Baits you don't hear much about anymore

[smithlakebass]

Another tactic I’ve had a blast with on those deep clear rocky lakes is when the water hits 50 degrees throwing a chrome with blue back Bomber Long A on heavy line (maybe 15 pound test) and slow winding it back about a foot or two under the water. Big small mouth and spotted bass will come out of deep clear water and kill it. If you think you see something pacing your bait start burning it.

I use the long a in the winter but never like that

[smithlakebass]

Will give it a try

[harrys]

hula popper and jitterbugs

[okiebass]

Original stanley vibrashafts --have on a few left

[GOTTA BIG SACK]

Snagless Sally

[After5]

Around here there was a not so distant time that it seemed everyone was throwing a Bandit 200, Zoom Horny Toad, Terminator spinnerbait or a Stanley jig. All are still made but not mentioned much these days.

I wish they still made the Tungsten terminator spinnerbait. It was smaller, but heavy(7/16). I still have a few left. Skeet Reese model was the best.

[n_gong]

Shannon twin spin, Bomber waterdog , Hellbender, Uncle Josh's number 11 pork frog, Yamamoto or Kalin single tail 3" grub on a 1/16 oz darter head.
Nelson

[castforcash]

Shannon twin spin, Bomber waterdog , Hellbender, Uncle Josh's number 11 pork frog, Yamamoto or Kalin single tail 3" grub on a 1/16 oz darter head.
Nelson

I always have a Kalin grub on the deck here on Lake St. Clair.
Charlie Brewer slider worms
K&E worm, purple with white dots
Mepps Spinners
Poes Crankbaits
Johnson Silver minnow with white uncle Josh trailer
Beetle spins
These are a few I can remember at the moment that I have caught a bunch on. The Beatle spin is a great lure to use when teaching kids how to cast and retrieve, they catch a ton of different fish. One more I forgot to mention, Buck Perry's spoon plugs. This use to be a essential tool for figuring a lake out prior to the sophisticated modern day electronics. My dad and I used them a lot and caught tons of fish on them. A lot of the fish caught were around bottom composition changes, hard to soft bottom transitions. Spoon plugging is a lot of work, but it was very effective back in the day.

[Joe4d]

Johnson weedless spoon. in the Lilly pads. well actually over

[M1RT]

Original Berkley Power Craw. Used that as a jig trailer year round and caught so many big fish with it. I haven't rigged one as a trailer in over 10 years despite having hundreds in storage.

[DeGraaf]

Money Craw and pearl colored Bandit

[CaymasRodney]

A Rig,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Carolina Rig

[T.Willie]

If any of you guys have the full sized arbogast mudbugs, I’d be glad to take them off of your hands for a few $$$.

tore em up on toledo bend in the early seventies with the mud bug off the weed beds!

[GTB]

Dancin' EEl

[rangerman1963]

Strike king ( Timber King ) & ( Johnson Silver Spoon ) with a white double tail trailer Hang On

[mattmann7]

Another one that we use to throw all the time almost all year on every lake was the spider grub. Originally threw Bobby Garland’s then Larry Snyder’s Twin-T’s. Then Yamamoto bought Twin-T’s and started the Hula Grubs. Man I can’t remember the last time I threw one of those.

Same here with the twin tail spider grub.

Started out throwing a 7or 6 inch Berkley worm in black weightless or t-rigged. Switched to a slider head with a 4 inch Berkley red shad. Then to a 4 inch grub Yami in black on a ballhead or weightless. Then the spider grub Yami in black on a ball head or weightless. Then the Shakey head worm Berkley in green pumpkin or a black Yami kuttail on a shakey head. That was my basic progression of go-to baits first 20 years I bass fished. I also mixed in a half dozen power techniques but the majority of my fish were caught with those baits.

After not throwing them the last 10 years if I try to pick up a rod rigged with any of these I have no confidence.

[Toadee]

Heddon River Runt and Dying Flutter
Guido Bugs

[wvbassmaster]

Chigger craw? Still one of my favorite finesse jig trailers

yes I still throw these things to. ive had better luck from them than any other trailer!

[yatesville88fan]

original Rapala

[Meleagris1]

This is a fun thread - lots of memories . . . I'll throw the mud bug out there since it hasn't been mentioned.