Spro Swimbait

[Back Beach]

Did you say $40 for one lure? That will buy you either two dozen eels,8 big storms, 30- 9" sluggos, 2 habs white 2 oz needles, or ten big canal jigs with a jar of pork rind(white or black). $40 will also buy you a lot of alcohol, which you would have to be under the influence of to consider such a purchase.

[In The Surf]

Not sure if anyone remembers when the ProJo ran a story about a year or two back about custom plugs identical to these mentioning how they were made for the large,deep California resavoirs and impoundments. The plugs in the article went for between $150 -$300with some collectors paying as much as $1500.

[RIROCKHOUND]

Originally Posted by Back Beach

Did you say $40 for one lure? That will buy you either two dozen eels,8 big storms, 30- 9" sluggos, 2 habs white 2 oz needles, or ten big canal jigs with a jar of pork rind(white or black). $40 will also buy you a lot of alcohol, which you would have to be under the influence of to consider such a purchase.

And a partridge in a pear tree

[NIB]

Originally Posted by Back Beach

Did you say $40 for one lure? That will buy you either two dozen eels,8 big storms, 30- 9" sluggos, 2 habs white 2 oz needles, or ten big canal jigs with a jar of pork rind(white or black). $40 will also buy you a lot of alcohol, which you would have to be under the influence of to consider such a purchase.

one mans benjamin is another mans washington.
Money is no object to some people.I have seen plug collections that would make ur head spin.An I have a few lures myself..i think some folks find as much happiness in collecting lures as they do catching bass..no sense trying to make sense of it.as long as ur happy doing whatever it is u do then go for it..They do reck big bass out west on them things..20 lb largemouths..an the one watched on tv had some sick action u could stop it an it slooowly sank.twitch it an it would dart to the side.had a killer lifelike swimming action like a herring...

[ThrowingTimber]

http://www.316lurecompany.com/baits/hardbaits.html

The Armageddon

[In The Surf]

Originally Posted by ThrowingTimber

http://www.316lurecompany.com/baits/hardbaits.html

The Armageddon

Those are the plugs from the ProJo atricle

[ThrowingTimber]

The maker was in Field n Stream as well, for an interview. I think he's a born again. At first I guess the trout were made of wood then the demand grew and tada! 250$ a whack, gotta keep in mind that folks shelling out this kinda dough are after the world record LMB, so after dropping 30-40k on a powerboat, 3k each on reels etc etc the 250.oo is like chump change... if you think of the payday a new world record lmb would bring the price isnt sooo I dunno off??

I agree with whats said about the prices on these dropping, and we can see it in the spro baits, there are others as well.

[Rockport24]

yeah those kind of "swimbaits" are like a fanatical thing with freshwater bass anglers. have you guys have heard of the huddleson swimbait? check it out if not: http://www.huddlestondeluxe.com/
I mean, $40 give me a break. The way we abuse our stuff in the salt and with blues... that ain't gonna cut it.

[ThrowingTimber]

huddlestons are NIIIIICE