Need help identifying & pricing lures

[AZ Intimidator]

These baits were given to me as a gift about 10 years ago. They were purchased for me, taken out of their packages, put in a 3600 Plano box and given to me for a birthday present. I have never used them and being that im in Arizona, they dont have any rust on them and still look as new as they did the first day. Im not sure what they are. The top baits are very similar to the old Bagley Fat Cats, and the bottom baits are almost identical to the old school Wiggle Warts. In fact they sound exactly the same as the pre-rapala style also when you hold the hooks and shake them side by side. They even have the scoop shape effect on the diving bills, not flat like the newer Storm warts do. I know they're not Storm baits, and nothing is stamped on either of these lures. Not sure who made such a close reproduction of either of these classic lures. Anyone have any idea what these are and what they may be worth?

[BASSMAN8987]

Could the bottom ones be Brad's Wigglers? I know the newer ones have Brad's under the bill, but Idk about ten years ago.

[AZ Intimidator]

They dont seem to be Brads unless they were some sort of prototype. The only color scheme that appears to match Brads Wigglers are the solid copper metallic baits.

[stinkfish]

im not shure and i may be off base here but some of the bottem group look to have bomber paint scemes on them. so maybe a wiggle wart guy had them and custom painted them and sold them to who gifted them to you? i dont know my wiggle worts that well im kinda a bomber and poe's guy myself.

[Wichibass]

I believe the bottom baits are wiggle o's.

[joevandal95]

Bottom ones look like they could be Bandits to me.

[AZ Intimidator]

Theyre definitely not Cordell Wiggle-O's or Bandits. Still not ruling out Brads Wigglers. Theyre not custom painted either, these are factory finishes on both styles of baits. Any other guesses? Could they be Japanese? What would these probably be worth cause I havent thrown em in 10 years, im sure another 10 would go by before I'd ever look at em again.

[mowigglewart]

My guess would be that those are Brads Wigglers that just don't have the name Brads Wigglers on them because he didn't have a company name yet and had just left given up the pre-rapala storm molds and are some of his earliest creations under a new brand. Just a hunch. Send me a few and I will see if they run like the pre rap warts.

[mainebassn]

If they're 10 yrs old I would guess about $2-4 new from what I remember paying for lures like that. That being said what can I scoop up the top lot for?

[AZ Intimidator]

Based on the comments, IM's, e-mails and offers ive received on these baits, I think I'll base them on HALF of the going price of the baits they represent or attempt to replicate. Bagley Fat Cat baits are selling for almost as much as Pre-Rapala Warts are on average and the wart lookalike baits are confirmed by 6 different guys to be Brads Wigglers that were created immediately after Storm sold out to Rapala just based on the color schemes and also explains why there is no official name on the baits yet either. Thanks for all your help and suggestions guys!!


Modified by AZ Intimidator at 8:18 PM 2/28/2012

[mainebassn]

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