9 minutes ago, primetime said:

If not for the Slug-0 we would not have the senko....First soft plastic jerkbait, and lunker City makes a ton of colors and a bunch of sizes which are all good.

 

You can often find them on clearance on the website. Lunker City has alot of good baits, swimbaits & Flukes & terminal tackle.....Texposer hooks are good. 

I first learned about Slug-O in the early 90's. I can tell you the exact lake as well. I was a shore fisherman at the time and was walking a forest preserve lake with my son. A guy was walking back to the parking lot with a stringer of keeper bass. I asked him what he was using and went out and bought them later that week.

I just bought some Lunker City Slug-go's over the winter. Anybody use them? Are they the same? They look like they have a flatter bottom than the original.

Haven't looked at Lunker City for several years and surprised how it's changed.

The Slug-Go, not Sluggo as I called them forever, now comes in several types from the original, sinking, pre rigged, SS worm type etc. I have no idea if the Slug-Go is the same shape or plastic today as it was 30 years ago?

Tom

 

I would assume so. Companies usually stick to their recipes.

Lunker City patented the Slug-Go, and successfully sued several other companies that copied them.  Nothing wrong with that; they earned that right.  But because of that patent, I highly, HIGHLY doubt they changed anything with the original Slug-Go that you can still buy today.  Seems like the same lure to me.

Design Patent is usually about specific shape like the tulip door knob for example and unique function listing a wide variety of possible materials to cover use. At this time the patent is long past it's time of 17 years. Trade names however don't expire. Unless the tooling has changed the shape should be the same, the plastic? If it still works the same it's the same. I know the few bags have of 6" did vary in shape; the top having rounded edges vs sharper edges and flatter indicating a tooling change back in the mid 90's.

Tom

Slug go .... that's a name I don't see often in forums, older than dirt fellas like meeself remember the "good old days" , Sluggos, Mann's Jelly Worms, Culprit 6.5 ribbontail worms, tequila shad, red shad, motor oil .... oh boy ! 

Personally I liked Culprit's Jerkworm over the sluggo and the Shadassassin over the 3 inch sluggo, but that was my preference.

You left out Mann's Shadow. 

 

A slug-go set up and a Mann's Augertail set up, and you were set up.

I can recall fishing slug-gos as a kid. When I got back into fishing I was looking for slug-gos, I could not find them anywhere so I figured they were discontinued. I get most my lures from walmart though. Anyways since I couldnt find them, I thought that "senkos" were the same thing. They seem to be fished similar and have a similar action.