Out Of Favor Lures 2024
Todd2 reply :
I stopped in a local bait store today and the man asks how he can help. I ask where are the tubes. He asks for crappie... I say Bass. He says "I dont have many..... those are out of favor right now." I'm hoping he meant with anglers and not the bass, lol. I bought a bag of neon Black and headed out, but it made me wonder though. Why do successful lures fall out of favor with anglers? What are some ones you've seen come and go?
michael68w reply :
I feel it's all the marketing hype. It's about catching the fisherman now if it catches fish then it's a bonus. I know the slug go was huge at one point and died off only to be brought back around the time senko style bait got big.
WRB reply :
Soft plastics tend to fall out of favor more often or faster than hard lures. If you are a tackle shop owner and the bass tubes are collecting dust, would you order more? You can find some great lures in the discount bargin bins in tackle stores because those lures have lost there appeal to fisherman or every local angler already has them.
You couldn't give away a black neon tube in our local stores! The only time anything black sells is during the summer night tournament season. Black-blue popular in the mid west to east is a poor color choice out west.
Every bass lure that I fished with has become obsolete within 10 years, that is over 5 generations of bass lures. Do you remember Tora tubes? Does the name Gitzit mean anything?
Tom
RoLo reply :
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Does the name Gitzit mean anything?
Like yesterday, I remember when the Gitzit tube was introduced by the late Bobby Garland.
I believe they're still available from Canyon Plastics, but don't know if it's the original mold.
Roger
inrll reply :
Gitzit tubes are sold the new Field and Stream store in Crescent Springs, KY. Not sure if they sell them elsewhere or not.On 12/14/2013 at 10:44 AM, RoLo said:Like yesterday, I remember when the Gitzit tube was introduced by the late Bobby Garland.
I believe they're still available from Canyon Plastics, but don't know if it's the original mold.
Roger
WRB reply :
Gitzits were the first bass tubes, made Bobby Garland, then Garry Garland, now Canyon-Plastics, both the Garlands are gone now.
Give the Gitzit tube worm a try.
Tom
PS, TW has Gitzits.
keith71 reply :
I still call tubes "Gitzits".
Maxximus Redneckus reply :
I prefer out of date and not popular...means big discounts. Normally!!!! i bought 20 packs of manns jelly wagglers for 50cents a pop the other day .i wet myself
A-Jay reply :
The one that started it all - the Original Rebel Minnow
In 2012 the Rebel Lure company celebrated it 50th anniversary.
My First "Artificial Lure Caught Bass" came on this bait and it's still catching fish today.
A-Jay
michael68w reply :
The gitzit is my go to tube bait! I have to order them from canyon plastics online. Still an awesome tube bait.
Topwaterspook reply :
I'll still pull out an old Heddon "Crazy Crawler". Fish don't seem to understand that they're out of date.
SirSnookalot reply :
Better than even chance that a fish caught 50 years isn't around any more, if a lure worked back then it's going to work now.
Todd2 reply :
On 12/14/2013 at 6:00 PM, SirSnookalot said:Better than even chance that a fish caught 50 years isn't around any more, if a lure worked back then it's going to work now.
Unless they started reading fishing articles, lol.
roadwarrior reply :
Legend has it that the Gitzit was born in Arkansas and designed to be a "do nothing" lure.
Cast it out, put down your rod, turn up the music, light up a cigarette and pop a top. Southern
fishing at it's finest!
Jigfishn10 reply :
Back in the mid-90's I had really good success with single tail hula grubs on a black jig head. I'm not sure single tail hula grubs are being produced any more, I haven't been able to find them in years.
roadwarrior reply :
Here ya go: https://store.baits.com/product.php?productid=84&cat=34&page=1
WRB reply :
On 12/14/2013 at 9:00 PM, roadwarrior said:Legend has it that the Gitzit was born in Arkansas and designed to be a "do nothing" lure.
Cast it out, put down your rod, turn up the music, light up a cigarette and pop a top. Southern
fishing at it's finest!
Booby and Garry Garland were from Arkansas and was making crappie jigs when Bobby moved to Arizona and started fishing bass tournaments on the Colorado river lakes.Bobby made a bass size crappie jig and called it a Gitzit, the first Gitzits were translucent smoke color, no glitter in the 70's. Bobby made a jig skirt called a spider, basically a long crappie jig tube with legs on both ends used with a single curl tail grub, the forerunner of Yamamoto's Hula grub.
Tom
PS, trivia; Larry McCain another Arkie, worked at JPL in Pasadena CA, made the first football jig and mojo weight molds back in the 60's. Larry moved back to Arkansas and retired there.
Bankbeater reply :
Cordell Big-o's. I think that I am the only one that still fishes with them sometimes.
KyakR reply :
I remember getting the word on Gitzits, trying them out and getting bit left and right! Was in love 
I use the smallest ones with an exposed hook for smallmouth in rip-rap. Although I lose a lot of them they're deadly! Caught my PB on one.
I always wondered why the Helen's flatfish went out of favor......I used them all the time in the 60's and still do.
ww2farmer reply :
For me:
Tubes...........at least for largemouth, I still drag them around on jig heads once in a while for smallmouth, but I have not used one LM fishing in at least 5 years
Jitterbug......First topwater lure I ever used, and ever caught a fish on. I used for 15+ years, then I stopped, for no good reason.
Buzzbaits.....Same as the jitterbug, always used them, alwasy caught fish with them, I just don't use them much anymore.
Spinnerbaits....I put this at the bottom, because I still carry and use them, just not as much as I used to. They did see quite a bit of action this fall for me, and put some decent fish in the boat, so they will always have a place, it's I rarely think of them as a "go-to" anymore.
Bluebasser86 reply :
I hadn't used tubes much for awhile but they made a big resurgance for me this fall for largemouth and smallmouth both. I would say that the regular swimming tail worms and a single tail grub have both kind of fallen out of favor for the hip new beaver and creature baits and straight tail worms. Honestly, I hadn't fished a swimming tail worm hardly at all for years but they were my bait of choice for a lot of this year during the warmer months. The grub is still one of my go to baits when the water is clear but seems like a lot of others forget about them.
Snakehead Whisperer reply :
On 12/18/2013 at 7:46 AM, Bluebasser86 said:I hadn't used tubes much for awhile but they made a big resurgance for me this fall for largemouth and smallmouth both. I would say that the regular swimming tail worms and a single tail grub have both kind of fallen out of favor for the hip new beaver and creature baits and straight tail worms. Honestly, I hadn't fished a swimming tail worm hardly at all for years but they were my bait of choice for a lot of this year during the warmer months. The grub is still one of my go to baits when the water is clear but seems like a lot of others forget about them.
It seems like grubs come and go with the tides, but they're usually not popular from what I've seen. Even the river smallie guys have found replacements for them (but not for tubes.) I use them for almost all species of fish I target, but I usually can't even give them away to my friends when I'm catching and they're not 
Something that's fallen out of favor for me as of late is Rat-L-Traps... can't barely remember the last time I've thrown one; but that's a lie because I caught some decent stripers last time I fished one. Lost the award winning lure on that trip in the middle of a frenzy, so maybe I'm just sore about it or something. Haven't thrown one since, nor have I looked back.
On 12/16/2013 at 9:48 PM, KyakR said:I always wondered why the Helen's flatfish went out of favor......I used them all the time in the 60's and still do.
One of the finest river trolling lures of all time. I've never understood why more people don't use these either. They cast pretty well too.
Todd2 reply :
What about a spoonplug? Anybody still use them?
Topwaterspook reply :
Bankbeater,I will still reach for a Big O as my first choice. Some of mine are so used that they have no paint left on the front ends. I love 'em.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 12/18/2013 at 11:39 AM, Todd2 said:What about a spoonplug? Anybody still use them?
I doubt many people even know what you're talking about without searching for them first. I'm not sure they were really ever "in favor" in the bass world except for small pockets in certain areas.
BassWhole! reply :
On 12/16/2013 at 7:50 PM, Bankbeater said:Cordell Big-o's. I think that I am the only one that still fishes with them sometimes.
I have a couple of wooden ones from before CC, which I don't throw, but I'm sure they'd outcatch most of my "modern" squarebills. The plastic ones do just fine. Each one has its own rhythm though (not a bad thing)
alberto-1 reply :
I love it that people dont use tubes much anymore. I catch a ton of fish on them and continue to let people believe they are old news.
roadwarrior reply :
Devil's Horse
Megastink reply :
How about the Rapala Floating Minnow? Some might still be kicking around tackleboxes, but I think most have been replaced by other topwaters and/or ripbaits. I remember casting a huge (#13???) Rapala Floating Minnow and twitching it on the surface for mid summer bass. Killer Technique..... I think I need to go shopping now....
WRB reply :
Which one?On 12/19/2013 at 3:52 AM, roadwarrior said:Devil's Horse
Buck n brawl, PA-Scooter, etc. Devil Horse top water lures came with no spinners, 1 rear spinner, front and back spinners, a deep diver Digger and a lipless Water Gator.
The Buck N Brawl is still good, need to change the hooks on vintage wooden lures, if you fish them.
Tom
Dwight Hottle reply :
On 12/16/2013 at 9:48 PM, KyakR said:
I always wondered why the Helen's flatfish went out of favor......I used them all the time in the 60's and still do.
If you were as old as me you would know it was Helins flatfish. You spelled it the feminine way. I use to catch largemouth, crappie & walleye on those flatfish when I was just a kid fishing out a rowboat.
Maxximus Redneckus reply :
Oldfarts
hookset on 3 reply :
Alright, here we go.... Johnson's Silver Minnow weedless spoon. Yeah and throw a Uncle Josh white 3" Ripple Rind on the back of it as a trailer.
Todd2 reply :
On 12/19/2013 at 11:08 AM, hookset on 3 said:Alright, here we go.... Johnson's Silver Minnow weedless spoon.
Yup, got at least one left and haven't thrown it in a while.
roadwarrior reply :
I use it on the middle arm of some of my Alabama Rigs.
mrmacwvu1 reply :
I still use inline spinners
Stream smallies still love them yet only trout guys seem to throw them
hookset on 3 reply :
On 12/20/2013 at 12:48 AM, roadwarrior said:I use it on the middle arm of some of my Alabama Rigs.
Really Kent? Would have never thought of that app. Good one!
Ratherbfishing reply :
On 12/19/2013 at 4:23 AM, Megastink said:How about the Rapala Floating Minnow? Some might still be kicking around tackleboxes, but I think most have been replaced by other topwaters and/or ripbaits. I remember casting a huge (#13???) Rapala Floating Minnow and twitching it on the surface for mid summer bass. Killer Technique..... I think I need to go shopping now....
No doubt they've been replaced in many tackleboxes (and I'll be happy to take any that anyone is getting rid of) but I have at least 5 in my regular tacklebox and 6 or 7 in my small bait backpack. Their newness has worn off for those who ride the latest craze train but I'd feel completely lost without them.
I don't care quite as much for the jointed variety as the old original ones. How about you?
Dwight Hottle reply :
On 12/21/2013 at 3:41 AM, Ratherbfishing said:No doubt they've been replaced in many tackleboxes (and I'll be happy to take any that anyone is getting rid of) but I have at least 5 in my regular tacklebox and 6 or 7 in my small bait backpack. Their newness has worn off for those who ride the latest craze train but I'd feel completely lost without them.
I don't care quite as much for the jointed variety as the old original ones. How about you?
I like the straight models for twitching or as subtle jerk bait. The jointed or broken back models can be killers with a stop & go retrieve or steady retrieve. So I like them both.
craww reply :
On 12/19/2013 at 5:19 AM, Dwight Hottle said:If you were as old as me you would know it was Helins flatfish. You spelled it the feminine way. I use to catch largemouth, crappie & walleye on those flatfish when I was just a kid fishing out a rowboat.
I used them as a kid quite a bit. That 2" model sure will catch some numbers. I equipped my 7 year old with one and he does pretty dang good on it pond hopping with me in a jihn boat. I Checked the website and they make some neat color patterns these days.
Scott F reply :
On 12/19/2013 at 11:08 AM, hookset on 3 said:Alright, here we go.... Johnson's Silver Minnow weedless spoon. Yeah and throw a Uncle Josh white 3" Ripple Rind on the back of it as a trailer.
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It's still my #1 bait for northern pike. For me, pork kills the action of the spoon. A 3 or 4 inch plastic twister tail on the back of a silver or gold Silver Minnow has got me thousands of pike over the years.
McAlpine reply :
On 12/19/2013 at 4:23 AM, Megastink said:How about the Rapala Floating Minnow? Some might still be kicking around tackleboxes, but I think most have been replaced by other topwaters and/or ripbaits. I remember casting a huge (#13???) Rapala Floating Minnow and twitching it on the surface for mid summer bass. Killer Technique..... I think I need to go shopping now....
The #9 black and silver jointed Rapala. I still throw it but it seems that nobody else does. Has always been killer and always will be.
McAlpine reply :
On 12/22/2013 at 1:07 AM, Scott F said:It's still my #1 bait for northern pike. For me, pork kills the action of the spoon. A 3 or 4 inch plastic twister tail on the back of a silver or gold Silver Minnow has got me thousands of pike over the years.
Another great one. I like to take a white twister tail grub and bite off the top half of the grub part and put it on so that the tail is at the curve in the hook. The action you get out of the thing with a grub tail on it is amazing.
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