The Bug Plug, Psycho Scout and Hedd Hunter are/were so sick! Man, those ones had me checking online immediately, as the video was running! Coolest video I've seen in a while. You gotta do more of these unusual, discontinued lure vids, Chris. This was a real treat. The paint/decal jobs on several of those were unbelievable. I think we should form a large posse just for the purpose of hitting some of these companies with an avalanche of emails and letters begging them to rerelease some of these lures.
@RetroBassin6 ай бұрын
Ok, Dave, did you pick up any on the eBay in the last 24???
@Stumpjack6 ай бұрын
Not yet. Watching a few, hoping to get at least one before the end of the auction.
@bassmatters10126 ай бұрын
Man this video makes me want to hit up some antique stores! Great video!
@RetroBassin6 ай бұрын
Better yet, visit an antique tackle show!
@bayouburner2816 ай бұрын
That Mudbug was sick! I bought a couple of smiling minnows back around 1985 for my annual summer vacation to my grandparents in Arkansas-Chunked a fire tiger pattern in a cold clear water creek and smacked a 6 lber on it and my Grandpa was shocked. I put that fish in his neighbors pond . I’ll never forget that moment 🤠
@RetroBassin6 ай бұрын
Heck of a tale, Bayou!
@LowBrowFishing6 ай бұрын
A Cotton Cordell old school favorite of mine has to be the Boy Howdy. A great topwater lure that was discontinued but brought back several years ago. It comes in 2 distinct flavors and man does it catch fish!
@RetroBassin6 ай бұрын
Ok, do you like blade or just weighted tail?
@LowBrowFishing6 ай бұрын
@@RetroBassin I like both. For more calm conditions, I generally go tail-weighted. If the bass are a bit more active or there's a bit of chop on the water, I'm using the prop version.
@AlbertoLopezR796 ай бұрын
For sure it would be a joy to see a fishing trip with your ol’ pals giving it a go with this great cranks..!
@RetroBassin6 ай бұрын
They will be coming, Alberto!
@NewOlSchoolFishin6 ай бұрын
Thanks man! Great info and a walk down memory lane 🤠
@robertstanisch34526 ай бұрын
Gotta see that Storm Bug Plug in action! Underwater footage of ALL of these would be pretty sweet. Keep up the awesome vids sir, hope the move is going well.
@RetroBassin6 ай бұрын
Thanks, good buddy! Safe travels to FLA.
@bigmoemedina3136 ай бұрын
What a Blast from the past you have put us thru Brother!!! Love every second of it!! I'm new in the fishing world at 61 years old but Thanks to your channel I can learn about the lures that once dominated the Bass World. Thanks so much for everything you do!!! Please don't ever stop it.
@RetroBassin6 ай бұрын
Thanks for tuning in, Big Moe!
@DsTackleBox6 ай бұрын
The hole in the lip of the hedd hunter was the model called 'magic hole' 😂 Created a trail. You know I collect the Cordell Huncho! We have some awesome colors on those. There's a few other rare models we're covering in one of our next videos to some of these companies. Great video Chris, thats legit! ✌️🤠
@RetroBassin6 ай бұрын
I definitely need to do a full Huncho video!
@DsTackleBox6 ай бұрын
@@RetroBassin just holler at me if you need some pics of some more colors n such!
@chrishartleyjr.552314 күн бұрын
The tipsy would be good turned back up right which a hybrid hunter bill on it!!
@The4blade6 ай бұрын
That tan and brown Plano under your left shoulder was my all time favorite tackle box as a kid. I wish I would have taken better care of it and kept it. Served me well for probably 20 years.
@The4blade6 ай бұрын
I also still have the brown box over your right shoulder. Cooler is beat up but it’s complete.
@Oldbasshole6 ай бұрын
Great stuff as always !! Love those old school crankbaits !!
@RetroBassin6 ай бұрын
Me too, ol’ pal!
@adwhite8046 ай бұрын
Cool old skool baits Retro! Per usual
@RetroBassin6 ай бұрын
Thanks, good buddy!
@bass14456 ай бұрын
Great video I might have to tie on a devil horse when the water warms up a little more here in northern Arkansas.
@RetroBassin6 ай бұрын
I had one on yesterday!
@teijiosawa22306 ай бұрын
What a nice color of Racketshad !
@RetroBassin6 ай бұрын
I agree, Teiji!
@joshuafeldman3676 ай бұрын
I loved this video. I just went lure hunting today at a. Antique mall that is more like a consignment shop and i found an oldschool crankbait from heddon called the timber rattler wich is one i never heard before. Cant wait till next time.
@samuelschult9856 ай бұрын
Nice video, you had me going thru my RC series and Poes series 👍
@RetroBassin6 ай бұрын
I always had trouble tuning those. Any tips?
@samuelschult9856 ай бұрын
@@RetroBassin I always added weight to mine they are all suspending. Got more distance on the cast and they ran better.
@chipyeahoo6 ай бұрын
Love the idea. It’s always fun to showcase obscure lures wether they’re from well known companies or lesser known companies. Thanks to you I now know what that Poe’s lure is called. I’d seen it but couldn’t find the name. Thanks. Could more videos of obscure lures from both well known companies and possibly lesser known companies perhaps be released? If so I’ve got some suggestions for lures and companies to nominate if that comes to pass. Thanks for another great trip back in time.
@RetroBassin6 ай бұрын
Nominate away, Chip!!
@chipyeahoo6 ай бұрын
For some more obscure lures from well known companies or companies known for other baits there’s the Poe’s Blurpee and Loco-Motion. In fact their Ace in the Hole, Jackpot/Havana Jack and Awaker are lesser known versions of popular lure styles. I guess that would simply be a video about Poe’s lures, LOL. There’s the various Norman Flash series of lures of the 70’s such as the Mino-Flash, Flasher and FlashShad and Cut Throat. Maybe an entire Norman video too, LOL. Rebel Blackstar Minnow and Live N End Shad. Brunswick/Zebco Doll Vibrator and Doll-e-Pop. Luhr Jensen made Angler’s Pride Chowhound, Chow Puppy and Triple Deep. I remember you mentioned the Chowhound in a crankbait video. There’s the lesser known Whopper Stopper lures like the Scrambler, Shadrac and Rippin’ Rattler (another lure I remember you mentioning in the lipless cranks video). Mann’s Ghost, Goblin, Spittin’ Shad, George-N-Shad, Tom Cat, Top Cat, Auger frog and Auger grub spins, Fat Albert, Mann Dancer and Shad Mann. Tom Mann’s Fish World stuff like the Designer and Photofish products, the BB Shad, Kangaroo Shad and Backburner. Roger’s Vib-R-Fin and Craw Pap. South Bend Optic lures. Those were also featured briefly in your lipless cranks video. Those definitely have a retro vibe and certainly fall under oddball and obscure. The Mister Twister branded crankbaits made by Japanese company Moriyama and sold by Kmart stores under their Sportfisher brand. There’s the unmarked square bill and deep diver cranks that look almost exactly like Bandit cranks but seemingly predate them and the Rapala copies, most notably their Shad divers that are marked on the diving bills. You scored some of both I believe in a video where you bought a loaded two sided tackle box in an outdoor market. You inquired about them in that video. Then there’s obscure retro lures by lesser known companies. The Cotee Button Eye Minnow lines introduced in the 90’s are one.They featured a hard body frame that utilized removable soft plastic bodies that covered the baits. They offered the Fluke type lures that featured Bill Dance on the packaging. They also offered the topwater “Walker,” suspender/diver and slow sinker jerkbait in their line of removable soft plastic covered hard body lures. They’re a unique group and I actually fish some divers and slow sinkers I have and catch bass on them occasionally. The other obscure lures are actually two different companies that marketed the same lure made from the same blank at different times. The Lighted Lures Inc. “Lady-Glo-Diva” and LumaLure Inc. lure (no actual lure name is given) are crankbaits that utilize a small glow stick. They look similar to Mann’s Hackleback deep diver lures. Lighted Lures Inc. also made a lure remarkably similar to the Mann’s Stretch series called the “Glo-Daddy” but in place of the tail hook there’s a receptacle for the same glow stick that the other lure accepts. They called them “Fish Flares.” I have examples of all three but have not been able to find any information on either company beyond what little is on the packaging and have found company name registrations and dates of when those names were active online. Perhaps I’m going overboard on the suggestions here (sorry) but maybe it might help with some ideas for future content. Thanks again for the great content. It’s always fun seeing different lures from familiar companies or oddball retro lures.
@JD.California_monkey_mackerel6 ай бұрын
I'm a big fan of Cotton Cordell and Heddon and the classic old school Original Rooster Tails 🎣🫶🏼
@RetroBassin6 ай бұрын
How about old school Mepps?
@rapalaangler6 ай бұрын
I would love to see something about the Rapala line of lures.
@RetroBassin6 ай бұрын
Consider it done!
@Cornelius7986 ай бұрын
Love this !
@garlawrence50706 ай бұрын
Yes it going to be a good day
@RetroBassin6 ай бұрын
Hope it was, good buddy!
@joshwoodard65406 ай бұрын
Just got the exact bug plug from a friend yesterday, awesome old lure
@RetroBassin6 ай бұрын
Tuff bait!
@rickhazzard88246 ай бұрын
Right there with you on the bomber smiling minnow, great old lure👍
@RetroBassin6 ай бұрын
Petty cool, right?
@rickhazzard88246 ай бұрын
@@RetroBassin they were great,I didn't know about the salt water one though, so thanks for showing that one, really cool episode, I really enjoyed it That arbogast mud bug reminded me of the original bombers
@TerryBattisti16 ай бұрын
Great baits Retro!!!
@RetroBassin6 ай бұрын
Thanks, Terry. Love the Huncho page in the Rebel Catalog on Bass Fishing Archives!
@nunyabusiness1026 ай бұрын
You need to do underwtaer footage of these so we can see how the run. Id like to see that Hedd Hunter under water. The body shape was interesting.
@RetroBassin6 ай бұрын
I think it will swim line a Wiggle Wart. What do you think?
@madtownangler6 ай бұрын
I have a friend that makes large musky baits and two of his personal topwaters are kinda cool. One of them is painted up like a white marker bouy white red lines The other is a beer can. It is a foot long and he uses it just for fun.
@victorsimonsen9216 ай бұрын
thanks for sharing your knowledge on the old school baits.
@RetroBassin6 ай бұрын
Thanks, Vic!
@taichi80086 ай бұрын
Every lure is the best 😁😆👍✨✨
@RetroBassin6 ай бұрын
But if you could only pick one…LOL
@upnorthoutdoors9896 ай бұрын
The hole in the lip creates a bubble trail, an attractant feature.
@RetroBassin6 ай бұрын
I can’t wait to check that out!
@NewOlSchoolFishin6 ай бұрын
I've done really well over the years with the Tipsy 🤠
@RetroBassin6 ай бұрын
Ok, tell me how you fish it!
@NewOlSchoolFishin6 ай бұрын
@@RetroBassin just cast and real slow -stop and start or slow troll it behind the boat 🤠
@NewOlSchoolFishin6 ай бұрын
Lazy ike speed
@NewOlSchoolFishin6 ай бұрын
O ya . Through it in a hole in the cover and twitch it ! Ted l style 🤠
@NewOlSchoolFishin6 ай бұрын
Oops ! Looks like i put the fossil comment in the wrong place. Sorry! Senior moment. 🤠. But ya if your kiddos want Megs or any shark teeth or fossils in that up coming show let me know and I'll get them to ya ! Thanks for all the great content! Gotta Love it 🤠!!
@tracekornegay37906 ай бұрын
DC!!!
@JamesBondDZero7Mi66 ай бұрын
I love seeing these rare & vintage baits. With forward-facing sonar, I have a feeling crankbait manufacturers may start scraping some molds. I really wish they'd ban this tech for the Pros. It's not to anyone's advantage to use this tech, especially the fish. It's a really poor marketing issue for the tackle industry. I've always loved Heddon lures but boy they sure used the worst hook hardware in the industry. They are great fish catchers though. You'll have a goldmine of baits that just can't be reproduced today.
@RetroBassin6 ай бұрын
They are definitely discontinuing more that they are creating, unfortunately…
@haknort6 ай бұрын
Hey brother, love the vids. I don't believe you have a classic Heddon Big Bud there. Those are all-white body, with four label variants. You have the much rarer Big Bud Lite, which has a battery and light inside. One of the few Heddon US Buds (they also did Coors, Copenhagen, and Skoal) but there are hundreds of colors and variants in Japan, including Baby Buds. With Hedd Hunters, Heddon made many variants. Long lip and short lip in both 1/4oz and 3/8oz, Hedd Hunter Minnows (sort of Rapala shaped), and Popeye Hedd Hunters in a few sizes (which I believe were bought from Rabble Rouser).
@RetroBassin6 ай бұрын
I have about six Big Bud variations, including a cool one with two dice inside! You reminded me, I need to put out a Big Bud video…
@haknort6 ай бұрын
@@RetroBassin Let me know if you need help with the video. I wrote the article on Big Buds for the NFLCC for a Gazette, and I have over 200 colors.
@ankiabekker58Ай бұрын
love the channel. please could you advise me on where i can buy some old school rapalas. thanks
@80Smetalrox6 ай бұрын
That Tipsy looks more like a wake bait to me
@RetroBassin6 ай бұрын
Or even a slow twitch topwater!
@SLYFOXFISHIN6 ай бұрын
Do you have any of the old Strike King Dancin Shad wooden Crankbaits??? I use to have some and lost them in a house fire back in 2017 and can't find any of the anywhere .
@davidspirdione95616 ай бұрын
Hey retro any chance you can help me out with an order I placed a while back and never received? I've tried all other avenues with no response back. Hope all is well love the show.
@RetroBassin6 ай бұрын
Sorry about that, good buddy! I moved so that may be the issue. Can you PM me on Insta of FB? Also let me know what you need and where it’s going!
@MrFishhook6 ай бұрын
Off topic , how do you get ahold of Sam Vancamp . The Jitter bug guy . Did he have the cedar wood ones ?Not wanting to collect . Just fish them .