The Found Lures Thread

[AlabamaSpothunter]

10 minutes ago, WaterOtter said:

no problem, we were gushing, so it was valid to bring up a counterpoint.  ?

 

Back on topic, I found these today ....

 

I took a 1/2 day vac to paddle, so this morning I loaded up the kayak all excited, and boy was I shocked when I rolled up to the lakes and they were frozen solid!  ?  Saturday they were fine, but cold, and today they were frozen ... five weeks earlier than last year!  So, I went to a stretch of river that wasn't frozen, and which I hadn't been to all year, and I cleared out a lot of old fishing line and I pulled down the ones on the left.  Then I went to 3 spots that were frozen and I got the ones on the right from shore.

LOL......lots of oldschool mixed with new school stuff.

 

I always love to look at you guy's big hauls and pick a favorite.     From a fish catching perspective, I'm taking that Chatterbait in threadfin color, sentimental.....those two Rapalas beside each other....fire tiger, and brook trout colored ones.   

 

Nice haul, lots of sadness mined ?

[Woody B]

Back in May myself and a co worker were fishing at Lake Norman.  I found a new looking Bandit 200 floating.   It hadn't been in the lake long.  The hooks were still sharp.  For kicks I tied it on.   I got hung on something kinda springy feeling.  I finally was able to pull up a length of line with a charturse spinner bait tied on it.   My co worker sharpened the hook on the spinnerbait and tied it on.   Within 10 minutes we had both caught decent bass on our found lures.  Including this one.  

 

[RyAxion]

Found a Whopper Plopper 75 while bluegill fishing at my neighborhood pond! Caught on another lost lure: Booyah Quad Shad!

[AlabamaSpothunter]

Got my second today.....I'm already seeing it pays to double back when you think you might see something.   I was also able to put the puzzle together on this one.....a bank angler lost it on a bomb cast near a fallen tree.    Berkley Choppo 105 

 

Couldn't have been in the water for more than a week or two.   Basically brand new, you can still smell the sadness on it ?

[Aaron_H]

On 10/17/2022 at 12:54 PM, DaveT63 said:

I was fishing a trap yesterday in a small pond when I snagged on something.  When I pulled, it started giving way, so I pulled more.  Pulled in this mess of line and decaying junk, as well as two traps!  Chances are they are both mine, as I'm one of the few who fish this pond, but still!

 

Dang I haven't read this thread in a minute, y'all are killing it with the finds. Anyone know what the top lipless is in this picture?  Looks interesting. Red-Eyed Shad is always a good find.

 

 

[DaveT63]

9 hours ago, Aaron_H said:

 

Dang I haven't read this thread in a minute, y'all are killing it with the finds. Anyone know what the top lipless is in this picture?  Looks interesting. Red-Eyed Shad is always a good find.

 

 

That's a Yozuri.  Either 3DB or 3DR if I remember correctly.  I like these lipless baits.

[WaterOtter]

16 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

it pays to double back when you think you might see something

That's a golden rule! ? "If you see something interesting, stop and go check it out."  Plenty of times even if whatever caught my eye isn't a lure, I've found a lure nearby (like within 3', coated in dirt so it can't be seen from far).  Something subliminal goes on.  ?

[WaterOtter]

18 hours ago, RyAxion said:

Found a Whopper Plopper 75 while bluegill fishing at my neighborhood pond! Caught on another lost lure: Booyah Quad Shad!

That's a really great two-for-none deal when you find two lures hung up together!   And a great picture ?   

[Bluebasser86]

On 11/27/2022 at 8:51 AM, WaterOtter said:

That's a golden rule! ? "If you see something interesting, stop and go check it out."  Plenty of times even if whatever caught my eye isn't a lure, I've found a lure nearby (like within 3', coated in dirt so it can't be seen from far).  Something subliminal goes on.  ?

This is very true. Don't know how many times something has caught my eye that wasn't a lure, but after looking around a little I find a bait nearby. It's almost like you just get a feeling that there is a bait there. 

[WaterOtter]

Same thing happens when I go in to shore to pick up a specific piece of trash (sometimes).

  

Once I saw a crappy old crankbait floating in weeds near the shore, and I could see its paint was coming off big time.  Ughh.  I was going to pass on it, but then again, it was so crappy that it was trash and I really should pick it up.  Well, it turned out to be a crankbait with a splatter back paint job in pretty good condition, and underneath it was another crank in good condition.  It was so awesome I kept a picture of them ?

[Bluebasser86]

Hadn't ever found a Bull Shad before, now I've found 2 in 2 weeks, the exact same one too. Just the cheap, baby bull shads, but still pretty good finds. Both were way up in trees. One was tied on probably 8lb mono, the bottom was tied to what had to be at least 50lb braid. 

 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

9 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Hadn't ever found a Bull Shad before, now I've found 2 in 2 weeks, the exact same one too. Just the cheap, baby bull shads, but still pretty good finds. Both were way up in trees. One was tied on probably 8lb mono, the bottom was tied to what had to be at least 50lb braid. 

 

LOLOLOL.....wonder if it was the same guy.   Both of mine plus a Shaky Head were found on large diameter braid.   

[Bankbeater]

This year's haul.  Not shown are two rod holders and a stringer.

[Maxximus Redneckus]

On 12/1/2016 at 4:47 PM, UPSmallie said:

Great idea TheRodFather.  I too enjoy finding lures.  I've found a decent amount over the years. Here's a handful I found this past October in a single outing snorkeling at a local fishing spot.

 

Thats a nice batch and pricey too no cheapos 

On 12/2/2022 at 11:47 AM, Bankbeater said:

This year's haul.  Not shown are two rod holders and a stringer.

Is that wart pre rapala?? Lol

[DanielG]

I made this bait a couple of years ago. First time I took it out it snagged a fairly large sized bass for the lake I live on. Later in the trip it ended up about 50 ft up in a large pine tree (don't ask). So, I find it again every time I pass that way. Stands out amongst the green pine needles, laughing at me. Later that week I made another just like it. Still have it years later. 

[Bankbeater]

On 12/4/2022 at 7:24 PM, Stale KracKer said:

Thats a nice batch and pricey too no cheapos 

Is that wart pre rapala?? Lol

No such luck.  I believe that is one of the new warts.

[DaveT63]

Does this count?  Found it this morning leaning against my mailbox.  Top end of an old Ugly Stik with an old spinnerbait tied to it with white braid.  No evidence of the other end anywhere to be found.  Guessing it was someone who knows how much I love to fish.

[WaterOtter]

On 12/9/2022 at 1:52 PM, DaveT63 said:

Guessing it was someone who knows how much I love to fish.

Looks to me like it's an ominous message from the fishing mafia, like finding a horse's head in your bed from The Godfather ...  I think the bait monkey is telling you to go on a serious buying spree or else ...  lol

[DaveT63]

Not sure whose "or else" scares me more, the bait monkey's or my wife's.  She tends to get REALLY upset when I buy myself stuff this close to Christmas.  She almost divorced me over a Stella I jumped on for $200 last December.

[AlabamaSpothunter]

Lol, I spent 30 mins trying to retrieve a shiny new Crankbait up in a pine tree attached to heavier braid.   Same person that casts 30ft into a pine tree is the same who uses braid for cranks ?

 

The low IQ person cut the braid way back like at his reel on the boat, and now there is a mess of it tangled in a smaller tree that I was trying to free, then I think I could have just ripped it down given the braid and the limb it was on.   Frustrating because I've seen a number of Ospreys, and Hawks in this pine.   I want to clean up that braid most importantly.   Stuff gets in the Swans too.   

 

The lures are like a reward for cleaning up a lake or river.

[WaterOtter]

On 12/17/2022 at 4:41 PM, AlabamaSpothunter said:

I think I could have just ripped it down given the braid and the limb it was on

Tie the line to your boat and just back up.  If it's a fairly straight line up to the lure, you'll get it.  Assuming of course that it doesn't pull your boat apart! 

[WaterOtter]

I stopped going to the lakes in November when they froze over, but today I stopped by and saw they're water again .... and karma gave me a nice skitter pop just for stopping by.  ☺️  Left it in easy reach, I didn't even have to stand on my toes or go in the water.

 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

15 minutes ago, WaterOtter said:

Tie the line to your boat and just back up.  If it's a fairly straight line up to the lure, you'll get it.  Assuming of course that it doesn't pull your boat apart! 

Yeah I tried that, but the line is tangled in a smaller tree/bush on the bank.   Whoever lost it literally cut the braid at the reel and now there is 10-20yds of line that is tangled below the lure in that said smaller tree.     I'm giving it ago tom., perhaps she'll be mine ?

[Munkin]

My daughter found this the last time we went Creek fishing. 

 

Allen 

[Bluebasser86]

I got a basically new DT8 out of the very top of a tree branch one of the last times I was out that had probably 20 yards of braid attached to it. I have an 18' lure retriever, plus the height of my boat deck, plus my probably 7ish feet with my arm extended above my head, and I still had to stand on top of my Optimax to barely reach that thing. I don't understand how someone misses the whole lake that badly.