1) home made bucktails (my #1 lure, and they are cheap!!)

2) suick 9" thriller weighted

3) Bucher dancing raider- modified-mine sinks-better action

4) Bucher top raider

5) Little Joe rubber lure

6) Jake

7) Burt

8) Bucher Baby depth raider

9) Figure 8 mini boss(a must have for lake wabigoon,ontario)

10)Slap tail

How about top 10 muskie lakes????

Speaking of lures I wanted to recommend a great place to buy muskie lures in wisconsin. It's the largest in the world for just muskie lures, you can search "muskie shop" on google. Somewhat pricey but you can find everything in every color.

J.T.

[cliffy]

I agree, I have spent a ton of cash at that place...they always have what I am looking for...very nice people.

[barnyard]

A rock hopper is kind of like a Wade's Wobbler, but with a metal lip so you can bash them into rocks. The guy that makes them also makes Rad Dogs, but the only place he sells them is at the Mn Muskie Expo.

Tom B

[scruffy]

nobody mentioned the Burmek B1!!

good times...

[kjgmh]

Musky Nut Weagle

Bucher Top Raider

Bucher Jointed Shallow Raider

Inhaler Bucktail

6" Reef Hawg

8" Jake

Musky Nut Wabull

Rad Dog Spinner Bait

Fuzzy Duzzit

Delong Killer Eel