bluesdude71
11-17-2008, 12:08 PM
Just because your lure are old doesn't mean they won't catch fish. I have one lure for over 5 years which I love. Below is an article from another site (I think Bass Master).
Old lures still catch fish.
You don't need every new, fancy and expensive lure to catch bass. True, many of them are topnotch and perform better than older models, but if you have old baits that are in good condition fish with them. Why spend money on new lures just because there's a fancier one on the market, especially if it hurts your budget?
If you have doubts about this tactic consider the life of a bass. They try to avoid other predators, they eat and they reproduce. They don't think and they don't go to school. They don't learn about lures and they certainly don't get conditioned to lures they've never seen.
Old baits that caught bass 10, 15, 20 or even 30 years ago will do so again if you give them a chance. If fact, many of us who fish the Bassmaster Elite Series pay good money for those old baits when we can find them. We don't do that because we're collectors, we do it because we want to win.
Old lures still catch fish.
You don't need every new, fancy and expensive lure to catch bass. True, many of them are topnotch and perform better than older models, but if you have old baits that are in good condition fish with them. Why spend money on new lures just because there's a fancier one on the market, especially if it hurts your budget?
If you have doubts about this tactic consider the life of a bass. They try to avoid other predators, they eat and they reproduce. They don't think and they don't go to school. They don't learn about lures and they certainly don't get conditioned to lures they've never seen.
Old baits that caught bass 10, 15, 20 or even 30 years ago will do so again if you give them a chance. If fact, many of us who fish the Bassmaster Elite Series pay good money for those old baits when we can find them. We don't do that because we're collectors, we do it because we want to win.