Thought this might be a fun wintertime thread. I love baits that are worn from catching fish, they have a story to tell. Love looking at all the scratches, missing paint and eyes, thinking of all the fish they've caught. I'll start with a pair of discontinued Xcalibur XR50's, and a 3 year old Strike King tungsten 2 Tap.

Smithwick' factory rep swears they never made a Rogue in this color...got 2 of em!

Either need a better camera or photographer ?

 Bridge pilings are hard on wood lures .

 

 

6th Sense Crush Flat X75 & the Strike King Red Eye Shad ~

 

A-Jay

I lose mine way before they start looking like that.

 

I probably lose them on purpose as an excuse to buy new ones...

8 hours ago, A-Jay said:

6th Sense Crush Flat X75 & the Strike King Red Eye Shad ~

 

A-Jay

 

They have seen plenty of action .... Talk about combat experience ! 

2 hours ago, NYWayfarer said:

I lose mine way before they start looking like that.

 

I probably lose them on purpose as an excuse to buy new ones...

 

2 hours ago, Burke said:

 

They have seen plenty of action .... Talk about combat experience ! 

These two always get pulled behind a wire trace to prevent Gator Theft.

I'll admit that as much as they get bit, if either one were hung up out of reach, I'd have to go swimming.

A-Jay

This Spro has hauled in quite a few bass...Instant confidence when the frog rod comes out of the locker thanks to this guy.  

Heres an oldie . Maxi R my first  10 foot crankbait.

 

Some chewed jerkbaits. L2R; 97MR Slender Pointer, 3 78 pointers, a custom painted 110 blank. 

While I was penned up with the flu, I managed to go through some tackle and found several more good bait for this thread.