Dumb Purchases

[Bassin_Fin@tic]

Anyone remember the Burke talkin frog? Made a battery powered croaking noise when it got wet. :

[Primus]

I'm surprised the SK King Shad was mentioned, I've caught some nice 4 & 5lbers on this bait along with a 39" Northern Pike.

[cart7t]

Back when the first LP reels came out in the early 80's, I bought one of the first Bass Pro Shops "branded" reels.  It was an LP reel made by Quick.  Quick at the time was most noted for making Saltwater equipment.

The first reel was broken in the box.

The replacement broke on the first fishing trip.

I refused another replacement and traded up to a Garcia.  I also swore off BPS reels for quite a few years after that.

[MALTESE FALCON]

Chalk-up another one for the Storm soft swimbaits. I can't catch a cold with those things.

Falcon

[CWB]

Storm Kickin' Slab. Looked to be the perfect bait for springtime bass feeding on small 'gills. great finish and looked to be well made. I bough 4 of them 2 years ago. Still trying to get one to run straight.

If I ever do, lookout!

[fishfordollars]

A Castiac(sic) swimbait that I paid 18.98 for back in 1991. Have never had a bite on it and it seems to show up every time I open one of my Plano boxes. Like it moves around during the night so I will see it and be reminded of how wasteful I was.

[jig]

X2 ON THAT CASTAIC

[fathom]

5 lb. muskie spinnerbait.

had a spinner the size of a vw hubcap with a trailer that looked more like a raccoon's tail.

and even tho the closest muskie to me is right at 1100 miles away, at the time, it made perfect sense for me to have that bait.

[Pitchinkid]

Helicopter lure. Though i did catch a rockbass on it in a creek behind my parents house.

Flying lure was awesome. Pitch it at the edge of some pads and watch it glide in. id like to have some about 9-10 inchs long.i think it would be sweet

[jimmieO]

"*ALL TIME LOW PRICE! GET THEM BEFORE THEY FLY AWAY AND YOU MISS THAT BIG FISH!*"

[farmpond1]

It has to be those bargain bin generic hard baits I got at Wally world. They had lovely finishes but they also possess the action of a wet piece of kleenex.

I don't think flying lures are all that bad. I think they would work pretty well to provoke a strike from inactive or post-cold front bass. I do hate infomercials as much as the next guy, however.

[roadwarrior]

I recently purchased some P-Line CX Premium to try. The_Natural

recommended it and I trust his judgement. I bought #6 for spinning

tackle, but the line that was meant to be suggested was higher test

for baitcasting, I think?

Anyhow, after I spooled the line up, I tied on a jig to test it

out. The line broke when I pulled the knot taunt. I then wrapped

some around both hands...and broke it by hand! What was really

dumb, I got so mad I threw it away instead of taking it back!

:-X

[Branuss04]

Fourbizzs' Old Boat!!!!

Lol whats the story there?

I bought his old P.O.S. that had been sitting in a field for a year or so.  It was in pretty bad shape.  Rusty and bent trailer.  The carpet was coming up, so he put about 200 staples randomly in the floor to try to keep it down, but It just tore around the staples, so you really couldn't walk on it without shoes.  Just a general overall money pit.  I fixed it up and it's a bass fishing machine now.  The worst part is I now have a boat so I have to take him fishing all the time.   :

[Matt 825]

I had all the TV baits.  Banjo minnow worked great for me, so did the flying lure.  The hellicopter lure was pretty bad.  Recently I bought some of the Bass Professor plastic snakes.  Never used them, but I wish I could have that $ back.   LOL

[Mr.Twister]

I know some of y'all mentioned the helicopter lure, But a couple years ago, opening day for Lg.mouth, Harsens Island,Mich (in Lk St clair) in the flats in the pencil reeds.. That lure totally slayed em. The whole week we were out there we just killed em. We even had guys pull over to us and ask what we were using cause it was like every cast we had one. We told them what we were using and they laughed and said " no, seriously..) They didnt believe us.....2yrs later, same place, same time, same lure. NADA. We couldnt even pay for a bite. We were sighting them, but to no avail. The senko came out and...whamo, bass galore....

My dumb purchase after that fiasco....the swimmin eel :-[ : :'(

[tritz18]

Bill Dance dancing buzz

[J Francho]

P-line Flouroclear in 6# - junk.

Some Plano tackle bag/backpack thing - never got used to it.

Berkley Tec Hook sharpener - plain old hook stone works better.

Gulp! Floating Nightcrawlers - repels most fish.

Boo-Yah Swim Jigs - they work, I still feel duped.

Terminator Football Jigs - unbelievable sticking power, as in stuck in rocks, LOL.

[jimmieO]

Bill Dance dancing buzz

I saw that thing and I thought it was a novelty.....like something to hang on the wall ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Avalonjohn44]

Any Matzuo crankbaits.  Complete Trash.  Every single one of them.

Okuma Spinning Reels.  Every one of them have fallen apart after 1 season.

Any Mann's crankbaits.  Every Baby Minus bait I have ever bought has broken.

Gulp!  Catches everything but bass.

Helicopter Lure.  Catches nothing including bass.

Hank Parker's/Mann's Undulater Lure.  Nice and shiny waste of $5.

[BassFishingMachine]

Berkley Realistix Minnow. Want to know what they are, well you can do a google search to get a pic, but as far as the feel to them, let me explain....

Picture taking a solid stick about 4 - 4 1/2 inches in length, that has the width a hair less then a straw. And then covering that stick in a 1/4 of an inch of soft plastic that is is shiny due to holographic design. That is what the Berkley Realistix Minnow feels/looks like.

[dave]

I can't remember what they are called but it is a hard body bait with a tail that flap on the surface of the water everytime you pop it. I also got drug into buying the frog that has kicking legs when you pop it as well. ;D

Power Pak

[Stasher1]

Guilty on the Dancin' Eel and the flying lures. But I must say, I caught a few fish of the Flying Lures.

Yup, me too. I bought three of the stupid things and never even got a nibble. Sometimes I think Bill Dance needs his @$$ kicked.  >

[Bass Dude]

[quote author=596E79747776727770762C2C180 Gulp! Catches everything but bass.

[mrbassky]

I didnt buy it but my I got a $10 motolure for christmas. Its a topwater chugger that you pull the string on the front when you cast and it shakes when it hits the water. I guess grandma thought if Chuck Woolery said it was good it had to be. She bought 2 my cousin got one in a different color.

http://www.motolure.com/motochug.php

I still have it and its very funny to me.

[Jake.]

Yum Plastics.....