H2O Lures Discontinued...

[Troy85]

Maybe we should have some sort of ceremony to celebrate their success.  Hows a week at Chickamauga sound?

[Hook2Jaw]

Got a little boy on the way in February, saving to move, and saving for a wedding.  I'll celebrate them in Georgia, @Troy1985s.

[ChrisD46]

*I was in my local Academy Sports today : I saw no strange signs of impdending doom for H2O cranks , top water , jerks , etc. There were a few that had clearance signs on them - but so did a number of other lure companies have clearance signs up . I saw nothing specific to H2O lures in the store that would cause a shift or change of any sort - it's just happening on the Academy web site at this time .

[islandbass]

On 11/1/2018 at 4:02 PM, NittyGrittyBoy said:

I'm interested in the bridge, any pictures? 

Price?

I'll double whatever nittygrittyboy offers! That bridge is mine, Sho'nuff!

[Falkus]

I am saving up for those academy lures - they have become my favorite lately ! They just catch fish when others dont. 

 

I just hope they aren't dismissing it for good. They just cant do that ! 

 

 

[volzfan59]

I was at the Knoxville, TN Academy today. They had a good supply of all H2O baits in stock. There were a few colors here and there that were out of stock. No clearance tags or decals on anything. The counter guy said that he hasn't heard anything about them being discontinued, but he was a part timer.

 

On a different note, I did pick up my granddaughters first bike. She loves the Frozen movie. We got her a Frozen bike.

[TnRiver46]

13 hours ago, volzfan59 said:

I was at the Knoxville, TN Academy today. They had a good supply of all H2O baits in stock. There were a few colors here and there that were out of stock. No clearance tags or decals on anything. The counter guy said that he hasn't heard anything about them being discontinued, but he was a part timer.

 

On a different note, I did pick up my granddaughters first bike. She loves the Frozen movie. We got her a Frozen bike.

Maybe I will run into you in there one day!

[Deleted account]

Sorry I didn't post this earlier guys, the new girlfriend is insatiable....  

 

So Academy contacted all the Major brands that manufacture their baits and had them produce an emergency run of all their best ones due to the furor here, and had Santa make a special early run to deliver them, and now there are 54 H2O baits shown on Academy's website. So all is well with the (flat) World...

 

[Hook2Jaw]

And they are back.  I had two of their people on chat tell me they were discontinued.

 

Mildly annoyed.  Academy has trolled me.  Nice find, @reason.

[NittyGrittyBoy]

@Hook2Jaw Reason called you out on your info source, and he comes on here with that and you just believe him? 

 

For all we know Santa's elves could have fed him that garbage! Your trolling skills are slacking sir...

 

@reason and about that dang bridge you was selling? Must've slid off the flat Earth huh

[volzfan59]

10 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Maybe I will run into you in there one day!

Next time I'm heading that way, I'll send you a message. Assuming it's not last minute. Probably be after Christmas.

[Hook2Jaw]

@NittyGrittyBoy they've been listed in full on the website again and there are new colors available.  The two people I talked to on the chat flat told me they had been discontinued, and one told me she would have an e-mail sent with further information. 

 

I don't think they would put discontinued bait back up with new colors, and I haven't received an e-mail.  I think the chat help there is garbo.

 

I'm not really worried about information sources, trolling, or the maker of these baits.  I know when they go on sale for 2 bucks a pop I end up with a pretty quality squarebill, etc. 

[TnRiver46]

24 minutes ago, volzfan59 said:

Next time I'm heading that way, I'll send you a message. Assuming it's not last minute. Probably be after Christmas.

I drive all over town for work so I can drop in anytime. I think a new trolling battery is my very near future, one of mine drains much faster than the other 

[NittyGrittyBoy]

So I was shopping at academy in Brunswick, Ga and they were loaded down with plenty of H20 lures, cranks, jerks, topwater, had em all. 

 

I bought a couple cranks and I must say, visually they are impressive. Great hooks, great quality, great paint. I hope they fish good as they look. At 3.99 a piece I will be purchasing some more!

[Bluebasser86]

6 hours ago, NittyGrittyBoy said:

So I was shopping at academy in Brunswick, Ga and they were loaded down with plenty of H20 lures, cranks, jerks, topwater, had em all. 

 

I bought a couple cranks and I must say, visually they are impressive. Great hooks, great quality, great paint. I hope they fish good as they look. At 3.99 a piece I will be purchasing some more!

Same here. Haven't been to both of the local stores but I stopped at one last week and it had all the usual H2O baits at regular price and all their rods and reels too. 

[fin]

7 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Same here. Haven't been to both of the local stores but I stopped at one last week and it had all the usual H2O baits at regular price and all their rods and reels too. 

The author of this thread states in this thread that the lures have not been discontinued. It was just a misunderstanding. This post needs a "fake news" tag or something. I about had a heart attack when I first saw it.

 

On 11/4/2018 at 2:46 PM, Hook2Jaw said:

And they are back.  I had two of their people on chat tell me they were discontinued.

 

Mildly annoyed.  Academy has trolled me.  Nice find, @reason.

 

[Coonedawg]

The H20 Lures must be doing fine. I found these new glide baits there last night. The lady stocking them said they had several new baits coming in stock. 

[Deleted account]

On 10/31/2018 at 8:39 AM, Hook2Jaw said:

H2O Lures Discontinued...

Again? or Still?

 

Kate says "Hi!"

[Hook2Jaw]

@Hank., definitely not a misunderstanding.  I received an email from Academy stating some lures were being discontinued but which lures would no longer be produced was not disclosed.

 

I just chose not to reawaken this thread because you get folks in here trolling, antagonizing, talking about bridges and Kate and whatnot.

[fin]

The title of the post is making people think that ALL H2O lures have been discontinued.

 

That is a misunderstanding. Can we agree on that much? I'm not trying to blame anyone.

[NittyGrittyBoy]

I resurrected the thread, simply to state I shopped there the other day and they still had a great selection of baits.

 

Sorry for the confusion for the new guys, but I didn't feel the need for another thread about same thing.

[Hook2Jaw]

At the time of thread creation, the academy website had almost all of the h2o xpress line no longer listed.  Two online associates informed me the lure line had been discontinued.

 

Some time later, the website showed the entire line once again.  Over time, some of the items have remained on clearance and the amount of colors available have diminished.

 

So I talked to another online associate and got her to step up the chain and shortly thereafter, received an email from Academy.  The email stated some lures were being discontinued, and new lures were being introduced.

 

I decided not to update this thread with that information because I didn't want to read about more bridges for sale.  Sorry, @Hank., I was not trying to come off as confrontational.  I just never laid out the understanding I eventually received. 

 

TLDR: some h2o lures are discontinued, new ones are being introduced.