13 '' + musky lures

Post by **Fishing 24/7** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 3:45 pm

EVERY time i pull out my 13 inch believer people start to laugh some dont even believe the size BLAH BLAH BLAHG!

this year weve caught a 48'' musky on a 10'' believer ...

my question is has any body in here ever caught a musky on this SIZE of a lure?

i want to make sure im not loosing my time here.

Post by **Bass Addict** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:17 pm

Why don't you find out yourself

Post by **troutnmuskiehunter** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:27 pm

Fishing 24/7 wrote:EVERY time i pull out my 13 inch believer people start to laugh some dont even believe the size BLAH BLAH BLAHG!

this year weve caught a 48'' musky on a 10'' believer ...

my question is has any body in here ever caught a musky on this SIZE of a lure?

i want to make sure im not loosing my time here.

Kevin..13+ inches?????....are you kidding????...you're not using a big enough lure mon chum!!!...Now I understand why you haven't caught that monster yet

.....

You need to get this monster Jake!!!....ask Santa for one and hope you catch the Monster next season

Post by **Fishing 24/7** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 6:04 pm

i would need some salties to troll with a lure that size!

Post by **Relic** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 8:59 pm

Biggest thing I have ever caught a muskie on

That being said, spent the entire fall this year trolling lures 12 - 15 inches long and wound up with nothing to show.

I have caught some fish on baits over 12" but the vast majority of my fish have come on baits 8 or 10 inches.

Believe it or not probably 90% of fish 48 inches or better in my boat have been on 8 inch baits. 2 over fifty on 6 inch baits.

Post by **Fishing 24/7** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 9:55 pm

verry nice smashed pike you have there !

i was thinking a 13'' believer to me resembles a 1 maybe 2 pound pike.

wich would be a small bait for a 50 '' musky... right?

thanx for those pictures relic that musky your holding it looks verry LONG!! great catch!

Post by **g unis** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 7:07 am

while we all love big lures. the majority of big fish are taken with lures 6-10 inches.. the great debate will continue for years but logs, records show the final results.
match the hatch gents.

Post by **Lunker Larry** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 9:13 am

5 fish on 13" believers last year.

Post by **Fishing 24/7** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 2:17 pm

Lunker Larry wrote:5 fish on 13" believers last year.

any size on those fish or do the small ones hit big lures to?

Post by **Trophymuskie** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 6:02 pm

I was one of if not the first guys to use big lures around here. I had a friend make me a 15 inch Jake. You should of seen the looks on the guys faces when they saw that thing handed to me. Well on it's first pass it caught a fat 49 and the next weekend on its first pass again it got a 55 x 26 near 50 pound fish and a few weeks later I won my first MCI outing with a 51.5 on that same lure. If you do the math that 15 inch lure caught 3 fish averaging 51.5 inches that first fall. This might be the reason I have a box full of oversized lures some 10 years later.

Like George mentions some areas like St-Clair and the St-Lawrence where guys do great on 8 inch lures in late fall where I would never use one that small on the Ottawa.

As for 13 inch believers I don't do so well on them, I catch a tonne of big fish on the 10 inch Believers but do a lot better with the 12 inch plows in late fall.

Post by **HogHunter** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 8:19 pm

That was some great info, thanks for the question and the great response. My limited experience has taught me similar patterns, although I have had terrible luck trolling BIG baits in spring and summer, only late in the season.

Post by **Lunker Larry** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 7:51 am

Ref size caught- between 44 and 48". Success was on the pearch colour. This year we weren't as successful with, I think, only one fish caught on the 13" believer.
Like all baits, some years, for what ever reason, they work and then nothing.

Post by **Fishing 24/7** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 3:16 pm

12 inch plows in late fall.

what is a plow???

i would need a good musky guy to make me a list of lures with there pictures.

because everytime some talk about a musky lure i am so LOST !

12 '' plows?

what does that look like whats the action?

many many musky lures has diff. names i need a litle 101 musky name cours!

Post by **troutnmuskiehunter** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 3:27 pm

Here Kev....a bit of reading for you mon chum

....check out page 3

http://www.gettinghooked.net/images/Art ... ishing.pdf

Post by **Bass Addict** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 5:32 pm

Fishing 24/7 wrote: because everytime some talk about a musky lure i am so LOST !

Your lost alright ..more so than you think,,,

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