I scored the MOTHERLODE of vintage BOMBER crankbaits!
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- This was an epic haul of vintage Bomber crankbaits!
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I collect the old wood Bomber baits in the yellow boxes. Some of the boxes I have are patent pending boxes, before they obtained their patent. Mostly what I collect is the very early models, the hand made line ties, the no eye versions and early wood models. I have some that were made later if it's an uncatalogued color, or hard to find color. In 1949 Bomber switched to making plastic Bomber's, but in them day's, the fishermen did not take good to that new fangled plastic material, and it nearly drove Bomber out of business, so after one year, they switched back to wood, until around 1970. Darwin has some very good information on his website about Bomber baits. www.bomberbaits.com/index.htm
Pinned your comment, John! Thanks for the history...the real historians at Retro Bassin' are in the comments section!
maybe you could help me out, i recently found a bomber lure and i’m not that educated on old school lures but from what i’ve found online it definitely is a bomber lure but i don’t know what year it could be from i know it’s not made of plastic though because when i found it the wood was rotting out from how long it had been sitting in water i saw you mentioned after the late 40s they switched to plastic so curious to know if you knew what year mine was made for sure was the one with the white body and red head classic color way i see remnants of the red while the white body is still visible
This is the greatest channel - I love it - young man you are taking me back and in today's screwed up world that is a good thing. Thank you for what you do.
Thanks for tuning in, good buddy! Let us know what other good, old stuff you’d like featured on Retro Bassin’!
when the lake level would go down me and my dad would go out and pull bomber lures off snags. good memories from early 90s.;0)
One of my biggest bass was caught on the Christmas tree bomber. Pulled right through a bush and it deflected off and he nailed it. Great memories with that bait.
Great vid! I taught school in Gainesville for a few years. The factory building is still there with the mural/sign on the wall but it’s not a factory anymore. Old man Tuberville made some great lures! I think the company is now located in Mexico once he sold it.
we used to troll those in lake arenal for rainbow bass, the firetiger was the best colour for the classic bomber lure, bomber made the waterdog and those in plain white were great.
the mudbug was another great lure
Awesome show❗️😃🇺🇸
Thanks for making a pit stop, good buddy! What’s your all-time favorite crank?
I have an old plano box with about 20 of these in it. Several still have the boxes including some wooden ones. Some of mine have the flake sprinkled on as well. I'm pretty sure I also have a couple Bomber waterdogs as well.
Hang onto that!
12:00 That is a very modern glowing shade for a lure. Natural UV light should really make it glow bright... those would be extra visible in some deep dark honey hole.
Sir, in the 70's, my father-in-law and I fished the River Bend area of the Chattahoochee River, My Bomber experience started there. When the water was murky, we would fish the steep bank area just across from the boat landing using dark colored Bombers. That area then was deep and in the shade in the evening hours. My bait caster reel was the Ambassador Model 4500. I used 12lb Stren Line and felt this adequate for lure casting. We would troll the bank slowly pitching our Bombers to it from the boat. We fish these baits deep as the depth was about 15-feet. With a split shot lead weight about a foot ahead of the bait to help get the bomber down quick where those bass were laying. Sometimes one of us would crank a 3, 4, or 5 lb. bass that could would hit that bomber just as it reached the deep. We used the older, no longer made, wood bombers. The plastic bombers were okay but we felt we had better action from the wood bombers. I had purchased a plastic bomber in chartreuse color and had put it on in place of my old wood bomber. That bait was lighter/smaller than the old wood classic. On the second cast, bam! I cranked in a 5-pounder. Two casts later after putting this eating fish in the live well, boom! Another bass caught, a yearling this time, but later a nice 3-pounder grabbed my bomber and run with it. Yes, old lures bring back great memories of fishing adventures of the past, for older fishermen. The bomber was second-favorite to my musky-size Lazy Ike in frog pattern., another blast from the past no longer made. I have purchased several wood musky Lazy Ike lures off ebay, along with a Heddon Game Fisher and broken back Heddon Vamp. Thank you for this video on the legendary bomber. The wood Bombers were best!
Some of my gear I’ve had since I was a kid. I have a Shimano spinning combo my dad bought me in 1983 in Kennedale TX. It’s my finesse/crappie/bluegill rod.
My top water rig is a old Berkeley Phazer rod and Abu Ambassador USA 500. Got them back in 1991. Also was my first baitcaster.
Take care of your gear it will take car of you.
Hey Sparks 2...see you are YouTubing it old school. Thanks, good buddy!
I used the brown/ black striped on Lake Livingston back in the 70's back up a Bone colored BIG O! Fishing CREEK ledges 🤠 🔥BUT the best was Table Rock IN Mo. WE would throw up to the Cliffs crack them as hard& fast. Making them look like crawdads falling tore them up🔥🤠
Yeah for some reason I reckon metal-lipped cranks are crawfish imitators while the Model A’s are more baitfish imitators.
I gotta remember that. I live right by table rock. And I just picked up a bunch of these because every time I watch one of these videos I have to spend $50. 😂
@@jonny2jeeps You and me both.
I wonder if "Grandpa's" is the chain we had here in St. Louis in the 70s and 80s (may have been in other cities too). It was originally called "Grandpa Pidgeon's" but at some point change its name to just "Grandpa's." There were probably 5 or 6 of them in the St. Louis metro area. It was similar to Walmart, carried lots of hardware, clothing, housewares, and at least the one in our town had a big fishing and hunting section. The one here went out of business around 1990 if I remember, I'm sure a casualty of Walmart competition. My dad still has a couple of rods or other tackle laying around with those Grandpa's price tags on them.
Awesome intel, Paul! I think we’ve solved the “Grandpa’s” mystery...and now I REALLY wish I had had the chance to step foot in one!
I shopped at Grandpa Pigeons when we lived in St Louis. It was sad to see them close. 😢
I collect Bomber Long A's a15 with screw tails!
I have a story to share on the Bombers Plus another one.
First Story--
When I was a kid in about 1972 my dad took me fishing on Table Rock Lake MS. Rummaging through his tackle box he came up with a lure stating, "You can have this one. I never caught anything on it." It was a yellow with black spot Luxon Bomber Water Dog. I cast it out and on my first cast... pow... I caught a lunker bass. I caught another and lost another at the boat. I was the only one who caught anything that day. I dubbed it my "LUCKY LURE." From then on, i always caught bass every time I used that lure.
Another day we went up a cove where there were several Bass Fishermen fishing in a tournament. My dad asked if they had any luck, and they unanimously stated that they had no bites. I chimed up "That's because you don't have my LUCKY LURE." They all laughed of course. On my first cast, I tossed it along a log up to a submerged tree. I panicked as I had cast a bit too hard and managed to stop the lure at the trunk. I started reeling it in and again... POW! I caught another lunker bass. The laughing stopped. It was the last time I ever saw that lure. To this day, I'm pretty sure one of those bass fishermen offered my dad $20 for the lure ( alot of money back then.) As a kid, I was devastated at the loss of that lure. I recently purchased a new one online. My dad saw it and asked where I found it.
Second Story:
Also when a kid of about 10 or so I had a fishing beaver pond I had found hidden about 1/2 mile down the road from my house. It was late 1970s. The pond contained mostly bluegill and Sunfish, BUT what size pan-fish. I was catching bluegill as large as my tackle box (over 12"). And I must add that bluegill is one of the best to eat.
One day I was fishing my pond when a couple of "hippies" in a van looked down the cliff and saw me fishing there. Surprised, they asked if there were any fish in that little pond. And of course they saw me catch some. The following week, i rode my bike to my pond ans the two hippies were down there fishing. I was a bit dismayed as I worked my way down the cliff. When I asked how they were doing, I was HORRIFIED as they lifted up some stringers with hundreds of fish on them. they had kept every single fish they caught... as small as 2 inches. I asked what they were going to do with them and they replied that they would probably feed them to the cat. REALLY??? Well, after that the pond filled up with algae and moss and the fish died off. it was my first experience of ecological abuse. In a single day they had completely destroyed an ecosystem that had taken decades to develop. To add to the pointless destruction, the fish they caught more than likely ended up in the garbage.
I am not a rule-book thumper, but since that day, it has irritated me when I see such abuses... and I have.
James Heddon was the first lure maker (1890's) from Dowagiac Michigan! And just about every crankbait ever made was a copy of a Heddon Lure! Look at the Heddon Crab Wiggler or Spook? 1915 see if there's not a resemblance to the Bomber? Even spoons the King & Queen Stanley spoon 1927? Though I still believe the Johnson Silver Minnow Spoon is the most versatile and fish catching spoon of all time made by a retired foundry worker from Chicago! 1920! I fish and have alot of Bombers before Praco bought them out! Nice & interesting video but bombers were originally known for their ability to fished deep and I know some stripper & walleye fishermen would attach a 1/8-1/4 oz Bucktail on a 18"-24" leader to it because it would get so deep! Lure Companies around the Great Lake Region were building lures long before Texan even damned her rivers to make man made inpoundments! Lake Caddo which formed in the 1800's by an earthquake from the Mississippi Fault! Is as close as Texas gets when comes to a natural lake??
It's a clear bomber with 2 blades one on both sides and has sparkles on it (sliver) glitter !!!!!!
my dad has two bomber lures as you show us, but there are yellow with black spots (both are the same). I´ve got fishing with it and is very effective.
Retro basin support support❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I collect the older bombers with box, cool video.
Im headed to the Lake in a few to chunk some early 90s Bomber model As and Fat As.
Fish it old school!
I love the channel such a great idea you are so cool retro
👍Cool! I like the black and yellow stripped one.
With that metal scale...whoooooooooo!
Nice haul. My favorite crank of all time.... got to be the RattLTrap.
I remember going to grandpa pigeons in st. Louis as a kid. They'd have folding tables in the parking lot stacked with russian surplus rifles. Probably around 1980.
Nice Bombers, my favorites were Bomber Speed Shad and Pinfish. Also the mini-whacker spinnerbait was a killer in the spring and fall.
I just picked up a few Pinfish. Bet they'd do well in saltwater!
@@RetroBassin Give them a try in grass, same place you would throw a rattle trap, it just pulls through and BAM!
Love the sparkling green color
Bomber model 1A mini shallow runner is killer on my local lake. There is something special about those old screwtail crankbaits.
Grandpa Pigions was a hardware store that also sold fishing tackle
Still love my Sonics and Cordell Spots
The Neon Spot is $$$
RetroBassin G Finish is pretty good too
This is the lure were I found out as a young lad what " Not worm proof " referred to. I enjoy your vids!
I have a couple of old Bomber Water Dogs.
I have that Christmas Tree bomber & That Brown/Black one and a few others. They are some of the best looking lures that I have. I wish companies still made lures with paint jobs like these. One of my friends lives up near Gainesville & she said someone from one of the original families is attempting to revive the original version again. Not sure if that's accurate. Haven't been able to find anything to verify it yet. The old building on Lindsay still says Bomber Bait Co. on it, but the building complex there is occupied by several other business.
I got the white one, the perch and I used to have a purple/silver that was twice as huge, muskie size perhaps? thank you for doing this vid!
Oops forgot to say favorite crank bait Rapala DT6 most any color.
The classic!
There's a sad, depressing story behind those Rapala DT models. I've had the privilege to hold one in my hand at the shop. It was picked up by a pro at a show then ripped off for the market and he can't do a thing about it. Always wondered why I never liked those models..
tktbone95 yikes
Mud bugs were great lures wished they still made them
I’m a arborgast mud bug guy over the bomber! I live in Michigan and arborgast is is my brand for those style of lures and heddon and Shakespeare are my main lures and in soft plastics it fliptail and mister twister
Seein’s Believin’....I still love the natural craw pattern, too! With Hellbenders, Zebco Secrets, Heddon Cracklebacks, and Storm Hot-N-Tots, I could do a whole metal-lipped crank show!
Hi Retro. Granpa's would be A chain of stores in the Midwest. The store was named Grandpa Pigeons. It was very unique and ahead of it's time. They had 18 stores and did over 200 million dollars in sales annually. It was warehouse like but had really big fishing and hunting departments. I have rods, reels. And lures that I purchase there in the 70's and 80's. I have attached a photo of one of their older smaller stores. This store was like our Bass Pro Shop but 40 years ago (and with discounted prices.)
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That’s what I am talkin’ about, Howard! Love the RB comments section for this very reason!!
Still fish them toay. Great fish catchers.
That was the bait frog color if you look closely you see it has yellow flowers with red dot in in the middle of the yellow
Rattle ones, are not the OLD WOODEN ones. The wooden baits are the more valuable ones.
Man the condition of those is amazing
BUT...can I keep them that way???
RetroBassin ya that’s the tough decision. I have my beaters and then I have some that are still new in packs
If you look closely you will notice the frog pattern flowers they yellow with a red dot in the middle !!!
Damn those baits are sweet
No doubt, would love to have some of those classics. I think I still may have a few in crawfish pattern in my box for fishing out at Lake Travis. Haven't fished there in years.
I have 6 bombers I inherited from my grandfather, I think they were produced in the 80s, I have pictures of them and if you wouldnt mind identifying them for me I would be very grateful.
pretty sure thats Grandpas of clarksville tn,
The Tackle Box!
Dude I found in a yard sale one made with wood and a few like yours 😱😱😱🥳🥳🥳
The wood is good! I've got a few of those as well...a really unique combination of a metal lip and a wooden body for sure!
RetroBassin nice I pay 💰 5 box for 3
On my wife’s phone so cool whopper stopper and hell bender were so cool l have some with a spinner blade on the back old school was run that bomber down rip rap bang into rocks let it float up bang it some more similar to mud bugs by arbor gast very cool to pretty to use made after 2 world war actual shape of bomb used in the war
They look like a bomb!
Hey brother. I have a question only you could answer. I'm looking to score a vintage spinning combo but I have no clue where to start. Vintage Mitchell 300 and a random rod to start? The old Mitchell reels seem to be the most common vintage spinning reels I can find for decent money.
Garcia Mitchell reels are tough to beat! I also like the old Penn 710 Spinfisher (green reel)!
@@RetroBassin what was the common rods back in the mitchell 300 days? Rods seem to be all over the place when searching 'vintage spinning rod" idk what time period rods that would go with a vintage garcia mitchell 300 reel.
Pretty sure throwing those might be a sin. Pretty jealous over here. Still don’t understand why they put the eyes on the butt of the Bomber??? I don’t get it unless it’s supposed to be fleeing backwards on the retrieve? Whatever. Beautiful baits.
Crazy Toy People Nailed it Crazy. Kick backwards
I liked the mud bug better
i have about 7 old bombers but i don’t know how much they are worth
Well, as far as catchin' bass, they are $$!
When was the last time you bought a lure and it came with directions or recommended ways to use it? Current plastic lip lures trolled digging the bottom will quickly chew the lips up much quicker than ones made of metal. It was more popular with anglers to use artificial lures for trolling than casting them back when these lures were hot fish catchers. There were fewer anglers casting lures to structure points because this style of fishing only gained popularity because of bass tournaments. The first tournament rules changed the way artificial lures were used. Most Bass fishing in the south was done from shore, wading, and small boats with oars. If you look at the bass boats first made by Ranger they looked like floating bathtubs with outboards on the back. Casting baitcasting reels was hard to do and required a higher skill level. Most fishing boats used small tiller steering outboards on small lightweight boats. Then you just tossed out a lure and road around dragging them behind the boat. The first plastic worms had propellers, three hooks and red beads and they sure were not intended to be used for casting. They were for slow trolling or drifting along in a boat.
As always, Gizmo, a proper contribution to the RB comments section! Since I don’t fish professionally, and barely amateurly, I need to try some largemouth trolling and long-lining! I have a feeling the Bombers, Hellbenders, Hot-N-Tots, and Mug Bugs would excel!
I think you're may be different than mine i wish I could show it to you
My favorite heddon River runt next mud bug next bomber next Spence scout reble hump back next heddon torpedo and heddon head hunter a l have a lure called hole in the head lure and very partial to Mann’s rattle traps l have some meniacs some rabble rousers and one reble crank with rattles color chartuse and blue and reble black star with color encyric rings they glow there clear plastic then the sun hits the color rings and they glow every once in a while l go retro so l got out my shimano fightin rod got out a reble black star and caught a bass and right now l am fishing a old green spinng reel price $ 4.00 good will store sure do wish we could go back to the days when lures were called plugs reble made some neat ones little N reble humpback and reble deep diver l have some reble boxes with Matthew 4:19 printed inside come along with me and l shall make you a fisher of men yes the good old days when lures were plugs and companies were individuals and lures were cool!!!!!!! And worms were cool shapes and colors and the best worm of all time jelly worm and yes they still catch fish nice ones my jelly worm score is 2 four pounders and one 5 pounder all last year purple and blue and watermelon with red glitter 12 inch weightless # 5-7 ewg heavy wire hook and l do whacky with them also and take a look at dan gapen he is still in business and makes some cool stuff
Sounds like you've been fishing it old school! Believe it or not, I don't have a Heddon River Runt at the moment. But I might get that Rebel Blackstar wet tomorrow!
Great Video...I really enjoy watching...I hope to take you fishing here in Florida one day...keep on fishing...check my latest video..I boat flip a gator...👍👍👍
We gotta do it!
@@RetroBassin open invitation....You make it happen...
I caught a 9.17 this morning video soon