vintage Boy Howdy blue head clear body

[mixel]

Anyone know when this lure was made? I found one yesterday.

 

Kind of weird looking with the weight on the back.

 

[fishballer06]

Pretty neat to see that split shot at the tail like that. Ancient technology before they figured out how to put a moving ball weight inside of the plastic body. 

 

Sorry, but I can't help with the dating. 

[scaleface]

I have that exact same lure .I didnt know what it was . I actually posted a photo of it yesterday . 

 

[mixel]

It's hard to read on the bottom, but it has Cordell script logo on the bottom, as well as 'Boy Howdy', both showing between the two hooks on the bottom.

[scaleface]

8 minutes ago, mixel said:

It's hard to read on the bottom, but it has Cordell script logo on the bottom, as well as 'Boy Howdy', both showing between the two hooks on the bottom.

I couldnt  read the bottom of mine . I dont know where or when I bought it . It probably came out of a discount bin from Wal Mart . I dont think mine is all that old . 10 years maybe.

[mixel]

I emailed the company. Let's see if they get back to me.

 

This website has some of them in different patterns and claims 70s-80s is when they were last made.

 

https://kazzbait.blogspot.com/2015_07_01_archive.html

 

[deaknh03]

I have the exact same one, bought from the bargain bin at wallys..cotton cordell. 

[mixel]

That's interesting. So maybe it's a fairly recent offering. I did not see it on their website, but a few for sale on ebay are listed as 'vintage'. Seems like an odd design for a current lure, but I did question how old it could possibly be when I found it in a spot where a lot of people fish during the summer.

 

Didn't realize there was a bargin bin for lures at walmart.

[deaknh03]

2 minutes ago, mixel said:

That's interesting. So maybe it's a current lure. Seems like an odd design for a current lure, but I did question how old it could possibly be when I found it in a spot where a lot of people fish during the summer.

I don't think cordell makes them anymore, but I would guess they stopped manufacturing them in the the last 20 years or so, hence why they have been found in the bins at wal mart in recent years. 

[primetime]

I think they still make the Boy Howdy without the props but that is a really good lure designed for schooling fish, it is similar to the bill Lewis Slap stick Concept or the Jackall Jockie? (Never used it) but the boy Howdy sits Vertical in the water and is not really a walker but it bobs up and down and it can work really well.

 

I remember the key to getting strikes was to keep your line on an angle & if it made a crisp popping sound it would work well. I still use the Regular Boy howdy sometimes but I prefer the Rapala X Rap Walk or wood devils horse, but the Boy Howdy is a good lure that will work 100%.

 

That was the best color along with the chrome blue. The Slap Stik has a lip and looks like a regular Minnow bait but it has a similar action and it gives off a different action that fish rarely see. I would add a dressed Treble hook on the rear since it sits 90% & having the extra action often helps get more strikes. 

 

I am pretty sure you can add a prop and/or remove the weight. I still see that lure on Ebay sometimes and I think it sells for $7 as they are not that old, Cotton Cordell does not get much press in Freshwater except for the Spot lipless crank, Most people think the Red Fin is only good for Saltwater, same with the Pencil Popper but when Bass have a school of big wild Shiners trapped, a Gold Red Fin looks identical to a wounded Shiner & the key is getting a "good one" or you have to swap out hooks, rings, do some modifications to get it right since you have to fish it slow & if fish are really aggressive and on wake baits sometimes they want the V wake, or you can walk it side to side just by reeling slow and keeping the head down, it Rolls on it's side & the flash can trigger them. 

 

The Ripplin Red Fin is fished mostly in the Walleye world, but that is one of my favorite topwater/Wakes in the smaller size and if you leave it still, it looks like it is moving because of how it is shaped. They make a suspender that only dives 1-2' that can be really good as well.

 

I love my Minnow baits. Only issue is they are hard to cast because they are so light and bouyant but they come with saltwater rings that need to be changed, so that makes it lighter but on lighter line, spinning rod you can get it pretty far and you can fish it in and over grass like a topwater. I know they have videos of guys on lakes with Herring or Gizzard Shad and guys clean up with the Red Fin, Not sure why they only market to saltwater Striped Bass fishing but I guess Pradco sells enough without advertising.

[tander]

I had that same lure back in the mid 80's. I don't know how how it had been out before then. I would probably guess the late 70's.

[William Rossi]

Good guys here who know their stuff.

 

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