Best "found" lure? 2024
BankBassing reply :
One fun thing about bank fishing, if you go to certain common spots, is you find things people have either cast off, snagged on a rock, or just forgotten. The other day I was fishing and had current cause my crank bait to get snagged and broken off. I walked 10 feet and found another, nicer looking baby bass style crank bait on the shore. Any good stories about finding something someone else has lost or forgotten? Do you still have it? Catch any good fish on it?
soflabasser reply :
Throughout the years I have found plenty of fishing lures that taught me what fishing lures people use in the locations I fish(soft plastics and hard plastic lures).Some of these fishing lures weren't that great, some where,but most where decent at catching bass.Its definitely worth picking up a lost fishing lure, since it can be your ticket to catching more and bigger bass in the locations you are fishing in.
Torn Thumb reply :
Scored 3 black jitterbugs in one day at a small pond earlier this summer. Found a brand new scatter-rap on the bank. Found about 30 senkos and assorted worms with hook still attached after the pond lost alot of water. I also donated my share of squarebills this spring to alot of low hanging trees. We are even. I haven't fished any of the mentioned baits at all. I've also found 3-4 rebel pop-rs through the years and have replaced the trebles and fish them sometimes.
Senko lover reply :
Nice condition Lucky Craft Kelly J prop bait.
fishballer06 reply :
I don't bank fish much, but one day I did walk up to a spot and found where some guy must have spilled an entire bag of Senkos onto the ground. I happily gave them a new home.
Smjunior25 reply :
Not from the shore, but just the other day I was throwing a wacky worm and somehow had the hook get caught in the split ring of a kvd square bill that was in great shape. Couple years ago I found a fully rigged a-rig in a tree, which is not legal here in Iowa!!!
Hog Basser reply :
I found a clear spook on the bank of an island on a lake where I was stopping to let my kid and dogs go to the bathroom. Perfect condition, I threw it in my tackle box, but haven't used it yet.
IndianaFinesse reply :
I have found many lures, but the best ones are two kvd squarebills, an inline spinner (that thing has literally caught hundreds of white bass now, and it still works even after bending it back in shape many times), a suspending smithswick rattling rogue with upgraded treble hooks, a cordell redfin, a strike king buzzbait, and a booyah jig. I have caught fish on all of them, and still own most of them.
FordsnFishin reply :
The lake I fish often is a popular crappie spot. While they aren't lures, I went ahead and started a bobber collection from all the guys who've gotten snagged this year. Pretty well all are the good neon orange/lime thill bobbers. I'm up to around 20 now from this season.
Funny thing is, I don't even use bobbers.
brotekind269 reply :
A single Senko, Green Pumpkin. Long ago, just a few months of getting into the world of straight tail finesse worms. Back when I didn't see a point in paying extra for a "do nothing" bait, especially when there are so many cheaper options (an not spending countless hours watching youtube).
I held on to the Senko for a while before using it because even though I didn't pay for it, I didn't want to waste it. At a highly pressured pond, in the heat of the day, fishing a tree lay down from the bank. I probably hit the tree at least 25 times with a cheaper stick bait. On a whim, I decided to tie on the Senko to see a comparison with what I was using. Caught 2 bass from that tree. Now the Senko is one of the very few baits I am willing to pay extra for.
Ratherbfishing reply :
On one pond I fish, I found 2 zara spooks-one on the waters edge and one on "dry" land down from the spillway. Somebody out there is minus two zara spooks. A few weeks ago I picked up a ziplock bag from the waters edge and there were two crankbaits inside. NOT a great method for carrying baits on a windy day.
GORDO reply :
There was an amazing bank fishing spot by my dads house on the Tennessee river. We would fish it all day every day from the bank. I would watch tournament anglers get hung there ALL THE TIME. My brother and I would run up to the house, grab flippers and goggles and go get the lures after they left! We got countless crank baits, jigs, terminal tackle and even a full rod and reel combo.
WRB reply :
Most unusual "lure" found was a spreader with 7 Optima 8" swimbaits at lake Castaic in the late '90's when the lake was being drawn down for dam maintenance. The rig was snagged in a oak tree that would be about 75'-90' below full pool.
Tom
Darren. reply :
By far, for me, a ¾ oz football jig that got stuck on a dock.
It was practically brand new, and my first intro to football
jigs. Caught me some nice bass on that. Still have it, to!
fishblitzer reply :
I wouldn't say I found it as I quite literally stumbled upon it. Was out on the river one day and we were swimming with some friends. I went to sit on a log that was coming off the bank and into the water. Got a big ol' treble stook in my foot. It was a 6xd in about 2 feet of water. Someone took the phrase "grind the bottom" to a whole new level.
OCdockskipper reply :
Most expensive usable lure I "found" was a Storm Arashi crankbait attached to the mouth of a big catfish that ate my swimbait. He also had a football jig stuck in his side, so he had been busy breaking hearts & lines. Changed out hooks on the Arashi & it was like new.
The lure I was happiest to find was one of my own. I busted off a Strike King 3XD in a brushpile and then found it floating in the same cove about 5 months later. I say it was mine because it had the red hooks I always switch too that I am pretty sure no one else on the lake uses. It had some moss & gunk growing on it, so it had been underwater a while. Not sure how it finally broke loose & floated to the top, maybe that catfish freed it.
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MassYak85 reply :
I've found a ton in varying condition, but the three that stand out in my memory are a couple jitterbugs, an XCaliber lipless crank, and a KVD Sexy Dawg.
The sexy dawg was a little challenging to get. I was in my kayak and I see it hanging from about 10 feet of line out of a tree. I had to stand up, grab my stakeout pole and reach up and snag the back hook and pull to snap the line. Almost went swimming but I got it.
IgotWood reply :
Funny story...My buddy and I a few years ago were surfcasting for stripers from a beach in Rhode Island. We were into some solid fish for about two hours.....well, HE was into fish.... It was a breezy night with an east wind in Novemeber. It was cold, and bitter, and the surf was up pretty good. He was fishing a large needlefish plug, and he was able to get it out beyond the breaking surf. I had a couple of lighter needles, but I couldn't cast them very well. He was catching fish on almost every cast for just about two hours. He hung up in the rocks and broke it plug off. Now that he lost the magic lure, the bite stopped. He left and walked down the beach a little bit. A few minutes later, I reeled up my plug, and saw his plug hanging off of it.
Now I'M into fish! He came walking back when he saw my light on a few times and he noticed I was catching fish. It's the middle of the night, and you can hardly see your hand in front of your face. He saw me catch several big fish, and he wandered over to me asking what I was using. I turned on my light to show him. The look on his face was absolutely priceless!! LOL!!!!
He let me continue to use if, but the bite died quickly. I told him I would sell it back to him when we got back to the truck. I teased him a bit about it, and gave it back before we went home.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Recovering other people's lost baits is a hobby of mine. My best day was at Table Rock one day I found a Megabass Vision 110 Magnum, 4 Lucky Craft jerkbaits, a Pre-Rapala Wiggle Wart, a War Eagle spinnerbait, a Strike King spinnerbait, and a few other cheaper baits.
I found an H20 squarebill and a Lucky Craft RTO squarebill last Thursday.
Drew03cmc reply :
All I've found besides the ubiquitous soft baits is a Super Spook Jr in baby bass.
Turkey sandwich reply :
I've "caught" a pretty sizeable collection of Crankbaits and jerkbaits over the years ranging from inexpensive jointed jerkbaits to husky jerks, Long-As, Shad raps, fat raps, and several that I never bothered to identify. Also, fishing a lot of rivers, I've managed to recover countless pieces of soft plastic and terminal tackle rigged every which way imaginable. I feel like every other trip or so I'll snag into a line or branch attached to something. I guess it's the River God repaying me for my own lost tackle and the garbage I regularly clean up on floats.
iiTzChunky reply :
Never found any baits, but I'm constantly reeling in yards and yards of line, people seem to get hung up and just cut the line at the rod tip.
I'm always bringing home lots of line from other people to recycle.
Brikon reply :
I found a Sexy Shad 6XD in the middle of the lake, with line still attached. Im guessing it broke off when someone got a birdsnest.
king fisher reply :
In June 1976 I was 13 years old, Camping with the boy scouts on a lake we accessed with canoes. I had three bass lures for a five day camping trip. We would canoe to a rip rap bank, then get out of the canoe and fish from shore. We caught lots of bass but snagged lots too. On the second day, I had just lost my Heddon sonic. The last bass lure I had. I was walking back to the canoe to get a crappie jig and bobber when I looked down and in the rocks was a Heddon river runt. I fished that lure for the remainder of that trip, and every time I went fishing for the rest of that summer. It was my only bass lure. I snagged it many times, but managed get it back every time. That Christmas I got some other lures including two spinner baits. A friend and I were fishing from shore, on a small lake. I loaned him one of the spinner baits. A purple tandem Colorado. His first cast he hooked a big bass that snapped him off. We continued fishing the same spot for an hour with no luck. Then I caught the spinner bait he had lost. I couldn't believe my good luck. I put the spinner bait on and started catching fish. Ended up being the best bass fishing day of my entire life. I still own that spinner bait, but have lost the river runt. I always try lures I find as soon as I find them. Hoping someday to get lucky again..
crypt reply :
caught a rod and reel that someone had lost in the Stick Marsh,attached was a bomber long-a . cleaned it up. used it right there and caught nice bunch of schoolies.still have it,and the rod and reel.
timsford reply :
I've found several high end baits by lucky craft and megabass and quite a few bandits, bombers, and normans. One spot I like to fish a lot is an old deserted swimming beach with a big drop off. Most of the time the wind on the lake blows towards that bank. I've probably found 50 lures over the years at the edge of the water on the beach that got blown from the rest of the lake by wind and waves. Also another lake I fish does a winter drawdown and it's always a great time to go walking the banks. I always find cover and new fishing spots for when the water is back up like springs and brushpiles, and usually find several lures in the process
deaknh03 reply :
When I was a kid I would hit the pond for bank fishing every day during the summer. I would get there at dawn and often find floating lures that had washed ashore. My 2 most memorable are a heddon meadow mouse and a heddon hedd hunter. Still have them.
snake95 reply :
Glad you started this thread.
I don't have any stories that can rival the stellar ones on here but here's my score:
One spot has yielded over a dozen plastic worms that allowed me to try several types out to see what I like.
At another spot I used the tree trimmer to work away on the "lure tree." I got a very dirty look from some lady walking past. "What are you doing!!??" she demanded. When I calmly explained the hazard that the lines and hooks left in the tree posed to wildlife, her expression changed and she thanked me for being so thoughtful and taking the time to eliminate the risk for our birds.
Another spot I go to eats my T-rigged plastics like crazy - because I toss them directly into or over brush piles (I know). In return, this spot has given me back two good rapalas. One is a nice scatter rap shad size 7 in Helsinki Shad. I took her home, gave her new trebles, and first cast back at work, she caught me a nice bass.
"Pro" beachcomber tip: I gave the scatter rap and a number of other finds with pond scum a vigorous scrubbing with my wife's Phillips Sonicare toothbrush set to "whiten". I added a little extra baking soda to the toothpaste for that extra shine. Works really great and gives your baits that nice minty smell. The bass don't seem to mind the flavor. I now have a dedicated sonicare head for pond scum.
Jonister reply :
I do most of my bass fishing from a kayak. I really enjoy getting close to the water, and being able to draft in inches of water. I have a few places I frequent when I'm not catching and go look for lures. There's a spot behind and island that I know of, where the water Eddy's up in a pocket and everything that floats collects there. I find mainly salmon lures, which is funny because I don't really fish for salmon. It gives me something to play around with though. I probably have 11 kwikfish from just this season all out of the river. I also pull line off of pilings and trees at low tide. Not many bass lures, but I do have a gallon zip lock crammed with herring flashers. Along with lots of wobblers. It is a fun pastime of mine.
Also, baking soda and a scotch bite pad work wonders on any lure scum!
Outdoor Zack reply :
KVD 1.5 in chart./black back. I lost it on the next trip out with it. Now its somebody else's turn
blckshirt98 reply :
Being a shore guy I come across a few things that the boaters lose on shoreline roughage. Off the top of my head I've found a couple of lipless cranks and a KVD 2.5 squarebill, and a LuckyCraft FlashPointer that had their bodies in perfect condition and just needed the hooks replaced. There was a large Zara Spook which was amazingly not rusted at all which is a good thing considering the Zara Spook hooks are mounted on those hardmount points on the bottom. There was a Yamamoto Shibuki popper that looked just out of the package and had to have been lost the previous day. I found a Jackall Aragon buried 3/4 deep in mud but when I pulled it out and cleaned it off it was in mint shape, even the hooks were sharp and not rusted. Best thing I've found though was a Leatherman Wave multitool...
Dan_the_fisher reply :
This is interesting, amazing the amount of stuff that had been lost fishing
EvanT123 reply :
Best is probably a jointed shad rap in craw color. Most interesting was a 4 inch chub still alive with a hook in him and a weight attached. I let the little guy go to get eaten!!!
soflabasser reply :
On 9/4/2016 at 1:47 PM, Dan_the_fisher said:This is interesting, amazing the amount of stuff that had been lost fishing
Nice video,I have been doing this for years and have found quite a collection of rods,reels,artificial lures,and other stuff.
Columbia Craw reply :
Other than a Boogerman buzzbait, no lures to speak of. Dozens of bobbers from crappie fisherman though. I haven't bought a bobber in 15 uears.
OCdockskipper reply :
On 9/3/2016 at 3:15 AM, OCdockskipper said:Most expensive usable lure I "found" was a Storm Arashi crankbait...
This is no longer true, I have a new PB found lure.
While fishing Saturday, I saw something near surface of the water. I motored over to it and at first thought it was a dead bluegill attached to some kind of fish stringer. As I reached down for it, I realized it was a medium sized hard body swimbait in bluegill color (Jackall Gantrel Jr.). Great lure, it even fooled me. Took it home & it cleaned up well (before & after pictures below).
In regards to the poor soul who lost a $30 swimbait, I am 99% sure it wasn't one of the other two serious fisherman on the lake. Since I found it close to a green belt area that is accessible to the public, my theory is that a knowledgeable fisherman who doesn't have lake rights snuck down here to do some fishing and hung up the lure on something. If it was another homeowner or a guest of a homeowner, most likely they would have jumped in a boat and motored over to retrieve it. I do get this is Orange County, but a $30 floating bait is worth some effort in retrieving.
lakeannaangler reply :
I have found tons of plastics and crappie jigs, but my two best finds were a fire tiger bomber crank and a RC STX jerkbaits with modified hooks
CrustyMono reply :
lots of em, they catch fish too!
BankBassing reply :
On 9/5/2016 at 5:17 AM, OCdockskipper said:This is no longer true, I have a new PB found lure.
While fishing Saturday, I saw something near surface of the water. I motored over to it and at first thought it was a dead bluegill attached to some kind of fish stringer. As I reached down for it, I realized it was a medium sized hard body swimbait in bluegill color (Jackall Gantrel Jr.). Great lure, it even fooled me. Took it home & it cleaned up well (before & after pictures below).
In regards to the poor soul who lost a $30 swimbait, I am 99% sure it wasn't one of the other two serious fisherman on the lake. Since I found it close to a green belt area that is accessible to the public, my theory is that a knowledgeable fisherman who doesn't have lake rights snuck down here to do some fishing and hung up the lure on something. If it was another homeowner or a guest of a homeowner, most likely they would have jumped in a boat and motored over to retrieve it. I do get this is Orange County, but a $30 floating bait is worth some effort in retrieving.
Score!
38 Super Fan reply :
I thought this was a fun thread, so I'll bump it up with my find from yesterday:
I added new split rings and trebles and she's ready to go again. Usually the lures I've found were better off lost anyway, so this was a real surprise.
Master_dekoy reply :
Found a Spro Bronzeye Shad in perch sitting on top of some weeds. Was still in great shape.
wdp reply :
Best I've found was a brand new looking whopper plopper 90. Found a few decent topwater poppers & a rapala shadow rap too.
Munkin reply :
My 2 best were a SPRO BBZ and some Muskie crankbait. The SPRO I found at Black Hills thinking it was a dead fish. The Muskie crankbait I found wading the Potomac and thought it was a kids toy at first. Both of these baits run about $30 each and I gave both of them away since theyare not something I would use.
Also caught a Walmart spinning combo one day that still had the price stickers on it. I gave it to some kids fishing down the river from me.
Allen
scaleface reply :
Bass Pro Shop Tornado Spinnerbait .
kickerfish1 reply :
There is a lake that is not too far from me that is private with the exception of one public dock. Several years ago I was fishing late into November using a jerkbait. Felt the light get slightly heave only to find that I had some how managed to catch a LC Pointer 120. Had it snagged somehow. Bait still had usable hooks and was in decent shape. Ended up tying it on that day and catching 2 fish on it.
Drew03cmc reply :
I can't add anything to this post other than to say that I need to get out more apparently.
Bankbeater reply :
I usually find things like bullet weights, or bobbers. I find baits when the lake levels start dropping.
TOXIC reply :
2 yes 2 Rico poppers in a tree.
YoTone reply :
earlier this year i snagged a line that had a castaic buzzbait.
it was my go to bait all spring and summer till i dropped it in the water like an idiot.
i had some epic days with it and it still stings that i dont have it anymore.
gall reply :
My most recent find fishing my local creek was a Rapala x rap 2.5" I Wana say my lure got snagged on thr line so I waded out and came up with it minus the rear treble missing the feather pretty good shape
UPSmallie reply :
Managed a 16 inch eater walleye on a live minnow under a bobber this past winter ice-fishing, that had a Lindy Rattlin Flyer Spoon in its mouth. The hooks had already dissolved, but the lure was firmly wedged. Haven't used it yet. Might just keep it as a souvenir.
Michaelangelo reply :
Most rewarding is finding ones you previously lost, especially ones you know catch fish.
NHBull reply :
Anyone following me around has accrued a nice collection.
This weekend, while trying to impress a hot bikini clad chick in another boat, I threw. WP into a tree. Being embarrassed, I told a kid it was his if he wanted to climb. He did!
Scarborough817 reply :
i found an old school rogue jerkbait
Largemouth21 reply :
Snagged a X-rap shad (worth 11$) in a river near my home. The water is too murky to snorkel for lures in, otherwise it would be a gold mine for lures in there
TOXIC reply :
While I don't condone it, I do know of a dock owner who sunk an old bedspring frame under his dock and would "harvest" baits on a regular basis.....
BassNJake reply :
On 9/27/2017 at 8:31 PM, TOXIC said:While I don't condone it, I do know of a dock owner who sunk an old bedspring frame under his dock and would "harvest" baits on a regular basis.....
Thats dirty.
Jerryj33 reply :
Found a Whopper Plopper in the local pond on Monday! Ended up using my crank bait to reel it in from about 20 yards away from the bank. It had about 30 feet of what looked like 40lb spiderwire on it still and had no rust whatsoever ??
crypt reply :
caught a Rattle Trap,it was attached to a 7" St. Croix mojo rod with a Bass Pro Qualifier reel. all in perfect condition. did I say it was 3 days after Christmas? I think someone lost a new gift.
RB 77 reply :
8" Triple Trout
Drew03cmc reply :
I found a Bagley Diving Kill'r B today...no idea why they were tossing a diving crank from shore in this shallow, shallow pond, but thanks.
GreenGhostMan reply :
Norman deep little N in the "chili bowl" color. Near perfect condition after I cleaned it up. Not that great, but I haven't been fishing long!
Pro Logcatcher reply :
Since crankbaits float, almost all of the crankbaits I own have been found at my local pond. When people break off, the cranks float to the surface and are carried to shore by the current. Free lures! The funny thing is, do people never look down when they fish? I've found them in the most obvious places.
cgolf reply :
I've got 2. The first was a Pradco swimming image I gave to a kid that didn't have a lot of tackle that I snagged 6 months later. Never saw him again so I still have that one. The second was a Bandit 100 that I broke off while river fishing. I later, 30ish minutes, moved to fish downstream and saw something swirling around in an eddy. It was my Bandit, I waded in and saved it. I ended up retiring it as a lucky lure. Also have found that some cranks just snag and others don't, so I figured it would've been just lost again had I used it.
cgolf reply :
On 9/25/2017 at 1:04 AM, scaleface said:Bass Pro Shop Tornado Spinnerbait .
Is that the bait with the funky blade? Never bought one but heard later that they were fish catchers.
RPreeb reply :
No specific brands or patterns remembered, but in Wisconsin when we were young, my brother and I would sometimes take the canoe out for the primary purpose of lure hunting. We'd cruise along the shore under overhanging trees and through coves of lily pads where it was difficult or impossible for boats to get to. Every now and then we'd find a tree that looked like it was decorated for Christmas. Other times there would be a length of black casting line tangled around a log or weaved through several pads that we would laboriously follow, sometimes finding nothing, but often we were rewarded. Once we even got the lure with a live bass still hooked - we kept the bait and freed the fish.
If not for some of those free baits we wouldn't have been able to do half of the bass fishing we did, because money was tight and coming up with $.79 for a lure (I'm talking circa 1960) was hard to justify when worms were free for the digging and nightcrawlers were easy to find on the paths around the lake after dark.
scaleface reply :
On 10/17/2017 at 5:12 AM, cgolf said:Is that the bait with the funky blade? Never bought one but heard later that they were fish catchers.
Yes , thats it .
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