Just for giggles, I'm going old school once this year. Anyone else done the same?

[GRiver]

On 2/10/2023 at 10:26 PM, ol'crickety said:

I know it'll be expensive to lose one of the above, but they're not doing me any good in my old tackleboxes and they were made to catch fish, not collect dust and rust.  

My dad use to say “ I bought this lure to catch fish on it, or lose it trying to catch them” and “ It’s not going to catch fish in my  tackle box”. 

I try to remember that when I’m fishing.

[Pat Brown]

In honor of you and the thread, I put a 10-in ribbon tail worm on the back of a full skirted rubber jig and I'm going to throw it before the snow hits tonight lol.  Let's see if these bass want that lure to look like it's 1978.

[PhishLI]

On 2/10/2023 at 10:26 PM, ol'crickety said:

Has anyone else ever done this?

Yes, and I still use one particular lure often. When I was a kid I caught more bass on this one by a wide margin fishing through lily pads. When my local shop ran out of them sometime in 1980 and told me they were discontinued I was crestfallen. Thanks to the auction site and a flea market I was able to re-supply. The top one is a shelf-queen, but the other two see action. The perch colored one shown on the bottom got me this cutie a few years ago.

 

 

[Swamp Girl]

Phish, I think your bass is all-time favorite bass posted at Bass Resource. It is gorgeously colored! Thanks for the lure photo too. I remember the Hawaiian Wiggler. 

 

 

[PhishLI]

58 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

Thanks for the lure photo too. I remember the Hawaiian Wiggler. 

Here's my first rig circa 1977. Saved up for it all winter splitting cordwood after school. I'm still amazed at where I was able to put that bait while spooled up with only 6lb Stren. It would come through most things and back to me. I lost very few. Daiwa 1000c on an Ugly Stik.

 

[dave]

5 hours ago, DitchPanda said:

I throw alot of lures that were introduced before I was born. Mann's minus 1, jelly worms, phenom worms and rebel pop Rs. Also I'm the only guy in my bass group that throws a buzzbait.

Every one's old school is different...

5 hours ago, DitchPanda said:

I throw alot of lures that were introduced before I was born. Mann's minus 1, jelly worms, phenom worms and rebel pop Rs. Also I'm the only guy in my bass group that throws a buzzbait.

Every one's old school is different...

Oldies radio stations were once very popular.  Now,  the "oldies" are the songs from the late 70s and into the 80s.

[DitchPanda]

26 minutes ago, dave said:

Every one's old school is different...

Every one's old school is different...

Oldies radio stations were once very popular.  Now,  the "oldies" are the songs from the late 70s and into the 80s.

I listen to a station that plays lots of 50s and 60s stuff. That said I was listening to a "classic rock" station the other day and they played Nirvana. Didn't know what to think.

[whitwolf]

I fish discontinued Rebels all the time. Vintage? Maybe not, but getting there.

[Rockytop]

My favorite and most fished worm to this day is a 7.5" Culprit in red shad and I throw a Heddon's Dying Flutter, a Devil's Horse, a Jitterbug, Pop R, Lucky 13, AC shiner, and Tiny Torpedo regularly. I've got several old baits I'll pull out if need be.  A lot of times you have to go old to show them something new.

[Big Hands]

I don't do it as an entire theme day sort of thing, but I occasionally break out some locally legendary plastic worms just to see if they still produce (yep, they still do).

 

I still have a box full of hellbenders and waterdogs from (40 years ago) back in my trolling days when I thought consistently catching bass on plastic worms was largely a myth, LOL.

[FishTank]

Going to throw a Beatle Spin this weekend. I have caught pretty much everything on this lure. They don't hold up well but they are cheap and fun to fish.