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Lures (artificial bait) of the Great Out\doors
I am by no expert on fishing lures, new or old, but my latest trip to Dowagiac, Michigan, home of the Original Heddon Lures peaked my interest. I suspect others out there either use or collect artificial bait so I thought I'd start a thread about it in hopes of learning more about past and current lures both collecting and using.
I've order several books but it is more fun talking this stuff with other enthusiasts. I recently purchased three Heddon lures for about $10. I doubt they are very old but they looked pretty cool and the price seemed fair. I'm thinking of picking up maybe 30 or so to make a nice wall display.
The main brands I'm thinking about are Heddon, Creek Chub, Rapala, Shakespeare, and Arbogast.
Are there any other must haves? I know I'm going to grab a mudbug and some kind of giant muskie lure. Any other thoughts.
Here are three I paid $10 for (all are Heddon and all are plastic)
Top to bottom
Tiny Torpedo
Firetail Sonic
River Runt Spook Sinker.
Ugly Old Guy
For example, Bass Pro Shops had a fishing lure shaped like a kitchen sink.
I mainly fish with artificals. Rapalla, Heddon, Lazy Ike(?) (I have not seen one in decades) and Red Devel were my "go-to" freshwater lures and spoons. For the jigs, I found a no-name or home made worked just as well as a brand name.
I made a few spinners over the years, too. No idea what happened to the tool set I had to make them with.
For shore fishing in saltwater, I used plugs and soft baits.
Only went out on a boat once, I used te cut bait thay had. It was an unexpected fishing trip, my boss' nephew came to visit us in the Florida Keys. We took him and his girlfriend to Key West. The boss decided to charter a boat, I didn't have any of my gear with us. I had to use the boat's rods and reels, too. I was not impressed with them. I like my Mitchell 302 much better than the Shimano spinning reels they used.
I did catch a 10 pound Bonita, though.
Sep 3, 2017
Tobias Gibson
my current lure of choice for fresh water is the wacky rig. looks stupid but it seems the fish like it.
Sep 12, 2017
Jan Carter
LOL well it is aptly named ! If it works, it works! I have seen someone take a piece of baloney out of their lunch and catch a fish. Sometimes the wacky just works
Sep 13, 2017