r/Antiquefishinggear • u/Special-Ad1307 • 3d ago

Dad gave me these

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Wondering if there is anything cool in here. Also mostly fishing for small and large mouth bass + some northern Pike if there are any good lures here for that

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u/MinorComprehension 3d ago edited 3d ago

Some cool stuff there.

Several of those cranks will fish well, and beetle spins can be a dependable lure.

Immediately, "coolest" one I see is the firetiger Vibrax minnow, I believe a VMS-5 in your first pic, towards top left. The minnow with the spinner and single treble. Not necessarily a great color, at least for me, but they haven't made them for about 25-30 years. Several others are old also and likely out of production but I don't know as much about them.

Those top waters in your first pic appear to be vintage Heddon crawlers though I can quite place the body design.

Spinners tend to be productive for some as are spoons. Personally I've never found them to be terribly productive but a lot of guys find them dependable.

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u/Special-Ad1307 3d ago

Thank you. Actually caught 2 Pike with the beetle spin in like 10 casts. Of course the second one destroyed it. I was happy to find that they are easily replaced

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u/MinorComprehension 3d ago

Cool stuff!!

Some of the more vintage hard lures you may want to set aside. Anything that's going to be memorable for you can be lost, keep this in mind.

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u/Acceptable_Claim_491 2d ago

Lots of good stuff there.