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Hello all, I am new to this forum and wanted to pose a question for you guys. This is probably a shot in the dark, but here goes nothing: Years ago I lost my favorite jerk bait to a hungry largemouth at a friend's lakehouse. Snapped my 12 pound test like it was nothing and took my lure with it! This was my absolute FAVORITE lure. I could catch bass all year round using this lure, but I have NO idea who made it or where it came from, and I only had one like it. I have searched in stores for years to find another one like it but my guess is that is was a relatively old lure and is possibly discontinued. I found the lure in my tackle box over 10 years ago, and I'm sure it was relatively old at that time as well. Going to try my best to describe it and maybe with a stroke of luck one of you will be able to at least point me in the right direction (manufacturer possibly?) Here goes: Normal sized jerk bait, probably 4 inches long. 2 sets of treble hooks. Shallow diving, probably 3 feet at the most. Floating Plastic body and lip. Straight belly, curved back (like a Rapala), not curved or "s" shaped (like Rick Clunns) Body was painted with a metallic-like paint that would flake off in certain spots from overuse. Nothing special about the eyes, think they were just plastic beads, not painted on. The bill was clear plastic, not painted. Most distinctive feature were these HEXAGON shaped indentations covering the entire body of the lure, almost like a Smithwick, but these were much deeper, individualized indents. I know it was not a Smithwick or Rapala, as I have plenty of those. The lure almost resembled diamond plating and would reflect light beautifully. Closely resembles the old Rebel Hellcats, but the diamond indents on the side were even deeper than those, and the bill was closer to the lip of the lure. The color of mine was a dark blue with silver on the bottom (I'm sure other colors were available) I don't recall there being beads inside the lure. No other special features like a lateral line, fluffy tail, etc. I know this is asking a lot of you guys and is definitely a shot in the dark, but I know you guys could throw out some names of old lure manufacturers that I'm not thinking of.

Have you guys had any luck with these? I've used one a little, but keep going back to the regular one because I need it deep most of the time. I can see a use for the floater though. I'd like to make it closer to neutrally buoyant. Has anyone done this with bigger hooks?

Does anyone have a favorite or go to lure that they use? Mine would be and original floating rapala in "silver" and firetiger. Or a hula popper or jitterbug in a frog color. Seems nothing can really match a rapala since they are very life like and swim great in the water. And topwaters are so fun to fish and produce great numbers.

Does anyone have a favorite or go to lure that they use? Mine would be and original floating rapala in "silver" and firetiger. Or a hula popper or jitterbug in a frog color. Seems nothing can really match a rapala since they are very life like and swim great in the water. And topwaters are so fun to fish and produce great numbers.

I just got a bunch of lures from a guy at work and I was able to identify all but one, here are the characteristics. -RAPALA -JERKBAIT -3 inches -2 trebles -TINY TINY LIP/BILL -RATTLE THAT ROLLS FREELY FROM THE FRONT TO THE BACK OF THE LURE CAUSING WHATEVER SIDE ITS ON TO SINK WHILE THE OTHER SIDE FLOATS (nose down or nose up) I havent seen a jerkbait with a lip this small, and its not broken. I'm curious to know what it is, I hope this helps lol feel free to post photo's of what you think it could be.

Anyone know of a senko or senko-style soft bait that will remain floating at the end of my C-Rigged setup. The bass on my lake really don't take well to a lot of action...less is more... hence why the fall of a senko works so well.