JustBassinThru Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 If you have any Lucky Craft Pointer 78's in Smallmouth let me know. Any reasonable price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Munkin Posted June 23, 2023 Super User Share Posted June 23, 2023 Check Ebay under I love hard bait as they have a great selection of LC.. Allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustBassinThru Posted June 23, 2023 Author Share Posted June 23, 2023 22 minutes ago, Munkin said: Check Ebay under I love hard bait as they have a great selection of LC.. Allen Thanks for the recommendation. I have made several purchases from that vendor unfortunately he doesn't carry that pattern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User A-Jay Posted June 23, 2023 Super User Share Posted June 23, 2023 @JustBassinThru Although a sweet looking bait, seems most of the new stock of 78 smallmouth pattern is on back order. Perhaps consider having a few new baits of another color "repainted". I've had a few baits done. First ones were by Casey Sobczak (current owner of 6th sense Fishing) but 15 plus years ago, he started out custom baiting baits. Did and still does great work. There are plenty of custom hand painting vendors to choose from. Might cost a bit more but in the long run we all know how valuable a bait we have confidence in can be. Good communication with the painter is key to getting what you want. If you have one left, sending in one of the smallmouth pattern baits as an "example" might be a solid plan. There's more and I haven't used these but Check out a few here. https://www.clintscustombaits.com/custom-repaints https://dhcustombaits.com/pages/custom-walleye-fishing-tackle https://www.joescustombaits.com/collections/crankbait-patterns A-Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew03cmc Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 Possibly Trey Harpel of THKustoms could set you up with a custom repaint in that color. The dude has serious chops. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustBassinThru Posted June 24, 2023 Author Share Posted June 24, 2023 Thanks for the ideas gentlemen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Munkin Posted June 25, 2023 Super User Share Posted June 25, 2023 I searched yesterday all my usual sites for JDM and came up blank. If you would have posted a couple months ago I had 4 that I sold $10 each. Now I only have the one bait I bought from Ebay Japan 15 years ago for my personal collection. I will keep an eye out and let you know if I find one. Allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustBassinThru Posted June 25, 2023 Author Share Posted June 25, 2023 2 hours ago, Munkin said: I searched yesterday all my usual sites for JDM and came up blank. If you would have posted a couple months ago I had 4 that I sold $10 each. Now I only have the one bait I bought from Ebay Japan 15 years ago for my personal collection. I will keep an eye out and let you know if I find one. Allen Oh Dang!!! Well thanks for trying to help!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC53 Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 I would do the custom paint route as Ajay mentioned. I have some baits I had custom painted ( not any pointers) as I couldn’t find the pattern I wanted. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokinal Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 On 6/23/2023 at 8:39 AM, A-Jay said: @JustBassinThru Although a sweet looking bait, seems most of the new stock of 78 smallmouth pattern is on back order. Perhaps consider having a few new baits of another color "repainted". I've had a few baits done. First ones were by Casey Sobczak (current owner of 6th sense Fishing) but 15 plus years ago, he started out custom baiting baits. Did and still does great work. There are plenty of custom hand painting vendors to choose from. Might cost a bit more but in the long run we all know how valuable a bait we have confidence in can be. Good communication with the painter is key to getting what you want. If you have one left, sending in one of the smallmouth pattern baits as an "example" might be a solid plan. There's more and I haven't used these but Check out a few here. https://www.clintscustombaits.com/custom-repaints https://dhcustombaits.com/pages/custom-walleye-fishing-tackle https://www.joescustombaits.com/collections/crankbait-patterns A-Jay That Orange Tiger from Joe's is disgusting! I'll be sending him a few baits; thanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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