This place is Rat-L-Trap Heaven! (Bacon's Tackle shop walk-thru)

This week we are back at Bacon's Tackle in Shreveport, Louisiana, to take a proper Retro Bassin' walk-thru of the tackle shop. This place is jammed, floor to ceiling, with old school gold and fishing artifacts. Years ago, Michel Bacon purchased 16,000 pounds of Bill Lewis Rat-L-Traps! He's still got boxes and boxes of discontinued lipless crankbaits in long-forgotten colors available without hooks for $2 each or 3 for $5. This tackle shop is also the place to find OG Smithwick Lures, Fliptail Worms and Fliptail Lizards, Creme Worms, rolled latex skirts, and so much more. Bassin' Buds, get yourself over to this awesome, independently owned tackle shop!
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BACON'S TACKLE
5025 Flournoy Lucas Rd.
Shreveport, LA 71129
318-686-6309
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[@BradW.]

I'm not great at math but 16,000 pounds of 1/2 ounce traps would be let's see... 16 ounces in a pound.....so 32 per pound....times 16,000....That's like 512,000 baits. That's a lot!

[@RetroBassin]

I have seen the back room at Bacon’s and I believe it! If you come, be ready to spend the afternoon digging through boxes of OG Traps…

[@larrysutton6530]

@@RetroBassin I can't go or I will be broke and still owe an untold amount because walking in there would make me want everything and not getting everything would always have me questioning what awesome treasures have I missed out on. It is truly amazing that there are still some places that have such old school gold still new in the package. Thank you for sharing these people and places also Thank you for being an all around great person.

[@raymondjust5113]

LOVE ALL OF YOUR AWESOME VIDEOS RETRO BASSING PLEASE KEEP THEM COMING EVEN THE NEW ONES IN FLORIDA AN GOD BLESS YOUR JOURNEYS IN FLORIDA ASWELL

[@RetroBassin]

Thanks, Ray!

[@RealisticFishing]

Amazing selection of retro! 😍

[@robertstanisch3452]

Love every video at Bacon's! My bank account (and wife) are very happy that it's so far away. I could listen to the stories out of that store for HOURS!!!! Talk about a national lure treasure. I know you've filled a lot of vid's there, but keep them coming, that 40 minutes seemed like 5, just awesome stuff!

[@RetroBassin]

I just did the math, and we are at 6 and counting. Just imagine how many non-film hours I’ve logged there!

[@edmartin76]

Eiland lure company. I know the man that makes those. My dad was married to his daughter an I go over there and watch him make those worms your talking about. He is what got me into making soft plastic s baits. Thank you for showing the public. Love your show. Keep up the good work

[@MilesChamberlain]

Are those fish tail worms still available?

[@LowBrowFishing]

40 minutes, and that's after editing it down! I bet there's another 3 or 4 hours of juicy retro bait footage! I recently realized that a lot of other anglers are still very much into those Cotton Cordell baits. I'm gonna do a deep dive into catching big bass with them.

[@RetroBassin]

Kinda by accident, but cranking out some long content lately…thanks for tuning in!

[@brianpierson7708]

As someone who lives in Louisiana and has fished from one side to the other and from north to the gulf several times over I have a a good bit of old stuff myself I have been by the shop a fue times I can say I love it more than the wife and bank likes it 👍👍👍

[@addictivetackleco]

I can’t tell you how many fish I’ve caught on a bleeding shiner 1/4oz bill Lewis rattle trap. It’s my favorite bait of all time I have at least three in my box at all times it’s a good all round bait to throw

[@Stumpjack]

Those hookless lures are the deal of the century. I'd spend half the day just digging into one or two boxes! Michael's story at the end of the video is pure gold. End every video with him!

[@RetroBassin]

I did, David! And probably need to go back…

[@Stumpjack]

@@RetroBassin I just wrote Michael and gave him props yet again on your video and to gently remind him that I'm waiting patiently for a couple of frog skin baits. Also told him that it's brewing in me to make the 16 hour drive from northern Wisconsin to Shreveport with a bag full of benjamins, to spend a day or two in his shop! I'm blaming you for this! HA!

[@rickb6694]

Man I miss those old chunky lure boxes you could open/close/reuse. It was so pleasing for me as a kid to clean up my lures and put them back in the box.

[@RetroBassin]

I miss the ol’ Bill Lewis logo with the cartoon man fishing!

[@rickb6694]

@@RetroBassin those are great

[@davidparker9022]

The topwater is a Spitfire and the jerkbait looking one is a slap stick.Great video

[@RetroBassin]

Thanks! I was blanking in real time!

[@seancline8130]

That purple ghost was so cool!

[@RetroBassin]

I snagged enough of them to haunt my tackle box for years!

[@seancline8130]

@@RetroBassin spooky👻

[@waddell7354]

I just found a jar of the pork fliptails in a tacklebox my dad had hidden I never knew he had 😅 also did no realize I have a blue ghost rat l trap. Another good lure to check out would be the berkley bladedancer. One of those "as seen on tv" that actually works.

[@bicalijd_pierfishing9652]

I love all of the ratel trap's and all the Skittles spinner baits I wish I lived out there so I could go to the bait shop and just grab a handful of ratel trap's and buy them so I can put single hooks on them 👍🏼🔥🎣

[@Roboworm99]

I’d be in there for days. Wish I could get down there

[@wilmawife]

I'm sure it's me, but I only ever caught one bass on a lipless crankbait, and that was last year. I wish I could get to that store.

[@reelcustomart]

Lipless baits are my favorite.

[@RetroBassin]

Me too! Definitely one of my confidence baits for covering new H2O.

[@TerryBattisti1]

Amazing..... Speechless..

[@eloyhernandez6705]

Bacon's is a heaven place really nice place and great video thanks for share.

[@olafvidar9315]

That place is like a time warp. "THOUSANDS of pounds of rattle traps" Unreal.

[@teijiosawa2230]

What a nice shop !

[@johnrawls7166]

Back in the day, my father , an avid fisherman, was a house painter in central La.. and got asked by Bill Lewis to paint his house in Alexandria. He gave my dad a 5-gallon bucket fill of Rat-L_Traps. My father who was having a celebrity moment by his standards, said Bill Lewis was a really nice down to earth guy . I still have a few of them. Great bait.

[@winstonrocco1981]

Got to be one of your best videos

[@mikep5701]

Great video. Born and raised in Shreveport. Mike Bacon is good people. Been going to Bacons for years. Even back when they were on Greenwood road.

[@patricktrous]

That's funny I literally just bought a floating diving rattle trap.

[@VIDSTORAGE]

Those spending traps will cause a trigger strike when you let it sit still and then twitch it a bit. ..I bought a few about 20 years ago.. I have a CCordell SPOT with a diving bill also..

[@midwestfischerman]

The Red Zone Rat-L-Traps are AWESOME!!! They need to bring those back!!!

[@midwestfischerman]

A Debo shout out, yeah boy!!! Purple/Tequila Sunrise still rocks!!!

[@sewerfish3672]

🐟🎣fishing👍

[@RetroBassin]

Thanks for tuning in, good buddy!

[@ITigerbaum]

You my friend have been caught by more lures than any fish. Ever!

[@captainhunter_oubre1364]

Mannn that red ghost trap has been my unicorn for years! I caught sooooo many bass on that color when I was a teenager.

[@DsTackleBox]

Gonna have to go see what's left! 😎 Good video once again!

[@RetroBassin]

Let’s make it a trip!

[@UapArkansas]

By far the best theme song ever!

[@meaganmorgan2317]

Such a Awesome video ❤️

[@bigmac183]

I Still use these LOL

[@theclandestineUtubeconnoisseur]

One of the best KZbin original theme songs ever

[@RetroBassin]

The best parts of the channel are always the things I didn’t have anything to do with! Haha. Check video description for link to free download of the theme song!

[@carlmchale8341]

You better do a whole series on that place it's absolutely amazing

[@TheRedneckPreppy]

I could probably live in that store.

[@RetroBassin]

Think Michael is two Traps away from hiring me as an intern haha

[@sewerfish3672]

I have two old rat l trap one baby bass and the other crawfish

[@ericdesloge6743]

That electric golden shiner is what got me hooked on fishing! I was eight years old, running that lure alongside a dock… wam slammed by a two pounder. That ignited the fire. All I did was throw rattle traps for years. Was convinced nothing was biting if they didn’t hit the rattle trap. Thanks for the uploads, trips down memory lane, and that amazing nostalgic feeling! Cheers Retro!

[@RetroBassin]

And thanks for the great story, Eric!

[@soonerfan1675]

That was a good one. Have you ever been to Brannan's Bass Shop in Powderly TX, just north of Paris? I'm sure you'd find something old school in there.

[@eaglespetty]

Holy Rat-L-Trap! I would drop some cash in this place for sure.

[@cherokeelaketennessee7895]

My favorite color is the chrome/blueback with black tiger stripes.

[@anglingarchaeology]

I need some of the skirts for the spinners I picked up at Gerry’s in Mountain Home

[@davidparker9022]

The earliest model Rat-L-Traps used brass hook hangers instead of stainless and the chrome plated hooks were longer shank instead of the short shank round bend trebles.You showed some older ones here.I bet those go back to 1989 or so.Thanks for sharing.The new models are now made in China for a couple of years now.

[@txhuntsman]

Such a cool store! It’s like Rat L Trap nirvana. My basket would have been so full.

[@davidgarner4716]

That’s was amazing! Me and my fishing buddy are headed over there Thursday from Monroe.

[@jonathanhomesley4895]

I fished a ton of flip tails in grape in a rock quarry as a kid.

[@RetroBassin]

I need to do another Fliptail episode this spring!

[@midwestfischerman]

You can fix up Hula Poppers with those Bacon latex skirts!

[@saltrock9642]

The Red Zone Traps would work great for speckled trout along rock jetties. The purple one would slam em. That was another fun video, thanks!

[@midwestfischerman]

I don't remember the diving bill Rat-L-Traps. Do they have a tight wiggle? Sounds like a prespawn KILLER!

[@rossparker4374]

I still throw a Tennessee shad color Rat-L-Trap. I favorite is the gold chrome Tenn shad, a mean bait in dirty water. I also throw a strike king crank bait in their version of the Tennessee shad. StrikeKing crank-baits are hard to find down here in that color.

[@Glock-1]

I have been looking for some double prop devil's horse type baits and I bet they have a ton.

[@jonathanhomesley4895]

Diggin that CC shirt.

[@stevebrockway4738]

Now that was cool! His stories always put a smile on my face. It was the highlight of the video, next to almost seeing you without the RayBans. That shop is going on the bucket list, but at the top. Thanks again for making Saturday morning entertaining again.

[@RetroBassin]

Haha, I actually removed them in an early video! Gonna need to get back and see what the Bassin’ Bud aftermath was on Bacon’s!

[@stevebrockway4738]

@@RetroBassin I am sure he's loving it!.

[@andrewwolf4963]

How did someone not buy every pork frog they had? Lol guys looked high and low for those

[@ButlerOutdoorsCanada]

That place looks amazing!! Great video brother!

[@rowlandjohnnie4972]

Great video Chris...

[@RetroBassin]

Thanks, good buddy!

[@georgeandres1053]

Traps are my kryptonite, I would be heading for divorce court if I lived anywhere near that place. 3 for $5 ! I’m in!

[@trentfindley7212]

Just subscribe the other day. Love the videos, and yeah since you've been to bacons in this video. I've damn near cleared out their Oldham jigs, Norman cranks, bandits and any other older bait that I don't mind fishing with. Not to mention some collective pieces. But have you been to any other old tackle shops in the Shreveport area. And next time up hit Caddo lake up

[@GO_OutDoors]

Great video Chris! Man I need to look around at some of tackle shops around here! Never know what you would find!

[@RetroBassin]

Shop it old school!

[@davidparker9022]

Those Red Zones were bringing $20 on ebay

[@happyangler998]

If you're in the Lakeland, FL area you should check out Ron's. I found a Cotton Cordell dated 1984 and two Bombers with no date, pre barcode...not sure the age. Also, have you come across the old rat l trap that you line passed through and you tie directly to the treble?

[@RetroBassin]

Thanks for the hot lead!

[@michaeleverton4882]

Are you going to Bass Pro shops 50th in Springfield, Missouri !?!

[@RetroBassin]

Think I am gonna miss it, but I do have a BPS Fishing Fair catalog that may need a flip-thru!

[@michaelbond142]

You have to send some tequila sunrise to Debo

[@michaelbond142]

Your going to need a bigger box

[@bicalijd_pierfishing9652]

Here is this bait shop located is it in California

[@o2man98]

I am in Wisconsin. Is there any way to order a box of traps? Online or eBay store for Bacons?

[@RetroBassin]

Michael doesn’t ship, but maybe we need to get some loose Traps in the soon-to-be launched Retro Bassin’ online tackle shop???

[@WanderingDruid68]

Who would be a good source to identify an older pattern on a Rat-L-Trap? I have one about 15 years old or so, the pattern seems to be the same as an MT838 but it is an RT and I can only find one picture of the MT. It is a black craw with gold details and green glitter.

[@Big_Johns_Life]

Do they have the 2oz trapps

[@RetroBassin]

I know he had bigger than 3/4 John. Pretty sure there were some 1 plus in there!

[@winstonrocco1981]

That pig died about 50 years ago lol

[@kevinheath9792]

I told you to go to liars corner in mesa az, ya cross that off your list some dummy bought it and it's trash now 👎👎