I know that everything was made from wood for fishing from the early days till recently. I been wondering if there is an advantage to using wood or not?

I started collecting the older fishing equipment as i found out my very first tackle i still have is antique now. If an older lure that still is NIB liooks good i grab them too.

I been buying up the new Luhr Jensen wood chopper topwater wooded lures with props for muskie / northern pike to use and repaint for bigger bass and nothern pike which we do have here. Does anyone remember the wooden lures??? Anythoughts?? Pro's??? Con's???

Yeah I prefer wood lures often because they dont have rattles. Lately Ive been getting more bites avoiding rattles. My wife hits any garage sale she finds. Ive made sure she knows what creek chubs and devils horses look like. She knows what I like and last week brought home a few older Poes cedar crankbaits in mint condition.

I have some new older cranks that have a larger front head with a fast taper to the rear section. I think there poes?

Pros: Generally balsa baits are more bouyant, rise faster and many times have an erratic wobble that is difficult to reproduce in plastic. Some people put balsa baits in the sun on their dashboard, claiming that they hold heat and for some reason bass hold on longer to a heated bait... Balsa baits are the types of baits that 'hunt' more than plastics due to the irregularity of wood densities and grains. Cedar baits rise slower, more easily dive deeper, and are durable.

Cons: Balsa baits are usually more fragile than plastics. They are prone to dings, cracks, splits, etc. They tend to be more expensive. Cedar baits sometimes split due to the oils and resins in the wood drying.

Best balsa baits: Zoom WEC baits, Bagley's from the 70s and 80s, Brians Bees, Some Rapalas

Best cedar baits: Catching Concepts, 80s/90s Poes

Yeah I prefer wood lures often because they dont have rattles. Lately Ive been getting more bites avoiding rattles. My wife hits any garage sale she finds. Ive made sure she knows what creek chubs and devils horses look like. She knows what I like and last week brought home a few older Poes cedar crankbaits in mint condition.

I still have two of the old Poe's, and I still fish with them. One of them is getting a little beat-up, I'm thinking of repainting it.