Is there a site somewhere that I can find values for old warts?

MyBaitShop.com sells vintage lures: you might check their site to see what you have is selling for. The site owner also buys vintage lures.

ebay will give you the most up to date market value. 

They are worth about $6.00 according to Tackle Warehouse.

 

There are some Kool-Aid drinkers that will pay a lot more for old ones, but they really ain't worth it.

 

I have a few old ones and catch just as many fish on the $6.00 ones.

Depends on the color and condition. Around here they have to be the craw colors to bring much.

I'll take another glass of Kool Aid. The pre Rapala wart has proven itself for 40 years.

If you have brown or green craw or the phantom versions of those, probably $40-50. The brown/yellow craw that we call the school bus will be up there also.

Every pre rap doesn't hunt but the ones that do are golden.

15 or 20 years ago you could pick them up for $ 100 a dozen and get 6 or 7 that

ran good, kinda like the the Cordell red fin, maybe 1 out of 10 was right for the others.. Hammer time.

 

 

On 7/10/2024 at 4:00 PM, mcipinkie said:

They are worth about $6.00 according to Tackle Warehouse.

 

There are some Kool-Aid drinkers that will pay a lot more for old ones, but they really ain't worth it.

 

I have a few old ones and catch just as many fish on the $6.00 ones.

The thing about the old warts is they varied wildly from bait to bait. I have several of my favorite color (V38). Some of them have "it", where they just wander around, hunting all over during the retrieve, and catch fish left and right in the process. Others, don't do near as much and don't catch fish nearly as well. The colors and sounds aren't the same as the new versions either. 

 

The Rock Crawler is a better replacement for the old wart than the new warts are IMO. When they want to eat them, nothing will outperform those old pre-Rap warts though. I've been unfortunate enough to be in the back of the boat behind guys on Table Rock and Stockton on some of those days. Might as well just sit down, hold onto the net, and wait to scoop their next fish for them. It's a helpless feeling, like the fish don't want to eat anything else except those old baits. 

The problem buying pre Rapala Wiggle Warts is you don’t know if they are culls that didn’t catch bass….it’s a crap shoot.

I suggested Iovino’s Major Craft Zoner Hunter because they catch bass out of the box. It looks the Zoner Hunter is getting hard to find now.

Tom