Underutilized bass lures

[scaleface]

The Flying lure . I know its a joke but it works as advertised . Lift it up and it glides away from you . I have never caught anything big with it but I have caught lots of dinks on those things .

[Cgolf]

2 hours ago, scaleface said:

The Flying lure . I know its a joke but it works as advertised . Lift it up and it glides away from you . I have never caught anything big with it but I have caught lots of dinks on those things .

 

As much of a bad rap those types of lures get, a lot of tail weighted rigs used now to go under docks us a similar principle. I shudder to mention it, but the banjo minnow has an action not all that dissimilar to a lot of baits right now, maybe it was ahead of its time, and unfortunately to serious anglers got a bad rap because of how it started and those cheesy infomercials lol.

[RMax]

Spider Parts/Spider Grub.  Cabin Creek Spider Parts kill bass in a stream!

[RoLo]

The sale of 'pork rind' was strangled by plastic trailers, forcing Uncle Josh to change their entire business model
The Zoom Fluke stole the show from the 'Sluggo', which is very rarely mentioned for bass (pike, yes).

Above all, I believe the most underutilized lure is the "Johnson weedless spoon" (w/ grub trailer).
That sucker will navigate cover that other lures fear to tread.

 

With regard to rigging systems, whatever happened to the 'Splitshot rig'?
It seems that ever since the dropshot rig was introduced, anglers abandoned the split-shot rig,

but they are totally different rigging systems.

 

Roger

 

[WRB]

Roger, agree with everything you said and when you add soft plastics are colorful and easy to use pork rind was displaced. The split shot rig became the mojo rig both are not as popular as the drop shot rig. Sluggo's being replaced by Flukes...both hit the market about the same time and Senko's may have replaced both with today's anglers. Johnson Silver minnow had one of the dullest hooks of any lure, great action. Persuader lures makes an up dated version Johnson Silver minnow with sharp hooks and impressive finish that works good. Being old and stubborn I still use all the above including. Sluggo as a Scrounger jig trailer...

Tom

[RoLo]

 

I still use the Sluggo too, but mostly for northern pike.

I still use Johnson spoons a lot, but the first thing I do with every J-spoon is sharpen the single hook (done).

 

A Dropshot rig is an 'external-sinker rig', whereas a Splitshot rig is an 'internal-sinker rig', they're

very different systems. With an external-sinker rig (dropshot rig), a taut line abruptly transmits

every movement of the rod. With an internal-sinker rig (split-shot rig), a taut line reaches the sinker,

but the bait is on a slack-line behind the weight.  In essence, a split-shot rig is an ultralight Carolina Rig,

but without the annoying features of a C-rig. I still use the splitshot rig,

but use a 1/16 oz bullet sinker and tiny swivel instead of shot.

 

Roger

 

[soflabasser]

Jitterbug

[RoLo]

1 hour ago, soflabasser said:

Jitterbug

 

Raul will tell you, the Jitterbug never disappeared from his tackle box  

[soflabasser]

8 minutes ago, RoLo said:

 

Raul will tell you, the Jitterbug never disappeared from his tackle box  

 

Got a couple Jitterbugs myself.They are excellent lures to use at night.

[gim]

How about a spoon/daredevil/blue fox?  Probably not specifically designed for bass, but its basically a tear drop shapes painted piece of metal with a treble hook on it.

[jtharris3]

These pre-rigged worms have been around for a long time. You can still find them in just about any tackle store here is Mich. And they still work.

 

I personally havent used used one in many years but, I still see them around.

[BASS302]

On 4/2/2017 at 6:50 PM, Wurming67 said:

What do you think is most underutilized bass lures?

 

This year it's everything in my tackle box.  So far, I've only been able to go fishing once this year!

 

But seriously, probably an inline spinner.  I don't use them for bass, but my Dad had a favorite Mepps he used for bass.

[jimf]

13 hours ago, gimruis said:

How about a spoon/daredevil/blue fox?  Probably not specifically designed for bass, but its basically a tear drop shapes painted piece of metal with a treble hook on it.

 

I don't use them but I keep telling myself I should because I bet they would do great.  I like the inline spinner comments above as well - and yet again another lure that I haven't used for bass in ages.   I'm going to make it a point to pick up a couple of spoons and in-line spinners and give them another look.

 

[smr913]

On 4/2/2017 at 10:12 PM, A-Jay said:

A-Jay

Smallie Candy right there.

[crypt]

mepps spinners,johnson silver minnow. still use them today.     tomorrow, today i'm working.

[Scarborough817]

whopper plopper