FivePoundBluegill Posted July 13, 2010 Posted July 13, 2010 I am going to have to go with the Storm Kickin Slab. This looks great in the box and it only costs around $3. It looks like a cheap alternative to the Castaic Bluegill on the shelf at the store. However when you put this bait in the water it swims on its side with almost no action at all. In addition to this it sinks like a rock and gets hung up no matter how deep of water you fish this in. I think this lure is in the bottom of the big box at my house that contains my extra spools of line and other stuff I never take fishing with me. Has anyone else here managed to catch a bass on this lure? Another lure that is useless would be the original rattle trap. I have caught a ton of bass on that $3 rapalla rattle trap and I have also caught a ton of fish on the $10 Captiva "Vibe" rattle trap which I think is the best late fall/winter bait in existance but I cannot catch anything but plants,weeds,sticks on the original. Quote
mrbassky Posted July 13, 2010 Posted July 13, 2010 Yeah the rattle trap sucks. It only won the bassmaster classic a couple years back. : A useless bait would be the motolure. http://www.chuckwoolery.com/motominnow.php Quote
Skunked in DR Posted July 13, 2010 Posted July 13, 2010 My brother actually has caught quite a few fish on the motominnow. He likes to throw it as a joke every now and then but it catches fish. My vote goes to the Dancin' Eel Quote
NateFollmer Posted July 13, 2010 Posted July 13, 2010 Yeah the rattle trap sucks. It only won the bassmaster classic a couple years back. :A useless bait would be the motolure. http://www.chuckwoolery.com/motominnow.php I'd buy it though because Chuck Woolery is on the site... heck it's HIS site! No seriously, that thing looks like the fish that came with my kids fishing game... Storm makes some good stuff, but a lot of there 'cheap' lures you can get at Wally World are terrible. I've said this many times, but avoid the unpackaged spinnerbaits and buzzbaits Wally sells. They are cheap and... made cheap and can't stand up to anything. 1 rock bump, BAM they are finished! Quote
rboat Posted July 13, 2010 Posted July 13, 2010 1. helicopter lure 2. any infomercial lure 3. any lure that has the claim "may be banned by tournaments". 4. banjo minnow (catches fish, but there are better choices) Quote
etommy28 Posted July 13, 2010 Posted July 13, 2010 orignal rattletrap???????????????? We catch tons of fish on them especially in the winter and spring. Quote
Nice_Bass Posted July 13, 2010 Posted July 13, 2010 I don't know the name of it but it was a vibrating plug I saw at a musky expo. A guy I knew bought it as a joke. It would everyonce in a while just start to vibrate when turned on. It had no action in the water, just laid on its side. It looked and acted exactly like somthing from Adam and Eve website if you know what i mean. Fishing was slow, he tied that thing on and every two minutes or so it would start vibrating for about 5 seconds...That was one of the funniest days on the water i have ever been a part of. Many beverages were included, but I think that was only half of it. Quote
Super User Bassin_Fin@tic Posted July 13, 2010 Super User Posted July 13, 2010 Culprit topwater shad My most recent debacle was the bump n run spinnerbait.Too many problems to even begin to type.Total joke of a lure.Beware of this gimmick. >:(Interesting and neat concept that will definitely hook a few fishermen. Quote
Senkoman12 Posted July 13, 2010 Posted July 13, 2010 mirror image swimming minnow (pretty much a knock off banjo minnow) worst $10 i ever spent Quote
Super User SirSnookalot Posted July 14, 2010 Super User Posted July 14, 2010 The worst.........simple any with a broken or missing hook. I have caught fish on every single lure I have purchased. It ain't the bow, it's the archer. Quote
Bass Junkie Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 NateFollmer: Those spinnerbaits aren't that bad.... They work pretty well, and for the money the durability is nothing to complain about. The wire is a little over-tempered, so it is hard to modify them, but otherwise I've never had a problem with them.... Just a interesting fact, but they are actually Strike King promotional baits....... brushhoggin: Whats they matter with the Floating Ribbits? SirSnookalot: Very true, but lures do play a role to a point, especially quality lures. There can be no doubt that a Lucky Craft does better than a Cotton Cordell...... Quote
lightsout Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 NateFollmer: Those spinnerbaits aren't that bad.... They work pretty well, and for the money the durability is nothing to complain about. The wire is a little over-tempered, so it is hard to modify them, but otherwise I've never had a problem with them.... Just a interesting fact, but they are actually Strike King promotional baits.......brushhoggin: Whats they matter with the Floating Ribbits? SirSnookalot: Very true, but lures do play a role to a point, especially quality lures. There can be no doubt that a Lucky Craft does better than a Cotton Cordell...... I dont know man I'll take a Cordell spot against ANY luckycraft lipless bait regardless of price. Quote
Eddie Munster Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 SirSnookalot: Very true, but lures do play a role to a point, especially quality lures. There can be no doubt that a Lucky Craft does better than a Cotton Cordell...... Lucky Craft lures are really nice looking but personally I've caught more on Bandit Cranks than L.C. ones. Both get the same amount of time but for some reason the Bandit ones just catch more for ME. Worst lure? Don't really have one. Since I got back into fishing, I mainly buy what guys here tell me work. Quote
riverfisher Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 floating ribbits I have to challenge that one........... I smoke SMB on Ribbit High Floaters open water!! Quote
Super User SirSnookalot Posted July 14, 2010 Super User Posted July 14, 2010 SirSnookalot: Very true, but lures do play a role to a point, especially quality lures. There can be no doubt that a Lucky Craft does better than a Cotton Cordell...... Lucky Craft lures are really nice looking but personally I've caught more on Bandit Cranks than L.C. ones. Both get the same amount of time but for some reason the Bandit ones just catch more for ME. Worst lure? Don't really have one. Since I got back into fishing, I mainly buy what guys here tell me work. I do this all the time, catch 1 fish and immediately change my lure, catch second a do it again until I go thru my small rotation of lures, I seldom carry more than 4 or 5, consisting of some kind of hard jerkbait, gold spoon, storm swimshad, rebel popper and flats jig, catch rate on each is pretty close. Keeps it more interesting for me. Quote
airborne_angler Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 Laserlure- I had several sent to me as a promo. Never took em out of the package. The Laser is dead. Suppose I could still use em as a normal Crankbait though. Quote
FivePoundBluegill Posted July 14, 2010 Author Posted July 14, 2010 Yeah the rattle trap sucks. It only won the bassmaster classic a couple years back. :A useless bait would be the motolure. http://www.chuckwoolery.com/motominnow.php LOL... dude im only refering to the original rattle trap. The Captiva "Vibe" Rattle trap is my favorite fall/winter lure. Quote
fishermantony Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 Yeah the rattle trap sucks. It only won the bassmaster classic a couple years back. :A useless bait would be the motolure. http://www.chuckwoolery.com/motominnow.php LOL... dude im only refering to the original rattle trap. The Captiva "Vibe" Rattle trap is my favorite fall/winter lure. A strike king lipless crank bait was KVD's go to bait to win the 2010 classic, not the same as the original Rat L Trap. I have to say I'm not crazy about the original Rat L Trap either, doesn't seem to have the same action as the strike king or a Bagley's for me. Maybe just user error! Quote
NateFollmer Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 Just a interesting fact, but they are actually Strike King promotional baits....... NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Strike King couldn't have made something so horrible! I bought 4 of them and they all broke within a month. I don't even fish spinnerbaits hard. Maybe I got a bad batch or something... Quote
Super User Raul Posted July 14, 2010 Super User Posted July 14, 2010 The worst bait I 've owned are the Heddon Cousin and Cousin II. have never caught anything on them. Can 't say buzzbaits are junk, evidence shows they catch fish but they simply don 't catch fish for me, in 3 decades I 've must have caught maybe 5 or 6 fish with a buzzbait, I 've got two and hell, I 'm still trying to catch something with them. So, I suck at buzzbaiting. :-[ Quote
scbassin Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 Raul: you have squiggle your mouth to the left & squint with your right eye when you cast your buzz bait. That should do it. Quote
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