Nostalgia

[RiverRunt]

Does anyone still use lures from years ago. - not the Jitterbugs, Hula Poppers and Bass Orenos that are still made but River Runts, Sonics, Bombers, Hula Dancers, etc? I recently obtained some from Ebay of a non collector quality and have replaced hooks where necessary and will give them a try this spring. Hopefully, will have a fruitful trip down memory lane.

[Jackster]

Last summer I was reeling in a yellow and green bobber fishing with my sons and a bass smashed it. The only thing I had in my box that looked anything like that bobber was a green and black, with 70's style sparkles, small cotton cordel big O that I had inherited from my grandpa. I tied it on and after a few casts caught a 28 inch catfish. Then I followed that up with a couple nice bass. It was kind of cool catching fish on a bait that had been in my granpa's box.

I then took the same lure to a farm pond about a month later and caught the heck out of bass until I hooked into one who drug me under a stump and I lost it. I was nauseous when I realized what happened.

Luckily my dad had one and I was able to find a couple more on ebay.

[MsgMills]

I had a couple of the old sonics and tried to repaint them but my Clear coat finish was a bad mix and it didn't solidify correctly. So I had to toss them out, but I did catch fish on them before.

[birdstrike]

I was fishing the BSF and not having much luck when I struck up a conversation with an old timer on the bank. I gave him some of my minnows and he gave me a lure that must have been 50 years old. Well after a few more hours of not catching anything I tied on his old crankbait and let her run in the current as I ate lunch. I few minutes later the water exploded and the fight was on, a big ol' small mouth was going nuts trying to throw that crankbait. I fought her for a little while, the highlight of the trip, and then she broke off. I retreived the front half of the crankbait, the other half got digested by brobably the biggest SM i've ever hooked!

[CTFSHWHISKER]

yes indeed,i get all the old backassswards bombers i can,i have at least 100 in sizes from 100 to the 600,i have a dozen or so river runts,and some small hellbenders,and i throw them quiet a bit.i was just rootin through some stuff saturday and found heddon pumpkinseed cranks,some rogers cranks,and some heddon sonics,cordell loose eye shads,and a cedar stump,yes it is a lure,a jacks dual spinner and some others that i have no idea.
if anyone has any of the old bombers they don't want that worms have eaten the paint off of i'll take them before you trash em,i'll trade or pay for them.
oh yeah i have some called waterdogs too..

[RiverRunt]

I still have fond memories of early days on the Ohio around Cannelton and Bombers in white with the wavy black line, white with black coachdog and Christmas tree!