Myself and an older friend that I fish with have decided to do this just for fun. Along with our usual plastic worms, were going to fish an older topwater bait at first light, on our morning fishing trips. So far, between the two of us here's what we've come up with: Heddon Lucky 13, South Bend Bass O Reno, Heddon Dying Flutter, Original Rapala floating minnow, Smithwick Devils Horse, Arbogast Hulla Popper , and Heddon Chugger Spook. We're getting together at my house tomorrow night to replace any rusted or damaged hooks. Even though many of these baits are still available, all of ours are antique lures, some decades old. We're fishing them on our standard , modern bass tackle. This should be fun. It's kind of an experiment for us, to see if the older baits still work as well as they did years ago. We both tend to think that even though there's been huge improvements in bass lures over the years, the best designs were invented decades ago. So, this Saturday morning, if it's not pouring rain, it's in with the old, and out with the new! I'm looking forward to it, and it should bring back memories for both of us. For us, fishing is about catching fish, but having fun too. If we can make that happen, we're both happy....
