Whats your favorite ski lure

[witter1631]

I would say my favorite musky lure would have to be Musky Mania's Squirrley Burt or plain Burt. Just curious what u guys like..

[cupper]

My favorite would have to be the Lillytail from Muskie Mania. A close second would have to be the super topraider or the giant jackpot.

[dsludge]

It's still the 8" Hawg Wobbler.

-dsludge

[RuKiddingMe]

I have 2, the 8" Phantom and the Musky Magic Slidin Shad... I like my Castor custom bait also.

RU

[widslures]

wids lures are my favorite except no subtitute. lol

[porterhouse]

Every year its a different lure. This year it was a perch Hellhound. Awesome lure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brian

[Random guy]

Jmac jig with a Slowie replacement tail.

[big musk411]

Black and silver harasser and red/white super shad rap

[VMS]

Motor oil bulldawg through the year..and a 6 inch grandma/jake in the spring.

Steve

[Cooter]

Prop style surface lure - either Topraider or Top Walker.

Jon, what color do you like that J-Mac plastic combo in?

[Random guy]

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Jon, what color do you like that J-Mac plastic combo in?

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Black jig, white fluff with a white tail. (I can't find that style of tail in red)

[shamalex72]

8" bobbie bait,black with orange belly

[cjac]

I love the Jmac jigs as well. Straight line retrieve and a jigging motion. Cast a mile and solid hooksets, and only 1 hook to deal with in the net.

I use the Lunker City salt shaker trailers, they have a great looking red trailer.

[Cooter]

Yep, I got some of those purdy red Salt Shakers! Jon, how do you fish your J-Mac? I've only caught northerns on em so far - been fishing them like Stange suggests.

[LEECH21]

I prefer the red/black Harrasser bucktail...thats because I've only got 1 musky to my name and it came on that lure. I also caught a 22 inch largemouth on the same lure.

[RK]

Hiya,

My favorite is whichever one I caught my last fish on

A slightly more serious answer: I go on kicks from year to year where a certain lure gets a lot of use just because I get going on it and build up a lot of confidence in it. It's almost a certainty that a different lure used as much would do as well or maybe better, but if the confidence isn't there... Then the next year a different bait gets 'hot.'

Still the overall list of baits I rely on is pretty dang short. I've really made a conscious effort to reduce redundancy (in other words, not having lots of lures that do basically the same thing), and have my main selection down to a handful of old reliables, plus a few new baits here and there getting a tryout. As often as not, it's as much in your head as it is anything else...

Cheers,

RK

[Random guy]

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Jon, how do you fish your J-Mac?

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I like bring them up or down the break line with a simple action. Cast out the jig, tighten up the line then raise the rod tip two or three feet, hold it still until the line slacks or makes a "bow". Then twitch it along a few times then lift the rod tip again. I will do this until the jig is almost under the boat, once I start bringing the jig up I work it up and down while reeling in slow and swinging a figure 8 motion. I use a nine foot rod to do this and don't hesitate to set the hook on any little tug or tick! Musky kinda slurp up the jig instead of a full force strike.

[Random guy]

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Still the overall list of baits I rely on is pretty dang short. I've really made a conscious effort to reduce redundancy (in other words, not having lots of lures that do basically the same thing), and have my main selection down to a handful of old reliables, plus a few new baits here and there getting a tryout. As often as not, it's as much in your head as it is anything else...

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Well put RK, good point indeed.

[TomWehler]

Old lure called a Bucktail still works as good for me today as it did long ago!

It aint broke, it don't need a fix.

36-22-36

Simple things work best for me.

Wonderful Tom Wehler

[rascalP]

Depends on the lake. The lakes I fish have lots of shallow/weed/slop muskies. This makes topwaters an easy choice. Then it boils down to fast, slow or slower. Fast -- Mag Stomper, Topwalker, Pacemaker. Slow -- Hawg Wobbler (hands down). Slower -- Fat Boy, G Jackbot and (I keep tryin', no success) Weagle .

Glide -- AP and Phantom

Jig -- Shallow Bulldog, J-mac

Oh wait. Was it just supposed to be one?

Never mind

[Muskydanno]

Gotta go with the Showgirl as my new go-to bucktail and the hellhound is my new favorite glide bait. The weagle will be my new favorite topwater when i land a fish on it.Works too good to not catch fish. A few takers but none landed!

[TomWehler]

Got me a table ful for sale.

Cleaning out the stash from 2005.

100 plus glide /jerk type lures on that table.

E-mails to me will get potos.

Might have one you will get that special beast on or just something to give a buddy or yer kid.

T.

[TBone1]

CJs spinnerbait in the crappie pattern won me over this year and the weagle has created some great memories for me.

[Andrew Erickson]

My favorite would have to be the 6 inch phantom.The reef hawg is right up there to.

[CommonSense Guy]

Manta, Invader, LOW Rider, Eagle Tail...all you need