What lures did you buy this year that were disappointing?

[ole blue]

Caught 18#s on chatter bait one day and nothing since.

 

[jeff5074]

i ordered a custom frog online for 25 dollars and yet to get a hit on it so that has been quite a let down lol . maybe next year

 

[yellburt]

you better order some more of them frogs ,you know tva aint goint to spray next year.man i hope its a frog year.cant wait

 

[Ronnie Garrison]

Top bad lure - Vision 110 jerk bait - $25 bait, bill broke off on second small spot I caught on it. Got three more to break this year, ordered four at the time.

Close second - any Suddeth bait lately - loved their baits for years, now none run right.

 

[salecreekaviator]

I'm with you fishinvol. My problem is not the lure it is the bum rodholder.

 

[Dropshot]

I have had the worst luck with Gulp as well. Of course, I lived off the chatterbait and sexy shad at times...

 

[fischnrod]

Chatterbait for me. emoScratch

 

[JDK]

any jigs.. but think its all in the user lol

 

[JaSkynyrd]

I think a shad colored x-rap was the only new lure I bought this year that I didn't catch a fish or get a bite with, I caught ONE on a hedden spook, but it broke the dadblamed back treble off and it was about a 1 pound spot.

"I'm takin that stupid thing back TONIGHT!"



Still in my tackle box.

 

[jake279]

none

 

[xrfoxracer]

rapala sexy shad i bought two of em and one the paint was chipped off of it and the other was missing the front hooks

 

[Pointer 78]

You learn to fish a jig Josh and you'll become 5x the fisherman you are now. Works when nothing else will.

 

[beetlespin]

Tell that to fishinvol. He seems to think that only dummies fish jigs.

 

[fishinvol]

beetlespin - 12/23/2008 8:42 PM Tell that to fishinvol. He seems to think that only dummies fish jigs.

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Don't believe those words ever came out of my mouth. Just not my cup of tea, some people love some don't. I am not a huge fan, but know for an absolute fact that it produces.emoEnforce </p>

 

[jighead]

all of our store bought baits are made to catch a lot more fisherman than fish.....

 

[JDK]

Yes i keep throwing just never seem to produce.. gotta get some confidence in them jigs..I know Bass love them just not when they are on my rod lol

 

[wmaples]

Strike sexy shad those things are garbage. They're cheap but they're junk!!!!!! never could get one to swim right.

 

[Fuzzy]

I will say something about the chatterbait. I went to the BASS Nationals at Lake Norman, and I fished with a guy (finished top 5) who fished a chatterbait like I never seen. He would flip it between a boat and the dock and retrieve it just below the bottom of the dock. He only caught one on it, but once he seen something follow it, he would follow it up with a slow sinking jig or plastic. It was pretty cool. He also spent 2 years on the FLW tour as a boater... great guy, but it sucked to be behind him!

 

[MrWiskers]

Strike King King Kong swimbait. Swims like a stick. Worst moving bait ever made and for the money one of the biggest rip offs ever. However I do like the King Shad and it got me a 6.6 lber this past spring.

 

[sprestwood]

There is a theme in many posts in this thread. That is, the best lure you can fish with is your confidence. I could not truly blame the bait if the fisherman has yet found the strategy in effectively using the bait. And I will not declare any bait a disappointment untill I have used it in every situation in many ways. My grandad has caught fish using those pull of tabs that would come off aluminum cans, my dad has caught catfish on ivory soap chunks. Stuff like that is really so off the wall you had to believe it would work. I can even remember alot of years back on a Bill Dance tv show when he was saying you had to have confidence in your lure and strategy. emoWorthy emoAngler