Return of the XCalibur Squarebill

[JoePhish]

On 3/14/2020 at 10:32 PM, TBAG said:

Bummer, mine had quite a few Rayburn Reds but hardly any Chartreuse/Black back. 

 

Oh, and are you a Phan too? I ask because of your username. lol

I was able to get a Chart/BL in the smaller size. Not sure if there were any of the bigger ones. It wasn't on my list since I still have an old Xcalibur in that size/color. 

 

I like Trey and have seen TAB. That "PH" is more a play off those letters in the name JosePH than it is the band. Funny though, there another guy on here with the screen name of Joefish.

[Smells like fish]

When will these lures go off sale at $2.99? Corona fears kept me home this weekend and I blew my weekly lure play money on eBay. My monkey was very upset with me as we have been planning on getting some squarebills for weeks. d**n the corona my monkey and me gotta get to cabelas next weekend! Will I get 'em for $2.99 then?

[TBAG]

7 hours ago, JoePhish said:

I was able to get a Chart/BL in the smaller size. Not sure if there were any of the bigger ones. It wasn't on my list since I still have an old Xcalibur in that size/color. 

 

I like Trey and have seen TAB. That "PH" is more a play off those letters in the name JosePH than it is the band. Funny though, there another guy on here with the screen name of Joefish.

 

Haha, gotcha. ?

6 hours ago, Smells like fish said:

When will these lures go off sale at $2.99? Corona fears kept me home this weekend and I blew my weekly lure play money on eBay. My monkey was very upset with me as we have been planning on getting some squarebills for weeks. d**n the corona my monkey and me gotta get to cabelas next weekend! Will I get 'em for $2.99 then?

I see you're in Eastern KY so I assume you'll be coming to the Cabelas here in Lexington?

 

If so, you might want to hurry as I was there the day before the sale (last Wednesday) and they put them out early. They were going pretty quick so I went back Thursday and bought more. 

 

I think the Spring Classic sale ends on April 1st so these should be on sale until then.

 

I might go out there again today or tomorrow and grab some more.

[BTSyndrome]

Since they were a decent price, and inspired by the black crank thread, I bought extra to re-paint (rattle can).

The first ones I started with is a color shift paint in Purple Fog. It's a dark green/dark purple transition.

It's a little hard to take a pic showing it well, but It looks much better in person....

 

[Revival]

On 3/15/2020 at 10:47 PM, Smells like fish said:

When will these lures go off sale at $2.99? Corona fears kept me home this weekend and I blew my weekly lure play money on eBay. My monkey was very upset with me as we have been planning on getting some squarebills for weeks. d**n the corona my monkey and me gotta get to cabelas next weekend! Will I get 'em for $2.99 then?

I believe the sale ends April 1st.  Question is how much your Cabelas had in stock and how much they have left.  My Bass Pro had tons left.

[TBAG]

Was able to get out yesterday evening and fish from the bank for a couple hours.

 

I know it's a little different fishing from the bank but these run VERY shallow, and definitely not the advertised 1-4 ft.

 

The action is very erratic but just couldn't get them deep enough. Kind of disappointed especially since I bought quite a few.

[JoePhish]

13 hours ago, TBAG said:

Was able to get out yesterday evening and fish from the bank for a couple hours.

 

I know it's a little different fishing from the bank but these run VERY shallow, and definitely not the advertised 1-4 ft.

 

The action is very erratic but just couldn't get them deep enough. Kind of disappointed especially since I bought quite a few.

I would use these in very skinny water where a KVD (or any other 5 or 6 ft SB) would run too deep, similar to a Brat 03. Just another tool in the tool box.

 

[jimmyjoe]

14 hours ago, TBAG said:

these run VERY shallow, and definitely not the advertised 1-4 ft.

   Thank you VERY much for that info. That was what I was waiting for.     jj

[TBAG]

8 hours ago, JoePhish said:

I would use these in very skinny water where a KVD (or any other 5 or 6 ft SB) would run too deep, similar to a Brat 03. Just another tool in the tool box.

 

 

Yeah, they'll work great in some shallow creeks/rivers I fish. 

 

Just wish they ran a little deeper. I did remove the factory split ring as I do on all my cranks. I use a crankbait snap. 

 

 

[Hutch13]

Has anyone else tried these? What do you think of them? I just found them on BPS website and I can't decide if I should order some. They are still $2.99.

[Cgolf]

8 minutes ago, Hutch13 said:

Has anyone else tried these? What do you think of them? I just found them on BPS website and I can't decide if I should order some. They are still $2.99.

I haven't tossed the booyah ones yet, but since they are the old xcaliburs, they will be awesome. Like others said they run a little on the shallower side, but the have a wide roll, and aggressive action. I always thought of them as fishing much larger than there size, as they punch a big hole in the water. Especially compared to a more subtle square bill like a bandit 100. Those two baits are my one two punch when fishing square bills.

[RoLo]

 

 

 

                             

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[BlakeMolone]

I’ve only fished them in the pool but any squarebill that runs decent and has half way decent hooks and split rings is worth 3 bucks! I bought ten of them to help fill up my squarebill box. Guess I need to actually throw them one of these days, I’m totally confident they will catch fish as good as any other square bill!