found a great lure and lost it

[hiker]

I found a lure the other day - paint chipped like crazy, hooks all rusted out and with a thick layer of scum all over it. I scrubbed it up, replaced the hooks, and threw it in my box thinking it was just another rapala type lure that I never really use anyway.

Anyway, I was fishing the pike pond the other day and figured I'd toss it in there since I didn't really care if it got chewed up by pike or not. I just made a real short cast to see what it looked like in the water. Oh man - this thing looked good. No...it was way better than that - it had to be one of the best looking lures I've ever seen in the water. A twitch would send it diving and darting one way or the other. Way better than any other lure I've used.

So this morning I brought it out bass fishing. I wasn't casting long before I got slammed and missed it. Oh well. At least I know the bass like it too. Then disaster! I hooked into a hog, he went down into the weeds, I got stupid and tried to haul him out, line broke, and lure lost.

So I've been looking at all kinds of lures on the web and trying to identify it from memory - a task much easier said then done. But I think it might be a yo-zuri crystal minnow. Anyone ever use one?

[SirSnookalot]

Yep, I use them all the time.  Good lure and runs a bit deeper than an xrap.  I use the small sizes for bass and larger ones for snook and tarpon.  Most places sell them for 10 bux, I get mine at Walmart for 6.99.

[SJB1226]

ahh the hump back Crystal minnow! they are fish catchers for sure! yeah like snook said Wally world sells them for 7 bucks and most have a pretty good color selection in the different sizes. they are very tough lures that just cant be tore up lol stay in tune fish after fish and really catch a lot of fish even the big girls like them!