Bought some cool new surface lures....

[Fish Chris]

....this morning. The first two were purchased from the Musky Shop online.

This first one is called a Big Fork "Papa Chubby". It's an 8" lure, and weighs only 2.75 oz. It will be a piece of cake, to throw all night, on my regular swimbait rod. I was very intrigued by the jitterbug type of lip, and the fact that it was only $20.99.

This one is called a Mouldy's "Magnum Hawg Wobbler". It's an 8 1/4", 3 oz lure, which very much reminds me of the proven big bass bait, the MS Slammer, but only half the price, at $22.99, and I also like the fact that it has no soft plastic tail, to deaden the action. I hope this, and the lure above are NOISY as heck !

Okay..... and now for a beautiful work of art.... the only one of these lures I'm likley to throw in the day time.... The 3:16 Junior Wakebait trout. Ta Da ! :-) At $90, its one of the cheapest hardbaits made by 3:16 lures. But I know from trophy bass buddies that this is a VERY effective lure ! And its basically got a life time guarantee. Nice that it floats too, as should I ever break it off on the cast, I'll be much more likely to get it back.

Oh, this ones only 7 1/2" and 3.1 oz. Again, easy to throw all day.

I'd sure like to have a regular 3:16 wakebait... 10", 7oz. Definately a workout to throw, and $150 each ! ....but I will have one by next Spring for sure.

Can't wait to stick some fish on them :-) Will post them of course...

Peace,

Fish

[denn34]

Great looking trout, A little out of my league though!!!

[Fish Chris]

if you mean "price wise", I hear ya' ! I'm a poor guy who fishes too much, and doesn't work enough, but this is just one of those things that I knew I had to have. Been wanting one for many months....

But hey now, if you meant "the size of the lure", I have to tell you, being a hard bait, with two, loosely swinging Owner ST 36's, these baits will stick a lot of smaller fish in the 3 to 5 lb range (which are pretty much available anywhere in the country) than say a Hud, which really needs to be inhaled most of the time.

Plus, these big lures draw a lot more attention, in many situations, than smaller lures do.

Peace,

Fish

[Guest whittler]

The Mouldy's have been around a long time and is one of the favored Musky baits. The Slammer action is very similar to the Mouldy's, the Slammer does have a better pint job however.

[Fish Chris]

Sounds good. About the paint, I'm not much of a color believer anyway, but most especially at night, which is when I plan to throw the Mouldy most, anyway.

BTW, I was throwing the MS Slammer one night last week and stuck an 8.1, but it ripped off the soft plastic tail ! I only have one replacement, but it was at least a mile away, up in my car. So, I started throwing it without the tail. Looked totally stupid.... But I could tell that without the soft plastic tail to deaden the action, it was way louder ! I ended up getting 4 more bites on it "without" the tail, including a 7.1 lb'er.

So, when I saw that the Mouldy's were "all wooden lure" with no plastic tail, that intrigued me even more !

Glad to hear the Mouldy's are a time tested lure :-)

Thanks again,

Fish

[Raul]

Guess who fishes with musky size Jitterbugs.

Don 't get many hook ups with them but when I happen to get one it 's usually a goodun.

[Fish Chris]

What's up with those "tail spinner" type Musky lures ??? Not the little prop, but the kind where the whole tail section spins, with like a large single blade out to one side  ? Some even have two sections with counter spinning blades. They talk about them like they are pretty darn loud.

Might have to try those too....

BTW, I was surprised when the guy at the Musky Shop said that not too many West coast guys were buying there Musky lures for bass ? I bet that might eventually change.

Peace,

Fish

[T-rig]

Nice lures you got there Fish Chris. You want some noisy lures? You should try these. This one might be a bit small for you with 5.6" and 15/8oz. but it sure makes alot of noise. Shimano Triple Impact 140. (there is a color called Flash Trout which should work for you)

[T-rig]

Or this one: Team Daiwa Dead or Alive, 6" and 2.2oz. You can get the bait in Rainbow Trout color.

[T-rig]

Here's an intersting article on the Daiwa DOA:

http://www.tackletour.com/reviewdaiwadoa.html

[Guest whittler]

Chris, I have to correct myself, the paint job on the Mouldy's is pretty good but it does need a good top- coat, like epoxy to hold up. A lot of guys are missing the boat by not looking into musky baits for bass. I have been doing a lot of repaints on swimbaits lately and to be honest some of the better known baits are poorly constructed especially in their hinge joints, most musky fishermen would not throw them.

[hollandbass]

Chris, I have read a lot of your posts now, but haven't seen you list your rods/reels anywhere.  I am sure everyone else is very curious on your setups as well.  From what I gather you mostly throw BIG swimbaits on braid, just can't imagine throwing a 7oz bait all day.  Do you do any frogging or large jiggin flipping/pitching much anymore?

[Fish Chris]

That Daiwa DOA is a pretty cool lure. As a matter of fact, I have a buddy who throws one, and he stuck a 9 lb'er on it last week. I just wish it, and the other lure you post a the photo of, were a little bigger.....

Peace,

Fish

[Fish Chris]

as long as the lure holds together, I'm not really worried about the durability of the paint. In fact, I find a lure which has been anihalated so many times, that it barely has any paint left, to have a "very special appeal" :-)

You should see some of the Huds I have thrown.... I swear they had almost no paint left, and were like 30% glue, yet they still worked at least as well, if not better. I have a theory about that.... A big, lazy bass doesn't want to burn a lot of energy chasing a strong, healthy, clean fish.... but instead, it wants the easy ones, missing an eye, crooked back, skin falling off, etc :-)

On the other hand, being a HUGE fan of artwork of all kinds, especially if it involves fishing, or fish, I think custom painted lures make awesome collections / displays.

Peace,

Fish

[Fish Chris]

Well I love my Okuma's of course.... But here's the thing that might surprise you; I use almost nothing but spinning gear. It's not that I think that spinning is for everybody, but it's certainly for me !

Actually though, I've heard a few guys say that they won't use braided line because it doesn't work well on their baitcaster. Well, I'll tell you one thing > I feel SOOO strongly about my braided line, that if I did use baitcasters, and had problems with braid, I'd switch to spinning gear, before I'd ever think about switching to rubberband... I'm sorry, I meant to say "monofilament" ;-)

Anyway, my swimbait rods are Okuma Guide Series GS-S-761H, which are 7 1/2ft heavy action. Then I use an Okuma Inspira 45 reel, loaded with about 275 yards of 50 lb TUF-Line XP. Way more line than I need for bass, but when I chase Bat Rays with the same gear, I still gotta' chase them, or else I'll get spooled ! Seriously, 400 yard runs !

Peace,

Fish

[T-rig]

as long as the lure holds together, I'm not really worried about the durability of the paint. In fact, I find a lure which has been anihalated so many times, that it barely has any paint left, to have a "very special appeal" :-)

You should see some of the Huds I have thrown.... I swear they had almost no paint left, and were like 30% glue, yet they still worked at least as well, if not better. I have a theory about that.... A big, lazy bass doesn't want to burn a lot of energy chasing a strong, healthy, clean fish.... but instead, it wants the easy ones, missing an eye, crooked back, skin falling off, etc :-)

On the other hand, being a HUGE fan of artwork of all kinds, especially if it involves fishing, or fish, I think custom painted lures make awesome collections / displays.

Peace,

I completly agree with you Chris. I have this Megabass Vision 110 that I used all spring and the worse it looked the better it seemed to catch. Unfortunately something had to happen one day after using a lure for almost 3 months straight. The lip broke off but I love this lure so much that I replaced the broken off lip with aluminum lip and the bait still works! Don't throw away your broken lures. I have old cranks that also lost their lip and now use them as topwater baits.

Fish

[hollandbass]

Thats amazing Chris.  You do everything a typical "bass" fisherman would not! 8-)  I dont use UL for anything bigger than a crappie!

[SPEEDBEAD.]

What's up with those "tail spinner" type Musky lures ??? Not the little prop, but the kind where the whole tail section spins, with like a large single blade out to one side ? Some even have two sections with counter spinning blades. They talk about them like they are pretty darn loud.

Might have to try those too....

BTW, I was surprised when the guy at the Musky Shop said that not too many West coast guys were buying there Musky lures for bass ? I bet that might eventually change.

Peace,

Fish

Here are a couple musky shops for you to look at Chris. Most have the "tail spinner" as you call it.

I would have to recommend the Bucher Top Raider and Super Top Raider. Anything with Joe Bucher's name on it is a quality bait, IMO.

http://www.muskyshop.com/modules/web/index.php/id/1

http://www.pastikas.com/

http://www.smokeysmuskieshop.com/

Those should keep you entertained for a while    

Wayne