muskie lures

One of my co-workers who does alot of muskie fishing has caught many big bass (around 20 inches) while muskie fishing. It seems those big baits definitely attract big fish. Have any of you had similiar expieriences?

Yes, earlier this year I was throwing a #5 Mepps, which isn’t a big muskie lure, but I had small and medium sized bass all over it! I wanted to upgrade to muskie lures just to see what would happen but I didn’t have the proper equipment for such a decision. Which is odd for me…………………..I usually have one of everything “just in case”! Last summer I had an outing chock full of 3+ pounders using a baby suick and a large surface glider, much like a Heddon Torpedo but from FLW and larger with a teaser tail.

Yes, The biggest Largemouth I have ever caught was in a lake in Wisconsin on a giant jackpot. Jackpots are 8″ walk the dog type baits and the bass was 5lbs. Almost every time I go muskie fishing I catch a few bass. They are not all big, I have caught 14″ bass on 10″ suicks.

on lake of the woods I nailed a 5 pound class fish on a big bucktail… too bad they cant put up much fight on that kind of tackle.. one of the few times I skipped a BIG SMB across the surface like it was a minnow….. they are quite outmatched by 50# dacron and musky rods/reels…..

I’ve had real good luck with Musky Killers on smallmouth. Large Suicks=Big bass on the Flambeau Flowage.

hey rivereyes, do you make it up to lake of the woods alot, I lived there for 3 years a while back, right on the rainy river, about a 20 minute boat ride from the lake…

I used to make it up there 2-3 times a year…. I loved it… particularly the northwest angle…… but then the canada vs Mn border thing kind of messed things up and Ive not been there for a while… but its a beautiful and amazing fishery…..

A few years ago, I caught a 7# walleye on a 9″ Suick and a 40″ muskie on a jig and minnow…..on the same weekend. Beav

Well, you don’t expect nature be unbalanced do you? LOL! Good Humor Beav!

No humor, pure fact. Caught the walleye twitchin` a Suick over some cabbage in 8′ of water.

Later that day we were pitchin’ jigs on a point and the muskie hit in about 18′ of water. Took me 20 minutes to get it in and then another 20 minutes of holding on to her tail til she could right herself and swim away.

No………….not humor as in “Whopper” but humor as in “funny story”. It’s a great irony and it made me chuckle! So I’ll try again……………..Good Story Beav!

Was on Sunrise Lake in Chisago County last week casting a number 9 or 11 can’t remember for pike and caught a 12 1/2 inch crappie on it . The thing fought and hit like a ton of bricks for a crappie.