What Do You Do With Lures You Never Use?

[Munkin]

Normally I just hoard stuff in my garage and basement. Last couple of years its become so bad that you can't walk around in the basement.  I have been selling off stuff or giving it away to the Jr. Bassmasters club. With that said I have a long way to go! Plan is to sell off about 300 hardbaits over the winter. 

 

Allen 

[river-rat]

 

I give them away to kids who are always fishing in the lake in my neighborhood. 

[Dirtyeggroll]

Find someone who is more down to earth than me and give them away so they will be used.

[Luke Barnes]

Collect them. Complain that I can't find what I'm looking for because there is so much stuff in the way. I upgraded to the biggest tackle backpack I could find and its full. It weighs as much as my ruck sack did when I was in the Army so I have no problem carrying it all day. My left knee complains for the next few days though haha. 

 

I would love to find a local lure swap group to try new things and trade what I don't use. 

[roadwarrior]

Give them away.

 

[MN Fisher]

I actually went through my boxes and put together those that I hadn't used and had no plans to use...hard baits as well as plastics.

 

Took my Plano B-series 3700 bag, 4 boxes that were sitting around not being used, and put together a 'starter kit'. Added the President 7.3 on the Laguna and the Trion-35 on the Stratus...and offered as a 'package' with the canoe sale.

 

First line of the ad read "Buy today, fish tomorrow"

 

Dunno if it was a selling point, but sold the canoe in a week at my initial asking price.

[HaydenS]

On 9/25/2021 at 11:58 AM, Jig Man said:

I give them to high school fishing teams.

^This.  Makes good prizes. 

[Bluebasser86]

I sell some stuff, give some away, some I save and convince myself I'll need it some day. 

[Tatsu Dave]

15 hours ago, Luke Barnes said:

I would love to find a local lure swap group to try new things and trade what I don't use. 

So would I, sounds like a good idea but never seen one up here. Also seems giving them to someone is a very popular choice. The melting and repouring of plastics I never considered but maybe should. Near as I can tell I'm around 30lb's of plastics at this point ?