Baits you wish you never bought...

[Stonewall2002]

What baits have you bought, used and later wished you had never wasted your money on? Include color...

Keep on chuckin'

[richw46]

Cabelas had a plastic bait that they called 'Skin Head'. It was a plastic grug type lure with a lead ball/hook that fit into the head.

It looked great, thew them for years, never caught a fish on any of them. I think I bought those and something the Bass Pro had about the same time, but I don't remember that name. I bought them all and the Tubby EEL at the same time. Now I know why they send out those catalogs in January, so they can catch those wild eyed fishermen. :-)

Rich

[richw46]

What about the Front Runner? I didn't, but several guys in our group did and threw them for a week on our annual trip. Last 'throw' was into the garbage.

[maverick]

depends on the day,somedays its every bait,rod,reels,and boat I have ever bought!!!!

[MLTSPCS]

My cranks and soft plastics. Can't seem to keep them out of the mouths of fish. LOL

[MLTSPCS]

That was just a joke. Kinda like when someone asks me if I want a piece of candy and I tell them no because it gets in my mouth. I know its dry but there wasn't a lot of new stuff coming into the board @ the time and I got tired of seeing all the topics in the same order.

[steve604]

A well known lure maker (who shall remain nameless) once told me "10 percent of the lures catch fish. The other 90 percent catch fishermen". How true.

Steve

[WaubeeCharlie]

No every lure has to catch fishermen or they will never catch a fish. One of the most stupid thing I bought wasn't a lure ,but a fish attracter Sears sold back in the 70's TLR or something like that. It had a area to put pellets that deslove slowly, a light in it, and a beeper in it. You held on to the box that held the battiers and with a elec.cord you could drop it over the side of the boat down to 25ft. That stands right up there with the Propails Pocket Fisherman ,fishing outfit.

[MsgMills]

That's right up there with the telescoping rod you stored in your tackle box. When you got to the lake you pulled out all the lengths of rod and you had a super duty rod to fish with. Yeah right, the first cast i made three of the section flew into the lake and were gone because they cut my line as they sailed off into the sunlight with my rattle trap...

[Danny]

Hey, don't knock these things. Back when I was still on the road calling on retail outlets, I always kept hidden in my trunk a pocket fisherman, or a telescoping rod. If I happened upon a good looking creek, or even if I had to drive way out of the way to a lake, I was always able to get a cast in.

I had to wear a suit daily back then, got some real strange looks standing next to a creek or small river, casting while wearing my suit!!!

Danny

[Technonorb]

2 words... flying lure. anybody who wants them i will send freight free. techno

[artcarney_agr]

Does anyone remember the worm with the patch of velcro-like thing on it? The idea was the the bass' teeth would stick to it and make it hard for them to spit out the bait, allowing more time for a hook set. Can't say I ever caught anything on it, but I thought the idea was a noble attempt. I think it was around in the late 80's.