Source for Discontinued baits ?

[MichBassMan]

   It seems as well as new baits coming out every year, bait companies are discontinuing some old favorites. Specifically I'm speaking of soft plastics, but it applies to many of our "go to stuff ". I'm looking for a couple different  "Berkley Power Baits". Does anyone know of any "on-line" outlets or tackle companies I could check out ? I'm open to any ideas. Thanks for your help.

   Good Fishn'

[Wayne P.]

Just do a Google search for the specific bait. If it is listed on the web, you will find it.

Google is your friend.

[bear7625]

What power baits are you looking for? Sometimes baits don't sell in certain areas, but are available in others.

[Avalonjohn44]

There's a brand new site on the web, it's so new some of you might not have heard about it, but they sell tons of old (and new) stuff that you can't find anywhere else.  It's called Ebay.      

[MichBassMan]

Bear; I'm looking for 4"power noodles and 5" beasts. I was told by Berkley they were both discontinued.

Wayne P and Avon John, thank you for your input also, both Ebay and google were my first searches before I bothered the good folks here on the forum. I did find a few places thru google and bought what they had. E-Bay did not have the colors I'm looking for. You are right though, Google is my friend; so are the good folks at "Bass resource.com" Thanks again for your input.

   Good Fishn'

[SuskyDude]

Keep checking E-bay every week or so. I bet your colors will pop up eventually.

Personally, if they were a favorite bait of mine and discontinued, I'd buy whatever color was available. I've become a fan of a few colors that I used to have an aversion to in this way. Turns out the fish didn't care either way (they usually don't! ;D).

[MattinOK]

What colors are you looking for? My local tackle shops are WAAAAY behind the times, and I may be able to get some for you if you want.

 

[Primus]

To add to MattinOK's post I've found some similiar baits in older low volume tackle shops, that's why when I drive by a tackle shop I haven't been in before I try to stop in. I recently picked up a few Rapala Risto Raps from a small shop that was still hanging on the pegboard and this is a product that's been out of production for a few years.

[bear7625]

Bear; I'm looking for 4"power noodles and 5" beasts. I was told by Berkley they were both discontinued.

Wayne P and Avon John, thank you for your input also, both Ebay and google were my first searches before I bothered the good folks here on the forum. I did find a few places thru google and bought what they had. E-Bay did not have the colors I'm looking for. You are right though, Google is my friend; so are the good folks at "Bass resource.com" Thanks again for your input.

Good Fishn'

There are a lot of small bait shops around here that have old stock they keep forever. I'll check them out and send you a PM if I find any.

[Gatorbassman]

The best place I've ever seen for old, discontinued or special color runs is a tackle store called Aberdeen Bait and Tackle in Aberdeen North Carolina. He and his dad have been buying tackle in large quantities for over 40 years if they don't have it nobody does.

[bigbill]

I would start by searching for "discounted lures" or "discounted fishing tackle" and start looking.

I just spent over $1,000 this month alone on discontinued worms, cranks and new topwater stuff. (my s/s check) stock up on everything thats been successful in the past few years, like you i have seen awesome working baits come and go and i'm really upset when something works the manufacturers will discontinue it.

Mann's had that plastic dragun fly. I used the small redshad ones on a split shot rig and i would mimic the hatch by lowering it and raising it up slow and the bass would rip it off my line to get at it. "discontinued"

Mann's also had the Hank Parker Classic spinnerbaits too. After talking with Glenn here and setting them up right they have always caught fish for me. "discontinued"

Culprit worms 4 1/2", 6", 7 1/2", 10" and 12" "discontinued"

BassProShops Topnocker the most awesome topwater lure of all time at least for us here anyway in the northeast. You can pop it so slight it stays in the same spot and rattles away. You can walk the dog with it and i pop it three times and pause it. Or you can swim it under the water by reeling and holding your rod tip down and actually see the fish go after it. Of course its "discontinued" too.

Bomber FAT A's I have worked this shallow crank over submerged weeds with awesome success. It has a finer sounding rattle that i think is why its so successful over the noisier rattles. You can practice a twitch topwater, slow reel, slow reel n pause or just crank it faster. Another "discontinued lure"

Bomber FAT A size 05 The green craw, firecraw, brown craw and apple redcraw plus the baby bass with the orange bottom.

Sorry but i can go on and on. I'm fishing mainly from shore and all this stuff works for me.

Here are some of my honey holes for discounted baits on land;

bassproshops "clearance"

Cabela's "bargain cave"

http://www.fishingtackleoutlet.net-Default.asp Checkout the prices like 50 senko's for $6.99, heddon sonic $3.75 its $9 on sleezebay and its discontinued. It was the very first lure i caught a bass on in the 60's.

www.fishingworld.com/brannansbass/ These southern boys know there baits.

My point is if you have a hot lure or plastics buy lots of it and bag and seal the plastics better in zip lock bags. I even save my used plastics in zip loc bags so i can reuse them and not contanimate the new ones in the orginal bag. I even started using stronger test line so i can get back my hung up lures too.