Unused Lures

Just curious how many of you might have lures in your tackle box(es) that you have never used. I have been cleaning up and reorganizing my tackle box in hopes of getting out sometime real soon. I noticed that I had lures that have never been used at all. Lures that I bought on a whim when I was shopping for other tackle just because I liked the looks of them at the time. Then, for whatever reason, I never tried them.

I think many of us tend to most often fish the lures that we have had the most success with and are most confident in. But I never paid attention to the fact that I had tackle box queens that just occupy space in there.

My inventory is no where near as much as many of you. Are there any others like me that have this same problem? Or maybe you don't consider it a problem. Inquiring minds want to know.

I have a few clearance bin bags of plastics that have never been used or only a time or so.

I had a big pile of baits before I even started pouring plastics. It was hard to pass up a packs of Bobby Garland/Wally Marshall clearance baits for .75 a pack.

I hear what you're saying about soft plastics but they are kind of disposable/consumable anyway. The ones you haven't used yet stay in the bag until their turn comes. I am thinking more along the lines of hard lures like plugs and spinners and spoons.

A wise old man once said-"He who dies with the most lures, WINS!" I might not be in the lead, but I'm gettin' there! :Rofl

I tend to think most all of us have plenty and unused lures laying around.

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Originally Posted by UpstateSC_Bill

I hear what you're saying about soft plastics but they are kind of disposable/consumable anyway. The ones you haven't used yet stay in the bag until their turn comes. I am thinking more along the lines of hard lures like plugs and spinners and spoons.

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I have some cranks waiting to get pulled as well.

Being I do a bunch of Walleye fishing my crankbaits are in the hundreds plus. When Berkley first came out with there Flicker Shads they out fished the Rapala Shad Raps 3-1. They would go on sale for $1.49 a piece versus $4-$5 a piece for the Rapalas. Needless to say I could stock a baitshop, consider it an investment looking at the prices now.

IF you don't have UN-used lures and un opened packs of them then YOU'RE NOT A REAL FISHERMAN :Rofl

several unused

Everyone of my lure’s caught a fisherman, but not all of them have caught a fish. A few never even been for a swim. lol

Well it's good to hear that I'm not alone. I do agree that some lures are more for catching fisherman than fish.


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A wise old man once said-"He who dies with the most lures, WINS!" I might not be in the lead, but I'm gettin' there! :Rofl

I WIN!

In fact other than the many hard and soft lures I own - many never used - I have many soft plastic molds I'll probably never use again not to mention the many lures I've made. Too bad there's no thrift store to sell fishing stuff other than Ebay, though I'd probably replace them with more stuff I can't use. Of course it's not just lures: a slew of rods and reels, boating equipment such as trolling motors, a 15' Gruman canoe and 12' jon boat, anchors, paddles, oars and many spools of mono and flurocarbon (only use braid). The list goes on, but you get the picture.
Again, I WIN! :highfive

an old fisherman once told me Never just buy one lure , if you loose it your done. i did that once now if i see one on sale i buy two or three of them, so to your question YES i have alot of unused lures

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Originally Posted by wannabe fisherman

IF you don't have UN-used lures and un opened packs of them then YOU'RE NOT A REAL FISHERMAN :Rofl

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Wanns bet?!

Having come from bass fishing when I was younger and salt water too, I too have the stuff. I pull construction dumpsters that are sometimes used to clean out houses when folks pass on or divorce or whatever. I found a tackle box in a transfer station and stuffed it in the passenger side of the truck til I could look at it later. Put it in the pickup and looked into it on the carport later on. Suffice to say that it was a suitcase style box that had been round since the seventies and was stuffed full of plastics, spinnerbaits and hardbaits. As I sorted through, I thought of all the plugs I had that haven’t seen use in many years. Long story shorter, I arranged them in a couple of boxes and between those and mine, I had over 100 from old to new in the box plugs. Some were collectible Bagley balsa, original devils horse and some I had to look up. Sold them all to a tackle shop owner that’s a collector and got enough to buy new batteries for my boat. Gave away the plastics and cut the ball bearing swivels of a bunch of the spinnerbaits. I’ve been paring things down and if I haven’t used in a couple of years, it becomes someone else’s. Still have rods too, I think I’m down to 36. Oh yeah, I got it bad too. I get around a sale and I have to stuff my hands in my pockets and head for the door—-QUICK!!

Yeah. Those "sales" will do a job on you for sure.

I've lost a lure that was catching great fish while on a trip in Canada. Now I buy multiples.
To be honest. I have a ton of artificial bait, hard and soft. 90% of the time I use a slip bobber, and a bare hook tipped with a minnow.

I used to fall into the rut of buying everything new but realized it is more about presentation than baits/colors . I have shown people with me by catching on bare unpainted lead heads or even a slice of Banana peel .:Rofl

I have friends that pull crankbaits . On the big 4 you can use 4 poles per person . They have excess of 500 bandits . To me 8 baits x4 poles would be 32 baits needed .I may pull cranks again but where I had 150 before I will top out at 50 now . I normally give kids at church several hundred jig bodies every year . We pretty much over buy in anticipation of great expectations every spring . I have 18 colors of Crappie Magnet , 15 colors of baby shad , 12 colors of jokers , 12 colors of Muddy water baits . See the trend . If I changed every 20 minutes I could not try them all in any given day . I plead guilty . lol

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Originally Posted by NIMROD

I used to fall into the rut of buying everything new but realized it is more about presentation than baits/colors . I have shown people with me by catching on bare unpainted lead heads or even a slice of Banana peel .:Rofl

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Where do you buy your banana peels? :biggrin

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If I changed every 20 minutes I could not try them all in any given day

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You sure you don't mean in a lifetime?! ....or maybe two lifetimes?!

Guilty as charged.