What's Your Old Lure that Still Catches Bass?

[MK49]

I don't really want to talk about this, because I like to keep it secret. But, here it goes. I bought a Heddon Meadow Mouse around 1980. I didn't really use it, until around 2010. I saw Megabass making a copy of the Meadow Mouse, so I started using it. It's actually a great wake bait. Only things I did was adding a split rings, replacing hooks, adjusting the angle of the bill and the tail (longer than the original.)

It still catches fish, especially, when other topwater baits don't get a bite. I've bought 6 or 7 Meadow Mouse on eBay, but I'm still using the same one that I bought in 1980.

What's your old lure that 99% of people don't use today?

[dragon1]

A bigger sized jointed black Jitterbug. I replace the rear hook with a single long shank single and run a black/purple floating worm on it to resemble a mouse tail. It still hits em good in ponds.

[Thunderblack1984]

Black jitterbug here. Big bass slay this lure. I'll always have one in my box.

[slipperybob]

Rapala Minnow Spoon Weedless. I admit the hookup ratio isn't that great but, when they be biting, they be biting.

[dragon1]

Rapala Minnow Spoon Weedless. I admit the hookup ratio isn't that great but, when they be biting, they be biting.

Yeah, reminds of how effective the Johnson Silver Minnow spoon was...seems that since Uncle Josh Pork Rinds went defunct there aren't a lot of trailers that pair well with this classic lure anymore.

[dirtygeary]

I have some older spinnerbaits with hammered silver Colorado blades. Not even sure of the maker(not that it matters since so similar). However I can fish right behind someone with these older spinnerbaits and get bit. No one is using that style anymore. Oh and white is the go to skirt color.

[flipper502]

The larger black jitterbug is tops but all of them work when a more subtle presentation is needed.