Musky Guy's

[mepps]

silver/black buctail or silver orange bucktail for me - with #7 or 8 French blade!

[linweir]

To Lower Buckhorn, I caught Muskie trolling 10" Strawberry Believer in deep water.

Another good lure is TubeJig.

[craigdritchie]

Mepps Musky Killer in Gold blade with Black buck. Every Canadian tire in Ontario carries them. For trolling I'd say an Orange rapala J-13 also at Canadian tire.

Couldn't agree more on the Muskie Killer. Lots of excellent baits mentioned in this thread, but none are as versatile as the big spinner, and for a lot of reasons:

 

1. Excellent hooking percentage

2. Comparatively lightweight, so more difficult for fish to throw

3. Casts fairly well even in stiff winds

4. More weedless than jerkbaits or big body baits

5. Can be fished really fast to cover water, or really slow when fish are lethargic, or in-between

6. Can be fished shallow or deep

7. Great stealth bait when muskie are fished hard or otherwise spooky

8. Easier on the arms and back than big jerkbaits

9. Cheap!

10. Also catches the occasional bonus monster bass or walleye

 

If I could only have one muskie lure, then the Muskie Killer would be it - hands down. But isn't collecting tackle part of the fun?

 

From An Angler's Dictionary, by Roy Beard and Henry McKie:

 

Unsporting: Any fishing technique developed around the actual catching of fish, rather than the collection of fishing equipment.

[hoops12]

Thanks so much for everyone's advise. I ended up using a black muskey killer inline spinner and man it worked. I landed 6 skies over the weekend, the biggest measuring 45 Inches. Not sure how to post a pic, but will when i find out.

 

Thanks again

[ehg]

Congrats on the good weekend! The black bucktail inline spinner has worked for many years.

 

Try uploading your pics from your computer to photobucket.com, then using 'insert image' button above put image code in. Can preview post to see how it works. Probably better explanation found somewhere on this site.