Does anyone else lure hunt? 2024
Battles2222 reply :
Does anyone else like to search for lures in trees and in the shallows at local lakes? Picture is from my cleanup in the past 3 trips searching for lures. First post here. Share the lures and other fishing gear you have found!
FCPhil reply :
I wish lures like that were hanging around the ponds I fish. All I find are nasty old senkos and tangled bobbers!
(I did find a pad crasher once though...)
flyfisher reply :
I prefer to spend my time on the water fish hunting myself lol
scaleface reply :
I might start . Wow , nice haul .
rod snapper reply :
On 2/12/2019 at 9:03 AM, Battles2222 said:Does anyone else like to search for lures in trees and in the shallows at local lakes? Picture is from my cleanup in the past 3 trips searching for lures. First post here. Share the lures and other fishing gear you have found!
well, ive never really thought about doing that, but it sounds like a good idea. free lures!!!
Bluebasser86 reply :
I do, although I haven't had as much time to do it this year. Had a couple decent finds this winter, 3 whopper ploppers, a 128 Pointer, and a Megabass Vision 110 being the highlights so far. We had a thread going for awhile all about finding baits.
Mr. Aquarium reply :
I used to do that all the time, mostly rapalas, jitterbugs and old plastics. I still look in trees from time to time when im out on the water. Most of my lure hunting was when I was ice fishing.
Choporoz reply :
On 2/12/2019 at 10:54 AM, flyfisher said:I prefer to spend my time on the water fish hunting myself lol
Me, too.
I'm one of the ones donating. I'm pretty good with a plug knocker, but I'm not spending a lot of time retrieving (mine, or anyone else's)....my fishing time is more valuable to me
fin reply :
It’s a bad habit, and I’ve got it bad. Just say no, kids. I’ve got more lures than I know what to do with, but I can’t quit looking for them. It starts off as something to do when the fish aren’t biting and eventually you find yourself looking for lures when you should be fishing.
TnRiver46 reply :
Can I have that one back?? I never really look for them but I certainly pick up any that I find. I would love to find a lucky craft or megabass jerkbait, because that will be the only way I ever get to fish with one haha
Maxximus Redneckus reply :
Yuup hank ..same goes for snake hunting..then that leads to old bottle hunting when the other 2 dont pan out
fin reply :
On 2/13/2019 at 6:12 AM, Maxximus Redneckus said:Yuup hank ..same goes for snake hunting..then that leads to old bottle hunting when the other 2 dont pan out
Actually I'm afraid one day I'm going to step on a snake when I'm not watching where I'm going because I'm looking for lures.
I picked up an old bottle once and it broke in my hand, requiring several stitches. That broke me of that habit pretty good.
Darren. reply :
Welcome aboard!
Indeed! I've found some nice ones in trees, etc.
TimberTodd reply :
I have scored a few spinnerbaits that were hanging in the trees. I wasn't intentionally looking for lures but the yellow and white stood out.
Battles2222 reply :
On 2/12/2019 at 10:42 AM, FCPhil said:I wish lures like that were hanging around the ponds I fish. All I find are nasty old senkos and tangled bobbers!
(I did find a pad crasher once though...)
I do find a ton of soft plastics and bobbers too. I either throw them out or don’t even waste my time trying to get them
kenmitch reply :
I don't really hunt for lures, but sometimes I'll find one.
This is the last one I found a couple of weeks ago as I was leaving the lake. It was floating on the surface with some line that looked like it was snagged on some brush. Being really close to the launch ramp I later figured I should have pulled the line in instead of just cutting it off. Might have been a rod and reel on the other end of it.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 2/13/2019 at 6:12 AM, TnRiver46 said:I would love to find a lucky craft or megabass jerkbait, because that will be the only way I ever get to fish with one haha
The only MB jerkbait I own is the one I found ????
Todd2 reply :
I've found a bunch this Winter while Crappie fishing standing timber off the bank at Winter pool. Not as many as you though, nice.
RSmall reply :
I don't so much hunt for them, but, when I'm fishing near shore from my kayak, I happen upon them all of the time.
Bronzeback23 reply :
Good find on that whopper plopper! There’s a public park by me that if you have waders you can pick up 40 bucks worth of online spinners every other week lol.
Bankbeater reply :
When I'm fishing I don't intentionally go looking for baits, but I do keep my eyes open. I also have a few favorite trees I check out if the bite slows way down. This is my haul from 2018.
Avalonjohn44 reply :
Man, 4 Whopper ploppers, good haul!
I fish a pretty clear, woody lake that mostly just gets hit by kayakers. I find quite a few crankbaits on sub-surface trees, but nothing compared to what you found.
Paul Roberts reply :
I do, but not specifically to do so -only while I'm fishing. I pretty much find at least one lure every time I'm out. They tend to mirror what's popular: Senko's, frogs, and squarebills tend to lead the list here.
Battles2222 reply :
On 2/14/2019 at 10:14 AM, Avalonjohn44 said:Man, 4 Whopper ploppers, good haul!
I fish a pretty clear, woody lake that mostly just gets hit by kayakers. I find quite a few crankbaits on sub-surface trees, but nothing compared to what you found.
Yeah I’ve gotten lucky. The weird thing is that every single plopper I found is missing the center hook, if not both. Not sure if it is a coincidence or if the plopper hooks rust out quick.
Battles2222 reply :
On 2/12/2019 at 10:42 AM, FCPhil said:I wish lures like that were hanging around the ponds I fish. All I find are nasty old senkos and tangled bobbers!
(I did find a pad crasher once though...)
Funny you say that. I was reading your reply the other day and was thinking how I have never found a frog. Sure enough today I got a frog out of a tree in thick snow. Great feeling!
Battles2222 reply :
On 2/13/2019 at 6:12 AM, TnRiver46 said:Can I have that one back?? I never really look for them but I certainly pick up any that I find. I would love to find a lucky craft or megabass jerkbait, because that will be the only way I ever get to fish with one haha
Let me catch some bass with it this summer and then it’s yours
TnRiver46 reply :
On 2/15/2019 at 9:32 AM, Battles2222 said:Let me catch some bass with it this summer and then it’s yours
Hahaha! The one I lost was a storm twitch stick
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 2/15/2019 at 9:49 PM, TnRiver46 said:Hahaha! The one I lost was a storm twitch stick
That's what that is. I have a couple, great baits for the money.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 2/15/2019 at 10:45 PM, Bluebasser86 said:That's what that is. I have a couple, great baits for the money.
Good to hear !! I've only had one and now @Battles2222 has it ..... Hahaha
Battles2222 reply :
On 2/12/2019 at 10:42 AM, FCPhil said:I wish lures like that were hanging around the ponds I fish. All I find are nasty old senkos and tangled bobbers!
(I did find a pad crasher once though...)
Found a frog yesterday in a tree I’ve walked past a thousand times and have gotten multiple lures out of this month. Either I’m crazy or someone has been fishing a frog in a half frozen pond recently and got it stuck
Flatrock reply :
Funny this subject came up. Two days ago I took the boat out for a couple hours and found a bobber floating as soon as I launched. It would move the opposite direction whenever I got near it. After the 3rd approach of this happening, I'm thinking there is a fish on that other end of that thing. It wasn't long before it was ... I am gonna see what the hell is on the other end. I finally got it only to find a small crappie lure. I'm confused at this point... One what caused the bobber move so quickly away from me when I approached and 2ndly, who the hell ties a crappie lure on in conjunction with a bobber ? I look at it this fool deserved to lose it and it was a 2 for 1 for me. I no sooner grabbed that when I look out and I see a rapala floating a few yards way in open water that just happens to be what I wanted. Later that day I lost a brand new rattle trap in about 40' of water after a nasty backlash.. more like a birds nest...sigh
roadwarrior reply :
Does anyone else like to search for lures in trees and in the shallows at local lakes?
No
Battles2222 reply :
On 2/16/2019 at 11:20 PM, roadwarrior said:Does anyone else like to search for lures in trees and in the shallows at local lakes?
No
You seem to be the type of person that lost a lot of lures. now I’ve found them all. Sorry
Battles2222 reply :
Whopper plopper 110 and a rapala shadow rap shad in the same tree. Thanks!
Bluebasser86 reply :
Probably my best quality day I've ever had. Only found 2 other baits not in the picture. The wart is a suspending pre-rap.
RPreeb reply :
When my brother and I were kids growing up in Wisconsin and Minnesota in the late '50s, finding a lure that someone lost was real excitement. We didn't have "disposable income". What money we came by was usually from finding returnable bottles and getting the $.03 each for taking them to the corner store. Lures were valuable to us and finding a usable one hanging in a tree was always a significant event.
I don't think I ever had more than 3 or 4 lures at any one time back then. We never had the sort of good fortune when lure hunting that several posting here did, but we always had our eyes open, and we would go to great lengths to retrieve one when we spotted it. We were even known to quit fishing and go home, park my friend's boat (aluminum rowboat with 5 hp Johnson) and take our 50 year old Old Town canoe back in to where the lure we spotted was hung up.
Losing a lure was almost unconscionable. It could ruin an entire week, or longer, if I lost a precious Hula Popper. We were even known to go over the side of the boat to make an underwater recovery when a favorite bait got hung up and there was no other way to unsnag it.
Lakegirl reply :
I am addicted to lure hunting! I live near Lake Sakakawea. On my best day I found 44 lures (2018). I take off with my lab on my SUP and roam the shores for hours. It’s purposeful exercise. (I also pick up other odd findings.) I’ll bet no one knows the shores and islands of the big water better than I do.
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