My All-Time Favorite DISCONTINUED Fishing Lures! Do You Have Any?

[@scottsoucy6186]

I use the #1 Uncle Josh Pork Frog as a spinnerbait trailer for night fishing. Black spinnerbait, blue blades and black frog. The pork frogs also hold onto fishing scents and attractant for much longer.

[@MattStefanFishing]

they work great!

[@stevekeen7035]

The 1 I miss the most is the Manns 7 inch Jelly worm. The 6 inch is decent but the 7 was awesome.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Awesome

[@johndrx165]

I caught my biggest LM on a Storm Thundercrank in the Perch color. I have 2, but do not use them as much lately. I was cranking up a point and the fish was HUGE. No picture or weight, but 26 inches long and super heavy. Another one I have mentioned before is the DT Thug in Helsinki Shad. My latest find is the River2Sea Bubble Pop 65. I had to order more overseas after discovering how well they work for big smallies.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Awesome

[@nawinchester]

Matt, you are 100% correct when you say the new booyah lipless is no where close to the xcalibur line of baits, XR and XRK lipless baits and the XCS100 squarebills. The Xcals are FAR superior. The XR/XRK 25 size lipless cranks are SUPER effective in the fall on Smallies.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Thanks!

[@johnjustasimpleman1998]

Xcalibur is probably the best lipless I have ever used. There's just something about it

[@MattStefanFishing]

Yep

[@BobbyBalsaRNM]

Great baits! Especially the RFR4!

[@MattStefanFishing]

Yep

[@williamknight5142]

Found some Bomber 7A's in a discontinued color I like while searching online at a tackle shop in Japan it was called American bass shop I got the last 9 in the world!😀😀Bet you could find some of the lures you mentioned there check it out.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Awesome!

[@timrodiek7995]

I still have a few shallow fat raps. They are great. You have to keep them away from Northerns also, they shred real easy on their teeth.

[@MattStefanFishing]

yep!

[@douglasspickler4925]

Are you buying these baits for using or collecting? Just curious 🤔

[@MattStefanFishing]

Both

[@ScottHynson-if9vn]

Arbogast Mud Bug

[@MattStefanFishing]

Thanks for sharing

[@FM-qq2kk]

Surprised no one makes a line thru anymore * when the fish tugged on the treble he pulled it down away from the body of the lure * this made it so the fish couldn't use the lure body as leverage to throw the hook* Spinnerbait makers are now making a swivel swinging head that fish cant shake by using the spinner arms as leverage to throw the hook* I wouldn't be surprised if someone is working on using swivel heads on jerkbaits and crankbaits!!

[@MattStefanFishing]

I bet someone makes that soon

[@Jay-xt2nz]

The Bill Dance Excalibur Spit 'N Image. When Heddon took it over it wasn’t the same.

[@MattStefanFishing]

that was a good one

[@stevepodrebarac2303]

Those were some of my favourite top water baits.

[@davidlaing4728]

Rapala risto rap. Is effectively a bigger Shad rap. Cold water killer.

[@williamfaragher3671]

Even the IN FISHERMAN marketing Juggernaught could not sell or save the Risto Rap... It may have been the first Rapala lure in history that failed to sell. Bargain bins everywhere were full of them back in the day.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Good one

[@JHPIV1956]

Great video as always! Mine would be the original Thin Fin from Storm...back in the mid-seventies, I used them in clear water lakes in Vermont. They weren't available anywhere near me, so I would have my Dad pick them up and send them to me from Oklahoma!! They would catch all species of fish in the NE states!!

[@MattStefanFishing]

Thanks for sharing!

[@formerIWUcoachDDD]

Although they make something similar now, the Bagley Bitty B can be a killer. I was casting for bass at Lake of the Woods with a spinning rod and 8# test and caught a 42" muskie. Love the red crawfish color....Also Fliptail plastic worms.

[@MattStefanFishing]

I’ll check it out

[@pogoshad990]

Pogo Shad lol :) Bomber Jig - had a line through connection. Would love to revisit it as a swim jig. Manniac rattlebait with the rotating connection could really get more side to side action than most lipless. Roland Martin double buzz - havent seen one in long time and got an 8#+ in NW Indiana on it.

[@MattStefanFishing]

I like it!

[@michael476b]

Get someone like lionel Hollingsworth at tru-trac lures to re- create the paint job perfectly. You did a video on a pink buzzbaiit by tru-trac.

[@MattStefanFishing]

yep!

[@shawnwheeler4633]

Xcalibur lipless in 3/4 and 1 oz in FL are deadly for big pre spawn bass on deep grass edges! 😢 when they went out!

[@MattStefanFishing]

I stocked up

[@colinwylie808]

Being a topwater addict.. The arbogast jitterstick and heddon dying flutters. Hard to find in South Africa!

[@MattStefanFishing]

i love the jitterstick

[@christopherthompson2136]

I like my discontinued rapalas...I have one that's a foot long never been used

[@MattStefanFishing]

Awesome

[@Indyjeeplover]

For musky the old original wooden Grandma baits. For whatever reason the plastic ones don’t work nearly as well. I had one in Canada I had repainted to a walleye pattern. I easily outfished three other guys combined

[@MattStefanFishing]

Yep those are good ones

[@RHINOIDING]

The discontinued Zman Project Z swim jig was and is my favorite swim jig, not the snake head one they have now, it was a head shape similar to the new missile ike swim jig but that one doesnt get bit like the zman

[@MattStefanFishing]

thanks for sharing!

[@gmanadventurer8892]

That little fat rap is definitely one that should come back. I have one and it just sits in my tacklebox out of fear of losing it.

[@MattStefanFishing]

It’s a good one

[@mikenewell5683]

I had good luck with the pogo shad. Think it was made by Mann's company. 1:57

[@MattStefanFishing]

Good one

[@garydalrymple855]

I like rebuilding the old Rapala balsa. Or any balsa baits they just act different than plastic

[@MattStefanFishing]

nice!

[@zafotbeeb]

I love the old Bagley Grass Rat and Surface Flatfish

[@MattStefanFishing]

good one!

[@reeltraditionsoutdoors]

I’m a new subscriber. Love the video. Thanks.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@Silnthuntr1]

I'm really familiar and agree with your 1st choice, except my version is the shallow fat rap. I have 2 left, both in the crawdad colour (had a chartreuse with a silver belly, imitated a frog really well, but I lost it). Awesome bait for burning up shallow 1-3 feet. Small mouth always chased it down, and even caught a few big buckets over the years as well. Thanks for the memories...!! btw, Rapala makes NOTHING like the fat rap now...wish they would bring it back!

[@MattStefanFishing]

I love the shallow ones as well

[@Tracker7266]

The old shallow Fat Rap was the best lure around. I have one in my tackle box and it's all chewed up but I won't fish with it anymore because I know once it's gone, I won't find another one. best lure Rapala ever made in my opinion.

[@edwardcowan7012]

I have several tournament only short warts. Always looking for more

[@MattStefanFishing]

nice!

[@mikepuusa6084]

Orange Crawdad HJ14 and Brown Crawdad HJ 14 ……….

[@MattStefanFishing]

Goodnones

[@Michael-Skipcaster]

Diawa TD Vibrations Lipless crankbait

[@MattStefanFishing]

thanks for sharing

[@chuckfish1855]

I have several OG Shallow Fat Raps and a few deep ones.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Nice!

[@salwhitaker9218]

Berkeley rib snake. Biggest mistake they ever made

[@MattStefanFishing]

Good bait

[@paulstuartwilson485]

Devil horse

[@MattStefanFishing]

Thanks for watching

[@stevepodrebarac2303]

I have a few of the wake tails. They are very good

[@MattStefanFishing]

nice!

[@FlippinOkie]

Now this is my fav kind of video!

[@MattStefanFishing]

Sounds like a good video idea

[@Wil_D]

The old FLW Tour/Manns finesse worm they sold at Walmart.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Awesome

[@jerryhall437]

I can’t pass up Double Stamped Mann’s baby 1-‘s

[@MattStefanFishing]

Good ones!

[@lake_st_clair_angler3312]

Ever use an inline spinner just for bass

[@MattStefanFishing]

heck yeah! check out this one I did! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eaG0f4eoYrSte7Msi=OlX427_0NNs-zexv

[@rickhensley2251]

Matt is there a way to tell the old xr baits from the newer ones.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Sounds like a good video idea

[@gerhardtclanky7048]

Are all the Johnson lures discontinued? Evidently Pure Fishing bought them and it appears there aren't any Johnson Lures available on their website. They are available online to some extent on other sites, but I was looking for the Johnson Splinter specifically, I've caught a lot of salmon with them, but they appear to be gone. It's kind of a Kastmaster knock off, but there's something different about it that catches more fish.

[@MattStefanFishing]

I don’t know

[@erics8696]

Bill Norman Bass Magnet

[@MattStefanFishing]

Nice!

[@nunyabusiness102]

I liked the Yum Doozie. It was a basically a 6" tube but it killed on the back of a Carolina rig.

[@MattStefanFishing]

I’ll check it out

[@ggw7948]

Xcalibur xrk50 and the xcalibur cranks for sure belong on that list. Some old wec flat baits that really cant get anymore either.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Good ones

[@todddavidson5012]

Dude that wall wow🎉😮

[@MattStefanFishing]

Thanks

[@scottbrungard8322]

Terminator titanium wire spinnerbaits! So sad they quit making them.

[@MattStefanFishing]

They were good

[@edwardwicht5271]

Hubb’s Chub. I almost bought the company to keep it going.

[@pauleyplay]

I would like to hear this story !

[@MattStefanFishing]

Awesome

[@adamlebeck9482]

The old lindy shadlings

[@MattStefanFishing]

Nice!

[@Cornelius798]

Mister Twister Top Prop

[@MattStefanFishing]

nice!

[@gregc7314]

I loved fat raps!

[@MattStefanFishing]

me too!

[@ClayWilliamson]

The XR50 is a dynamite lipless in the cold water! My favorite all time discontinued as of right now is the terminator t-1! Had so many awesome times throwing em, I grew up stealing em from my dad and I only have 2 unopened left. Sucks because you can only sharpen the hook so many times 😢

[@MattStefanFishing]

Thanks for sharing

[@captainhunter_oubre1364]

The Berkley Havoc Devils Spear. I been hoping that it would become a powerbait shape but I've given up.

[@muskybites505]

Love that bait. When they discontinued it I snatched a bunch. Not many left. No wrong way to use it but I save them for chatterbait trailers

[@captainhunter_oubre1364]

@muskybites505 I did the same. Every pack I could find, didn't matter the color. My all time favorite chatterbait trailer.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Goodnones

[@Ballin21]

Great content like always. Keep up the videos like this. Most fishermen are bait junkies and love discounted baits/sneaky non talked about baits!

[@MattStefanFishing]

Glad you like them!

[@johnrayner5599]

Love your choices for discontinued baits, mine undoubtablywould be the old Wiggle Wart and the old Chug Bug, thanks for sharing these with us!!!

[@MattStefanFishing]

Good ones

[@farrzmd3038]

Mine is a color …. Rapala original floater in chartreuse back white side …. Color used to be in the stores by my house but havnt seen in a few years

[@MattStefanFishing]

Awesome

[@itllkeal]

I've been looking for a certain rebel spoon bill minow "orangeback" for over 20 years. It was a real walleye and smallmouth lure here where I live

[@MattStefanFishing]

I know the one

[@richardspurgeon2215]

Manns razorback

[@MattStefanFishing]

Good one

[@thereeldevin1875]

FR7 is the best! 🎣

[@MattStefanFishing]

Good one

[@RobFishYT]

THE BERKELEY RIB SNAKE...BRING IT BACK!!!!!!!

[@MattStefanFishing]

So good

[@treymorey]

All though recently discontinued the Rapala DT Fat 3 is my favorite squarebill!

[@MattStefanFishing]

nice one!

[@jimbeale1412]

I’ll throw out a few classics that were my favorites from back in the day….Rebel Deep Wee R, Rapala Fat Rap, Bomber Speed Shad and Smilin’ Minnow, Bagley Killer B2 and DB2, McCollum Bush Hog spinnerbaits, Mann’s Deep Pig and 6” Jelly Worms in Black Grape and Chocolate, Arbogast Mud Bug, and Lazy Ike Natural Ike…..

[@MattStefanFishing]

All winners

[@russellkamp8923]

Mr.twister fighting craw

[@MattStefanFishing]

I’ll check it out

[@PistolPete3322]

Thx, Matt. I wish mega bass would make silent 110 jrs.

[@frankhunt5018]

yes, yes, yes!!!

[@MattStefanFishing]

Thanks for sharing

[@matzdavid1]

The Barney spoon. Made in Kent Ohio. It's weedless and flutters on the fall.

[@MattStefanFishing]

I’ll check it out

[@Cornelius798]

I bought several Barney Spoons last summer. They have great action.

[@dibbledabble2482]

Wooden Lunker punker.Flat sided DT’s.Yo-Zuri Hardcore Drum.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Good ones

[@johndeluca1614]

I had a favorite obscure crankbait, a Strike King Bonsai Shad, one of their first hard baits aimed more at the walleye market. Smallies loved it, but now it's discontinued. 😒😒

[@MattStefanFishing]

ill see if i can find it

[@Tracker7266]

Rapala Shallow Fat Rap SFR-5. Hands down one of my all time favorite crankbaits made by Rapala.

[@MattStefanFishing]

good one!

[@RichZFishes]

My favorite discontinued lures list would absolutely start with the Luhr Jensen Brush Baby. I still have a handful of them, but am always on the lookout for more. Best heavy cover and rip-rap crankbait ever. Next would be the original Burke Dedly Dudley. Looks like a buzzbait, but you fished it like a spnnerbait. After it was on the market a year or two, it was replaced by the DD2, which WAS a buzzbait They lengthened the wire, flattened the head and made the blade wider. But the old, subsurface DD, with the longer, narrower blade, was an incredibly productive bait that just went by the wayside. Pedigo Pork frogs! Bought out a tackle store's stock of brown ones in Dallas, on my way to Mexico back in the way back old days. Outfished the Josh frogs bigtime with them. Finally, pre-Pradco Cordell Pencil Poppers. Since Pradco got involved, they 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 more or less the same to me, but evidently not to the fish, because they are not nearly as productive.

[@MattStefanFishing]

thanks for sharing!

[@aalbornoz01]

Manns double stamped baby1 and lucky craft 1.5 Rick clunn series

[@MattStefanFishing]

Good ones

[@joshuamurphy8270]

Bailey's crankbait's they don't even sell the original's anymore. The ones they build now aren't the same as back then but thoses original's out did Bagley.

[@MattStefanFishing]

I’ll check them out

[@jaywiles4609]

Hank Parker just reintroduced his classic spinnerbait I also wish they didn't discontinue the wakebull by berkley flat out catches them lastly rapala clacking minnow great walleye bait

[@MattStefanFishing]

Wake bull is a good one

[@Triple87]

Live target used to make a bass crank bait. I wish I could find more for a decent price.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Thanks for sharing

[@Stumpjack]

I must be more of an old school old school guy, because five of my favorite discontinued baits include: the old Bass Oreno (South Bend and Luhr Jensen), the Heddon River Runt, the Sparkle-tail in perch pattern, the Shakespeare Mouse, and - I'm with you on this one - those original Uncle Josh split tail frog pork rind baits.

[@MattStefanFishing]

all killer old school baits!

[@squonto47]

Without a doubt, the Cotton Cordell Suspending Super Spot lipless. Hardly anyone knows how much this bait crushes/ed.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Thanks for sharing!

[@2quack]

The Mann's Bowfin and the Ashley Probe crankbait.

[@MattStefanFishing]

I’ll check them out

[@michaelburke5907]

I have a 6 inch jointed Rebel in silver and blue that I bought 35 years ago! Still effective, even as chewed up as it is.

[@MattStefanFishing]

awesome!

[@shootincoyotes]

Hey i got a couple wee warts Saturday garbage sale, and a bunch of Thin Fin stuff.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Good find

[@davidfladung8562]

Storm Twitch Stick 08. It doesn't cast so well, but it has awesome body roll to go with the typical jerkbait action.

[@MattStefanFishing]

I’ll check it out

[@michaelstrange1519]

For me, one stands above all others. I didn't scan every response, but it is the Devil's Toothpick by Smithwick I don't think it has been manufactured for over 30 years. It is a very cool little top-water stick bait. The Boy Howdy is an attempt to copy, but it really isn't the same. The Toothpick was best in glass surface top-water bites. It is so quiet, yet you could easily make it do all kinds of flips and flops, including making it hop out of the water like a fleeing bait fish. I have only one left and I don't think I'll ever fish it, to be kept as a memory of the 1000's of fish I've caught on it.

[@MattStefanFishing]

ill check it out

[@coryjoestew]

Strike King Coffee tube in the Chaos color. If anyone has any let me know!

[@MattStefanFishing]

I’ll see if i can find them

[@siryarwammowray3445]

Mine is a Bomber flat a and a yozuri lipless crankbaits both in fire tiger color 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@MattStefanFishing]

Good ones

[@mchlprks40]

Good one Matt, Rebel Baby Bass D9976, caught a 13.2 & 10.6 and oh so many fish on it. Here in Cali back in the late 80's. yes I'm old.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Thanks for sharing

[@texoma_outdoors]

Love garage sales. Being from Oklahoma anything storm is a must. Rapala skitter pop in clown I always look for. The long gone skipjack tops my list as I only have one left. Anything PICO is another I look for

[@MattStefanFishing]

Awesome

[@ri-jm5tn]

I was throwing a deep-diver fat-rap crawfish last week. Great lure.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Nice!!

[@randycooper2046]

For me Matt, hands down it's the Bagley Deep Diving Killer B ll , DKBll-09 with is Black back, chartreuse side, orange belly. The old original balsawood baits. There were other great colors as well. The new ones are plastic and definitely not as good.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Good one!

[@andrewszot3094]

Man we had some black and white zebra striped double curly tail grubs for spinnerbait trailers. They worked good on a black spinnerbait on the lake we fished. Can’t find anything like it anymore.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Awesome

[@Kahntrol]

one of my favorites is the pre-pradco bandit footloose crankbaits...

[@MattStefanFishing]

Good one!

[@tmetz44]

Damiki used to make a worm called the miki that had a spoontail on it. Worked magic for me on a shakeyhead. I bought a bunch after I realized they weren't making them anymore, but my supply is slowly dwindling.

[@MattStefanFishing]

I’ll check it out

[@alanhore1834]

Lot of Rapala baits there Matt. I will add one that has not been off the market very long. The Rapala CRR-8 Crankin Rap Dont know what it is about that bait, but it sure catches them for me. Bit deeper than the DT 6 with a bit of a different action. Works great in the river down here. Have caught some great Smallies on it.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Good one

[@kylemayer8486]

All three of mine are recent. 2 jackall baits, the 130 chan wake and the sasuteki craw. Those and the 13 fishing navigator which is the best walking bait I've ever used, so I bought enough for life.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Good ones

[@stevesmith7164]

Good video Matt, cream brought them back I loved the 6 inch tube worms😊

[@MattStefanFishing]

Yep!

[@toptoad7149]

I miss the lazy ike prerigged worm that had a lead head with a metal lip. I think it was made by little Joe. Great bait 40 years ago. I wish I could find some again.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Good one

[@shoxmaster3430]

Hands down the Terminator T-1 spinnerbait, that wire was indestructible.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Good ine

[@neiljohnsen276]

I haven't seen a hard-core shad in a long time. I think Rapala made it. Awesome crankbait!

[@MattStefanFishing]

Good ones

[@rodneygreen9968]

One of my favorite discontinued lures was the Rebel Super R. Silver sides with a Blue back. They were very productive on a sunny day.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Very cool!

[@terrytresemer2864]

Yeah, I'm a collector also. Turned a buddy on to it also as he's always doing garage sales. He doesn't fish but puts his stuff on line for profit. I told the wife that if anything happens to me to call Pat. He can buy it or sale it on commission. I've seen some pretty outrageous prices for the really old stuff.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Stuff can get pricy

[@larrydiveley7799]

Fatrap was awesome still have a bunch of them

[@MattStefanFishing]

They are good ones

[@blackhillsbassing6167]

I liked the older Bandit crank baits, the one with the triple grip hooks, they worked better than the new ones.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Very cool

[@DirkDiddler]

Bomber fat free shad squarebill

[@MattStefanFishing]

Good one

[@jesseboyden3119]

Might even find them hanging in a tree on the lake 😂😂

[@MattStefanFishing]

I have haha