5 must have lures & will put you on fish!

[Caleb]

Ok guys, looking to for your 5 lures that are a must in your daily arsenal. Can't seem to stop buying (addiction) lures and taking a whole box or 2 full is getting heavy. What are your recommendations for 5 lures that you could move fish on any lake?

5 lures that WORK for me:

1. Sucker Giant Jackpot

2. Black/red blade Inhaler Tandem

3. 9" Perch Suick

4. Black LOWrider Mag

5. Bleedin sucker Phantom soft tail 7.5"

[AWH]

I don't think I could ever narrow it down to just 5. But if you go to Mille Lacs and look at what the other boats are throwing there are only TWO must have lures. Double Cowgirls and Magnum Bulldawgs.

But I need to have my 10" Jakes and top water baits such as a Top Raider, Top Walker or Pacemaker. Then throw in a spinnerbait like a Rad Dog. With those 5 completely different style baits I can be pretty versatile and fish in any condition I'm faced with.

Aaron

[Questor]

I really like white 3/4 ounce spinnerbaits. It's Monday after work and I'm too exhausted to think of the other four right now.

[Dkoy]

Thats the exact reason why I believe not to throw them. Almost every other boat I cruise by or follow behind is either throwing a double cow or mag. I opt to use a different presentation. Other than when I have not competition is when I throw the double cows or if I hit an area that I know has not been pounded every inch with 2 double cows zippin.

[RK]

Hiya -

Heheh...Aaron has trouble getting down to 5. I have trouble getting UP to 5...

My list would be:

1. Single spin spinnerbaits. Most versatile muskie lure there is. I could probably stop right here...

2. 10" Believer. Almost as versatile as the spinnerbait. Cast, troll, whatever. Amazingly good in weeds. When fish hit these, they're trying to kill them.

3. Suick. Fish just eat the things

4. Bait Rigs Esox Cobra Jig - Even after getting some press the last few years, jigs are still the most under-fished muskie lure there is...

5. Mouldy's Topper Stopper. A topwater everyone ignores, but still the one I use most. Have one that's caught probably 50 muskies now...getting close to retirement. Can use them from flat calm to 4' waves and they still get eaten.

Cheers,

Rob Kimm

[CanOCorn]

So I am new to muskie fishing and I'm trying to gear up for a trip to Souix Lookout, Ontario (Lac Suel) for walleye, pike and muskie. The guys I am going with have gone for years and have there standard bucktails with them. I am looking to get some different lures and I see a lot of great ideas on here but where are you getting them? Gander and Fleet don't have Double Cowgirl bucktails. I didn't even check the other brands yet. One more question, there are about 10 different brand names of bucktails. Which is the best. Any help is much appreciated. I leave in 8 days so the sooner the better in case I have to order online.

Thanks in advance!!

Here is my email if you want to shoot me a store name or online store that isn't a sponsor of fm. jxande8 at hotmail.com

[Grant Pearson]

my 5 must have lures that I don't leave the ramp without are:

1. Mepps tandem marabou

2. Rapala x-rap

3. daredevil (always a great standby lure)

4. mepps musky killer

5. suick.

[MuskyBrian]

Super easy to get down to 5

DOuble Cowgirl

Mepps marabou

Top Raider

Bulldawg

Suick

done

[Rebel9921]

Yes... Gander Mountain in Lakeville do sell double cowgirl but its pricey...almost $9 more than MTO, and almost $6 more than TB... What I would do is send you to Aaron of Muskie Tackle Online... He got great stuff and at excellent pricing... Hes a good guy to work with!!!

Basically... there are many bucktails that does good... Such as Llungen's DC-10, DC-8, Reefer, Tales, ... Musky Mayhem's Double Cowgirl, Showgirls, Eagle Tail, Siligirl, Supergirl... Mojo's XX, XXX... Just basically have to go for those that do catch your eye and your confidence in using them...

I sent you an email... Good luck!

[Rebel9921]

I know I have not caught a muskie... but I guess I could list those lures that I felt confident with... and used those lures the most:

1. Nite Bites Series

2. Hellhound

3. Rumbler

4. Double Cowgirl

5. Raptor Tail - I got two stimaenously follow on fishing opener on this 7" dual-bladed bucktail...

[CanOCorn]

Thanks a million Rebel!!

[bonelach]

couldn't agree more with DKoy. It seems like everywhere you go, its a couple of magnum bulldogs getting ripped through the water in a ridiculously aggressive manner. more power to you if you're actually boating muskies with that technique, but it seems like guys are doing it more and more because it's the trendy thing to do.

For myself, and the water I like to fish, it's pretty basic, but all in the presentation.

1) #5 tandem musky killer

2) suick

3) top raider

4) jake

5) hogwabbler

[eyehead]

1.Double Cowgirl

2.Bulldawg (Pounder)

3.Jackpot

4.Top Raider

5.Physco Spinner

[ole matty]

rad dog

reef hawg

super topraider

tandem harasser

squirrley burt

i wld like to get dbl cowgirl but i dont really have confidence in them.

[Grant Pearson]

no confidence in the dbl cowgirl? Obviously someone didn't get the memo that over 225 muskies over 50" were caught on it last year. If that doesn't inspire confidence,I don't know what would.

[MuskyBrian]

In one week on Eagle Lake in my boat 3 50" fish were caught, 1 49" and 1 48" on a double cowgirl....that's one week....needless to say, I have a "little" confidence in it...by little I mean I throw it 80%of the time now

[ole matty]

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no confidence in the dbl cowgirl? Obviously someone didn't get the memo that over 225 muskies over 50" were caught on it last year. If that doesn't inspire confidence,I don't know what would.

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i know abt that but that doesnt nmean i have to be confidence in them..

[Quackaddict9]

matty- you'll catch your biggest fish on a double cowgirl.. i guarantee it

[Rebel9921]

Im thinking the same... Time for Matty to get a double cowgirl!!!

[Grant Pearson]

I second that!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[steffanf]

If there is one color combination to get for a Double Cowgirl, what would you all recommend?

-Gregg B.

[Quackaddict9]

i have the purple and silver blades. But the pink and pink blades seem like the popular one.

[AWH]

If the best Double Cowgirl color is based on how many sell, the best seller has been the Rainbow/Nickel. Not too far behind has been the Black-Chartreuse/Chartreuse, Blue-Silver/Nickel, Black-Red/Red and of course, Black/Nickel. But my personal favorite is Black-Chartreuse with Nickel blades.

Aaron

[Rebel9921]

I have the black/black nickel one... but definitely will be purchasing few more... especially the black-chart/chart and black-chart/nickel... I feel very confident with any lures as long it is black or has black in it...

[ole matty]

i guess i will get one tmw morning n see whats happening tmw evening. so rainbow n nickel wld be good start?