Northwest Fishing Reports

Muskie spinnerbait skirts that is.

See any pictured that look like good colors in Washington? These are 8 inch 53 strand silicon starflash.







Finished product (of course I only got one of these)

All of thee above. Send me 2 of each and I'll test them for Bass.

Sounds like I could/ought to just option the skirts by each spinnerbait color.

Appreciate the feedback.

I don't fish warmwater species, but that finished product looks NICE!

John, you certainly know how to get a mods attention quick with your post title, "Chasing Skirts".

yeah, it was a test. LOL.

In a week (168hrs) I got 83 views on a Trout forum sponsor message with a 20% discount code. In 12 hrs, I got 111 views to this chasing skirts post that attracted multi-species anglers to the Muskie forum.

Looks like the title gets more then the moderators attention on this one.

Truth be told, I really was chasing around looking for another blue and black skirt when the title idea for a thread came to me.

John those are some nice colors, we use alot of the white,white and chart,chart and blue for Pike. When it comes to the Muskie we use alot of blk,blk and silver,brwn and orange,green,brwn. Keep up the good work on the lures. I will be throwing them when i hit the river.

I'm missing something where's the skirts?#-o Early reports on your skirted lures for salmon show the chat/white combo is the ticket. Purple for some reason is always a good color for steelhead and trout. My bucktails with black and red do very well. The Cudaman bucktail in brown and white put several Pike in the boat last October. When we fire up for Pike in March I'll be fishing the FCS Muskie Dinner Bell's and FCS Special Editions in all colors then we'll see what else the Pike like. John on the FCS Squid Lures can the skirts be interchanged?

I could make another design with a jointed tail for the skirt and hook, with a split ring attach and yes it could then be changed, have to see what process would turn out to be. Also not sure how that will run or hang up on a cast, but seems it would allow a skirt change over th top loop onto the skirt collar. or by split ringing on a different color.

Is this question about skirt wear or just to change colors? If wear, with this design you would remove the tail, messing with the split ring, either taking off the head or tail, then pull or snipe off the old skirt, then push the new skirt over the tails top loop and onto the collar. If you want a new tail and old ones good, you could sell the tail sections with different colors to swap them. Not sure what you were thinking.

Here's number 1 - I put the skirt on over the tail loop. Its a little sketchy pushing it toward that waiting barb, but pretty easy overall. I split ring attached the hook, so it could be removed or changed if needed.

Also added that black pvc slack absorber on the head section. It can slide over the tail splitring, spanning the two sections to stabilize them if needed, same with tail stack.

Bump. I edit added a picture of a jointed one.

If the stacked aspect of Squid positioning the hook toward end of skirt and avoiding stinger, isn't important, I could do away with the stacker.

Then you could do the skirt switch (provided it was a worn skirt situation) over the hook, like a spinnerbait. I suppose you could do a skirt color change that way to. Slide current skirt off over hook, then new one back on. Removing the old one back over the hooks barb might break some strands depending on skirts age.

sparky1doug wrote:I'm missing something where's the skirts?#-o

I think this is what Sparky is looking for. Can you design something like this?:-" ...........sorry[razz]

Surrender gracefully, those things of youth! I figured, just wouldn't bite.

Either she has some really funny looking legs, or it is a terrible Photo Shop job.

O.k., back to spinners so I don't get suspended for hijacking a thread.

Thanks Marc for the skirt picture and yes I think that a maniquin. But the effort was there. John I don't know how importent it would be to be able to switch out skirts if it effects the action or noise it may not be a good idea. The salmon boys where just curious if that option of skirt swap was possible.

sparky1doug wrote: if that option of skirt swap was possible.

Sure its possible, just need some communication to build to their spec.

For jointed, I'll need to try one in the water. The way it feels, it will do fine and may have more side to side motion++.

Other option, if they want to change skirts on a one pieice, is to take a scissors to the pvc stacker to remove it, then change skirts over hook (provided its a single hook, that is).

There are a couple of beads pvc was centered over. That might slow down the switch. I can remove them if I know their preference.

If they want the positioning back after switch, just buy a couple feet of 1/4inch od. pvc and slide it back over barb into place.

Sparkydoug needs to change his skirt lol...who fishs for salmon? I thought you fished for real fish, fish with big teeth lol....

You know you wear one skirt and your marked forever. Deep within the souls of many salmon fishers burns to desire to catch a 50" Muskie or Pike. They just keep it to themselves hoping for a chance to achieve the dream. Hey friends of the fish, check out my new blog, click on the link on my signature. This week "Muskies in October" next week "Shirt Chasers".

Nice looking blog Sparky

Thanks Mark, its just starting and I'm looking forward to the future of it. If you could email me your favorite fishing story or reports (don't forget pictures) I'd like to post them. Take Care >:"":>