i was just thinking of all the lures i got lured into buying, like the triangle shaped worms, three colored worms with sparkley tails that move by like "real worms" etc. i usually don't get suckered into much, i did not buy any helicopter lures or banjo minnows, i even remember a dragonfly lure that you cast a weight on shore and then "fly" a dragonfly down your line to the weight (yea right).
So what did you get lured into buying? or what did you run away from?
I just want to go on record saying that the banjo minnow catches fish!!! Its the only "tv" type bait I've ever seen that works just like it says it does.
ok i'll give ya the banjo minnow, how about the tube baits that fall away from you i "forget what they called them" juat a hook weighted at the bend or something like that.
Got to say there are a lot of baits made to catch fishermen more so than fish! Fish don't spend any money...It's nice to have a few companies around that do develop lures for the primary reason of catching fish (first and foremost) and believing they will sell because of that reason.
the flying lure was the tube style bait that would fall away from you on slack line. i used to catch a ton of fish on those when i was a young whipper-snapper.
i bought helicopter lures from meijers back in the day and caught a few fish on them, too.
McCarter himself :-\'
the flying lure
they worked too, only cuz they were a glorified tube, not cuz they really were all that special.
I got suckered into buying some of them nemesis baits, those things don't work. :-\'
I'll admit to the helicopter lure. Twisted anything less than 20# mono.
Left them all on a window sill in a cabin in Northwest Ontario; couldn't even get a hammer handle pike to bite them up there.
I still have some flying lures and banjo minnows! I dont ever use them, but have them.
Quote from: bob o on February 12, 2010, 10:27:47 AM
ok i'll give ya the banjo minnow, how about the tube baits that fall away from you i "forget what they called them" juat a hook weighted at the bend or something like that.
The flying lure
The flying lure did work if you used it right. You had to let it lay on the bottom then when the fish swam over it you ripped up real hard and stuck the hook in his tail. Worked great on salmon
Flourocarbon Line. I have never realized any benefit with it and It tends to break fairly easy. But it is expensive! ;D
I got suckered into every last piece of fishing equipment I have, and have lost. It just calls out to me, and I can't say no. Luckily, I have figured out how to catch fish with some of it!
Quote from: TCook on February 12, 2010, 11:25:33 AM
I got suckered into buying some of them nemesis baits, those things don't work. :-\'
LMAO Thanks for the "warning" Tim ;D
I have had almost no luck with Berkley Gulp Gobies......I have had great luck with other baits but the Gobies are like fishing with Dough balls....I know alot of people like them but they haven't panned out for me at all..
Yeah yeah...Banjo Minnows about 15 years ago. Grr.
Quote from: motocross269 on February 12, 2010, 07:54:48 PM
I have had almost no luck with Berkley Gulp Gobies......I have had great luck with other baits but the Gobies are like fishing with Dough balls....I know alot of people like them but they haven't panned out for me at all..
I've bought them too, but the only success I've had is on Muskegeon
Those catfish on Erie seem to like those gulp gobies, I've learned the sheephead bite but those catfish fool me everytime!
The big one for me is that snake I see advertised on WFN. I want one soooo bad. I just know I'll start to catch 12 lbers if I had one.
Quote from: Durand Dan on February 12, 2010, 08:29:32 PM
Quote from: motocross269 on February 12, 2010, 07:54:48 PM
I have had almost no luck with Berkley Gulp Gobies......I have had great luck with other baits but the Gobies are like fishing with Dough balls....I know alot of people like them but they haven't panned out for me at all..
I've bought them too, but the only success I've had is on Muskegeon
SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
ive used gulp and theres nothing magical about it...i caught fish on the gobies but i still got my butt kicked when my boater was fishing other plastics...this was out on st clair too
Dancin' eel. Thats all I got to say about that.
Willie
chatterbait. What a joke that is, can only catch fish on days that end in Y. Seriously, I bought some of those floating pink worms and tried that. Never even got looked at. Wonder why? Tim can attest to some of the goofy stuff I buy, and some of it actually works!!!
1jav
hold the phone on the chatterbaits, i busted the heck out of them on woodland lake, but how about the color-c-lector yep i got one it's still in the boat too, i'm sure the theroy is proven and all but i don't think it ever helped me catch a single fish and i just remembered the crankbaits with a plastic colorado blade hanging off the diving bill, of coarse the baits were colored for using the color-c-lector system, did i mention that was the biggest waste of $100 ever the first $15 gets it (the color-c-lector) the crankbaits are long gone, i'm sure there rare collectors item's worth $1,000's or something stupid like that oh well.
Biggest purchase I have got sucked into was the Bottom Line Side Finder. That thing couldn't find the side of the boat. They kept telling me the transducer was bad. They even believed the lie as they kept sending me new transducers!
Hmmmmmmm..... one fisherman's junk is another treasure.
I've had good luck with Banjo minnows. But only when someone gave iem to me.... fish em kinda like flukes.....
Chatterbaits.... golden shiner color .... Woodland lake.... works for me.
Color C lector I bit on too. I mainly wanted it for the temp reading down below. It never worked right.
Flying lures? stunk.......... I never caught one fish. I never even accidentally snagged any either.
darn more and more stuff, i've got a side finder too that's another $200
Manman lures.... I bought the crap out of those things. Every color, every size. I have a new approach to new tackle. Let one of friends that still has "new stuff fever" buy it. If it works, scam some off him since he has a storage compartment full of every size and color!
Vic
This may be something someone else has talked about but... Does anyone remember that lure that was like a floating leaf with a dragonfly sitting on the stem of the leaf? The bug sat out of the water an inch or two. This must have been 7 or 8 years ago now, maybe more. The infomercial (like any other fad lure) showed bass blowing up on this thing like it was nobodies business. I wonder if anyone fell for that one?
I think the Laserlure is a rip off. The styles are all stolen from other companys, and the price is ridiculous. What about the Rocket Fisherman? That things almost a weapon.
The color c lector, my dad bought one of those in like 85. I remember thinking it was a miracle or something. I was only 5 at the time. I guess, the one that got me recently was the Strike king Sexy Swimmer. I heard people talking about them, and just convinced myself I had to have it. So, I have a 15 dollar lure that I have thrown on every lake I have fished, and never had a bite on it yet. I have a Lucky Craft lure just like it....never been bit.
Quote from: mikeszr800 on February 13, 2010, 04:54:26 PM
The color c lector, my dad bought one of those in like 85. I remember thinking it was a miracle or something. I was only 5 at the time. I guess, the one that got me recently was the Strike king Sexy Swimmer. I heard people talking about them, and just convinced myself I had to have it. So, I have a 15 dollar lure that I have thrown on every lake I have fished, and never had a bite on it yet. I have a Lucky Craft lure just like it....never been bit.
I know a guy that fishes Kent with a big SK swim bait that does very well. It's not a high % bait
But I've seen the pic's and he's not catching any thing under 3#
I think the Sexy shad color was the last thing I bought that I felt
dooped into.
It hit me one night
None of the Oakland lakes have shad. Hopefully one day I'll be able to use it on a vacation
It's still funny fishing with friends when I see that color in there box. I think SK sold a ton of baits in that color after KVD did so well with it.
There were some peacock bass caught on those baits in Brazil.
i have had some success on both hard and soft swimbaits but still feel like i am missing something. I havent tried the SK ones yet, but the Sebile ones are good and i caught a few on the Jackall Giron. I still have yet to catch a fish on the Berkley Hollow Bellys but the Optimum Baby Line Thru (BLT) 3" has been most successful for me. That little bait is magic!
McCarter himself :-\'
Can't deny the sexy shad color. It may be a gimmicky name, but I think that color is dynamite. The SK paint jobs are junk though.
I agree with the paint job comment on the Red Eye Shad. I've had 3 or 4 where the paint chipped and was completely gone within 4 casts after that. I haven't had any problem with the paint on the lipped cranks though and I use them all the time. I have heard that the Sexy spoon has the same paint issues as the Red Eye Shad, which stinks because I would like to try one.
I bought a package of worms once that had a kind of velcro material on the bottom. The plug was that the fish hung on longer because they got caught in their mouth...I think I used 1.
The red eyed shad paint is horrible. It peels right off and doesn't last. The spoon really doesn't have much paint on it. It is mostly plain metal to begin with.
Quote from: Fishmael on February 15, 2010, 08:42:33 AM
I bought a package of worms once that had a kind of velcro material on the bottom. The plug was that the fish hung on longer because they got caught in their mouth...I think I used 1.
Culprit Sticky Worms!!!! Man, I loved those things.
McCarter himself :-\'
Quote from: McCarter on February 15, 2010, 10:29:40 AM
Quote from: Fishmael on February 15, 2010, 08:42:33 AM
I bought a package of worms once that had a kind of velcro material on the bottom. The plug was that the fish hung on longer because they got caught in their mouth...I think I used 1.
Culprit Sticky Worms!!!! Man, I loved those things.
McCarter himself :-\'
You should totally make those McCarter!!
1jav
Quote from: 1javelin on February 15, 2010, 10:31:12 AM
You should totally make those McCarter!!
1jav
Yeah, like totaly!! ;D
Hey Tom...if you really don't like those Banjo's, I'll take them off your hands.
The Helicopter Lure, yeah. Actually caught a bass in lillypads on it once and haven't used it since.
The Flying Lure - Caught a few
They had this mechanical topwater thing at the Lansing Show a couple of years ago and sold out before I could get one. Hey, everything catches fish!
Pork-O - Caught one largemouth at Bald Mountain using one with a chartreuse top and white belly. Hit it right at the front of the bait too, right where the hook was. I think the bait was 8 or 9 inches long. Very durable.
I liked the action of the Pork-o and had a bunch of bass eat them, but I kept having bigger fish ball that big glob of processed pork skin so that the hook would bury back into it and never penetrate the bass' mouth! Not good. Particularly when you can see how big the bass was that just ATE your bait and got away!!! So I quit using them.
Quote from: Waterfoul on February 15, 2010, 12:05:23 PM
Quote from: 1javelin on February 15, 2010, 10:31:12 AM
You should totally make those McCarter!!
1jav
Yeah, like totaly!! ;D
You trying to tell me I should've left the totally off that one? Thought it added a good ring myself.
1jav
fer sure dude.
Here is the all time Dupe... I have not one but two of the finest Chuck Woolery top water plugs. They are the kind when you cast them a string comes out of there mouth (your line is tied to it) and when they land in the water the tail starts to wag...lol kinda a swimming top water... I just got them about 4 years ago.
Tell me I'm not a rookie... lol Every time I look at them I start laughing..
I was going to pull one out at one of the BFl tourneys as a joke but thought it might not be funny...
BTW they were purchase from the home shopping network.... Now that is some funny stuff I don't care who you are.
Don L
Don, I just need some video of you using them. LOL
Naa I think I might post your video on Youtube for even bringing that up...lol
Quote from: LAPORTE on February 16, 2010, 07:58:44 AM
Naa I think I might post your video on Youtube for even bringing that up...lol
There we go. Put that video on Youtube. Why hasn't that been done yet? With a screen name like Smiph (haha, that is a classic) it would be a hit on Youtube. I'd save it as a favorite.
You guys are killing me. LOL
;D ;D
I couldnt care less what anyone says, Im goin out and buying a remoted control boat and zigzag a few fat free fingerlings or a spinnerbait in 10 fow while Im drift out on St Clair this year !!!! ;D ;D Anyone else wanting to try this out PM me and we'll get video for our fellow GLB members to watch !!
ok - ok back from cabin fever - Im going to agree with a chatter fad and $20 swim baits. WTH ?? And the last bait that caught the fisherman was a Sebile floating 3" 2 -4 ft crankbait for $15 in a the most killer paint jobs - caught me hard. I'll try it around the docks as the salesman said but I am starting to recognize 'that feeling' when I walk out of the store that Ive been caught - not the fish !!!
Oh and PS: I combined the Berkley Gulp! minnow with Nemisis 2" gobies to win a tournament in 08 on Drop Shot and they were the only two baits I used and it was the only stick I held. In the rivers and outfished my partner who used tubes, poor boy goby, and all the other top baits - so give ol Nemisis a break they have great fish catching product ..........
Someone tell me please about the Wavespin reel. I want soooooo bad to believe in it. Are they another gimic?
Quote from: mojo on February 17, 2010, 12:47:16 PM
;D ;D
I couldnt care less what anyone says, Im goin out and buying a remoted control boat and zigzag a few fat free fingerlings or a spinnerbait in 10 fow while Im drift out on St Clair this year !!!! ;D ;D Anyone else wanting to try this out PM me and we'll get video for our fellow GLB members to watch !!
ok - ok back from cabin fever - Im going to agree with a chatter fad and $20 swim baits. WTH ?? And the last bait that caught the fisherman was a Sebile floating 3" 2 -4 ft crankbait for $15 in a the most killer paint jobs - caught me hard. I'll try it around the docks as the salesman said but I am starting to recognize 'that feeling' when I walk out of the store that Ive been caught - not the fish !!!
Oh and PS: I combined the Berkley Gulp! minnow with Nemisis 2" gobies to win a tournament in 08 on Drop Shot and they were the only two baits I used and it was the only stick I held. In the rivers and outfished my partner who used tubes, poor boy goby, and all the other top baits - so give ol Nemisis a break they have great fish catching product ..........
I was being sarcastic about Nemesis baits not catching fish, they are excellent baits. News flash swimbaits are not a gimmick and when did Nemesis start making 2" gobies?
Quote from: mikesmiph on February 17, 2010, 12:54:07 PM
Someone tell me please about the Wavespin reel. I want soooooo bad to believe in it. Are they another gimic?
My first couple of years I wasted alot of time and money searching for the best affordable rods and reels that I could depend on. Only if I started out with Shimano I could of saved myself alot of headaches. Do yourself a favor and don't get caught up listening to pro staffers pushing the products they get rewarded to sell. Listen to the experienced guys that give advice and have no connection to those products, that's the only way to get an unbiased opinion. With reels 9 times out of 10 I bet those guys will recommend shimano. Best reel by far for the money.
I had the wave spin reel and IMO it is not as good as they say it is. Won't cast as far as my other reels and it still got wind knots. That is just the problems I had with it also wasn't real smooth on the retreive had some vibration to it.
Don, I also have one of those flapping lures but the thing is when the bass are busting minnows you just throw it in the middle of all the busting and it will catch fish.
Quote from: mikesmiph on February 17, 2010, 12:54:07 PM
Someone tell me please about the Wavespin reel. I want soooooo bad to believe in it. Are they another gimic?
Mike,
They are not a gimmick. They do what they say they will do. Just because some people think that if it sounds too good to be true then it isn't doesn't mean that it is. I have used the shimano's, diawa's, quantum's, etc. and I can truthfully say that the wavespin reel is built just as good as these other reels. What sets them apart from these other reels is the price and the fact it is revolutionary. It will virtually eliminate birds nests. I have used these reels exclusively for 3 full years and I highly recommend at least checking them out. They even have a two year unconditional guarantee on their reels which should show you how much they believe in them. I could go on and on about them but the best way to show you is for you or anyone else to check them out at the grand rapids sport show. I will be there every day.
Yes I am on their pro staff but I totally believe in these reels other wise I would have different ones. There are alot of other guys on this site that use them so maybe they will see this and pipe up. If you or anyone else needs some information about these reels feel free to pm me or just take a look at their website. www.wavespinreel.com (http://www.wavespinreel.com)
Its hard to give advice if you have not used the product in question, and yes shimano reels are a very good reel and I would also recommend checking them out but I have used them.
Right on about the Wave Spin. They are awesome. That is all I own in the spin reels now. More distance and less tangles.
Largemouth is right about these reels.
wavespin reels do what they say they are going to do..I have been using them before they ever hit the market i have one of the first prototypes in my desk...i was the first one to sell one to don so its not as tho he was givin them from jump...yes at this time he is sponsored by them...it is the only spinning reel i use also and i have paid for everyone of mine 7 in total...I never have line tangle issues with them..casting distance is great...if you are having problems with casting distance put some more line on them.....I will be at the grand rapids show also...i will have them with me...and if you go to there web site there is a no tangle guarentee there...WaveSpin Reels are now making a promise that no other reel brand dares to match. As of 1 January 2010 all WaveSpin Reels will have the WORLD'S ONLY "BIRD NEST FREE GUARANTEE".
The promise of performance works like this:
If a person should be having a problem with tangles using their WaveSpin Reel, they should give either Doug or I a call as most problems are simple ones with simple solutions. After speaking with us, if a person should still claim he or she is having problems with bird nest on their WaveSpin Reel, we shall refund their original purchase price of the reel once the reel and copy of original receipt is returned to our warranty department.
How can we make this guarantee, simple, in three plus years WaveSpin has been on the market, no one has ever stated or complained that they had a bird nest or bird nest related tangle while using WaveSpin Reels.
We stand behind our product and it's promise of performance.
and just a little more tidbit of information that I am sur very few people know...all warranty work and any repair work that is done to these reels if there is any is done in the state of michigan. turned around in less than 48 hours....
I have 10 of them. Think about it. Who buys 10 of something if it doesn't work. I'm not self-proclaiming that I am all that, but I'm by no means an idiot. Try them for yourself. I don't think you'll be disappointed.
What about the guy who took big bass on White Lake during the DK open last year? He won one of the Wavespin reels. What does he think about it? Obviously, if people are BUYING many of them, and not having them given to them, they must be pretty decent. But, as with anything else, everybody has a different opinion of everything. You know, what one person likes is better than the other person likes. I say buy one, and form your own opinion. I am a Quantum guy. I love every reel I have ever bought from them. I am considering a Wavespin reel if I decide to put another spinning combo on my boat.
I have one... Don gave it to me to try. I used it for a full season and I really liked it. It was one that Don had used for quite some time so it's been fished a LOT. Still works great. If I didn't get such a deal on my current boat load of Symetre's I'd surely buy more Wavespins.
I tried to return the reel to Don and he told me to just keep it.
See there, Don you have to give everyone of us a reel to try. You can't give to one and not the others. You can call it the GLB Wavespin charity. PM me and I will give you my address for shipping! HAHA, I kill me.
i hought this post was about things you got suckered into buying....stackenem you did not buy tha reel it was givin to you at the 2007 dk open on st clair....i gave that reel to dan to do with what he liked...also that was not a production reel it was one of the first 1000 made and if I am not mistaken it is numbered as such if you look at the bottom of the reel seat...so it amazes me how something free doesnt work the way you think it should...
I am not saying that they are bad it just did not seem to perform well for me. I used it all that summer and did not care for the way that it performed. That was just my opinion which I am entitled to. Yes I did win it at the DK open and I also gave it back to Dan to give to somebody else at the fall DK open. You say that they do not birdnest but the one I had did several times and I felt that it did not handle as well as some of my other spinning reels. As I said before that is just my opinion. Just because I won it doesn't make it good.
Mcbass, Also I was just giving an opinion to the gentleman that asked about the wavecast if you read several posts above mine.
Bill
I used a friends rod last year a couple of times with one of the Wavespin reels on it. Needless to say, that is why I am going to be buying 5 Wavespins before the season starts. Ive had the higher dollar shimano and daiwas and have still gotten birds nests and major line twisting. After seeing these reels in action, Im buying enough for all my spinning rods. I dont think that there is any way you can find a better performing reel out there, especially in the price range of Wavespin. And like some people have mentioned on here, they do exactly what they say they do, plus they are a very smooth casting and retrieving reel. What more can anyone ask for????
Quote from: mikeszr800 on February 17, 2010, 07:38:11 PM
See there, Don you have to give everyone of us a reel to try. You can't give to one and not the others. You can call it the GLB Wavespin charity. PM me and I will give you my address for shipping! HAHA, I kill me.
Well if your REEL nice I would not be against letting anyone borrow a used reel to see if they will like it. But I will have to put a two week trial period on it since I only have a few to do this with. Just PM me and I will see what I can do. Some how I think Mike talked me out of that reel not sure exactly how he did it, he must be a salesmen.
Stackenem,
If it was one of the first editions I would of said the exact same thing as you did. Even the second edition had its quirks but all is good now. Just an FYI that was when they were wavecast, since then they have changed their name and took care of all the issues.
I have 3 spinning rods/reels in my boat... i feel like i got suckered into buying those every time i reluctantly pick one up....
Quote from: thedude on February 17, 2010, 10:57:42 PM
I have 3 spinning rods/reels in my boat... i feel like i got suckered into buying those every time i reluctantly pick one up....
Now that's funny right there I don't care who you are!!! LOL!!! :D
As for the Wavespin I got from Don... it has a LOT of miles on it... but if someone else wants to try it out your welcome to borrow it for a week or two.
Jumping to conclusions without all the facts, reacting too quickly to others' comments... usually not good. Please remember that.
stackenem had one of the early reels that had a sharper edge and seem to grab some lines at times. I found the same thing on one I used (and still have). Keeping the spool filled up well helps. I was glad to see the company worked to improve their product to meet or exceed their expectations. It shows they listened to customers and truly wish to make a good product people will continue to use and buy more of.
I would not consider that I was suckered into the reel since it was given to me to try and to reward a member also. I have not tried one of the new wavespin reels, but knowing they have changed them just by looking at them AND by going by what LGMOUTH and others tell me, I would also not give my opinion of the reel I have regarding the spool to someone considering buying one now. The reels are obviously different now and I trust LGMOUTH and others when they tell me they're much better now.
I would definitely go by what someone sponsored says if they are someone who I know has integrity, honesty and is smart enough to know if they spread a bunch of manure around you won't be growing anything nice. Soon, most people would know you're full of it and smart companies don't want to sponsor someone many people know are full of it.
Sure, there are some out there who'll say just about anything, but many sponsored anglers do not behave that way. If you listen to the honest, decent ones (I think most of us are capable of recognizing the difference) you'll see they don't blow a bunch of smoke up your skirt. They tell you what is positive about the product they rep and don't embellish. I actively seek out the advice of people like that because they will have first hand experience with the product I don't have yet. They can answer my questions based on that experience. If you listen you'll see they don't make claims they can't back up, or that you know are hooey.
That's different than watching an infomercial that has you ending up buying a lure that flaps!! ;D Heck, sometimes the people in those infomercials are using the featured product for the first time. Even on many of those, if you listen you'll see they often make generic comments that you can't really say aren't true.
LGMOUTH, I'll see you in Gr Rapids.
I get suckered in when there is stuff on big sales. I bought 17 Spro FatCrank 20 crankbaits the other day because they were one sale. I've never even seen one before. Every once in a great while this works out, but normally it is just more stuff I never use.
I might buy one of those Wave Spin reels, I have been looking at them. Not sure what size they are. I thought the best feature was the split spool so that you can take line off quickly. Now that is smart!
Has anyone bought any Lazer Lures? I see Icconelli pushing them, so they must be great!
I looked at the Lazer lures, but my own (secret ;D) research has not lead me to buy them at the moment. But research continues...
Martin bought one of the lazer lures last year at the GR show... not sure it's even been wet yet.
I was checking the Lazerlures out last summer when the family and I went to D&R to start figuring out what a new boat will cost us. I was actually upset that I didn't see any at the show in Novi. I was dead set on buying one. That was the only thing I really wanted to buy other than my Grandt rod. That just left more money to spend on those Nemesis baits that i am hearing don't catch fish. ;D Just kidding, those will be the first jigs that get wet this year.
Back when Senkos were new, i got suckered into knock-offs. Now it's a Flash or Senko only. I love my Bandit flat max shallow and deep divers, and when they came out with the 700 (?) (dd22 type) i had to have one. Hate it, and it will never see water again. Back in the early 70's i got a Johnson Sprint spincast reel with money from my 12th birthday. It was to be the fastest spincast reel on the market at that time. 7 fishing trips later the thing just turned to junk. Nothing this year though...
Quote from: TCook on February 17, 2010, 01:10:29 PM
Quote from: mojo on February 17, 2010, 12:47:16 PM
- Im going to agree with a chatter fad and $20 swim baits. WTH ??
Oh and PS: I combined the Berkley Gulp! minnow with Nemisis 2" gobies to win a tournament in 08 on Drop Shot and they were the only two baits I used and it was the only stick I held. In the rivers and outfished my partner who used tubes, poor boy goby, and all the other top baits - so give ol Nemisis a break they have great fish catching product ..........
I was being sarcastic about Nemesis baits not catching fish, they are excellent baits. News flash swimbaits are not a gimmick and when did Nemesis start making 2" gobies?
oppps ! Clipping off an inch ? Did I just give away THE biggest secret I found out last summer !! ?? :o Seriously our budrow has a goby bait that has no business being in a "Sucker lure" posting. Agreed ?
Member guys - and my point was - The magazines are designed to recycle some NEW technique that won tournaments somewhere and sell that new technique hoping it catches on. If you havent noticed - lure prices are escalating - example: $6 - $8 ... for a frog ?!! They were $3 bucks 10 yrs ago. So they add longer strands and changed from (american made) Eagle Claw to a Japanese hooks and that makes em marketable at $5 bucks more ??
Maybe Im wrong. There are true high $$$ fish catchers. I wasnt a believer in $15 jerk baits til I caught 6 1/4 and 5 3/4 lb smallmouths on consecutive trips ... and guess who wont buy another jerk bait other than that one ... me. But it seems weird to me that $20 swimbaits came into the market by storm on the heels of a California boy winning a big tournament out east ??
Another example, Red Crawfish in the pre-spring ? Shoulda never caught on in Northern States but
marketing did its job, we ALL went out and bought em, and when you run a bright rattle trap in prespawn, prolly any color would catch fish, but because all of us have a story of a good size fish on Red, its now a Northern color too.
SO like Fiker said, one mans junk is another mans treasure.
PS: I'll report back on my latest mispurchase, I meant to order a LC 85 waketail (fish catcher) and instead got an
LC Kelly J prop.
Does Anyone have a story on this bait ??