1099gl Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 Every time I look on tackle warehouse it seems like they have less and less Xcalibur squarebills. Is tackle warehouse not buying them anymore or is the company not producing them anymore? They were my favorite squarebill because of the price for the quality. It looks like I might be switching to the new $7 lucky craft square bill or the kvd ones any other good squarebills to look at since there are virtually no Xcalibur ones left? Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted October 20, 2015 Super User Posted October 20, 2015 Yes ~ Check out 6th Sense baits. For Squarebills the Crush 50X and the Crush Flat 75X are solid quality lures that produce. And the newest addition to the line up, the Movement 80X looks very interesting. A-Jay http://www.6thsenselures.com/ 1 Quote
1099gl Posted October 20, 2015 Author Posted October 20, 2015 Yes ~ Check out 6th Sense baits. For Squarebills the Crush 50X and the Crush Flat 75X are solid quality lures that produce. And the newest addition to the line up, the Movement 80X looks very interesting. A-Jay http://www.6thsenselures.com/ thanks I will be sure to check them out 1 Quote
Super User WIGuide Posted October 20, 2015 Super User Posted October 20, 2015 Xcalibur is no longer producing them. The XR50 has been moved to Booyah production, but they decided to discontinue the XCS's. A sad day for sure as they were my favorite as well. I've absolutely pounded the fish with them. Hopefully I can find a hoard of them somewhere and buy them all up haha. 1 Quote
Super User smalljaw67 Posted October 20, 2015 Super User Posted October 20, 2015 The Xcalibur Xt3 twitch bait was an awesome jerkbait, and so was the XS4 and the EEratic shad and sadly all were discontinued. Now the brand is gone but I'm happy in that I was able to get some of the the 200 series square bills in good patterns and all my 100 series are from the real craw patterns, they run well, deflect well, hold up being banged off the bottom and cover and they catch fish. That said, the Arashi square 3 and 5 are very good and Bagley has a line of plastic square bills in the Rattling Killer B and soon the Rattling Honey B for those that like the small version. The square bills were very good but can be replaced, the one konckers that are under the Booyah name, hopefully they stay the same quality as I haven't found another one knocker lipless bait that can touch it, but all in all I'm disappointed the brand is going away, high end baits at a great price point. Quote
Stingray23 Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 Thank God I stocked up on Xcalibur baits before they stopped making them. They make some of my favorite baits ever with the XS4 as my go to jerkbait. Quote
blckshirt98 Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 +1 to 6th Sense, they're going to take a nice chunk of market share in the crankbait segment. Their quality and finishes are more towards the Japan side of crankbaits, while their pricing is more towards the American side of crankbaits. Quote
Super User Jrob78 Posted October 21, 2015 Super User Posted October 21, 2015 Lucky Craft has dropped their prices and have a 1.5 and 2.5 for $6.99. 1 Quote
1099gl Posted October 21, 2015 Author Posted October 21, 2015 The Xcalibur Xt3 twitch bait was an awesome jerkbait, and so was the XS4 and the EEratic shad and sadly all were discontinued. Now the brand is gone but I'm happy in that I was able to get some of the the 200 series square bills in good patterns and all my 100 series are from the real craw patterns, they run well, deflect well, hold up being banged off the bottom and cover and they catch fish. That said, the Arashi square 3 and 5 are very good and Bagley has a line of plastic square bills in the Rattling Killer B and soon the Rattling Honey B for those that like the small version. The square bills were very good but can be replaced, the one konckers that are under the Booyah name, hopefully they stay the same quality as I haven't found another one knocker lipless bait that can touch it, but all in all I'm disappointed the brand is going away, high end baits at a great price point. I found the Xt3 for sale at my local sporting goods store for $2.00 last month. Sadly I didn't have much money on me at all but I hid them and will be back for more Quote
1099gl Posted October 21, 2015 Author Posted October 21, 2015 +1 to 6th Sense, they're going to take a nice chunk of market share in the crankbait segment. Their quality and finishes are more towards the Japan side of crankbaits, while their pricing is more towards the American side of crankbaits. I checked out there website yesterday and he paints them custom from time to time also. Obviously higher price but some of the patterns are amazing. They also just started producing some killer looking swim jigs. They are $7 though they will take a bigger chunk out of your wallet than a regular dirty jigs swim jig. Quote
1099gl Posted October 21, 2015 Author Posted October 21, 2015 Lucky Craft has dropped their prices and have a 1.5 and 2.5 for $6.99. I saw those, wondering if the quality will be the same. Quote
Super User HoosierHawgs Posted October 21, 2015 Super User Posted October 21, 2015 Xcalibur is no longer producing them. The XR50 has been moved to Booyah production, but they decided to discontinue the XCS's. A sad day for sure as they were my favorite as well. I've absolutely pounded the fish with them. Hopefully I can find a hoard of them somewhere and buy them all up haha.I buy everyone I see that's not a real craw color. They are my favorite squarebill. Quote
Super User HoosierHawgs Posted October 21, 2015 Super User Posted October 21, 2015 Lucky Craft has dropped their prices and have a 1.5 and 2.5 for $6.99.Whaaaat?!?! Quote
1099gl Posted October 21, 2015 Author Posted October 21, 2015 Whaaaat?!?! he's right not all the colors and I think they just made a new squarebill with cheaper materials. Not sure yet im gonna have to wait until I read the reviews. Paint looks good though. 1 Quote
Super User Jrob78 Posted October 21, 2015 Super User Posted October 21, 2015 he's right not all the colors and I think they just made a new squarebill with cheaper materials. Not sure yet im gonna have to wait until I read the reviews. Paint looks good though. They've dropped the prices on a lot of their baits, I don't know if they've changed anything or not. I haven't bought any of the newer, cheaper baits yet. Quote
Super User HoosierHawgs Posted October 22, 2015 Super User Posted October 22, 2015 They've dropped the prices on a lot of their baits, I don't know if they've changed anything or not. I haven't bought any of the newer, cheaper baits yet.If you buy some and don't like them, you can certainly send em on over to me Quote
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