10 best blue marlin lures

[waterman482]

I would have to rate the moldcraft wide range and super chugger as two of the top artificials,just look at the record books

[Ace1st]

My last two BLUES ate a Blk/prpl and a blu/wht Sea Star rigged with a Hoss ballyhoo. They were Babies, but they'll grow up one day.

[dtradin]

Wow, so many meat baits. What are you guys going to do when the rules change to circles only with meats for tourneys?

Anyway, here goes.

SC - Aloha large beauty, Bart Super Plunger
LC - Blue Breakfast
SR - Schneider rattle yap / small ruckus
LR - Micro beauty with ballyhoo / MC small chugger with meat
SG - islander with ballyhoo or Bart's pro-jet
2nd SR - ahi pussy or spreader bar
2nd LR - super pro-het or aloha lola with meat

[rarhomes]

Got a question, does everyone make their b&w/horse combos swimmers or do ya make them skippers and pull um faster?

I like to slow down and make um swim.

Capt. Rick

[Legacy]

For the northeast canyons and Tropic Star Lodge:
1. Pakula Wombat 17 inch in any color
2. Custom Rhodes 17 inch black/yellow bullet head - downright deadly on 500 plus blue and black marlin - any sea/any conditions/any time
4. Pakula Lumo - 14 inch on the long rigger
5. Pakula Black/purple wombat
6. Black Bart Run Cay Candy - Black/pink
7. Pola Kai 11 inch flat head customized
8. Sevenstrand Kona Clone - 17 inch - blue/yellow
9. Sevenstrand Weighted Purple Machine - 11 inch - simple yet deadly
10. Black/orange Islander/spanish mack combo - large

Take these to the bank and cash the tournament checks. Period. Hard stop.

[wauwinet]

Does anyone think the Green Machine belongs here? I know it's primarily a tuna bait, but I keep hearing about people catching blues on it.

[reel fool]

I definitely would not put it in a top 10 list, but it catches all kinds of fish. an effective lure. Blue marlin respond to faster dragged lures that make smoke trails, run straight (or mostly straight) & stay in the water. the green machine may catch plenty of blues if deployed in a well placed spread, but I would not believe that it was what made the spread work....even though it was the one that closed the deal.

Does anyone think the Green Machine belongs here? I know it's primarily a tuna bait, but I keep hearing about people catching blues on it.

[Seaker]

Last ones came from Bart St Thomas Prowler and a Bart El Squid Jr with the meat behind a Carlson Bird

[Glenn W]

That's a great pic Seeker. Checkout that hook set--- one sharp ass hook you had there---- pretty work. When you do drive it home in the soft bone like that it ain't coming out easily-- note reversed hook.
Sorry for being off topic here.

[canyongear]

Hey Guys,
New here! great stuff..I have a question about the Murray LNG..i have a couple with electronics in them and a couple that allow a glow stick..any thoughts on the success or differentiation on the two..history thereof..etc.

Deep C, for what its worth I tried to buy what was left of Murray Brothers from Mundt. After weeks of due diligence and negotiating we reached a price and a deal..at the last minute he changed the deal to be able to wring out the last dollars of value out of Murray Brothers..he rented the entire customer list to several large tackle companies..whom I will not mention..but you can imagine johnny morris who?..Mundt then dropped the price further to make the balance of the assets saleable. I can tell you this...he was hellbent on ruining the company when he decided to pull the plug on it..if it would not work for him/son/daughter in law..nobody was going to get it in any fashion to keep it as a going concern.

It broke my heart to see this company go by the way of a papersalesman dodo..Mundt was in the paper business before he got his buyout packie. Doen't make him a bad guy, but paper ain't fishin or the tackle biz no matter whose toilet paper your using.

The end result...we dropped the deal and left Mundt with the wreckage. He sold the company the name and trademarks to Ira Trocki the nip tuck guy from Jersey..who picked up alot of good names at firesale prices..Murray/Buddy Davis/Egg Harbor etc..and is building something under those names..haven't really seen the new stuff..anyways the catalogue business still thrives with websites and the new breed took over the Murray business..ie: Finest Kind/Melton/J&M and the myriad of smaller companies im sure all got a piece of the pie that Murray had. I often wondered why Ed Murray et al, just didn't buy the name and marks back..altho I understand there was a pretty good rift between he and Mundt...
A shame..a la Fin-Nor and its last owners..another Cape Fearful tragedy.