Help identifying these old lures

[wvhunt]

Can anyone ID these for me?  I know the two wooden ones are old, but can't find any markings on them.  I believe my father purchased the plastic on sometime in the early 80's.

[MAN]

Think the bottom one is called a rabble rouser

[scaleface]

36 minutes ago, MAN said:

Think the bottom one is called a rabble rouser

The ugliest fishing lure ever . I have one . Never used it .

[Big Hands]

1 hour ago, MAN said:

Think the bottom one is called a rabble rouser

Pretty sure I have one lurking somewhere too. No idea of it's origin as it was given to me.

[wvhunt]

Rabble Rouser, that's it!  We had a shallower diving version as well, but it got lost hung in a tree somewhere in the past

[Captain Phil]

1 hour ago, wvhunt said:

Rabble Rouser, that's it!  We had a shallower diving version as well, but it got lost hung in a tree somewhere in the past

 

The Rabble Rouser came out in the 70s.  Haven't seen one in some time.   It was an ugly sucker, but it caught fish.   It was an all plastic crankbait that ran 3-4 feet deep.  We used the brown and orange pattern in the Everglades canals with great success.   Kind of a crayfish imitation. 

[king fisher]

     Rabble Rouser was the name of a lure company in the 70's.  They had a whole line of baits.  All of which had the square dished out front like the one in the bottom picture.  They caught fish, but came out in a time when lure companies started making baits shaped like real prey, with natural looking colors.  Not a good time for crazy looking baits even if they did catch fish.  One of their lures, a shallow runner, had a similar shape to a Lazy Ike or Hellin Flatfish, but with the company trademark front end.  I see a different company has resurrected this bait, and is producing it in an endless number of colors.  Seems to be popular with trout and salmon trollers in the Great Lakes region.

[MAN]

Great..now I want a Rabble Rouser for my collection.  ?

Cue up the ebay!  

[schockstrap]

I'm no expert in old lures, but a google image search says that the top 2 are lures made by Wood's Mfg. Co -- A Deep R Doodle and a Dipsy Doodle.

 

If you're using Chrome as a browser, you can right click on the image and get the option to do an image search.

[Big Hands]

Looks like the one I have is the Rabble Rouser Baby Rouster in Tennessee Shad color, LOL.

[Triptych]

I'm not against Megabass (actually I am a fan), but Megabass can probably come out with a clone of the rabble rouser, call it something crazy, and people would gobble them up. 

[king fisher]

1 hour ago, Triptych said:

'm not against Megabass (actually I am a fan), but Megabass can probably come out with a clone of the rabble rouser, call it something crazy, and people would gobble them up.

Only if they charge $25 per bait, and they break if you hit a rock with them.

[Jaderose]

It seems you can buy NEW Rabble Rousers.

Rabble Rouser NEW!!! (80 Colors to Choose From) – My Bait Shop, LLC