Good one. My Dear Watson, something smells fishy.
Just so everyone knows, I bought every one of these the store had left before they changed ownership last year around May or so. AS a friend of mine who owned the place had terminal cancer and was trying to sell the place before he died. he made me a deal on a bulk purchase, so i probably bought over 100 baits at the same time. Nearly 75 lucky crafts alone. I really don't remember if the bevy shad was bought then or not as I just noticed it when i was checking all my tackle getting ready for spring. It was already in my tackle box, so may not be related. The Slender pointers have been in a brown paper bag since last spring when i carried them out of the store. I still have the packages they came out of yesterday. They have not been in the water or in a tackle box. I am not trying to bash Lucky Craft, just asking a question of anyone who might have dealt with returning any defective baits to them. As a matter of fact, I have just about switched to using them entirely for my jerkbaits and crankbait needs. I proably have $2500 worth of their lures alone. Thanks bait monkey They have no bulges or anything that would be heat related and none of the other baits I bought were like this either. Years ago, I left a tackle storage container sitting on the deck of my boat and it was over 90 degrees that day. Every Rapala husky jerk in the box exploded, while none of the other baits did. I just asked my bait store buddy about them, and he took them all back and returned them to Rapala. They sent him all new lures at no cost, which he have to me. The only reason i asked was to get some opinions on whether it is worth the time to contact them or not.
RW, I respect you, read a lot of your posts, and think you give excellent advice. We have a mutual friend in Tim "hotdawg" Curtis. I live in Mtn. home and used to guide with him when i was in college and even worked at BSLBD one summer. But i can't understand what you are referring to about the rest of the story and tires getting puntured by hooks during the accident. There was no accident. They came this way out of the package. anyway, if you want to bash me and call me a liar, send a PM.
The Next KVD. thanks for answering the posted question. I think I remember reading that as well, but could not find it when i searched.
I hear you cotter. This has happened to me before with baits. I don't see why is sounds fishy. How many of us have bought lures and simply not fished them for a season or so? I know I have many times. If the Bait Monkey bites me hard, and I buy a ton of lures in a short time, this scenario is very plausible. I'm always finding new, expensive lures in a crumpled up BPS bag.
I have also found defects in some of these lures, when I know they have been protected in a hard box 24/7. Most of the time I've just bitten the bullet on 'em, or just got lazy and never contacted the company. The few times I've contacted the manufacturer, I've been treated very well, and sent replacements. It's definitley worth a shot, let us know how it turns out.
