'Guess the hot musky lure and win a box of pods' CONTEST!

[SL3]

Now you promise to give each lure equal time right? 

 

[D3monic]

Pretty sure #5 will be the hot ticket as well

 

[muskymojo]

Pretty sure #5 will be the hot ticket as well

The legendary Eagle Tail bucktail. This one is quite old, one of the originals, and is made with real skunk hair. When it's wet it smells like skunk.

 

[Rymerpt]

Shit, give me some wasabi and some soy sauce. I may eat #11 myself. Chartruce for the win.

 

[muskymojo]

Shit, give me some wasabi and some soy sauce. I may eat #11 myself. Chartruce for the win.

^^

Another really good choice ( actually, they are all good choices. That's why I picked them )

#11 is a Magnum Shallow Invader made by Musky Innovations. It's one of the new lures I picked up recently and haven't tried yet, so it will definitely get some use on this trip. It's the same lure as #10, but bigger (and obviously a different color). I've had really good luck with the smaller version, so I expect good things from this one.

 

[Rymerpt]

FYI

I just showed the lures to my wife and had her pick one without much explination. She chose #12. I find that kinda ironic because you said that one has been s big producer and she knows nothing about fishing.

Just wanted to share.

 

[Ashen]

Happy  it is only for US members, that way I don't have to knock Grant off to get number 16 .  Canadian fish love that sucker when the water is clear.

 

[hogleg]

Hey Musky, what do you do to prevent line twist with the inline spinners? Or do you not have problems with that?

 

[muskymojo]

Hey Musky, what do you do to prevent line twist with the inline spinners? Or do you not have problems with that?

I've never had a problem with the bucktails. The blades spin, but the lures themselves don't seem to. For casting, I don't even put a swivel on the leaders I make. I do put swivels on my trolling leaders though.

 

[Weed]

http://i.imgur.com/hkatIl9.webm
 
lol

 

[hogleg]

http://i.imgur.com/hkatIl9.webm
 
lol

    So many cool points and hat lost!

 

[Weed]

Oh man who told you about cool points?
 
I had to pick some up the other night.

 

[oldsalty]

Well now I'm lost!!

 

[Rymerpt]

Hey Musky, what do you do to prevent line twist with the inline spinners? Or do you not have problems with that?

Those fancy ballbearing swivels are good as gold!

 

[hogleg]

Those fancy ballbearing swivels are good as gold!

 
Yea the Sampo's or what ever they are called. I still get line twist with spinners fishing fast water in rivers for steelhead. Using a spinning real isn't helping my sitch either. Still my favorite way to fish steelies though.

 

[Rymerpt]

Hogleg,

You need to transition to a flyrod.

 

[hogleg]

Hogleg,

You need to transition to a flyrod.

 
You ever see those guys that throw there golf clubs in the pond. Yea, I'm not trying to be one of those guys 
 
Somewhere I have an old fly rod and reel buried. Where it is safe from being broken over my knee after I lose my ninth nymph on the plant life behind me.
 
True story.

 

[Rymerpt]

You ever see those guys that throw there golf clubs in the pond. Yea, I'm not trying to be one of those guys 
 
Somewhere I have an old fly rod and reel buried. Where it is safe from being broken over my knee after I lose my ninth nymph on the plant life behind me.
 
True story.

Ok

That I can relate to.

Steelhead.......the fish of a thousand casts.

I've only landed one and he was small.

 

[hogleg]

I
 

Ok

That I can relate to.

Steelhead.......the fish of a thousand casts.

I've only landed one and he was small.

 
I've caught a few big ones on the Trinity by Willow Creek (Patterson bigfoot film) and Sac river by Redding. 7 to 12 pound range. Them and sturgeon are the most exciting thing to catch IMO.

 

[muskymojo]

Ok
That I can relate to.
Steelhead.......the fish of a thousand casts.
I've only landed one and he was small.

Musky are known as the fish of 10,000 casts. They are extremely elusive, and very fun to catch.

I do fish Steelhead in late winter/early spring here. Lots of fun casting from shore on Lake Superior. For that I use 12 foot rods, spinning reels, and 6lb mono. You can really zing a weighted bobber out there with that setup. We catch a lot of small cohos doing that too.

http://minnesotasteelheader.blogspot.com/2013/04/shore-casting-for-winter-kamloops.html

For musky, I use 80lb braided line and 174lb solid stainless wire leaders for casting. As much as I love catching trout and salmon, it doesn't even come close to hooking on to a big musky, for me. It's truly addicting. Once you see a giant one following your bait to the boat, you are hooked for life ( at least i am). There is no going back...