Hi there...happy to see that you like the old Storm Lures Wiggle Wart! It is by far the favorite lure that my dad designed, and you're right, the searching action of the lure was fantastic! The gluing process of the lures were the cause of the lips not lining up quite right much of the time. Many times the lips (and sometimes the entire body) would slip slightly while being glued, and then dry just a little "off". A few years later, a pin was added to the mold by my dad to assist assemblers with keeping the lip halves lined up. But earlier Warts often did have misaligned lips as you say! I believe he introduced the Wiggle Wart in 1975. :)

BPS has tanked out with crap gear. Old school BPS and Cabelas was far superior

Love me some old school lures. My GrandDad used to say "If it caught fish 40 years ago, it will catch fish now".

Just a thought. With technology today, laser scan these old baits and 3D print them and see how they work. Could do some wood carving as well and see how they work depending on the density of each wood species.

Thanks for the trip done memory lane. I worked in a bait and tackle shop in 1981 through 1983. Most of my tackle dates back to those days. We stocked 9 out of 10 of those. The boss saw event then that BPS was a threat to local tackle stores and refused to use their catalog as a supplier...which they were really pushing back then. I had a few of the original Bagley's DB2 in brown/chartreus crawdad that were by far the most productive hardbaits I ever owned. Never the same after that. Culprit worms had a color combo of laminated orange and motor-oil. No flake. Not flashy. Didn't catch enough fishermen so it was discontinued. I used my last this year. Two 4's and a 5 on that one worm. Hell of a goodbye to the best worm and color combo ever.

Missed my favorite, the Nip I didee. Still catching bass on it. I’m 74, Dad started me at 5..

Dang I miss the days looking through those old catalogs.

I loved those 80's BPS Uncle Buck spinnerbaits they were quality. I still fish those Strike King Spin Dance spinnerbaits with the Tennessee blades... some things never get old if they're still catching bass.

Not quite as old as these, but for me it’s the Berkley Frenzy. The marketing when they came out got me, and I bought a bunch of em, but they worked. Even caught two bass at the same time on a Fire Tiger diver. ‘Fish Feed on the Action!’

The first bass I ever caught was when I was 5 years old on a mister twister pearl and black shad!

Don’t forget the Norman Weedwalker! I still have the one I used as a kid

kind of late, but uncle josh is bringing the no 11 pork back this year

Ah, I still have a few of those old snake lures and the new snake lures he put out before his passing. I was a huge Doug Hannon fan.

That old candy bar jig hanging in gramps garage or the Rapala someone dug out the trash heap behind the shed..They both caught jackpot fish years after their time.

Manns manipulaor worms with triple ribbon tails was a hit for us back in the 80's

Man. Miss the pork frog. Caught so many big bass in the spring on black and blue jig and pig.

Awesome video man! I got into bass fishing in the early 80s and had most of these lures. Great memories! Thank you.

I would like to see Zora ghost made again

The Helin Flatfish. My all-time favorite. It drove Northerns and Bucketmouths crazy with rage and/or hunger. Yakima Bait reintroduced the Flatfish but the original by Charlie Helin is a legendary fish snagger and is vintage. Some originals can be found on that eB** place. I found a bunch and they are in my tackle collection.

Always a great watch !!! keep up the super content Chris!

i had that 1988 basspro catalog!! i used to spend hour reading trough it and my childhood dream was to one day be able to visit the store, back then they did not have as many locations as they have today and being an 8y/o growing up in Mexico, it was even harder for me to fulfill that dream. man.. i wish a still had it i would love to read it again.

Damn I still use hulas and jitterbugs. Hard to beat a great topwater bite.

Don't know the manufacturer, or if it's discontinued, but there was a bait called the 'floppy' that was death to smallies on the Shenandoah in the '70s.

I just discovered your channel...IMMEDIATELY SUBSCRIBED!! I've been fishing since the late 1960's, and have owned and used every lure you highlighted. Like you, I wish I had boxes of those old Wiggle Warts, Strike King Frogs, and Bass Pro Shops "Tornadoes". I never understood why lure companies would discontinue proven, fish-catching, baits -- especially when they still sold well. I can't wait to explore your channel. I used to love gazing through that annual Bass Pro Shops "Master Catalogue"....

I thought I was too young to recognize most of those baits... I miss the Strike King porko Junior ! Was a killer trailer on jigs for big bass.

The first time I ever ordered from Bass Pro I was blown away how nice the ladies where on the phone and would always say yes when they asked "Y'all want to hear what our specials are?" I could listen to their sweet southern accents all day and always bought a couple "specials".

I'm so glad KZfaq recommended your channel to me. I love vintage lures and gimmicks. I just subbed

How can any of these lures work? I thought all bass agreed at the great bass meeting of 1983 to never eat any of these again!

Hey Chris 👋👋 I can think of a few more for you ! The SMITHWICK TOOTHPICK is one that's hard to find. The BILL PLUMMER SUPER FROG is another ! I had that 1978 BPS catalog too, but I actually got a chance to order from it in 1978, and in 1979 ! 👍😁✌👍👍

Another lure by Manns that I liked was the pogo shad. Caught alot of bass using those.

My friend caught his pb on a devil horse!! 8.5lbs here in Louisiana!

I stumbled on your KZfaq channel and I am glad that I did. The content of this video brings back memories. I think that about half of my tackle is discontinued and one day be sought after collectors on EBay. I am in the process of buying tackle that I once had on EBay and it's expensive. Great video.

In my opinion, the overall best lipless crankbait ever made, was the Mann's Finn-mann, which was similar to both the Leroy Brown and the Pogo Shad. My first exposure to it was at a tournament at Eufaula in the early eighties. The lure was not even on the market yet, but a company rep was at the ramp waiting on my boss. There looked to be a drug deal being made right there on the ramp as the rep handed over a couple of the baits to my boss, who was a member of the Mann's field staff. He promptly went out and caught twenty-eight pounds on a chartreuse/black back one.

My dad is in his early 60s he's been fishing all his life, thanks to him I have a lot of these antique lures. I'm never going to use them but they're cool to look at on the shelf. Great content sir you have a new sub.

one of your best episodes to date, nicely done.

My buddies and I spent many an graveyard shift pouring over BPS catalogs "back in the day." I've tried most of the baits you mentioned, and I don't recall EVER catching a fish on any of them. Especially the Tornado spinner, and the Doug Hannon Snake Bait.

The Tube Worm is a hit again. Thank you for your video.

The Tornado is still effective today! My grandpa gave me his brothers tackle box (my uncle) R.I.P! He was a great old school fishermen and had amazing old school rods , old school baits, I used the Tornado lastnite at dusk , after fishing Berkeley Choppo for most of time. BANG!!! I had 4 straight 3 lbers , then caught another 3 in my next 5 casts. I had my 2 year old daughter with me and she was amazed , daddy looked like a pro . Burleigh Falls Ontario Canada 🇨🇦

Tom Mann’s chug n spit is also a good one

First largemouth bass I caught was on a rooster tail

What a bad ass channel. I'm only 42, but this has been a time warp for me. Subbed.

I'm 76 years old and I've got a lot of this old stuff and still use it. Including a set of Heddon Supersonics. Never one to "mothball" something that works. That's not what it was created for. IMHO

I had the Doug Hannon snake bait when I was a kid. I don't recall ever catching anything on it, but it looked great in the water. I loved the grass frog and later the pop-n-frog, but I always missed a ton of fish with them. I prefer the zoom horny toad, much better hook up. I still have several jars of uncle Josh products. In the northwest we've always used wiggle warts for salmon and steelhead.

I still mimick the snake bait, with cork and ten inch ribbon worms. It isn't pretty, but works. I had the same reaction with the grass frog, only it was a large bowfin who took the bait. It was heart stopping. First thought was this thing actually works!

That Tube Worm is more like a shakey head than a Ned rig. And Randy Blaukat on Intuitive Angling had a video on pork frogs. I believe he mentioned a replacement for the old ones.

Just subscribed keep up the good work bud

Love these vids. Couldn’t even be done to list all the baits, lures, and colors snd patterns that I miss so dearly. Lol

Grass frog were awesome when they first came out and I caught a lot of fish. But something changed later and they just stopped catching fish.

You are awesome and I hope to see you grow !!!!

I have the 1979 BPS catalog sitting out on display in my house. I still have a few jars of old Uncle Josh pork rinds, too; the Fenwick Lunkerstik 2000 is still my favorite rod; and Mann's Razorback Pig and Deep Pig my most nostalgic crankbaits. How many fish I've caught on all that stuff is unknowable....

I have the green pogo shad you showed at my Dad's house somewhere. I never fished it much, but it was always in my tackle box as a boy.

Damn, I must be getting old. I've used everyone of those lures except for Mann's Leroy Brown.

Tube worms were the first item I ever ordered thru the mail. I think I was in the 4th or 5th grade. I put the exact change in the envelope. I can remember jumping up and down on my parents king sized bed when the Roland Martin song would start on the portable radio/tv. The tv had a 5” screen and used the radio dial. Having a second tv was a big deal back then because you could watch both channels at the same time! Imagine that!

I’d have to say the Riverside Air Lizard.

I had over 40 Tornados in the late 80's early 90's. Always my go to. I joined the military, and my S-Bag stepdads S-Bag son stole my tackle box. I'd give ANYTHING to have that box back in 2021. 😡😡😡😡

There are 2 that I would love to see come back. I will name 1 but not the other one. A floating spinnerbait, they were made by Hoppers in Tennessee. They had a Bream cork on the wire leading up to the bend. They really didn't float but when you let them fall it would sink really slowly and rock side to side, pitch it by a stump or log and hang on. The second one I'm going to keep to myself, I try to buy everyone that I can find on eBay.

Well Retro thanks to you I tied on a Rapala minnow spoon yesterday and got a nice 5lb walleye, off my backyard. I dont know why I stopped fishing them.

I have been binge watching in my limited free time at night!! Love every episode. Any idea when the Creme website store will be allowing purchases again? They keep saying temporarily closed... I prefer their pre-rigged 4" scoundrels. I have the hat to match your sticker in the background!! Keep on rocking. Gonna to hit 10K subs soon!

Bass Magnets!, No idea who made them, just know my dad had a full set of them in the Early-mid 90's. They were a crankbait loosely shaped like a crawdad, came in all sorts of colors. Last weekend Dad was showing me his "new" set of Bass Magnets he found on ebay, dropped a pretty penny on them too.

I have caught a ton of bass on the Hula Popper, Coach Dog color, fished up close to the bank in the early morning. It is my favorite bass lure,

Mann's made a plastic lizard that was labeled mann's FLW. They had a wide tail that tapered real small at the body. The side legs were super thin that had a ton of action as did the tail. I lost count of the 5 plus pound bass I caught on the junebug color. Wish they still made them. I haven't had or seen them for years.

i have a couple of jars of those pork frogs from back when I used to fish pig & jig as my go-to

Got big collection of old lures and Old Bass Pro shop catalogs I enjoy thumbing through had the Bass Professor stuff and books and his spinning reel too.

Where’s the cotton cordelle Redfin?!?! Still have one in a brand new package I’ve been saving lol

I came on your channel by luck and found it quite interesting. Fishing is one thing I liked for my whole life and have the tackle to prove it. The first Bass Classic tournaments permitted 5 rods and reels and one tackle box that could not weigh over ten pounds. When BASS tournaments first started anyone could enter as long as they paid the entry fees and agreed to the rules of the tournament. I happen to have one of the most popular use tackle boxes. (Plano model 757) I had plans to fish one tournament but failed to get too. The rules of the first years of bass tournaments were designed so anglers had to compete on an equal level. This changed as bass tournaments evolved into a giant success and sponsors and manufactures made it an advertising format for their products. What other pastimes can you enjoy doing from wearing Pampers to Senior’s sized Diapers? Fishing is the number one most popular pastime in the World. I still use my old tackle and new tackle as well. Good fishing tackle will last a lifetime if taken care of. I still use a Color Selector for fun sometimes; mine also has a PH meter too. Here a is a short list of old lures I use Mann’s Stingray Grubs, Mann’s Jelly worms, Mann’s Rat, Mr. Twister’s curly tail grubs, Rebel Deep-Wee-R, Mann’s HardNose Floating Snake, Johnson’s Silver minnows and Uncle Josh’s Pork Baits just like you. If you have, any jars that look bad you can save them by replacing the salt brine with new. You just have to make some and sterilize the jars. I have some over 30-years old. You can add scent using Concentrated Anise, Grape, and Garlic oils used for cooking and baking. You also can die them colors you prefer, this only works on white ones. I have the same box you have mine is more used looking. I think you are an avid collector and that is great for preserving Fishing History. Looking forward to seeing your next video. By the way, Antiques are over 100-years old and I am no antique angler. I am older and still can keep up to most young pups fishing and can put a whipping on plenty of them fishing with my old tackle.

Liked and subscribed! This is so cool!

Will never forget my first bass. Caught him on a 6" Mister Twister Phenom blue with red fire tail (color now discontinued) at Bells Lake in Turnersville, NJ in the early 80s, I was about 10 years old. Cast the worm near an old fishing dock in some lilly pads. One of the best memories of my life. Still fish with MT Phenoms to this day just because of that first catch. Love the channel!

I had the Snakebait. My dad used to laugh at some of my lures that I would buy as a kid until one day I went out and just slaughtered them on that thing. Only problem was that for some reason gar would attach that thing like it owed them money so I lost all of them that I had in fairly short order.

I love this channel! I don't know how you find all of this info but it is very cool! The old catalogs remind me of when I first got interested in bass fishing. Keep up the good work!

Absolutely love your show. remember to think Debo I first saw you on his show.

I favored the Devil Horse back in them days. Big bass on top water is hard to beat.🎣

Back before I had ever heard of Bass Pro Shops, an older friend showed me a Mepp's Comet Minnow. We only knew it as a "Mepp's Minnow" and it was pretty much the only lure he owned. We caught almost anything that would take a lure. Trout, bass, panfish, pike and pickerel were caught in our lakes and ponds. Never did gat a walleye though. Now, I own several in every size they make. Still an awesome lure.

Have about 5 of these. Good stuff!

I had a 5-pounder borrow my Tornado. It had a twisted propeller type of blade instead of the chatter blade seen here. Up until that day I had always thought the bass only ate the skirted jig and the blade was just for vibration and attraction. Nope. She engulfed the whole thing. Although my time with her was short we created a memory to last a lifetime.😂

Really enjoyed.

LOVED the snakebait!! Also miss the Dance’s Eel. Pike loved them!

The float n fly technique often used on cold Dale Hollow waters, used a craft fur 1/16 oz Jig, tipped with an Uncle Josh fly strip, usually white. I’d pay top dollar for a few jars!

What lure in this Top 10 list do you MOST want to see us fish with in an upcoming episode of Retro Bassin'?

Love the videos. Takes me back to 1978 when as a kid I started buying all things Mann’s Bait Company. Still fish Jelly Worms from late 70’s and early 80’s. Got lots of old Jelly Worms and Fliptail Worms. I collect them now. Let me know if you have any old Jelly Worms you might want to let go of. Keep fishin it old school.

I loved the Tornados! Caught so many bass and pike on those. So versatile. I’d love to copy that bait and reintroduce it.

I use Rapala minnow spoon all the time. One of the best lures for reeds and even large grocery stores carry it here.

Great memories but dont forget the weedwalker (frog pattern) and the famous tom mann razerback.👍👍

Great vid, interesting, well presented. What else ya got?!

Love the old school lure my personal best lure was a bass oreno

I use a number of out of production baits. 2 of my favorites are the Short Wart and Front Runner. I am almost out of original Wiggle Warts but like the new ones OK.

In the early 80s the Arbogast Arbogaster was my favorite lure. It was a deep diving crankbait that had a hula skirt on it and bass loved it. Wish they still made those!

Such a great video. Love that old school Bass Pro hat. One I miss is the Sexy Swimmer swimbait from StrikeKing. Not retro but discontinued. It was just too sexy

Tom Mann had a top water bait that did not last very long. It was called the Frog Mann and came in several outside patterns. A plastic frog-looking bait, with a rattle feature. Fishing this Mann's top water bait in the Spring and Fall would give the best results from this lure. The Tom Mann Frog Mann lure came out in the 1970's and went out of production sometimes in the 1980's. Two triple hook set-up, with one on the belly and one in the rear. This bait, for some unknown reason, did not catch on. Frogs are high on the food chain for bass in areas (south) of the country where frogs are plentiful. This bait was made for some great top water action, bass action! Thanks so much again for another great retro-bait program!

I LOVE vintage gear, love to use vintage gear! Great channel!

I have two of those snake heads! I have the tornado & also have a Leroy brown!

I’ve still got four of those snake baits and two of the tornadoes (though the skirts dry rotted off). I also have three suspending (I think) Wiggle Warts from back in the 80s. Miss the Uncle Josh stuff as I used to fish a ton of jig and pig setups because they were pretty inexpensive for a broke kid. One bait that I used to love but don’t remember the name of was a clear lipless crank that had different color prismatic inserts - red, blue, chartreuse, green, and pearl. As a kid when I got it, I loved getting five lures for the price of one.

One I wish they'd bring back is the old Heddon Prowler. I caught some of the best fish of my life with it.

My grandfather passed away a couple of months ago, and as I was going through all of his fishing stuff that was left to me, I found one of the Grass Frogs in black. I immediately was taken aback by the hydrofoam material. I'll have to try to land a fish on it for Papa and my channel.

I miss the Lindy Shadling with square lip so much! I don’t know how many zander ( europe walleyes) i caught with them!

Man I came across these soft plastic snake fishing baits at a yard sale were about 10 inches long had to buy them. And they were incredible ,remember seeing 2 or 3 bass at a time go after them. Unfortunately all ended up tore up and haven't been able to find them.

Do you know where I can find a War Eagle Double Willow Gold Spinnerbait in Bone-Chartreuse?

I have an old Lee Sisson deep diving balsa crankbait that was my dad’s. He did use it at least once but it’s in very good condition and I’m gonna keep it and never use it again. I love it.

Great video

I snatched up the bass pro the tornado lure at a fishing sale the guy was selling it for 50 cents and when I saw it I grabbed before anyone else could snatch it

I was hoping to see on here the Bomber Fat A Bill Dance signature series with Excalibur hooks that came out in the mid 90's .They introduced A transparent Fire Tiger Shad and a transparent Ghost Shad with a loud BB rattle that produced a ton of big bass for Me and a buddy of mine..Sadly they suffered the same fate as these lures when out of the blue, no heads up, not even a John Deere letter left in the their place, they were gone quicker than a girl from Cranston..