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Spinnerbait identification....

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Does anyone recognize this? 
I have a few of them in my box from years ago, and I really cannot remember anything about them.  
 

The blades say Assasinator, and each one has a buzz bait blade that can be swapped on. 
 

 

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Anyone have a thought on this? 

I guess it could have been a home brew years ago, but I don't remember putting anything like that together, and all three have matching spinner and buzz blades. 

 

The action in the water is pretty intense. The "spoon" on the head creates all kinds of wobble. 

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Can't recall that exact one, but the idea isn't novel. A Japanese company called Fish Arrow has a wide range of similar products if you're trying to find more. A company called Lunkerhunt also has premade clip on wire spinnerbait arms. Probably others available also.

 

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Those blades on a jig head were a thing for a while in the 90's,  ( maybe earlier ).  That is when I recall Berkley marketed something similar.   Didn't really take off, it was featured in the bargain bin within a couple of seasons.  I've never seen one with that blade attachment system, but I haven't seen everything , either.  I remember a bait marketed in the 70's, early 80's called the "Dirty Bird".  Had a slightly bigger, more oblong blade attached to a larger head,  which was some kind of plastic molded over lead and it had a fiber weed guard.   It was marketed as a weeds/pads bait, and in certain weeds & pads it worked great, but if the vegetation got too thick, it didn't.

 

It is obviously a fore runner of a chatterbait,  IMO the flexible attachment of the blade on the chatterbait is a better idea.  I have a bait that. is somewhat similar however there is a split ring on the edge of the blade to tie your line to and a flexible wire cable coming out of the head of the jig with a smallish Colorado blade.   I  fished this bait a couple of times with zero luck.

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