Hi there...happy to see that you like the old Storm Lures Wiggle Wart! It is by far the favorite lure that my dad designed, and you're right, the searching action of the lure was fantastic! The gluing process of the lures were the cause of the lips not lining up quite right much of the time. Many times the lips (and sometimes the entire body) would slip slightly while being glued, and then dry just a little "off". A few years later, a pin was added to the mold by my dad to assist assemblers with keeping the lip halves lined up. But earlier Warts often did have misaligned lips as you say! I believe he introduced the Wiggle Wart in 1975. :)
I grew up fishing alot during the 70's. My Dad bought tons of Wiggle Warts. He said they they would bounce off everything under the water. So when they bounced funny the bass would hit them hard. Like it was there last meal. In Arkansas they use them old ones alot because of the mold misalignment on the Warts. I still have same original's from my Dad's tackle boxes! I heard they are going for high dollars now. Went to a very old tackle center in Mooresville In. Two weeks ago. I will be damned if they didnt still have some left on the racks. Bought them all up! Thanks, To you and your Father. Shawn.
@@shawnbeck2303 Hi Shawn! That’s amazing to find old Storm lures still on pegs! They’ve been out of production since early 2000! New WWs are made by Rapala. Yes, often the lips were misaligned on the Warts, but it was indeed designed to have an erratic bouncing action. The lip issue was a tuning issue mostly, but the true wiggle action was intentional! Glad you found some goodies. Arkansas was and is a hotbed for them, with the rocky structure of many lakes there... mainly Table Rock. Don’t open them!! Lol
Just a thought. With technology today, laser scan these old baits and 3D print them and see how they work. Could do some wood carving as well and see how they work depending on the density of each wood species.
I had over 40 Tornados in the late 80's early 90's. Always my go to. I joined the military, and my S-Bag stepdads S-Bag son stole my tackle box. I'd give ANYTHING to have that box back in 2021. 😡😡😡😡
@@reelingwithrobby I caught a lot of bass on Mr Twisters worms I grew up on a small lake in central Florida. I am talking really more than 50 years ago. I caught my PB this year on a water melon red and black swim tail sinko 12 lbs 8 ounces. Fish it the same as Mr twisters no lead . They have much better line now. I caught a 11lb bass on a purple Mann's jelly worm in 1974.
@@reelingwithrobby That's funny. Caught 11 in 1974 on a Mitchell 300 spinning reel with 10 lb mono. 2021 using a Lew's superspeed loaded with 50 lb powerpro braid with 30 lb floracarbon leader I get a lot fewer break offs now. Able to fish denser cover.
Thanks for the trip done memory lane. I worked in a bait and tackle shop in 1981 through 1983. Most of my tackle dates back to those days. We stocked 9 out of 10 of those. The boss saw event then that BPS was a threat to local tackle stores and refused to use their catalog as a supplier...which they were really pushing back then. I had a few of the original Bagley's DB2 in brown/chartreus crawdad that were by far the most productive hardbaits I ever owned. Never the same after that. Culprit worms had a color combo of laminated orange and motor-oil. No flake. Not flashy. Didn't catch enough fishermen so it was discontinued. I used my last this year. Two 4's and a 5 on that one worm. Hell of a goodbye to the best worm and color combo ever.
I hate to think 1978 is antique. My God I'm must be cosidered prehistoric. Heddon baby Zara, great lure, I don't use it anymore because I'm afraid to lose it.
I'm 76 years old and I've got a lot of this old stuff and still use it. Including a set of Heddon Supersonics. Never one to "mothball" something that works. That's not what it was created for. IMHO
I loved those 80's BPS Uncle Buck spinnerbaits they were quality. I still fish those Strike King Spin Dance spinnerbaits with the Tennessee blades... some things never get old if they're still catching bass.
Not quite as old as these, but for me it’s the Berkley Frenzy. The marketing when they came out got me, and I bought a bunch of em, but they worked. Even caught two bass at the same time on a Fire Tiger diver. ‘Fish Feed on the Action!’
Don't know the manufacturer, or if it's discontinued, but there was a bait called the 'floppy' that was death to smallies on the Shenandoah in the '70s.
The Helin Flatfish. My all-time favorite. It drove Northerns and Bucketmouths crazy with rage and/or hunger. Yakima Bait reintroduced the Flatfish but the original by Charlie Helin is a legendary fish snagger and is vintage. Some originals can be found on that eB** place. I found a bunch and they are in my tackle collection.
Today most people think of the Flatfish as a muskie or lake trout lure... if they even know of it at all. But pretty much know one knows it was originally created as bass lure. Charlie Helin, a Detroit auto worker, claims to have whittled 1500 lures until he hit on the what would become the Flatfish. By 1946, he had sold over 5 million. By the time the company was sold to Yakima Baits (1988), well over 40 million had been produced, making the Flatfish one of the most - if not THE most - sold lure in the world.
That old candy bar jig hanging in gramps garage or the Rapala someone dug out the trash heap behind the shed..They both caught jackpot fish years after their time.
Bass Magnets!, No idea who made them, just know my dad had a full set of them in the Early-mid 90's. They were a crankbait loosely shaped like a crawdad, came in all sorts of colors. Last weekend Dad was showing me his "new" set of Bass Magnets he found on ebay, dropped a pretty penny on them too.
Hey Chris 👋👋 I can think of a few more for you ! The SMITHWICK TOOTHPICK is one that's hard to find. The BILL PLUMMER SUPER FROG is another ! I had that 1978 BPS catalog too, but I actually got a chance to order from it in 1978, and in 1979 ! 👍😁✌👍👍
That Tube Worm is more like a shakey head than a Ned rig. And Randy Blaukat on Intuitive Angling had a video on pork frogs. I believe he mentioned a replacement for the old ones.
I had the Doug Hannon snake bait when I was a kid. I don't recall ever catching anything on it, but it looked great in the water. I loved the grass frog and later the pop-n-frog, but I always missed a ton of fish with them. I prefer the zoom horny toad, much better hook up. I still have several jars of uncle Josh products. In the northwest we've always used wiggle warts for salmon and steelhead.
I snatched up the bass pro the tornado lure at a fishing sale the guy was selling it for 50 cents and when I saw it I grabbed before anyone else could snatch it
Tube worms were the first item I ever ordered thru the mail. I think I was in the 4th or 5th grade. I put the exact change in the envelope. I can remember jumping up and down on my parents king sized bed when the Roland Martin song would start on the portable radio/tv. The tv had a 5” screen and used the radio dial. Having a second tv was a big deal back then because you could watch both channels at the same time! Imagine that!
I had a 5-pounder borrow my Tornado. It had a twisted propeller type of blade instead of the chatter blade seen here. Up until that day I had always thought the bass only ate the skirted jig and the blade was just for vibration and attraction. Nope. She engulfed the whole thing. Although my time with her was short we created a memory to last a lifetime.😂
Mann's made a plastic lizard that was labeled mann's FLW. They had a wide tail that tapered real small at the body. The side legs were super thin that had a ton of action as did the tail. I lost count of the 5 plus pound bass I caught on the junebug color. Wish they still made them. I haven't had or seen them for years.
The Tornado is still effective today! My grandpa gave me his brothers tackle box (my uncle) R.I.P! He was a great old school fishermen and had amazing old school rods , old school baits, I used the Tornado lastnite at dusk , after fishing Berkeley Choppo for most of time. BANG!!! I had 4 straight 3 lbers , then caught another 3 in my next 5 casts. I had my 2 year old daughter with me and she was amazed , daddy looked like a pro . Burleigh Falls Ontario Canada 🇨🇦
So I found an original “touchdown” lure, i wish I could show you a picture, it’s in the original packaging and I can’t find any like it online. I believe it’s from Tom Moore’s original store!
I love bass fishing but I get bored with catching the same species over and over. I love targeting multiple species like pike, walleye and wipers. Can't forget the fish that all bass fisherman scoff at, catfish. I actually use bass lures for flathead and I guarantee you that that is more of a thrill than a 10lb bass. I love bass fishing but like the diversity. Im surprised more largemouth anglers don't target small mouth.
I was hoping to see on here the Bomber Fat A Bill Dance signature series with Excalibur hooks that came out in the mid 90's .They introduced A transparent Fire Tiger Shad and a transparent Ghost Shad with a loud BB rattle that produced a ton of big bass for Me and a buddy of mine..Sadly they suffered the same fate as these lures when out of the blue, no heads up, not even a John Deere letter left in the their place, they were gone quicker than a girl from Cranston..
I have been binge watching in my limited free time at night!! Love every episode. Any idea when the Creme website store will be allowing purchases again? They keep saying temporarily closed... I prefer their pre-rigged 4" scoundrels. I have the hat to match your sticker in the background!! Keep on rocking. Gonna to hit 10K subs soon!
Loved the bagly balsa wood Small fry lures the foil shad Blue gill and craw dad would Catch some nice bass in the early 80s in the clear lakes around San diego when I was In high school caught a big Trout on a gold tinfoil shad Use 2 save my 2 dollars I got For mowing the yard definitely took are of them
i had that 1988 basspro catalog!! i used to spend hour reading trough it and my childhood dream was to one day be able to visit the store, back then they did not have as many locations as they have today and being an 8y/o growing up in Mexico, it was even harder for me to fulfill that dream. man.. i wish a still had it i would love to read it again.
Well Retro thanks to you I tied on a Rapala minnow spoon yesterday and got a nice 5lb walleye, off my backyard. I dont know why I stopped fishing them.
I had the Snakebait. My dad used to laugh at some of my lures that I would buy as a kid until one day I went out and just slaughtered them on that thing. Only problem was that for some reason gar would attach that thing like it owed them money so I lost all of them that I had in fairly short order.
My buddies and I spent many an graveyard shift pouring over BPS catalogs "back in the day." I've tried most of the baits you mentioned, and I don't recall EVER catching a fish on any of them. Especially the Tornado spinner, and the Doug Hannon Snake Bait.
Watching this one and being at cabelas/bass pro today. The tornado spinner bait ya love. They have that same tornado blade on chatterbaits now! Check em out!
Great videos! I would like to see a video on an old spinner bait on Hank Parkers Vampire Spinner bait manufactued by Manns. I have 3 that I found used.
In my opinion, the overall best lipless crankbait ever made, was the Mann's Finn-mann, which was similar to both the Leroy Brown and the Pogo Shad. My first exposure to it was at a tournament at Eufaula in the early eighties. The lure was not even on the market yet, but a company rep was at the ramp waiting on my boss. There looked to be a drug deal being made right there on the ramp as the rep handed over a couple of the baits to my boss, who was a member of the Mann's field staff. He promptly went out and caught twenty-eight pounds on a chartreuse/black back one.
Glenn Gaylor That story right there is WHY I started this channel! I really hope the comments section at RB continues to be a forum for folks who know a lot more about fishing history than I.
@@RetroBassin, I've only got three or four left, none of which are in the right colors (pearl gray/black back, and the aforementioned chartreuse/black back). Always on the lookout for them though.
I have the 1979 BPS catalog sitting out on display in my house. I still have a few jars of old Uncle Josh pork rinds, too; the Fenwick Lunkerstik 2000 is still my favorite rod; and Mann's Razorback Pig and Deep Pig my most nostalgic crankbaits. How many fish I've caught on all that stuff is unknowable....
Man I came across these soft plastic snake fishing baits at a yard sale were about 10 inches long had to buy them. And they were incredible ,remember seeing 2 or 3 bass at a time go after them. Unfortunately all ended up tore up and haven't been able to find them.
I still mimick the snake bait, with cork and ten inch ribbon worms. It isn't pretty, but works. I had the same reaction with the grass frog, only it was a large bowfin who took the bait. It was heart stopping. First thought was this thing actually works!
There are 2 that I would love to see come back. I will name 1 but not the other one. A floating spinnerbait, they were made by Hoppers in Tennessee. They had a Bream cork on the wire leading up to the bend. They really didn't float but when you let them fall it would sink really slowly and rock side to side, pitch it by a stump or log and hang on. The second one I'm going to keep to myself, I try to buy everyone that I can find on eBay.
Hi there...happy to see that you like the old Storm Lures Wiggle Wart! It is by far the favorite lure that my dad designed, and you're right, the searching action of the lure was fantastic! The gluing process of the lures were the cause of the lips not lining up quite right much of the time. Many times the lips (and sometimes the entire body) would slip slightly while being glued, and then dry just a little "off". A few years later, a pin was added to the mold by my dad to assist assemblers with keeping the lip halves lined up. But earlier Warts often did have misaligned lips as you say! I believe he introduced the Wiggle Wart in 1975. :)
I grew up fishing alot during the 70's. My Dad bought tons of Wiggle Warts. He said they they would bounce off everything under the water. So when they bounced funny the bass would hit them hard. Like it was there last meal. In Arkansas they use them old ones alot because of the mold misalignment on the Warts. I still have same original's from my Dad's tackle boxes! I heard they are going for high dollars now. Went to a very old tackle center in Mooresville In. Two weeks ago. I will be damned if they didnt still have some left on the racks. Bought them all up! Thanks, To you and your Father. Shawn.
@@shawnbeck2303 Hi Shawn! That’s amazing to find old Storm lures still on pegs! They’ve been out of production since early 2000! New WWs are made by Rapala. Yes, often the lips were misaligned on the Warts, but it was indeed designed to have an erratic bouncing action. The lip issue was a tuning issue mostly, but the true wiggle action was intentional! Glad you found some goodies. Arkansas was and is a hotbed for them, with the rocky structure of many lakes there... mainly Table Rock. Don’t open them!! Lol
@@trooper64 that’s advice about not opening them 👌🏾
@@trooper64
I’ve won a truck load of money on Lake of the Ozarks on the ole warts..still have 20 originals left !!
I have a few. I thought they were so funky looking I did not throw them. The bill molded into the body just didn’t look right.
Maybe I try them now.
BPS has tanked out with crap gear. Old school BPS and Cabelas was far superior
2 times the cost, 2 times the junk
How can any of these lures work? I thought all bass agreed at the great bass meeting of 1983 to never eat any of these again!
Yes...decades before the infamous Googan-baits-only meeting!
U sound like my wife. She asked why do u keep buying fishing equipment. I told her u stay away from garage sales I'll quit
@@Ergo8152 Hahahaha
Love me some old school lures. My GrandDad used to say "If it caught fish 40 years ago, it will catch fish now".
Just a thought. With technology today, laser scan these old baits and 3D print them and see how they work. Could do some wood carving as well and see how they work depending on the density of each wood species.
Damn I still use hulas and jitterbugs. Hard to beat a great topwater bite.
I had over 40 Tornados in the late 80's early 90's. Always my go to. I joined the military, and my S-Bag stepdads S-Bag son stole my tackle box. I'd give ANYTHING to have that box back in 2021. 😡😡😡😡
The first bass I ever caught was when I was 5 years old on a mister twister pearl and black shad!
Mr twisters where hot about 50 years ago. I use a swimtail sinko now or speed worm , swim jig with a crawfish trailer.
@@charlesputnam9370 yeah, they’re very simple but they definitely can catch some fish!
@@reelingwithrobby I caught a lot of bass on Mr Twisters worms I grew up on a small lake in central Florida. I am talking really more than 50 years ago. I caught my PB this year on a water melon red and black swim tail sinko 12 lbs 8 ounces. Fish it the same as Mr twisters no lead . They have much better line now. I caught a 11lb bass on a purple Mann's jelly worm in 1974.
@@charlesputnam9370 that’s awesome! Congrats on the PB! How different was the tackle then in terms of durability and casting distance?
@@reelingwithrobby That's funny. Caught 11 in 1974 on a Mitchell 300 spinning reel with 10 lb mono. 2021 using a Lew's superspeed loaded with 50 lb powerpro braid with 30 lb floracarbon leader
I get a lot fewer break offs now. Able to fish denser cover.
kind of late, but uncle josh is bringing the no 11 pork back this year
WHAT!! Thank you for letting me know!!! I had no idea and I used to love Uncle Josh Pork. Caught a lot of fish on that!
@@411sponge72 And #10 (Big Daddy).
That is awesome
Try using two for a slower fall deadly on the big ones
Dang I miss the days looking through those old catalogs.
I need to do that more often!
@@zed9955 Know the feelin’.
My friend caught his pb on a devil horse!! 8.5lbs here in Louisiana!
Don’t forget the Norman Weedwalker! I still have the one I used as a kid
I have a bunch ! Lol
I would like to see Zora ghost made again
Where’s the cotton cordelle Redfin?!?! Still have one in a brand new package I’ve been saving lol
Thanks for the trip done memory lane. I worked in a bait and tackle shop in 1981 through 1983. Most of my tackle dates back to those days. We stocked 9 out of 10 of those. The boss saw event then that BPS was a threat to local tackle stores and refused to use their catalog as a supplier...which they were really pushing back then.
I had a few of the original Bagley's DB2 in brown/chartreus crawdad that were by far the most productive hardbaits I ever owned. Never the same after that.
Culprit worms had a color combo of laminated orange and motor-oil. No flake. Not flashy. Didn't catch enough fishermen so it was discontinued. I used my last this year. Two 4's and a 5 on that one worm. Hell of a goodbye to the best worm and color combo ever.
These beat any Googan Bait on the market hahaha
Yeah nice🎣💪🏻 thumbs up👍🏼 If you like check out my stuff🎣👀Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪
I hate to think 1978 is antique. My God I'm must be cosidered prehistoric. Heddon baby Zara, great lure, I don't use it anymore because I'm afraid to lose it.
Man. Miss the pork frog. Caught so many big bass in the spring on black and blue jig and pig.
Uncle Josh has since started selling them again!
Do you know where I can find a War Eagle Double Willow Gold Spinnerbait in Bone-Chartreuse?
Missed my favorite, the Nip I didee. Still catching bass on it. I’m 74, Dad started me at 5..
I'm 76 years old and I've got a lot of this old stuff and still use it. Including a set of Heddon Supersonics. Never one to "mothball" something that works. That's not what it was created for. IMHO
That’s awesome, Ivan!
I loved those 80's BPS Uncle Buck spinnerbaits they were quality. I still fish those Strike King Spin Dance spinnerbaits with the Tennessee blades... some things never get old if they're still catching bass.
His spinners were only outdone by his Bassmate Calendars…
Not quite as old as these, but for me it’s the Berkley Frenzy. The marketing when they came out got me, and I bought a bunch of em, but they worked. Even caught two bass at the same time on a Fire Tiger diver. ‘Fish Feed on the Action!’
Yes, the perch pattern was killer for me
First largemouth bass I caught was on a rooster tail
Awesome video man! I got into bass fishing in the early 80s and had most of these lures. Great memories! Thank you.
I’d have to say the Riverside Air Lizard.
I loved that whole Air line from Riverside!
@@RetroBassin caught my PB 11lbs 9oz Bass on an air lizard. would love to find a stash of them
Don't know the manufacturer, or if it's discontinued, but there was a bait called the 'floppy' that was death to smallies on the Shenandoah in the '70s.
Damn, I must be getting old. I've used everyone of those lures except for Mann's Leroy Brown.
The Helin Flatfish. My all-time favorite. It drove Northerns and Bucketmouths crazy with rage and/or hunger. Yakima Bait reintroduced the Flatfish but the original by Charlie Helin is a legendary fish snagger and is vintage. Some originals can be found on that eB** place. I found a bunch and they are in my tackle collection.
Today most people think of the Flatfish as a muskie or lake trout lure... if they even know of it at all. But pretty much know one knows it was originally created as bass lure. Charlie Helin, a Detroit auto worker, claims to have whittled 1500 lures until he hit on the what would become the Flatfish. By 1946, he had sold over 5 million. By the time the company was sold to Yakima Baits (1988), well over 40 million had been produced, making the Flatfish one of the most - if not THE most - sold lure in the world.
Grass frog were awesome when they first came out and I caught a lot of fish. But something changed later and they just stopped catching fish.
That old candy bar jig hanging in gramps garage or the Rapala someone dug out the trash heap behind the shed..They both caught jackpot fish years after their time.
Ah, I still have a few of those old snake lures and the new snake lures he put out before his passing. I was a huge Doug Hannon fan.
Bass Magnets!, No idea who made them, just know my dad had a full set of them in the Early-mid 90's. They were a crankbait loosely shaped like a crawdad, came in all sorts of colors. Last weekend Dad was showing me his "new" set of Bass Magnets he found on ebay, dropped a pretty penny on them too.
Bill Norman had them at some point. I've got a few...
I thought I was too young to recognize most of those baits... I miss the Strike King porko Junior ! Was a killer trailer on jigs for big bass.
Another lure by Manns that I liked was the pogo shad. Caught alot of bass using those.
The Tube Worm is a hit again. Thank you for your video.
Creme Lure Co. There’s a really cool, old video of Jimmy Houston on TH-cam of him popping nice bass on a blue Tube Worm!
Man that was the big deal back in the day.
I miss seeing the lure called the little George George lure
i have a couple of jars of those pork frogs from back when I used to fish pig & jig as my go-to
also have some of those Rapala minnow spoons
I found about 10 jars of them cleaning an attic I wish I didn’t toss them
I got a whole box of pre rapala wiggle warts. I’m scared to throw them because I don’t want to lose them.
Tom Mann’s chug n spit is also a good one
Anything Tom Mann made was good…we’ll maybe except the Hard Worm LOL
I favored the Devil Horse back in them days. Big bass on top water is hard to beat.🎣
I always had trouble casting those lures on baitcasting gear!
I was about to comment about the Devil Horse as well! First bass i remember ever catching as a kid
Roland Martin still swears by them.
Hey Chris 👋👋
I can think of a few more for you ! The SMITHWICK TOOTHPICK is one that's hard to find. The BILL PLUMMER SUPER FROG is another ! I had that 1978 BPS catalog too, but I actually got a chance to order from it in 1978, and in 1979 ! 👍😁✌👍👍
solid list but where the Manns BABY WAKE!!!!!
That Tube Worm is more like a shakey head than a Ned rig.
And Randy Blaukat on Intuitive Angling had a video on pork frogs. I believe he mentioned a replacement for the old ones.
I had the Doug Hannon snake bait when I was a kid. I don't recall ever catching anything on it, but it looked great in the water. I loved the grass frog and later the pop-n-frog, but I always missed a ton of fish with them. I prefer the zoom horny toad, much better hook up. I still have several jars of uncle Josh products. In the northwest we've always used wiggle warts for salmon and steelhead.
I snatched up the bass pro the tornado lure at a fishing sale the guy was selling it for 50 cents and when I saw it I grabbed before anyone else could snatch it
Tube worms were the first item I ever ordered thru the mail. I think I was in the 4th or 5th grade. I put the exact change in the envelope.
I can remember jumping up and down on my parents king sized bed when the Roland Martin song would start on the portable radio/tv.
The tv had a 5” screen and used the radio dial.
Having a second tv was a big deal back then because you could watch both channels at the same time! Imagine that!
I miss the Lindy Shadling with square lip so much!
I don’t know how many zander ( europe walleyes) i caught with them!
I had a 5-pounder borrow my Tornado. It had a twisted propeller type of blade instead of the chatter blade seen here. Up until that day I had always thought the bass only ate the skirted jig and the blade was just for vibration and attraction. Nope. She engulfed the whole thing. Although my time with her was short we created a memory to last a lifetime.😂
Mann's made a plastic lizard that was labeled mann's FLW. They had a wide tail that tapered real small at the body. The side legs were super thin that had a ton of action as did the tail. I lost count of the 5 plus pound bass I caught on the junebug color. Wish they still made them. I haven't had or seen them for years.
The Tornado is still effective today! My grandpa gave me his brothers tackle box (my uncle) R.I.P! He was a great old school fishermen and had amazing old school rods , old school baits, I used the Tornado lastnite at dusk , after fishing Berkeley Choppo for most of time. BANG!!! I had 4 straight 3 lbers , then caught another 3 in my next 5 casts. I had my 2 year old daughter with me and she was amazed , daddy looked like a pro . Burleigh Falls Ontario Canada 🇨🇦
So I found an original “touchdown” lure, i wish I could show you a picture, it’s in the original packaging and I can’t find any like it online. I believe it’s from Tom Moore’s original store!
I love bass fishing but I get bored with catching the same species over and over. I love targeting multiple species like pike, walleye and wipers. Can't forget the fish that all bass fisherman scoff at, catfish. I actually use bass lures for flathead and I guarantee you that that is more of a thrill than a 10lb bass. I love bass fishing but like the diversity. Im surprised more largemouth anglers don't target small mouth.
I was hoping to see on here the Bomber Fat A Bill Dance signature series with Excalibur hooks that came out in the mid 90's .They introduced A transparent Fire Tiger Shad and a transparent Ghost Shad with a loud BB rattle that produced a ton of big bass for Me and a buddy of mine..Sadly they suffered the same fate as these lures when out of the blue, no heads up, not even a John Deere letter left in the their place, they were gone quicker than a girl from Cranston..
I have been binge watching in my limited free time at night!! Love every episode. Any idea when the Creme website store will be allowing purchases again? They keep saying temporarily closed... I prefer their pre-rigged 4" scoundrels. I have the hat to match your sticker in the background!! Keep on rocking. Gonna to hit 10K subs soon!
Loved the bagly balsa wood
Small fry lures the foil shad
Blue gill and craw dad would
Catch some nice bass in the early 80s in the clear lakes around San diego when I was
In high school caught a big
Trout on a gold tinfoil shad
Use 2 save my 2 dollars I got
For mowing the yard definitely took are of them
i had that 1988 basspro catalog!! i used to spend hour reading trough it and my childhood dream was to one day be able to visit the store, back then they did not have as many locations as they have today and being an 8y/o growing up in Mexico, it was even harder for me to fulfill that dream. man.. i wish a still had it i would love to read it again.
Well Retro thanks to you I tied on a Rapala minnow spoon yesterday and got a nice 5lb walleye, off my backyard. I dont know why I stopped fishing them.
I had the Snakebait. My dad used to laugh at some of my lures that I would buy as a kid until one day I went out and just slaughtered them on that thing. Only problem was that for some reason gar would attach that thing like it owed them money so I lost all of them that I had in fairly short order.
Found a BPS tornado spinnerbait on eBay for $24.99 plus shipping from a guy in Texas
i have one of those foam frogs
One I wish they'd bring back is the old Heddon Prowler. I caught some of the best fish of my life with it.
Great memories but dont forget the weedwalker (frog pattern) and the famous tom mann razerback.👍👍
Its funny, but I have some of these lures. I fished a lot in the 80s n 90s. I probably have over $25,000 in lures.
My buddies and I spent many an graveyard shift pouring over BPS catalogs "back in the day." I've tried most of the baits you mentioned, and I don't recall EVER catching a fish on any of them. Especially the Tornado spinner, and the Doug Hannon Snake Bait.
Watching this one and being at cabelas/bass pro today. The tornado spinner bait ya love. They have that same tornado blade on chatterbaits now! Check em out!
On my wife’s phone hey uncle josh is making pork again
Yep. Two sizes of frogs available now, and a night crawler coming soon!
Always had great top water luck with the heddon crazy crawler. Got get the speed right for the action but it gets slammed when you do.
I use Rapala minnow spoon all the time. One of the best lures for reeds and even large grocery stores carry it here.
Great videos! I would like to see a video on an old spinner bait on Hank Parkers Vampire Spinner bait manufactued by Manns. I have 3 that I found used.
I need one first!!!
@@RetroBassin How can I get one to you?
Why would they not still work today? I don't think bass have changed much over the past few decades.
I have two of those snake heads! I have the tornado & also have a Leroy brown!
Grass Frogs caught more bass and pickerel for me and my kids than I can count.
Twitch, twitch. Pause. Twitch. Pause.
I also have two Mann's lures I never go without, the super frog, and the baby one minus
South Bend Nip-I-Diddee. Have a shoebox full of them, real fish catchers
Love the old school lure my personal best lure was a bass oreno
In my opinion, the overall best lipless crankbait ever made, was the Mann's Finn-mann, which was similar to both the Leroy Brown and the Pogo Shad. My first exposure to it was at a tournament at Eufaula in the early eighties. The lure was not even on the market yet, but a company rep was at the ramp waiting on my boss. There looked to be a drug deal being made right there on the ramp as the rep handed over a couple of the baits to my boss, who was a member of the Mann's field staff. He promptly went out and caught twenty-eight pounds on a chartreuse/black back one.
Glenn Gaylor That story right there is WHY I started this channel! I really hope the comments section at RB continues to be a forum for folks who know a lot more about fishing history than I.
@@RetroBassin, I've only got three or four left, none of which are in the right colors (pearl gray/black back, and the aforementioned chartreuse/black back). Always on the lookout for them though.
I wish they would bring back the gator tail worm 7-9 inc yep I miss them porky too
uncle josh's is back and there's several others - See Randy blaukeat;s channel
Ah yes, the pre rapala wiggle warts. Have probably 100 of then for steelhead fishing I got from my father
River Runt, Lazy Ike, Rebel Minnow, Dardevil, Arbogaster, Creek Chub Minnow,
I used to catch alot of BIG bass on a mann's " manipulater worm " . That's the only bait I wish they could bring it back!!!!
That's a good one! And me too!!
I'm just glad the good old chug bug is still around.
I dread the day it's gone
If they discontinued these baits and no longer make them then how did you get ahold of these baits.
I have the green pogo shad you showed at my Dad's house somewhere. I never fished it much, but it was always in my tackle box as a boy.
I have the 1979 BPS catalog sitting out on display in my house. I still have a few jars of old Uncle Josh pork rinds, too; the Fenwick Lunkerstik 2000 is still my favorite rod; and Mann's Razorback Pig and Deep Pig my most nostalgic crankbaits. How many fish I've caught on all that stuff is unknowable....
The old stuff is the good stuff!
Heavy weighted Mop Fly on a size 6 hook is basically a Mini Ned Rig
Abu Shyster, Rapala Floater , Sonic, and Jitterbug, my all time best.
Check out otter tail. We use them on the Chesapeake for stripers since pork rinds are no longer
Man I came across these soft plastic snake fishing baits at a yard sale were about 10 inches long had to buy them. And they were incredible ,remember seeing 2 or 3 bass at a time go after them. Unfortunately all ended up tore up and haven't been able to find them.
Whopper stopper Dirty Bird 1972 era !
Always a great watch !!! keep up the super content Chris!
Please bring all of them back! Grass Frog most of all
I still mimick the snake bait, with cork and ten inch ribbon worms. It isn't pretty, but works. I had the same reaction with the grass frog, only it was a large bowfin who took the bait. It was heart stopping. First thought was this thing actually works!
Dad and I used pork frogs for a while , wish they still made it
I WISH THE MANNS MANIPULATER WORM WOULD BE REINTRODUCED
I wish he would show us the action of each bait that tornado bait looks awesome
I still use a heddon prowler and catches fish like no other lure
There are 2 that I would love to see come back. I will name 1 but not the other one. A floating spinnerbait, they were made by Hoppers in Tennessee. They had a Bream cork on the wire leading up to the bend. They really didn't float but when you let them fall it would sink really slowly and rock side to side, pitch it by a stump or log and hang on. The second one I'm going to keep to myself, I try to buy everyone that I can find on eBay.