By no means am I some sort of musky expert. The most fun about catching fish is the discovery process. that being said i have spent too much money on musky lures. If you go to crashes landing at cave run there are more lures than a guy could lose. From what I have seen so far musky like to eat what will fit in their mouth. I catch smaller muskies on spinner baits but i do not doubt the fact that larger fish will eat small baits. And if you have the hours to so you will be succesful. I also know that the bigger fish like big lures and a big meal as I have had several good days with several fish using them. The best rod I use can cast up to 10 oz. baits and the best glider I use weighs about 8oz, i could not cast that lure on bass tackle, no way. On that glider in green I have caught rather large smallmouths,largemouths,??spots,and catfish????, I do not know why the spots and catfish like to hit something they could never eat. I for now do not belive there is lure that is too big that could actually be casted that a musky would not eat. If you look at the musky hunter magazine and see some of the baits that are trolled for them it is amazing.