Skimmer Tackle Company
Bucktails, Spinnerbaits, Buzzbaits

Bucktails
Meticulously Hand Tied Bucktails

Skimmer Bucktail

Skimmer Bucktail


The New Hot Hawg !
Hinged Spinnerbait
No Fixed Wire to break or bend!
Hand Tyed Bucktail Spinnerbaits
Skimmer Bucktail
Skimmer Bucktail

The New Hot Hawg Tandem!
$7.00 each or 3/$18.00 plus s&h

1 oz. jig head, 2 single needle point hooks, single or tandem bucktail with a grub body trailer.
Available in Black, White, Harvest Bouquet, Orange, Chartruse, Black/Orange, Black/Yellow, Natural or we can customize a special color combination for you!

The Blade colors below can be used on the Hot Hawg Tandem.

Skimmer Bucktail

Skimmer Bucktail
Skimmer Bucktail

The New Hot Hawg Single!
$6.00 each or 3/$15.00 plus s&h

3/4 oz. jig head, single needle point hook, single bucktail with a grub body trailer.
Available in Black, White, Harvest Bouquet, Orange, Chartruse, Black/Orange, Black/Yellow, Natural or we can customize a special color combination for you!

The Blades below can be used on the Hot Hawg Single.

Willowleaf Blades - Brass, Hammered Brass, Nickle, Hammered Nickle, Orange/Black, White/Red, Chart/Black, Firetiger, Pearl/Black, Pearl/Orange, Chartruse.

Indiana Blades - Brass 81, Hammered Brass 82, Nickel 83, Hammered Nickel 84, Hammered Copper 85, Glow 86, Chartreuse 87, Cht/Org 88, Orange 89, Green 90 (tiger patterns not available)

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Advantages of owning a SKIMMER Bucktail

Shallow running bucktails at a moderate to fast pace retrieve keeps the bucktail above the weed line.
Good constant presentation
Evenly weighted for less tumble on casts which translates to less line tangles.
Preglued thread and epoxied nose makes for a very durable bucktail
Various hair and blade color combinations available to help you achieve your maximum fishing potential. 

When many "big company" baits are showing increasingly poorer workmanship, a tendency for "hanging up" on a cast, and a trend toward more and more hair, Chuck Smalley, the manufacturer, is meticulously hand tying his bucktails.

Every year an uncountable number of muskies are caught on SKIMMER bucktails, with many being of trophy caliber.

SKIMMER COLOR CHART
Dark or stained water

  • Sunny - All black hair with brass blade or brown hair with brass or orange.
  • Sunny with many non-biting following fish - Red with black stripped hair with copper blade.
  • Sunny-Cloudy - Black over yellow hair with brass blade.
  • Overcast- Yellow over black hair with copper blade or crappie gray and white with nickel blade.
  • Nasty stormy weather - Yellow with 3 black bars and tarnished brass blade.

Skimmer Tackle Company
SKIMMER Bucktail
$8.00 each or 3/$20.00 plus s&h

  • Straight. .045 steel wire for strength
  • Off-center eye and shaft alleviate dog tracking
  • Rear keel balances lure: - Less tumble on cast - Lets lure stay at depth desired for retrieve
  • Colorado blade, deep cup, provides great lift: - At moderate to fast paced retrieve bucktail will stay within 18 inches of surface.
  • Keeps bucktail above the weeds resulting in better location for presentation to muskies/northerns.
  • Blade produces solid surface bulge with lure is retrieved just under the surface.
  • 2/0 Mustad round bend treble in middle of bucktail:
  • Shank is bent to allow treble to lay more in line with the bucktail
  • Bend at shank also increases hookup percentage.
  • 3/0 Mustad round bend treble at rear of bucktail
  • 13 gauge thread that holds hair to hollow body is preglued before being spun on. This keeps the hair from falling out or being easily pulled out.
  • The nose section of bucktail hair is epoxied over. Even if the blade did touch this area the blade could not cut through the thread that hold it all together. Because this is an epoxied area the epoxy also protects the thread from the musky or northern teeth.
HAIR COLORS Black 01, White 02, Yellow 03, Orange 04, Red 05, Grey 06, DK Grey 07, Blue 08, Brown 09, Purple 10, Pink 11, Chartreuse 12.

Skimmer Bucktail

BLADE OPTIONS (For Skimmer, Sk II & Magnum) Brass 01, Hammered Brass 02, Nickel 03, Hammered Nickel 04, Hammered Copper 05, White 06, White-rd flash 07, Chartreuse 08, Chartreuse - Org flash 09, Orange 10, Green 11, Glow 12, Firetiger13, Sunburst14, Bluetiger15, Nickletiger16.

Skimmer Tackle Company
KILLER Bucktail
$4.00 each or 3/$10.00 plus s&h

This is a super early season Musky lure.
The KILLER also has been used very successfully for bass and northerns.

  • ½ size of the standard SKIMMER.
  • #8 Indiana blade: does not over lift the lure
  • 1/0 treble at rear of lure. 
Uses the same hair colors and combinations as the standard SKIMMER.

HAIR COLORS Black 01, White 02, Yellow 03, Orange 04, Red 05, Grey 06, DK Grey 07, Blue 08, Brown 09, Purple 10, Pink 11, Chartreuse 12

Skimmer Bucktail

"KILLER" BLADE OPTIONS (#8 Indiana Blades) Brass 81, Hammered Brass 82, Nickel 83, Hammered Nickel 84, Hammered Copper 85, Glow 86, Chartreuse 87, Cht/Org 88, Orange 89, Green 90 (tiger patterns not available)


 

Skimmer Tackle Company

SKIMMER II
$6.00 each or 3/$15.00 plus s&h

Great early season musky lure.

  • Same design as the Skimmer
  • Same weight as the Skimmer
  • ½ the length of the Skimmer
  • One 3/0 Mustad treble
  • #8 Colorado blade
HAIR COLORS Black 01, White 02, Yellow 03, Orange 04, Red 05, Grey 06, DK Grey 07, Blue 08, Brown 09, Purple 10, Pink 11, Chartreuse 12.

Skimmer Bucktail

BLADE OPTIONS (For Skimmer, Sk II & Magnum) Brass 01, Hammered Brass 02, Nickel 03, Hammered Nickel 04, Hammered Copper 05, White 06, White-rd flash 07, Chartreuse 08, Chartreuse - Org flash 09, Orange 10, Green 11, Glow 12, Firetiger13, Sunburst14, Bluetiger15, Nickletiger16.

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MAGNUM BUCKTAIL
$9.00 each or 3/$24.00 plus s&h

Basically the same as a Skimmer with the following additions.

  • The Magnum is about 1/3 longer than a Skimmer
  • Triple treble hooks - Two 2/0 treble hooks in the main body of the bucktail - 3/0 treble hook in the rear.
  • Double Colorado Blades - Gives better lift to the larger bucktail.
Can put contrasting colored blades on the same bucktail. Fluted blades are also available but are not usually run as a tandem.

HAIR COLORS Black 01, White 02, Yellow 03, Orange 04, Red 05, Grey 06, DK Grey 07, Blue 08, Brown 09, Purple 10, Pink 11, Chartreuse 12.

Skimmer Bucktail

BLADE OPTIONS (For Skimmer, Sk II & Magnum) Brass 01, Hammered Brass 02, Nickel 03, Hammered Nickel 04, Hammered Copper 05, White 06, White-rd flash 07, Chartreuse 08, Chartreuse - Org flash 09, Orange 10, Green 11, Glow 12, Firetiger13, Sunburst14, Bluetiger15, Nickletiger16.

SKIMMER COLOR COMBINATIONS
/ denotes a color being over another

      • Black(blk)
      • White (wht)
      • Red (rd)
      • Orange (org)
      • Grey (gy)
      • Yellow (yel)
      • Green (gn)
      • Foxytail- Red Fox squirrel tail with red flash Natural (n)
      • Brown (bn)
      • Purple (pp)
      • Pink (pk)
      • Blue (bl)
      • Blk/org
      • Blk/wht
      • Blk/rd
      • Blk/bl
      • Blk/org-yel-rd
      • Wht-rd
      • Flash/wht
      • Yel/org
      • New color! Pk/wht
Fish pattern styles
  • Crappie, gy-white flash - bk fleck
  • Sucker, bluish gy/gy-rd bl gr/wht-rd
  • Bullhead, bn/yel, pp/yel-blk
  • Cisco, gy-bl flash
  • Walleye, golden yel-wht flash
  • Perch, gn/yel-org

To place an order or for more information
please feel free to contact us at:

Skimmer Tackle Company
Dealer Inquiries Welcome
3617 S. 90th Street
Milwaukee, WI 53228
Phone: (414) 327-4180

E-mail: chuck@skimmertackle.com

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