As for brands of spinnerbaits, i use strike kings. They are candy for bass. If your fishing a lake infested with hammer handles though dont use them. Pike will eat them up like no tomorrow and unless you got a heavy fluoro leader on or wire you will probably lose some
i would never go out and target muskies on bass gear. Not saying that it cant handle a muskie but definitely wont be able to throw the big muskie lures. However unintentionally catching a muskie while bass fishing is more common than you would think.