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Get a Daiwa 300. Any Daiwa 300 7:1 speed or higher. Get the heaviest 7’4” fast or extra fast action bass rod rated lure wait up to 2oz +. Longer the butt end length the better. Heavy Swim bait rods. Kast king make a good one. Lew’s Xfinity Pro on clearance at Sportsman’s warehouse right now if they have a 1/2-2oz lure weight rated, 7’4 Heavy extra fast remaining in stock, that’s a good place to start for 30$ you get an 80$ rod right now on clearance. 80lb test power pro. AFW Tooth Proof wire leader material. Make your own leaders. You can twist em up by hand if you got strong fingers. Then bend the excess into an L shape and rock it back and forth and it breaks clean at the twist. I make em on the boat. But I also keep a bunch made when I can. Buy 1oz Rattle Traps. Forget all these giant baits to start. One knocker Rattle traps are cheap and super effective. In spring they are deadly cause bait is small in spring. AC Shiners are also good. I mostly cast minnow baits. Lipped and lipless. You can repaint em when they get thrashed. You can change the hooks. Rubbers and blade baits wear out, they get chomped to death and can’t be repaired usually. There are minnow baits and crank baits available for every depth you want to fish. If you need weedless then go to standard looking spinner baits that are up sized from bass spinner. 1 1/2 oz -2oz. Or you can fish large tubes. Swim baits. Yum Money Minnow for budget. First time you throw a 30$ Sinking Bull dawg and back lash and it sinks to the bottom and you get it hung in a tree or stump on the bottom you’ll cry like a baby. Or you rare back and throw one of those 4-8oz lures and your back lash stops the reel and the line cracks like a whip and your bait flys off you’ll be sorry you clipped it on. You need a broom handle to throw baits that size anyway and it will kill your back. Heavy means they sink fast and you need a fast rig to keep em off the bottom and a ginormous rod to cast em. When you set the hook on a 1lb bait you gotta be able to move that bait hard fast. Bass rod won’t get cha there. Looking at 350$ musky rod 300$ 400 size reel and a trip to the chiropractor. Smaller inline spinners work just as good or better than double cow girl. And uou don’t need double blades. Single blades aren’t balanced so they have more thump. Phantom lures makes good top water. Fish shallow bays and coves off the main channels in the spring time. Dark shallow water heats up first and draws bait and Muskies early. Any of this helps let me know. Got any more questions I’m happy to help if I see the reply. You can get into musky fishing from nothing for 500$ and have a pretty good basic set up and tackle box. You only need a swim bait rod 300 size reel and then a heavy heavy musky rod 400 reel to do it all. I don’t like the big power handles on my 300 size reels. 400 reel with giant rod then ok the big ball handle works better. For lures try indoor flea markets around the lakes that hold Muskies to stock up on used baits. Hey good luck!!!!