Been up and down various fishing isles large and small. Why isn't lure weight specified on packaging like common treble hook lures? Especially some of the more common brands. Do I bring a scale to the store so it matches my rod?

 

Am I missing something?

Ticks me off too.  Some do.  A lot don't.  ?

most of them do. sometimes its hidden in back behind the lure or on where the barcode is. its just hard to find sometimes.

Simple economics. By not printing the lure weight on the package, they can use the same package for every size of lure. It's cheaper to buy 100,000 packages that are all the same than it is to but 25,000 each of 4 different packages.

 

Tom

Just about every bait I buy has the weight listed.  What baits are you talking about?

 Agreed it’s almost always on there.  Sometimes you have to kind of be intuitive and recognize a “38” in  part number means that jig is three eighths, but not often.

 

 Now if I could just get used to the metric system when I venture into that JDM section & things are listed by grams and millimeters lol

2 hours ago, J Francho said:

Just about every bait I buy has the weight listed.  What baits are you talking about?

Unless I’m not looking into the fine print Rapala swimbaits seem to make it difficult to see lure weights. Also come to think of it most plastics that I’ve been using don’t specify weight either, unless it’s in the fine print and haven’t noticed. 

1 hour ago, craww said:

 Agreed it’s almost always on there.  Sometimes you have to kind of be intuitive and recognize a “38” in  part number means that jig is three eighths, but not often.

 

 Now if I could just get used to the metric system when I venture into that JDM section & things are listed by grams and millimeters lol

Makes perfects sense. 38 = 3/8 : )

part no. M1453890-1

 

grams and millimeters, I speak that. 

Rapala makes swimbaits?  ?

Yes lack of weight spec is highly annoying. What I'd really like to see though is weight spec stamped on the lure. Once the packaging is gone and the lure is in the tackle box, I often can't remember what lures weigh and which rods are suitable for them.

 

If weight is not on the packaging, check the retailer's price tag which often contains the retailer's SKU which sometimes gives a clue about the weight - "xxxx18xx" for 1/8 oz, "xxxx14xx" for 1/4 oz.

 

In the photo below the lure is a 1/4 oz. It may be sitting at the bottom of Square Pond right now, but it's still 1/4 oz.

 

 

Or google it real quick. Generally TW will list it, or the manufacturer’s website. I have to do this for treble hook sizes sometimes. 

2 hours ago, haggard said:

Yes lack of weight spec is highly annoying. What I'd really like to see though is weight spec stamped on the lure. Once the packaging is gone and the lure is in the tackle box, I often can't remember what lures weight and which rods are suitable for them.

 Totally agreed. I feel like specs are stamped on rods and reels, is it too much to ask for lures as well.

Rapala, Bomber, Strike King, Bandit, Norman, Lewis all have on the box. Pretty sure. 

 

But I have noticed that some of the Japanese stuff is in kilograms. Then you need to make the conversion ounces on your iPhone.

Rat-L-Trap always has the weight of the lure stamped or stickered on the insert card of the plastic case it comes in. I used to work there and every lure has that. As far as other brands, some do, most don't, when it comes to crankbaits and lures with treble hooks. Spinnerbaits, chatterbaits and jigs always have a weight stamped on packaging. However, like @haggard said, I wish it was stamped on the lure itself as well. ?

The more expensive and exclusive the lure is the more info on the lure itself, it seems. Mass produced, lower end lures tend to lack info on the lure itself. Which leads to aggravation once the packaging is gone and the lures are in our tackle boxes. 

I know I'm crazy, but I keep a detailed spreadsheet of all my tackle, and I keep a record of the lure weight/size. I usually check the packaging, the website description, and mfg'ers website. I've even emailed them sometimes for more specific information. I also keep a small digital pocket scale that's somewhat accurate if I can't find any info on the lure at all.

6 hours ago, Junger said:

I know I'm crazy, but I keep a detailed spreadsheet of all my tackle, and I keep a record of the lure weight/size. I usually check the packaging, the website description, and mfg'ers website. I've even emailed them sometimes for more specific information. I also keep a small digital pocket scale that's somewhat accurate if I can't find any info on the lure at all.

dude....... you are HARDCORE!!

Over time you can tell just by looking at it how much it weighs and how deep it should run....

I don’t believe I’ve ever bought a lure that didn’t have the weight somewhere on the package 

Weigh a lure in your box and mark it. Now compare that to the one you want to use. I can usually guess to the gram. Maybe that is all those years handling bags of...... vegetables. Yea... vegetables.

On 9/6/2018 at 7:30 PM, haggard said:

Yes lack of weight spec is highly annoying. What I'd really like to see though is weight spec stamped on the lure. Once the packaging is gone and the lure is in the tackle box, I often can't remember what lures weigh and which rods are suitable for them.

 

If weight is not on the packaging, check the retailer's price tag which often contains the retailer's SKU which sometimes gives a clue about the weight - "xxxx18xx" for 1/8 oz, "xxxx14xx" for 1/4 oz.

 

In the photo below the lure is a 1/4 oz. It may be sitting at the bottom of Square Pond right now, but it's still 1/4 oz.

 

 

 

Nice Tip --- never knew that. 

 

On 9/6/2018 at 2:20 PM, tholmes said:

Simple economics. By not printing the lure weight on the package, they can use the same package for every size of lure. It's cheaper to buy 100,000 packages that are all the same than it is to but 25,000 each of 4 different packages.

 

Tom

But 25,000 * 4 =100,000!

 

I'm just jerking your crankbait... wait that sounds so wrong. o.O

On 9/8/2018 at 1:27 PM, Junger said:

I know I'm crazy, but I keep a detailed spreadsheet of all my tackle, and I keep a record of the lure weight/size. I usually check the packaging, the website description, and mfg'ers website. I've even emailed them sometimes for more specific information. I also keep a small digital pocket scale that's somewhat accurate if I can't find any info on the lure at all.

Don't worry, you're not alone. I bought a small food scale this year to do stuff like tune jerkbaits by weighing split rings and hooks to adjust sink rates. I've used it to weigh some lures as well. 

I did the same. Since this thread started I have purchased a small digital scale. I am sure it'll come in handy.

Also, I’ll take a fine sharpie and write it on the lure so I know at a quick glance. Also the depth a crankbait runs on them. No more guessing, have too many baits.