Fallen Off The Radar

[hookset on 3]

Anyone have some favorite lures or brands that have gone by the wayside?

 

I'm still catchin' em like they just came out with-

 

Slug-go

Kalin's Grubs

Mann's

 

 

 

 

hookset on 3.

 

[tomustang]

It seems to me that when I find a cool lure it's too late and they are being phased out, I usually am slow in the game when to buying the latest and greatest.

[bassh8er]

Strike King Spence Scout; that bait is the classic squarebill and can't get hung.

Gitzit tube

Yum Crawbug

[A-Jay]

Berkley Power Bait Beasts ~

 

A-Jay

[fl_bass]

Haven't been fishing long enough. lol

[War Eagle 44]

Even though they're fairly popular you never hear about a pro who just won the latest tourny on one, the Zoom Baby Brush Hog. They've been on the market for a long time but they just keep catching bass.

[Bluebasser86]

An 8" black jelly worm still tricks a lot of fish for me. 

[River Rat316]

Berkley Power Bait Beasts ~

 

A-Jay

Probably the best "glide" bait, they were so wide with a light weighted hook you could just glide them over and through grass beds and they would get smacked, was a little upset when they discontinued them, because I discovered them right before they got discontinued.

[A-Jay]

Probably the best "glide" bait, they were so wide with a light weighted hook you could just glide them over and through grass beds and they would get smacked, was a little upset when they discontinued them, because I discovered them right before they got discontinued.

 

X2 - Sometimes as a jig trailer - that glide is just magic.  I've been looking for a bait with similar action but have yet to find one as good. 

 

When rigged weightless & "backward" they glide away from you and right Under / Into cover - great for fishing docks . . .

 

A-Jay

[roadwarrior]

Lazy Ike

[jhoffman]

I remember a lure that was made by I think powerbait that was half a crankbait and the back was a scented mid body to tail, almost like the earliest version soft body swimbait.

 

I TORE UP smallies and trout. I found it in a little backwoods store. I never was able to replace it.

[Topwaterspook]

I'll second the original slug-go. Another one that was very productive for me, and definitely no longer made is Galidas Grubs. The smoke color was a killer on smallies in the St Lawrence and Black Rivers.

[Teal]

Still easy to find, but I still get alot of production off of the ol' Jitterbug in black.

Its a lure that has been lost in the shuffle for a long time with alot of the new topwater designs and with the impact that hollowbody frogs.

I cant put my finger on it exactly, buy theres alot of times that the bronze eye or LiveTarget cant get it done, then ill put on the jitterbug (on my frog rod) and start getting vicious bites.

[Teal]

Only draw back is that cant fish it in the mats and slop. But i still prefer it when the grass is low enough that it wont get hung. Or open water situations.

[nwmike]

zara spooks .I used to fish them all the time but put them aside for sammys and bonnies.back to using more spooks and loving them.another thing I went back to using all the time is copoly line.I'm glad to hear that the beast is a good bait I bought a bunch when wholesale sports had them on sale for .50 a bag.I have never used them but liked how they looked and for the price I got 10 packs in various colors.

[Crookedneck]

Berkley Frenzy Poppers..

[A-Jay]

zara spooks .I used to fish them all the time but put them aside for sammys and bonnies.back to using more spooks and loving them.another thing I went back to using all the time is copoly line.I'm glad to hear that the beast is a good bait I bought a bunch when wholesale sports had them on sale for .50 a bag.I have never used them but liked how they looked and for the price I got 10 packs in various colors.

 

Sent you a pm ~

 

A-Jay

[River Rat316]

LOL. was gonna do the same

[flippin and pitchin]

Weedless Witch. It was the original stick bait.

[Sam]

Have you guys ever heard of the Arbogast Mud Bug metal crawfish lures?

 

Here is what they look like: http://www.ebay.com/itm/390530340261

 

This is the company that brought you the Hula Popper.

 

Here is a link to a copy of their 2005 product line:  http://www.arbogastlures.com/Catalog.htm

 

Another site about their baits is interesting: http://www.tacklecollecting.com/arbogast.htm

 

The metal crawfish baits are still around if you can find them.

 

Back in the early 90s the metal crawfish baits were used by the pros, including Denny Brauer.

 

With the introduction of plastic baits and color selections the metal crawfish baits fell out of popularity.

 

If they worked in the late 80s and early 90s then they should work today.

 

I am planning on giving them a try this summer.

[loodkop]

I still use Crazy Crawlers whenever I get the opportunity to fish farm ponds and have never stopped using Sluggo's.

[flyfisher]

I remember a lure that was made by I think powerbait that was half a crankbait and the back was a scented mid body to tail, almost like the earliest version soft body swimbait.

 

I TORE UP smallies and trout. I found it in a little backwoods store. I never was able to replace it.

That sounds like the yum dancing eel.....I think lol

[hookset on 3]

You laugh about that Yum Dancing Eel, but I have one that catches bass like crazy. I bought a couple more and they never have produced like that first one.

 

In another post, we talked about certain cranks are "special", well this is one of em.  I can throw a few different cranks across a point or wherever and no bumps, put that special Dancing Eel on and catch 'em.

[0119]

Certain colors of Bandit Crankbaits. As soon as I catch fish on a color, they discontinue it.

 

Zoom Speed Doctor worms with the split buzzing paddletail.

 

Mr. Twister Foxee Jig.

[Bass Junkie]

Some of the Berkley Frenzy cranks with the soft rear section are available on FFO...