lures not made anymore

[cheezyridr]

so, back in the day, one of my favorite lures to throw was a spence scout.  anyone remember them? 

i caught lots of fish on them, they were a good lure.  why would something like that, which worked no longer be in production?

i wonder if there are other lures that were good ones, but are no longer made. 

are there any that you miss?

 

[scaleface]

Half the hard lures  I throw are not made any more .

[papajoe222]

One big reason is a lot of the companies that originally made those baits were bought out or merged with others. If each company had similar baits, guess which one would still be in production? Another is cost vs. profit. Even baits that are still produced are done so with less expensive components. The results are two-fold: Higher profit and to keep the purchase price at, or near where it was.  A prime example, IMO, is a Wiggle Wart. However in that case the price actually increased.

[cheezyridr]

7 hours ago, papajoe222 said:

One big reason is a lot of the companies that originally made those baits were bought out or merged with others. If each company had similar baits, guess which one would still be in production? Another is cost vs. profit. Even baits that are still produced are done so with less expensive components. The results are two-fold: Higher profit and to keep the purchase price at, or near where it was.  A prime example, IMO, is a Wiggle Wart. However in that case the price actually increased.

 

the thing is, there are other lures very similar to the wiggle wart.  the scout, there's nothing like it, afaik

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10 hours ago, scaleface said:

Half the hard lures  I throw are not made any more .

Same.

[Log Catcher]

The old Wee R and Deep Wee R Rebels. The old Rapala Rattling Fat Raps and Risto Raps.

[WRB]

Spence water scout has a long history starting by the original Walters water scout 100 years ago. Charles Spence bought the brand when he started Strike King company with Bill Dance and named it the lure Spence Water Scout. 

Your lure is a later 90’s plastic version.

Tom

[cheezyridr]

13 hours ago, WRB said:

Spence water scout has a long history starting by the original Walters water scout 100 years ago. Charles Spence bought the brand when he started Strike King company with Bill Dance and named it the lure Spence Water Scout. 

Your lure is a later 90’s plastic version.

Tom

 

you're right, i looked for a pic of the wooden one in chartreuse, but couldn't find one. it didn't have the dark circles around the eyes.

[king fisher]

I had the Strike King Spence Scout, and a similar lure made by Cotton Cordell.  The Cordell one had a molded plastic lip, and the small fin toward the back was also plastic.  Both came with skirts, and caught many bass.  I can't remember the name of the Cordell one.  

[river-rat]

2 hours ago, king fisher said:

I had the Strike King Spence Scout, and a similar lure made by Cotton Cordell.  The Cordell one had a molded plastic lip, and the small fin toward the back was also plastic.  Both came with skirts, and caught many bass.  I can't remember the name of the Cordell one.  

 

I still use both the Spence Scout and the Cordell plastic model which was also called a Scout. They are excellent lures for shallow water with heavy wooden cover.

[Bluebasser86]

I had a white and blue Spence Scout for awhile when I was a kid. Don't remember ever catching anything on it.

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I'm sure one of the newer "egg" wake baits with a hackled rear treble will mimic or even out perform that lure. 

[MAN]

I really don't see anything different in that, and the current shallow cranks, other than outdated material/paint job. 

[cheezyridr]

On 3/22/2021 at 10:25 AM, BassWhole! said:

I'm sure one of the newer "egg" wake baits with a hackled rear treble will mimic or even out perform that lure. 

 

seein' as how we ain't got one to test, i guess we'll never know...?

 

but for me, it doesn't matter.  the scout was a lure i had confidence in. i liked throwing it, i caught fish on it, sometimes when nothing else would.  i never had one of the plastic ones, so i dont know how they would behave.  the wooden ones i had, the action was cool.  it had a roly-poly wobble to it, and was super shallow. 

[OCdockskipper]

2 hours ago, cheezyridr said:

 

seein' as how we ain't got one to test, i guess we'll never know...?

 

but for me, it doesn't matter.  the scout was a lure i had confidence in. i liked throwing it, i caught fish on it, sometimes when nothing else would.  i never had one of the plastic ones, so i dont know how they would behave.  the wooden ones i had, the action was cool.  it had a roly-poly wobble to it, and was super shallow. 

 

We could test it a new wake bait against one of these two  

 

I bought these back in the late 70's and have only changed the hooks & skirts.  They are the wooden models and while they don't appear as slick as the newer wake baits, they can devastating in the water.  It definitely shows these fish something they have never seen before.

[Jigfishn10]

Wood Walker

Besides it's antiquated look, it was a reel fish catcher

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9 hours ago, cheezyridr said:

seein' as how we ain't got one to test, i guess we'll never know...?

I'd be willing to bet there is one or more on Fleabay right now, or one will become available. 

[cheezyridr]

14 hours ago, OCdockskipper said:

 

We could test it a new wake bait against one of these two  

 

I bought these back in the late 70's and have only changed the hooks & skirts.  They are the wooden models and while they don't appear as slick as the newer wake baits, they can devastating in the water.  It definitely shows these fish something they have never seen before.

 

ngl, if i was the type, i'd be totally jealous.