Hi All,

I picked up a box full of goodies at the fleamarket last week. It has some lures and such from the 1970's and 80's.

Well I was out the other evening, and grabbed one of these plastics pictured below, and the largemouth went nuts over them. Caught about 15 bass in the 1 to 4 pound range. This was after trying everything from Senko's, crankbaits, spinnerbaits, lizards and topwaters.

Now the problem...I only had about 6 of these, and these are my last two(gave one to my buddy who was successful as well).

They measure 6 inches (total length), body is thin (about the diameter of a pencil). Body is 2 inches, and the legs are 4 inches

Can anyone tell me what these are called, and if they are still made? Or something similar would do as well. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

They look like spinnerbait trailers - huge ones at that.

Similar to these: http://www.orderoutdoors.com/zsplitt.html

HAHA, yes they do!

Thanks J.

Darn things work great weightless on a 2/0 hook

Slow sink plus twitching them = great action.

Maybe the bass just never seen such a thing, and thought they had to eat it!!

Thanks again

wow, I don't think I've ever seen spinnerbait trailers that were 6". Never thought of using them on their own either. You might be on to something there.

I feel kinda stupid, as they are so long, I never even thought of them as being a trailer :-[

On the other hand, you may be right Dan, as I knocked the heck out of them with these things.

Check out this other ugly bugger that was in the box. This thing kinda scares me!! haha. Never tried it out yet, but I just might.

wow, I don't think I've ever seen spinnerbait trailers that were 6". Never thought of using them on their own either. You might be on to something there.

The Zoom 4" trailers make horrible drop shot baits  

Wow! I haven't seen one of those snakes a very long time.They are pretty cool. The name of the maker eludes me at the moment.

Yea, I remember those snakes from years ago, but im not sure who made them either. Pretty neat though.

That snake was the original Doug Hannon snake that first developed in Florida. The head is styrofoam and floated the long plastic body which you texas rigged.

Thanks Crestliner,

The head on this one is a rubber type material.. Feels sort of like any other plastic bait, but more rubbery (if thats a word). Almost like one of those old Super Balls that I got as a kid out of the vending machines, but a little softer.

I might just throw this thing this weekend and see what happens. Been seeing a few watersnakes in the strip pits, so ya never know

Its possible it could be renosky!!!!

Not sure who makes those but if you want more, you might want to seek out someone that pours their own soft plastics and see if they will duplicate them for you.  Or if you want to do it yourself, you can make your own mold for them and pour your own plastic.  I like the looks of them.  

As for the snake, yeah havent seen one of those in awhile.  

they are boogie tails from the the booyah boogee bait, i have a couple they are sweet baits.

The snake reminds me of Doug Hannon's Snake Bait which came in a kit with foam heads and snakelike bodies. Don't think the split tails are boogie bait tails. Too long.

The snake is an original Doug Hannon's piece.  Shortly thereafter, BURKE Flexo-products started making them (still attached to the Doug Hannon name).  I got them early from Bing at Burke and experimented with them for a few months.

Under the right conditions - they were deadly.

As far as the old spinner bait trailers - you should just make a mold and pour your own!  I keep a bag of old "original" baits that are no longer manufactured or the company has long gone out of business.  When I feel that I "need them" for a specific situation, or presentation, I just pour a batch.  And the upside is - no one else will be fishing that particular bait . . .  

Thanks everyone,

I appreciate the suggestions. I think I will try to pour my own, and see what happens.

I emailed Doug Hannon from his website, and he replied back, and said if it had a foam head, it was from the 70's. I told him the head was not foam, and sent a pic of the snake, and he has not replied. Oh well, must not be his is all I can figure. :-/

Thanks again!

The first one you pictured could likely be made by cutting the back off of , say, a Culprit or any ribbontail worm. Then 2 skinny Creme worms or something similar could be attatched with Mend - it or some other soft plastic glue.