What are the lures you can no longer buy that you would love to make a comeback?

 

I used to love throwing the Heddon Mud Bug, but honestly I don't think I actually caught that many fish on them.

Berkley Powerbait "Beast" 

 

 

A-Jay

Cabela's Mean Eye Jerkbaits

Probably going for the low hanging fruit here but Uncle Josh's pork trailers. 

The River Runt in the smaller size. Just a great crank for river fishing, or anywhere.

How about bringing back Rapala crankbaits that cost less than $5

I never fished one but some old timers that would know said the cotton cordell king spot was the best plug going for a long time. I sure would like to try one 

Renegade 4inch curly tail worms at Wal Mart...I have plenty of other options but these are very nostalgic for me

51 minutes ago, billmac said:

Heddon Mud Bug

??    Do you mean Arbogast ?

10 minutes ago, scaleface said:

??    Do you mean Arbogast ?

That one was a solid producer for me early one and currently sits in my own personal Lure Hall of Fame. 

 

A-Jay

6 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

That one was a solid producer for me early one and currently sits in my own personal Lure Hall of Fame. 

  I still have a few and have caught numerous bass 5 to 8 lbs with them in early  prespawn conditions . For some reason they havent worked very well for me at other times .

 

 

  I'd like to see  Manns bring back the 6 inch jelly worm . My number 1 bait of all time . ASlso the Rogers Big Jim in the smaller size . My number 1 squarebill ever .

 

 

5 minutes ago, scaleface said:

I still have a few and have caught numerous bass 5 to 8 lbs with them in early  prespawn conditions . For some reason they havent worked very well for me at other times .

I don't throw the mudbug any more been replaced by the Spro Rock Crawler.

The other oldie producer for me was The Hellbender ~ 

I thought that little spinner on the back was 'Magic".

Big 'floater' that one so it required a commitment to get & keep deep.

Great on the troll though.

A-Jay

 

There aren't really any that I'm falling over myself to scrounge for them on eBay or anything...But there's a handful of baits that are or used to be productive for me that I would pick up if they were readily available at normal retail prices...

 

UJ Pork

Rebel Deep Wee-R

Lucky Craft Redemption Spinnerbaits

Havoc Devil Spear

Yum Wooly Bully

Jackall Bling

WEC/Zoom Cranks - Would be nice to have some backups to the ones I like without paying the crazy prices right now.

 

Probably a couple more I can't remember too.  

 

not ebay ...

Arbogast Mudbug

Arbogast Sputterfuss

Heddon Dying Flutter

Humper(I can't remember the company name. Basically a Cotton Cordell Big O knock off.)

Mann's Stingray grub

Rapala Countdown Jointed minnow(Lost my last one last season.)

I have an old Bass Boss tackle box full of Tom Mann baits:  the hackleback series, the pig and hawg cranks, jelly worms, etc.  I wish those were still produced.

The Spence Scout crankbait with the dual line tie...deep or shallow.  I do even know who made it it has been so long.

Rebel Deep wee R , but make them so the hooks can't catch each other.  Original Bomber,  orange, with black herringbone.

I also would like to see the Rebel Deep Wee R come back and the original Rapala Rattling Fat Rap. These were two of the best crankbaits I ever had years ago. 

heddon dying quiver

7” Optimum A.C. Mag Shad (‘cause I’d like to retire it) and the original Black Dog Baits Shellcracker

Oh boy let's see;

Paca toad sr. [Netbait]

Flappin' dad [zetabait?]

Cattapillar worms [bps]

Not a lure but a color, snagproof phatfrog in  o.g. green. 

4 hours ago, Logan S said:

Havoc Devil Spear

I was at a local fishing flea market yest. And bought some of these as some guy had a bunch of them 3pks. For 5$

Blakemore CC spinnerbait in 1/2 oz.

Pretty sure they still make Mann's stingrays grubs

 

Mister Twister used to make a tube that had a lizard (or goby?) head. I don't remember the name of them but I still have a few being held together by Mend-It.

 

Also, bring back DTs in gold.