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I put mine in empty folgers coffee cans & write on them with a sharpie what color. I also put what colorant number on it too like lureworks junebug 125. If it's something i've taken multiple colors to make a certain color ( example matching zooms ruby red) i have all recipies for each bait i've made in that color written down in a notebook so i know exactly how much plastisol, colorant brand & number with the amount of drops, glitter, salt etc. i used to make it. This way i can repeat it when necessary after i've reach the shade i wanted in each bait since each can be different due to thicknesses etc.

I don't think you can pull the knots hard enough the skirt won't spin.

I have never fished for musky or pike, but, here on the CA Delta, we have bass over 10 lbs, and stripers over 40 lbs, For big baits that might catch big bass and stripers, heavier baits give big fish a lot of weight to use as leverage to throw the hook, so I don't use hook hangers with the ballast attached when I'm building them. I use 1/4" lead wire in predrilled holes in the belly for ballast. I put my 1/4" lead wire ballast in separate holes on either side of the belly hanger, from front to back. For bigger baits that need even more ballast, I'm sure thicker lead wire is available, or you can just use lead sinkers. Instead of attaching the belly hook hanger to the ballast, I use a heavy Spro #4 swivel for the belly hook hanger, glued in carefully so it still spins freely, and pin it in with a piece of spinnerbait wire passed through the eye that's buried in the bait, side to side. That takes away the fish's ability to torque the hook out of it's mouth, and I land a lot more fish. This is just another option.