Unused Lures

[SpeckledSlab]

Everyone of my lure’s caught a fisherman, but not all of them have caught a fish. A few never even been for a swim. lol

[UpstateSC_Bill]

Well it's good to hear that I'm not alone. I do agree that some lures are more for catching fisherman than fish.


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[Spoonminnow]

A wise old man once said-"He who dies with the most lures, WINS!" I might not be in the lead, but I'm gettin' there!

I WIN!

In fact other than the many hard and soft lures I own - many never used - I have many soft plastic molds I'll probably never use again not to mention the many lures I've made. Too bad there's no thrift store to sell fishing stuff other than Ebay, though I'd probably replace them with more stuff I can't use. Of course it's not just lures: a slew of rods and reels, boating equipment such as trolling motors, a 15' Gruman canoe and 12' jon boat, anchors, paddles, oars and many spools of mono and flurocarbon (only use braid). The list goes on, but you get the picture.
Again, I WIN!

[jiggingman2020]

an old fisherman once told me Never just buy one lure , if you loose it your done. i did that once now if i see one on sale i buy two or three of them, so to your question YES i have alot of unused lures

[Spoonminnow]

IF you don't have UN-used lures and un opened packs of them then YOU'RE NOT A REAL FISHERMAN

Wanns bet?!

[skeetbum]

Having come from bass fishing when I was younger and salt water too, I too have the stuff. I pull construction dumpsters that are sometimes used to clean out houses when folks pass on or divorce or whatever. I found a tackle box in a transfer station and stuffed it in the passenger side of the truck til I could look at it later. Put it in the pickup and looked into it on the carport later on. Suffice to say that it was a suitcase style box that had been round since the seventies and was stuffed full of plastics, spinnerbaits and hardbaits. As I sorted through, I thought of all the plugs I had that haven’t seen use in many years. Long story shorter, I arranged them in a couple of boxes and between those and mine, I had over 100 from old to new in the box plugs. Some were collectible Bagley balsa, original devils horse and some I had to look up. Sold them all to a tackle shop owner that’s a collector and got enough to buy new batteries for my boat. Gave away the plastics and cut the ball bearing swivels of a bunch of the spinnerbaits. I’ve been paring things down and if I haven’t used in a couple of years, it becomes someone else’s. Still have rods too, I think I’m down to 36. Oh yeah, I got it bad too. I get around a sale and I have to stuff my hands in my pockets and head for the door—-QUICK!!

[UpstateSC_Bill]

Yeah. Those "sales" will do a job on you for sure.

[Hanr3]

I've lost a lure that was catching great fish while on a trip in Canada. Now I buy multiples.
To be honest. I have a ton of artificial bait, hard and soft. 90% of the time I use a slip bobber, and a bare hook tipped with a minnow.

[NIMROD]

I used to fall into the rut of buying everything new but realized it is more about presentation than baits/colors . I have shown people with me by catching on bare unpainted lead heads or even a slice of Banana peel .

[Eagle 1]

I have friends that pull crankbaits . On the big 4 you can use 4 poles per person . They have excess of 500 bandits . To me 8 baits x4 poles would be 32 baits needed .I may pull cranks again but where I had 150 before I will top out at 50 now . I normally give kids at church several hundred jig bodies every year . We pretty much over buy in anticipation of great expectations every spring . I have 18 colors of Crappie Magnet , 15 colors of baby shad , 12 colors of jokers , 12 colors of Muddy water baits . See the trend . If I changed every 20 minutes I could not try them all in any given day . I plead guilty . lol