I was wondering through Gander mountain and saw they still have SPRO lures on sale ($1.99 each). I resisted the first time but may cave in. There are several lures that I am looking at:

DD Crank 25: Looks like a decent crank that dives to 10 ft. (possible cheap substitute for a Rapala DT-10)

DD Crank 30: a DT-16 wannabe

Aruku Shad: possible Rat-L-Trap substitute

There were several others like a chug minnow but the first two caught my attention. Here's more info:

http://spro.com/shop/index.php?cPath=22&osCsid=cd1c1e68f2bf4b69698855f6e951497c

Anyone have any experience with Spro?

I use a few of the Aruku Shads and the Crank25.  They are very nice baits, and for that kind of money, i'd ****** em up in a heart beat.

Jason

For that price , you have to buy them.

I find that spro lures are better quality as rapala! I definately would buy them for that price!

I wish i could get those for that price. Here in europe those things cost over ten bucks!!

Can you purchase products from the Gander Mtn website or in stores only? I took a look at the website and didn't see any method of serching for products....

Unfortunately you can only buy from the store.  Okay, going to turn the bait monkey lose.  Someone keep me in their prayers.  

I use a few of the Aruku Shads and the Crank25. They are very nice baits, and for that kind of money, i'd ****** em up in a heart beat.

Jason

How do the Aruku shads compare to Rat-L-Traps?Have you used the Aruku Shad Jr?

Okay,

The bait monkey went loose and dropped another $50. I was only going to pick up $20-25 worth of SPRO hardbaits but I went to another Gander Mountain and they had a ton of stuff on clearance. I rifled through a table and found a bunch of Mann's stone jigs underneath some Mann's Cranks. They were marked down to $1.97 and I couldn't resist. I also found some Terminator Finesse jigs for $1.47.

Here's other stuff the was marked down that I passed up:

Strike King Spinnerbaits

Stanley Spinnerbaits

Berkley Power Tubes

Mister Twister Grubs

Smithwick Rogues

Mann's Baby Minus -4 / -8 Crankbaits

Spoons (didn't see the manufacturer)

Various Cranks

Stren Fishing Line

Yo Zuri Hybrid Line (not UltraSoft :-[)

The guy at the customer service desk told me that they just had a big corporate meeting to decide what to carry for the upcoming fishing season. They are unloading a lot of stuff that they won't be carrying going forward. Hence, all the aforementioned items are being discounted heavily.

BTW, the best deal I got was a .10 bag of Lizards by Waveworm. I went across the street to Wallyworld before I went into Gander Mt. and found a bag that was marked 10 cents. All the other bags were a 1.00 on clearance. As stated in a previous thread FLW (Mann's) plastics and Waveworms are being sold on clearance at Wally World.

Can you purchase products from the Gander Mtn website or in stores only? I took a look at the website and didn't see any method of serching for products....

I called the GM store near me and asked them what was up with there website. The answer i got was "oh, yeah.. there working on it" that was like 4 months ago.   :-?

Spros hands down best lipless crank on the market

Do you have any experience with the Prop25 crankbait?  I picked up some at those low prices (similar to a rat l trap but with a little propeller).  

no spro bucktail jigs? you cant beat those for suspended bass and dropping between spaces in boatdocks your cant really get to

the only spros I own are the dean rojas frogs... :-/

Can you purchase products from the Gander Mtn website or in stores only? I took a look at the website and didn't see any method of serching for products....

I called the GM store near me and asked them what was up with there website. The answer i got was "oh, yeah.. there working on it" that was like 4 months ago. :-?

Gander Mountain sold their mail order/catalog business to Cabelas in the mid 90s.

The Aruku shad is a great bait.They were still $5.99 here at Gander Mountain.I did get a couple more and out of the $1.99 bin,I got 5 chug baits, 2 prop baits and 1 prime slow minnow.I would have gotten more minnows, but there weren't any more left. :-[ Ivan

hopefully ill get some good deals at this years BPS spring classic. they had some great deals last year.last year i got a curado rod reel combo for 100$ ;D

Unless they are unadvertised deals, their sales paper didn't really have a whole lot to draw me in.  I do think I will go next Saturday to pick up a set of short guide-on bunks and a couple of their WorldWide Sportsman fishing shirts.  

You found the Aruka Shad for $1.99.  I'm assuming that's the original Aruka Shad.  I couldn't imagine Gander Mountain discouting the brand new Aruka Shad 75.   The baits that stand upright on the bottom when stopped.  I picked up 3 of them at Sportsman Warehouse for $5.69 each.

I can't figure out why Gander Mountain even has a website other than to let people where there stores are located.  They don't show any products on the site, except for maybe there recent ads in the paper.

When I went back, the few Aruka Shad were gone.  The customer service guy at checkout told me that they are not going to carry SPRO hardbaits this year.  Looks like they loaded up on them last year and barely moved.  I ended getting some Prop20, Prop25, Deep Diving Crank25, and ChugMinnow 35.  The cheapest I found any of these on the web is $5. I am pretty impressed with the craftsmanship of the baits.

Actually, I find both Gander and Sportsman Warehouse frustrating.  Neither do a good job of advertising their specials.  You have to visit them to see what specials are going on.   Once you step inside, it's hard to get that bait monkey off your back.