Angler goes ANTIQUE PICKING and finds an OLD TACKLE BOX packed with VINTAGE LURES
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- Angler goes antique picking and finds an old tackle box packed with vintage lures. This old tackle box is packed with vintage and discontinued lures. I picked this Fenwick Eagle tackle box at a local flea market, and you won't believe all the vintage bass lures I got for $45! I also find a NOS (new old stock) Diawa Procaster rod for $20. This might be my greatest fishing tackle haul yet!!!
Do you like hunting for antique tackle? Let us know where and when you do it! We had a blast down at Wimberley Market Days in Wimberley, Texas, but are always looking for vintage and discontinued lures for largemouth bass, from the wood and feathers era up to the 1990s. Ol' Retro always has an eye out for old fishing lures from Heddon, Cotton Cordell, Smithwick, Rebel Lures, Strike King Lures, Bagley, Creek Chub, Fred Arbogast, Bill Norman, and others. If it old, it's cool!
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Chris, over the course of many years of bass fishing and fishing in general that ended with age and bad health, I was fortunate to have accumulated many of baits considered old school. The baits I fished from the 50's unto the turn of the century, were made of different material than today's models and seem to have much more craftsmanship devoted to their production. Some of the baits I got and fished were already discontinued models that I had stumbled upon at thrift shops then. The kind of here today-gone tomorrow stores that purchased the inventory of department stores going out of business, or bait shop buy-outs and it was from these areas that I scored some great legendary baits at bargain basement prices. At the time of my purchase the thought of collecting baits was unheard of. I was just interested in catching fish then, no one I knew in the 70's, collected fishing lures. This was the last good time period I had fishing. I was a cop by profession and worked many part-time security jobs that took up most, if not all, of any fishing time. I had a wife and child to support and a cop's wages was not enough to make ends meet. So for years, I worked part-times on most of my days off, but did get to go fishing every now and then. Some of the lures I found and purchased, were fished heavily by myself and father-in-law who, was a strict worm fisherman, unless I started catching bass on some of the elderly baits in my box, via thrift shop purchase. Chris, I was able to hang on and add baits to my suitcase size fishing tackle box, and then had to purchase two more suitcases to handle the growing number of collectible baits. The collecting bug bit me as the numbers grew. Found out there were other old fishermen that collected lures like myself. The baits list will be short, but keep in mind these fish getters caught fish. Thanks so much for these videos on old school tackle.
Heddon: Game Fisher, Zaragossa, Wood Vamp, River Runt, Lucky 13 with glass eyes, Meadow Mouse
Lazy Ike, Top Ike, Chug Ike Helin Flatfish several size models, Creek Chub Wiggle Fish, South Bend Bass Oreno, Tease Oreno, Creek Chub Pikie Minnow, Arbogast Jitterbug, Hula Popper, Arbogaster, Bombers, Heddon Dying Flutter or Dying Quiver, and Big O.
Chris, so sorry for the length. But these were baits off the top of my head, purchased at Thrift Stores. Thank you so much for allowing an old fisherman to mentioned classic lures of yesterday.
David Abney
I still have my grandparents old school chairs that were woven….still use them!
That is a good deal! I hit the antique mall this week and got a small Renegade tackle box with a ton of new worm hooks and bullet weights, one 3" Rapala Countdown minnow, and some soft plastics for $8. Never know what you might find!
Finding your channel just made CZcams even better ! Good vids man
Thanks, good buddy! We’ve been buried deeper in the algorithm than a Norman DT22!
Poe’s were high dollar. They were expensive back in the day. I still have some. Probably 6 bucks back in the 80’s.
I had a chartreuse/brown Poe's 400 I named 'Battlescar'. I had marked the back black w/just a little brown showing. They ate that thing up. I found Poe's 300s and 400s on sale in New Jersey for $1.50 back in 2001. I bought ALL OF 'EM!!!
Loved working the spook. Think they called it Walking the dog.
I love that feeling you get when you see a tackle box in a garage sale 😜. Buy It! Quick! before someone else takes it!!!!!!
Thanks, Dan! BTW, bout time to do another give away, and you just gave me an idear...
@@RetroBassin Awesome
I LOVE picking channels and fishing channels so this video is pretty lit!
If it’s rusty and dusty, it’s gold to me!
Love the old school lures ! Good shit !
Glad I found you! Retro Bassin. .haaa that's at my style for twenty years and I didn't even know it. Wearing them BPS heats b4 it was cool. And them old lawn chairs for $5. I would have bought them all
I kinda regret leaving them haha
I LOVE the Diawa Procaster 100! it was my very first bait casting reel. Mine (a left handed variant ) was given to me by my grandfather when we used to fish together before he had a stroke that eventually kept him from fishing on the water. I’ve had it for 13 years and still use it to fish shallow diving crank baits in the the winter. Think of the times on the water with my grandfather when I use it
I have an Eagle claw 4040 spinning reel that looks very similar to the Daiwa from the Rebel tackle box and the thing is just bomb proof. A bit slow on the retrieve but the drag is super smooth and hits close to 20 pounds maxed out.
Dangit those are killer deals on those lawn chairs id love to have some of those. I remember those from back in the day
So cool!! I love that retro gear!
garage and yard sales are the greatest!!
That Stanley mug would be money money money right now!
I missed it!
The Noah’s Ark of tackle box’s. Great episode. Thank you
The stubby spook-like lure at 26:50 looks like a Norman lure that was briefly called the ZZ Top. After the band ZZ Top complained, the lure name was quickly changed to the Rat-Lur.
You should do an episode on the North American Fishing Club.... yes, I was a “lifetime” member....hahahahaha. I’m new to your channel and am digging the content!!
I was a member, too! I need to see if Bass Fishing Archives has done anything on them!
I'd watch that.
A tackle picker. That’s awesome. That rod/reel combo is sweet!
She’s a finessey little combo!
Nice score! Those jointed Rapala copycat lures and the one that you showed the lip of are Sportfisher brand made by Mister Twister and sold only at Kmart stores. All of those cranks made by Mister Twister appear to be the Sportfisher brand. I still have several myself. I have fond memories of going there to check out all of that stuff. I could get an entire pack of lures for the same price as one or two of the name brand. My funds limited early teen self was quite happy about that. I think the Hula Popper type lures and some of the second row of crankbaits from the first side are also Sportfisher lures. That baby bass paint pattern looks exactly like one I had. Well, I still have that lure but I repainted it because the original finish became damaged. I wish now that I would have tried to duplicate the pattern instead of changing it. I’d like to find another original with that pattern.
I’m diggin’ those Color-C-Lector CC Shad and Tiny Torpedos too.
Thanks for sharing.
Could it be a bomber square A.. Bo4sl Bass pro had sale about 20 years ago on them and they a fish catching little buggers.
Damn. I want that Eagle Satchel box! I don't care much for the lures. I'm just rocking this huge Fenwick Eagle box since I'm 5 and it carries a lot of memories!
It’s now my lipless crank box…love it!
I had that EXACT Procaster SST. I threw smaller crankbaits with it. I wish I would have never gotten rid of it.
The crankbaits you weren't sure about, the crawdad, shad, fire tiger, and bass colors are Mister Twister crankbaits by your favorite Mr Tom Mann. They used to be sold at Kmart in kits of 3 or 4 per pack. I had all of them
Great eye!
Keep it retro!! 👍🏻😎 I still love those CC shads. I just bought some new ones this year. That rod you got would be great for some weightless soft plastics, ned rigs and for more finesse type stuff. Great find for $20. I'm getting ready to send you something from 1988, thats brand new, never been used and still in the plastic. Straight out of a time capsule. I think you are really going to like it. It's going to fit your style very well. I'll drop you a message on here when it's on it's way so you can be ready for it's arrival. ✌🏻
I have in my bass fishing tackle box some Lazy Ike bass lures that my dad bought in the late 50's or early 60's.
This was so entertaining
Love the traps. One of my favs for locating fish.
Those are some nice and beautiful classic old baits 👍🏼🎣🔥
Love the satchel boxes - my fave is the Plano Magnum. No tacklebox has yet been made that are as good as this type.
Nice Tackle Box 😉👍
Think the box alone is worth $45!
My grandpa had the fenwick tackle box but it was gold and I had the smallest version of that daiwa reel!! Good memories
Great find! 👍 those Poe's are original California 200 models 😁
Wild! Don’t see to many of the 200s. What model # was the Deadeye?
@@RetroBassin the deadeye was the 1200 model. But I have seen them listed on cards as just the "deadeye"
Beautiful rod bro! Perfect combo BUT, tell me you at least made a offer on those two Bagley crankbaits.....
Yeah I’ve been Monday morning quarterbassing that decision!
@@RetroBassin you gotta go back and get em. Low hanging fruit buddy! Holler when atl.
Great tackle box find. The Color-C-Lector master packs were expensive. I remember a lot of the Pradco baits including Zara Spooks that came in those packs.
I guess unknowns are Mister Twister Sportfisher crankbaits.
Maybe you noticed later part of this video.
Good catch! I forgot Sportfisher meant Mister Twister. Had no idea their line was so extensive.
I have 344 Bomber Long A's 15a ALL screw tails in my collection and no, I not even close in finding them all. I have Bagley's Fat Cats and Heddon's yellow shore collection too!
awesome color selecter lures. mister twister's mister shad is made in japan!
Is it??? Very cool!
The lures you showed at 19:25 with the red eyes were Normans. I might have a couple of those that are NOS still in the package in my storage tubs. Killer lures. I know all the Bandit lures I have ever had had black painted pupils in the middle of either yellow or white eyes & the eyes were slightly further apart than the Norman eyes. Norman seemed to have a thing for red eyes on a lot of his stuff. I could be off on that though. I'm still learning what's what out there. Never bothered to pay attention to who made what as a kid back in the day. I just fished them until I lost them. Now that I'm older, I wish I had payed more attention. LOL
Also, those old lawn chairs earlier in the video were awesome chairs from back in the day, the ones with the webbed strips were nice & cool to sit in since they breathed air really well.
Absolutely love them all
Thanks UDL! By the way, Bassin’ Buds, y’all gotta check out Ugly Dog Lures...they’re pretty work! czcams.com/video/1CrAwYKq-tw/video.html
Great find and even better price!
When my father was alive, there was one unspoken rule... and it was "Stay the heck out of my tackle boxes you have your own". Well, he passed away in March of 2020.... After inheriting his tackle boxes, I got to go through it...
I've never seen so much crap stuffed into 3 tackle boxes in my life... some of it was grampas stuff to boot... There was so much crap, I made a sweet a sweet starter tackle box for my 10 year old nephew. It took a full day to go through the rest and disperse it into 3 other tackboxes so that all the hooks from the baits weren't completely entangled with one another. There was literally one compartment with 20 rooster tails all tangled together in a single glob.... Anyhow, there was thousands of dollars in stuff and some ancient spinner baits, lures, and what have you...
My dad has a Diawa Procaster custom spinning rod with his name on it that he got from the north American fishing club when they ripped him off.
It's a pretty nice rod.
Enjoying the channel. You find alot of stuff l have. It’s fun to see someone that enjoys this stuff.
The old stuff is the good stuff!
Mepps rig right there!
Nice haul. I love anything Daiwa. The reel seat is super comfortable. My first better quality rods were Team Daiwa's with that seat. Nixon worm rod. Cochran topwater..... And had that Rebel box too!
That is gonna be a sweet little combo!
I had those plus the 6'10" Guido Hibdon Finesse Spinning and the 7'6" EXTRA HEAVY Denny Brauer Flippin'/Pitchin' rod- both telescopic!
I see you took my advice on the “garage sale fishing buys.” And man you scored big time!!
Whoever put that box together bought two of each color, haha! Those baits look brand new. 👏
I think the only thing in there that had been fished was the Evans Spoon!
@@RetroBassin nice! I just bought a tee shirt and hat btw
@@Jordan_B34 The old school camo rocks!!
I'm guilty of buying two at a time, they can go fast sometimes!
That Rebel reminds me of when I picked up a Rebel 600 tackle box in an antique store, my favorite tackle box!
Back in the day when Rebel made tackle boxes...and boats!
A hole lot of picking going on.. I thought you would get that tackle bucket light . What a nice light for a nautical diner. eggs & grits
Who says I didn’t haha.
I say you didn't pick up the minnow bucket light. Because if you did i am certain you would have placed it front & center on your table as your prize postilion. BEST pick of the hole meat. Original Rustic Something with a real peruse And the stories that come to mind when you set your eyes on it FOR SURE TO MAKE THEM EGGS & GRITS taste just a little better.
Subscribed after watching your intro.
In Youngstown Ohio at Four Seasons flea market has old vintage everything for sale. Has (5) five trailers full of stuff. Five TRACTOR size trailers🤣💪🎣 So if anyone is lookin🤩
Incredible find! I think there’s a color-c-lector lure video in your future. Side note, I always pick up aluminum lawn chairs when I run across them as well. You can never have too many.
Think you need a few Color-C-Lectors in your display...
@@RetroBassin my collection would gladly welcomes any additional color-c-lector lures 😃👍🏼
Good haul. Those are older Poe's 300s. You're right; Norman's. The close-eyed ones are either Bandit or Luhr Jensen. You may have some Bomber Fat As. It's hard to tell on video. CC Shads SUCKED. They were too hard to cast on anything less than 6lb spinning gear. I had a Procaster rod similar to that but mine had turquoise color letters. It had the same cross-wrapped graphite; very strong rod. I left it leaned in the garage. It set with that slight bend in it. Doh!
Those light, long spoons combine nicely with an EWG hook with a short curl-tailed worm to fish as you would a Johnson Silver Minnow.
That box is well worth the price you paid. Nice one!
I was thinking the same thing!
Great video. I’m turning my Ol Pal minnow bucket into a light now. Good haul
I spend 60 bucks, you catch 80 fish. Maybe we need to trade channels for a day! Check out this vid, Bassin’ Buds; czcams.com/video/WXrW8pHwb4A/video.html
@@RetroBassin actually we went to Dland yesterday with our sponsor from Bruiser Baits. We caught 63. He got a 7.8. Video soon. Looking forward to you being in one of our videos.
@@SWCFLORIDA I’ve already got a Florida old school tackle box packed...
@@RetroBassin live tonite at 8 if you can make it. Our channel.
@@SWCFLORIDA Dang nabbit, I’ll be on a plane!
The spoons with the fish bone decals are 'Hooksters' - great laker spoons when fished on downriggers
I would've bought the rebel with the 2 bagley cranks. I collect bagley. My favorite from my childhood.
I have a Bagley Fat Cat collection, still missing 20-40 colors.
I love the honey-b.
Kinda kicking myself for leaving them!
Man, I wish they had more markets like this where I'm from
Great haul of OG Baits for sure! You found a small fortune lol. Hard to find some of those baits unfished. Keep up the great work! 👍😎
I just found out today that we lost Wayne Kent about a month ago. He was founder of Knight Lures and bought Creme in 1989. I am gonna try to swing by the Creme factory this week.
The crankbait at 21.09 in fire tiger color looked like a Storm Wiggle Wort,, but I'm not sure, i didn't get a good enough look at it,, that box has some great lures in it,, that was a terrific buy at 45.00...
Those look like old cotton Cordell big o's my dad is obsessed with them
30:33 those are AC Shiners, very popular, very good lures, very retro
The trigger bail reel at about 10:40 is an RG1655. They were marketed in the UK (where I live) as the Harrier Auto Match and came with an extra shallow "match" spool that holds about 100 yards of 2lb line. Fun fact is that it uses exactly the same size spools as the slightly later and more popular 1657DM finger dab reel (which was a UK exclusive afaik), making fleamarket RG1655s with the match spool a cost effective way of getting spare spools for the 1657DM that would otherwise cost about £40 a pop. The RG's a great reel in its own right - smooth gears and a super smooth drag and that nice bulletproof diecast material.
But the big question is, should I have made the buy?
@@RetroBassin I would have. Can't have too many Daiwas!
Have you done anything on Mister Twister worms? Got my first pack around 73 or 74.
Flea markets and Garage sales can be fantastic. I bought a OG Lews reel ( Shimano made ) for $5.
Also found a few Rico’s, Yellow Magic
Splash its poppers and a OG big bait rod ( one of the first) by Phenix Rod company (when Boron was king)
A copy of billy Westmorland them ol browns and some 1970’s made Abu
Garcia 4500. Love this video bro
Good job getting that down to $45
Great finds in that box.
I need to hit more of those, Darkman!
That Shimano/Lews is rare! Bantam 10X SG?
So jealous of the new Daiwa combo.... Dang dude
What lure should I fish on it?
@@RetroBassin those torpedo's are just the things.... I think! Perfect 10lb outfit....
those cranks that you were not sure on were mister twisters same with those rapala sold at kmarts
I used to think The Angry Video Game Nerd had the best CZcams intro of all time.......
.....until I stumbled across RetroBassin
Towards the end of your video the minnows that look like rapalas are Mister Twister also. They came in kits also. That line also had traditional shad rap style crankbaits. I had all of them...thanks to your local Kmart fishing department
I finally figured that out! The ol’ Sportfisher line. I ended up with a dozen from that box!!
Yesterday when i went to my dentist appointment the girl said what are you doing here , i messed up
and got there two hrs early , so to kill two hours i went to a giant antique kinda place found
a nice old Mitchell 300 ,, I already had one on order at eb@y but what the heck good shape at a fair price 😃
Keep up the good work ,, like your enthusiasm
Badass video
I would throwing a SPINNER BAIT and shollow RUNNING frank baita on that setup l LIKE a forgiving tip ; lets bass take IT better learned that from Rock clunn
I want to get my hands o some original Bang o lures. One of the best of all time.
Do you come across many chrome rebel craws? Those are always on my radar.
Goodies!
Thanks, Realistic! Old lure & local wrestling rules!
Two of my favorite things right now!
suitcase boxes - the best
Yes bandit milt
Yeah buddy!
Dude in one quarter of the box you got you're money's worth
I got same tackle box at my local flea market 🤣
The black and purple long A I use for walleye!
I was wonderin' when to throw that!
@@RetroBassin spring time when water is dirty and nighttime for me
Norman ZZ Top!
I've got alot of old plano boxes, I'm from the town next to Plano Illinois where its from
Bet that would be a cool plant tour!
Cool channel!
Thanks for tuning in, David!
I've heard about color selection lures how do you know them when find them ????
Is this the Fenwick box that has light inside they made a few back in the 70's I think ?????
The webbing on those chairs always broke when you needed them not to...
Those color C-Lector bait...did those come with the thing that you drop in the water with the big gauge? I found my dads from 1984. Not sure how well it works anymore. That box you found reminds me of my first tackle box from about 1987
Yes, the Dr. Loren Hill invention! Check out my Color-C-Lector video!
I dig all craw patterns and plastic craw baits..
My selfe
Bandits I have some on hand and checked they look like bandit to me
Only rattle traps that work are the old ones lol
I’d like to see another color c lector episode
Agreed!
Grey shads are Norman's...firetiger one before that is a pradco special under rebel/Cordell brand...Super C or Deep Wee R2
I always bought black spooks the rreal zara lure is still great.
Black Shore Minnow, no need for any other pattern, IMO, silhouettes nicely against the sky from below.
I don't know if you fish those lures or just buy them to keep. You can tell by the number of CHARTREUSE/BLACK BACK Rat-L-Traps that they believed in that lure, as I do. IF YOU FISH THEM, here's a hint just for that lure: put a couple of them IN THE SUNSHINE TO FADE. In a window, dash of a car- doesn't matter-let them fade until the BBs show though. The lighter, the better. When the BBs look like BREAM GUTS when held up to the light, THEY'RE READY. This was an old Alabama (and obviously Texas) trick to imitate a small bream. I like the ¾oz MagTrap for this, but the ½oz will do, too. When fishing gets tough in the summer-into late fall- FISH THEM. When you can't buy a bite, try it. Trust me. It is an absolute uncanny trick. Once faded, when you hold them to the light, you'll see why. You're welcome.
Great tip!!!
where can i find a bud crank bait lure
The black and purple is for night fishing
I have a weed wing it's made by Johnny o Neil
Any chance you could give me an idea of the value of some lures. I live around Chattanooga TN. I have some old Big O baits. That’s what l think dad called them. There’s some homemade tournament traded secret crank baits l have from the late 60’s and 70’s.
Hit me up on Insta. If they are truly handmade Big-Os, then hang onto them until you get them appraised! One of the more rare lures out there…