The Found Lures Thread

[WaterOtter]

An amazing find last Monday -- a Creek Chub Plunker in green frog.  It's at least 43 years old (they stopped making them from wood in 1978, according to what I've found online). 

[Luke Barnes]

On 8/15/2021 at 11:31 PM, QED said:

At this point, I can fill a tackle box full of found lures.  These are all salvageable by hook sharpening or treble hook replacement.  I've found many times more worms and jigs but they were beyond help.

Is that a glide bait in the upper left corner?

[WaterOtter]

This rig is one of my favorites this year.  I can imagine the person being so excited to fish this lure with amazing realistic minnows (sure to get lots of hits just like real minnows, but they'll last forever!) so the lucky fisherman tied it on below his or her bobber, but excitement quickly turned to frustration as the minnows kept popping up next to the bobber.  So, he/she added a huge river weight to keep it down.  In the end, however, the treble hooks snagged a root and that's how I found it.

 

Just now, WaterOtter said:

This rig is one of my favorites this year.  I can imagine the person being so excited to fish this lure with amazing realistic minnows (sure to get lots of hits just like real minnows, but they'll last forever!) so the lucky fisherman tied it on below his or her bobber, but excitement quickly turned to frustration as the minnows kept popping up next to the bobber.  So, he/she added a huge river weight to keep it down.  In the end, however, the treble hooks snagged a root and that's how I found it.

 

 

[QED]

23 minutes ago, Luke Barnes said:

Is that a glide bait in the upper left corner?

 

River2sea S-waver 168s.

[Luke Barnes]

2 hours ago, QED said:

 

River2sea S-waver 168s.

That's an awesome score!! I would love to try them but never wanted to spend the money so finding one would be amazing!!

[DitchPanda]

My buddy found a brand new pair of forceps today...and he pulled a crank bait out of a brush pile.

[Bluebasser86]

My oldest son found a squarebill stuck on a log underwater today. He seems to have a pretty good eye for them as well. Earlier this year while we were bank fishing for catfish, he searched the bank and found 5 baits, including a pre Rapala Chug Bug that has been very successful for me this year. 

[Hammer 4]

On 8/21/2021 at 9:32 AM, Luke Barnes said:

That's an awesome score!! I would love to try them but never wanted to spend the money so finding one would be amazing!!

Buy one, S wavers are great baits.

[Jmurphy87]

Well on my fishing trip today no fish but I found 10 bobbers a Walmart brand square bill stuck in the pads a owner hook with a old strike king worm. A couple other hooks, cleared tree branches of hanging lines and hooks. A weed less pre rigged crawler harness. The strangest find was while I was in the water wading in the last spot, felt something tangled around my foot. I knew it was line it had a 2 ounce weight with a tiny little jigging spoon of sorts. Don’t know what they were doing there, but hey I am lucky if I know what I am doing lol. 

[thediscochef]

Pulled this out of the local spillway on Wednesday. No fish that day but left with a free lure. It was a good day.

[Team9nine]

It was a double Rapala bonanza at one of the ponds today 

 

[lo-fi-hi-fi]

[TheBasslayer]

I found this Popper in a frog color last winter and I finally got around to changing the hooks on it. And then the first time i tried I got a blowup which I thought was a bass, and it was this crappie!

[QED]

Catch of the day.  Probably the only good thing about the CA drought.

[WaterOtter]

I had a fun day on the lake today.  I found 3 rigs that taught me new ways to fish.

 

Rig #1: Deep diving whopper plopper (I found it snagged on a picnic table 36" down).  This guy used a split shot + a sliding cone sinker + a steel leader

 

 

Rig #2: Bobber jerk bait

I pick up lost bobbers because they get cruddy and become eyesores, and this time I was surprised by what came out of the water with it.

Rig #3: Caveman rig

I was paddling through an algae mass when my paddle got tangled in some line, and I ended up pulling up a rig that was using a good sized rock as a sinker. 

 

[DitchPanda]

2 hours ago, WaterOtter said:

I had a fun day on the lake today.  I found 3 rigs that taught me new ways to fish.

 

Rig #1: Deep diving whopper plopper (I found it snagged on a picnic table 36" down).  This guy used a split shot + a sliding cone sinker + a steel leader

 

 

Rig #2: Bobber jerk bait

I pick up lost bobbers because they get cruddy and become eyesores, and this time I was surprised by what came out of the water with it.

Rig #3: Caveman rig

I was paddling through an algae mass when my paddle got tangled in some line, and I ended up pulling up a rig that was using a good sized rock as a sinker. 

 

My buddy snagged a Carolina rig today that was made with a barrel swivel...3oz pyramid weight and a fire tiger jointed flicker shad?

[HaydenS]

9 hours ago, WaterOtter said:

I had a fun day on the lake today.  I found 3 rigs that taught me new ways to fish.

 

Rig #1: Deep diving whopper plopper (I found it snagged on a picnic table 36" down).  This guy used a split shot + a sliding cone sinker + a steel leader

 

 

Rig #2: Bobber jerk bait

I pick up lost bobbers because they get cruddy and become eyesores, and this time I was surprised by what came out of the water with it.

Rig #3: Caveman rig

I was paddling through an algae mass when my paddle got tangled in some line, and I ended up pulling up a rig that was using a good sized rock as a sinker. 

 

These people don't have Bass Resource in their lives...

[Bluebasser86]

On 9/4/2021 at 5:12 PM, DitchPanda said:

My buddy snagged a Carolina rig today that was made with a barrel swivel...3oz pyramid weight and a fire tiger jointed flicker shad?

Sounds kind of like a trolling rig. 

 

On 9/4/2021 at 2:54 PM, WaterOtter said:

I had a fun day on the lake today.  I found 3 rigs that taught me new ways to fish.

 

Rig #1: Deep diving whopper plopper (I found it snagged on a picnic table 36" down).  This guy used a split shot + a sliding cone sinker + a steel leader

 

 

Rig #2: Bobber jerk bait

I pick up lost bobbers because they get cruddy and become eyesores, and this time I was surprised by what came out of the water with it.

Rig #3: Caveman rig

I was paddling through an algae mass when my paddle got tangled in some line, and I ended up pulling up a rig that was using a good sized rock as a sinker. 

 

This reminds me of the answer my buddy gives me if I ask him what he caught his fish on "A Carolina rigged bubble gum colored buzzbait down by the dam". 

[Munkin]

On 9/4/2021 at 3:54 PM, WaterOtter said:

I had a fun day on the lake today.  I found 3 rigs that taught me new ways to fish.

 

Rig #1: Deep diving whopper plopper (I found it snagged on a picnic table 36" down).  This guy used a split shot + a sliding cone sinker + a steel leader

 

 

Rig #2: Bobber jerk bait

I pick up lost bobbers because they get cruddy and become eyesores, and this time I was surprised by what came out of the water with it.

Rig #3: Caveman rig

I was paddling through an algae mass when my paddle got tangled in some line, and I ended up pulling up a rig that was using a good sized rock as a sinker. 

 

 

Those are my secret rigs!

 

Allen

[QED]

I added new treble hooks to these found lures - just during the last two months.  Don't think I'll need to buy lipless crankbaits again for quite a while...

[HaydenS]

8 hours ago, QED said:

I added new treble hooks to these found lures - just during the last two months.  Don't think I'll need to buy lipless crankbaits again for quite a while...

What is it with people and lipless crank baits?

[QED]

2 hours ago, HaydenS said:

What is it with people and lipless crank baits?

I like using them in open water and adjacent riprap.  My nearby lake has a lot of sunken weeds and moss so that lipless crank baits are a bad idea.  Go figure...

[HaydenS]

12 hours ago, QED said:

I like using them in open water and adjacent riprap.  My nearby lake has a lot of sunken weeds and moss so that lipless crank baits are a bad idea.  Go figure...

I don't think I've ever caught a fish on a lipless.  I've caught fish on a blade bait though.

Edited September 9, 2021 by HaydenS
BLADE bait

[Luke Barnes]

6 hours ago, HaydenS said:

I don't think I've ever caught a fish on a lipless.  I've caught fish on a bad bait though.

I've caught plenty on a lipless but I can count on one finger how many ive caught with a jig. Not counting swim jigs that is. Its really interesting hearing what people have good success with and how much it differs from person to person. 

[HaydenS]

4 hours ago, Luke Barnes said:

I've caught plenty on a lipless but I can count on one finger how many ive caught with a jig. Not counting swim jigs that is. Its really interesting hearing what people have good success with and how much it differs from person to person. 

I agree!