The Lure That Made Me A Pro Angler

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In today’s RU-vid video, Randy shows everybody the one lure responsible for me fishing professionally…#bass #bassmaster #bassfishing #fishingdaily #fishing #fishing #fishingtrip #fishinglife #fish #catchandrelease #bass
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@vandall0160 Год назад

Fished em mainly in the 70's and 80's and still use and search out for favorite colors today.

@garyong2499 Год назад

Don't forget the Wee R, Mini R, and Maxi R, as good a square bill as today but one of the earliest production square bills to come out.

@Old-School-Bassin Год назад

I got one a few months ago from a snagged anchor rope. Hooks were rusted off, bottom was more Perl but the top was greenish crawdad pattern. I slapped some hooks on and am ready to go again. Funny is the anchor chain was rusted out which allowed me to pull up the rope and part of the chain along with a ton of line and hooks. Raunchy as it was I still pulled the thing out on my boat and trashed it in the bin. You’re Welcome bass fishers at Saguaro Lake “Land of the Giants”

@taterbugmi Год назад

Wowsers! Randy, that exact lure, is the lure that I caught my pb when I was about 13 or 14. I STILL have it, and it's brother, the Suspend-R. I did catch one on it this past summer.

@marctheriault Год назад

Anything that gives us joy also provides us with memories! Glad to see yours renewed!!

@retiredboxingref7620 Год назад

Beetle Spin. Been using it for years! Its my go to; search bait for Walleye and Crappie. And yet I still drag around five grand worth of lures in my boat.

@dennisd6180 Год назад

The good old days. Tnx for sharing.

@jakevandevoorde5194 Год назад

Is there anything better than something like that taking you back to a great memory!?! Love it!

@charlesdriggers199 Год назад

Rebel, Bagley, and Smithwick as far as hardbaits are all we used . Cotton Cordell and Rapala would be close behind.

@redslkpd Год назад

Got me reminiscing. I remember my first bass on a Mann's jelly worm fishing from the shoreline. Thousands of bass later still fishing but now in my 2nd Ranger.😁😁😁

@wiscocoaltrain1955 Год назад

Love the videos!

@johnbutler307 Год назад

Thanks for all the info. you give us.

@TN-Vols-Fan Год назад

I still like the old Rebel crankbait's.

@markedwards1828 Год назад

the best color for me was orange with black stripes. Deep and double deep. Especially Lay Lake AL

@bmannichols4157 Год назад

I grew up throwing the shallow and deep weR's in the # 34 color on the Alabama River

@ericfrazier9527 Год назад

Thay still work great in Virginia , late winter early spring .

@martybohlkejr.7686 Год назад

Same cove my buddy Chad Randles has trailer on 😁😁

@collector_effectors Год назад

Rebel makes some super juicy stuff on the downlow. Thanks for the story on this one I'll keep my eye out.

@johnleavell5562 Год назад

Very cool story. That's what it's really about😎

@scottehrlich6653 Год назад

Yea! Vintage lures thanks

@ronniemitchell9221 Год назад

Cool story...!

@thomascarmichael6760 Год назад

Hey Randy, one of the patterns they stopped making is the “Ole Bass” pattern. I’d slay the bass down here on Guntersville!! Especially when you had that pattern on a Rebel Maxi R. Thought I’d get my 2 cents in on those lures. Walmart sells them but not in a lot of the older patterns.

@george5697 Год назад

Thats an interesting story.. 👍

@billkern2753 Год назад

Thanks for sharing your story! Love the channel.

@barryroberts153 Год назад

Randy, can you do a video showing the difference in bass fry and shad fry?

@Brownwood09 Год назад

Man that brings back memories. I had a bunch of those baits and still have a few. In the early 90s my home lake was lake Lewisville. My favorite patterns was to tune one to run right and one to run left. Then I would fish the tire reef at one of the big Marinas. The bait would only run about 6 feet deep but I would fish parallel to the tires and that little crank would get under the tires, crashing into them as I went. Caught lots of limits and never even ran my big motor. My best was a 9.8 in early May. Still my PB. I still use that technique for fishing floating docks .

@granthibberd6069 Год назад

Hey Keith, what’s the significance of tuning the bait to run right or left?

@Brownwood09 Год назад

@@granthibberd6069 it will dive underneath the cover, tires or dock. I could get them to run 3 or 4 feet off center, getting underneath the tires or dock to fish that would never see a straight running crank.

@granthibberd6069 Год назад

@@Brownwood09 thanks for the reply, tight lines and merry Christmas to you and your family.

@ogles824 Год назад

I have that exact lure. Caught some nice fish on it……

@envyfishing5676 Год назад

That's awesome

@brucegrove5794 Год назад

Thanks Randy. The Rebel Deep Wee R in Tennessee Shad was my first crankbait in the early eighties. I still have many of the original one my parents stuffed in my Christmas stocking. I also have some of the original packaging on display in my tackle shop. Ive collected over 100 of these gems over the years from EBay. The still fish awesome here in California on Shasta, Oroville, and the Delta. They are always on my boat even if I don’t throw them. Takes me back to a simpler time fishing from my plastic Coleman Crawdad Jon boat with a 5 HP Gamefisher from Sears.

@dongriffey7939 Год назад

They kill at Folsom and Berryessa too.

@af4od02 Год назад

I used to love fishing my deep wee R’s. I had the chrome side and black top, and white mat side and black top and crawfish pattern. I thought their small to medium size was excellent. There were more small fish in my lakes who could bite it. My other favorites were the Cordell little and Big “o’s” and Arbogast mudbugs. Excellent memories. There was also the Rebel Super R.

@donaldrogers3448 Год назад

GREAT baits!! Let us know if they still catch 'em!! Don

@MyBizGuide8 Год назад

Wow totally forgot about those! I had a baby bass one I used to like

@williamsanders3182 Год назад

I used to fish the crap out of the little Rebel Humpy in bone. What a fish slayer.

@troyseal9877 Год назад

I spooled up a old Abu Garcia C3 yesterday because that was such a great time in my fishing growth. Nostalgia is a wonderful thing. It reminds me of a time you could fish something small without calling it a Ned.

@Budget_bassin Год назад

I still have a good collection of these. Great baits!

@bike4him589 Год назад

Please video the day you take that lure out on the water.

@chrismorgan3886 Год назад

Nice walk through memory lane!

@michaelkolbe5963 Год назад

Have a few of them myself and believe I have that pattern you won Tournament on .

@chrisr279 Год назад

got my holiday box last week its 🔥

@randyblaukatintuitive Год назад

Thx!

@stevencochran4274 Год назад

It’ll still catch fish

@philleotta7201 Год назад

I really thought you were going to say it was the crawdad colored Wiggle Warts. Lake of the Ozarks special. The old model only. The new ones...... not so good.

@stevencochran4274 Год назад

My first big fish big numbers bait was the big O it was hard to get one way back when

@mojo6778 Год назад

Great story and funny thing is how many fish you can still catch on the old school lures. New, current lures, are not always better. One of my best topwater lures is the old clear tiny torpedo, and the clear torpedo. I will remove the prop off the clear torpedo, add a living rubber over the rear hook, and twitch it , walking it like a spook. Very effective if a quiet presentation is needed. I will also paint the silhouette of a dragon fly body on the underneath side with a wet paint pen which has been very effective in summer.

@maxpieper2392 Год назад

For me (and I’m not a Pro) it was the Bomber Hellbender and the Lazy Ike… I fished those in the early 80’s and would fight with my Dad about how long each of us was “allowed” to use it, before having to relinquish it to the other person …

@MO-Boyz Год назад

Randy. Have you ever had the thought that if that ole boy would have never offered to take you out on his boat and show you that crank bait, you may not be where you are today. Just a reminder that people are put in our life for a reason. Even if its only for an hour or so .

@dancook8583 Год назад

Well said....

@gregwilliams4201 Год назад

The wee R them where the good old days and Mann's jelly worms...

@martyaustin6545 Год назад

I think I got a couple of them in my old tackle box

@bill7949 Год назад

Got some of them

@morganhood9425 Год назад

Man oh man how this takes me back! The wee r and rapala fat rap is how I learned to fish a crankbait with my dad. I'm 27 now but I'll never forget opening dad's tackle boxes and looking at all his lures and smelling the distinct paint smell they used back them! Awesome stuff!

@rolltidech Год назад

I've always wondered if you should throw some of the older Baits from the 70's and 80's. Cause most fish today hasn't heard that sound. Most bass are condition to the sounds that today's crank Baits make. Just a thought..

@edwardwicht5271 Год назад

Great story. For me it was just a few years later at my grandparents trailer on Lake Barkley (KY) with a Rapala jointed minnow and Lazy Ike.

@thomasindler1576 Год назад

Love the blast from the past. Old news is good news. Before China

@damnitman1969 Год назад

I knew that’s what lure it was. I have one I broke the lip off of on a cypress tree about 30 years ago.

@academicmailbox7798 Год назад

On the subject matter of sport where people wait a long time to make it (or don't). Teddy Atlas was talking about the combative sports and boxing business. In the most recent episode of his boxing podcast. And there was criticism of one of the competitors from fans. The competitor in question was viewed to having won too 'easy' a decision in a match. Teddy's comments, struck home with me. I thought they were kind of immortal words. Words that have been spoken by trainers to younger sports people. Over centuries. Lots of people felt the competitor did not earn the decision. Teddy just said. In this business I can tell you, everyone ends up earning it.

@billyfogle2899 Год назад

I've got some of those.

@dongriffey7939 Год назад

In the mid 70's this was my lure. Still have a few beat up ones. I agree that something changed and the availability and effectiveness went down. Keep us posted on your results using your new old lures.

@Gabe_HappyFeet_Tucker Год назад

I have a couple tricks to share with you Randy. You can use a threading needle to open split rings for putting trebles back on your lures easier without poking your fingers. Just hold the lure down on a table or hard surface, place the needle between the rings and pull up on the lure Place the treble in the open gap and pull the needle out. Easy peezy. The other idea I stumbled across is using google imaging on lures to get a better idea how life like of forage the lure resembles. The google app will actually show an image of a forage bait instead of an image of a man-made lure if it resembles it closely.

@ricksonora6656 Год назад

I don’t understand half of that, but it’s great when people like you share comments that actually have value. Thank you!

@Gabe_HappyFeet_Tucker Год назад

@@ricksonora6656 google imaging is a tool you can use to identify objects you're not certain of simply by taking a picture of it. you download the app and afterwards there will be a camera icon on the right side of your google search bar. so if u are at a store to buy a lure to match the forage within the fishery your focused on, you could take a picture of it prior to buying it to see how closely the lure matches the forage in the fishery. because it tells me that if i take a picture of a lure to find out what lure it is specifically but instead a fish pops up, then would mean it must be dang close to perfect if google see's a real life fish instead of the lure. its a really smart tool. hope that makes sense. or if you are like randy and like to modify your baits you could experiment with colors and what not and keep taking photos until it matches what forage you are trying to match. and it ain't no thing yw

@waynecasper5346 Год назад

Randy I guess you know by now that most of us old fisherman have at least 10 or 12 of every color and every double deep and shallow runner made in the old Rebels hahaha now I have question for you do you have any L&S Mirrors Lures jointed in Pearl white with red eyes.

@wolverinex4243 Год назад

Lures don't make the man. The man makes the lures.

@georgecollins9023 Год назад

Please let us know how you do with it

@myriammorrison9840 Год назад

eBay will sell out now, 😂..

@shanecarney7318 Год назад

Use tear them up on firetiger deep wee r

@jonathanmartin7003 Год назад

I have a similar story but it was with an old bagley mighty minnow. Still have a few

@AngryOtter614 Год назад

The Rebels have never had the slickest finishes or do much to catch your eye, but they really do work well for whatever reason.

@shanecisco3647 Год назад

Hey Wal-Mart sales those on clearance just to let you know they don't have a lot of colors but they have them you let the cat out of the bag on these one

@shanecisco3647 Год назад

And they sale two different sizes the regular one and a small one you got to get some of the small ones you'll want to give me a shout or maybe one of those finesse old school jigs that you don't talk about

@shanecisco3647 Год назад

The Deep Wee R is what the WV state record spotted bass was caught on in the late 80s early 90s at 4.77 pounds

@pfft7738 Год назад

Hey Randy long time sub here. Just wanted to let you know I ordered a box today but I wanted to order 2 and gift 1 to someone...there isn't an option to add a 2nd box so you gotta manually go and purchase 2 boxes separately. Thanks alot and have a good xmas.

@randyblaukatintuitive Год назад

I don’t think you can order to it once I think only one at a time. Much appreciated you ordering one!

@SpookyRedz Год назад

That crank bait worked down south too in the rivers , great bait I still have a bunch in that color and other colors

@clay7514 Год назад

Anyone else having trouble not seeing videos? I see notifications but the video is not showing up in the list on the channel

@shayparis2213 Год назад

my first crank also !!

@richerwin6397 Год назад

WOW, I was all about the Deep Wee-R's back in '79. I bought about 12 in the natural perch pattern of the day (I still have all of them). I do better on the rudimentary crawfish pattern instead of the "naturalized" crawfish. If you remember the Wee-R and Deep Wee-R's hooks used to get hung up together, you may want to use a shorter shank hook on either. Or, use smaller split rings to keep them apart.

@davidgretencord9505 Год назад

Randy, I also used the Rebel Wee-R extensively in the 70’s. Mine even had a name - “Radar”. I used the crawdad color, square bill with the orange belly, not the red belly that they changed to. As you said, they quit making it. My personal best was 9 LMB on 9 casts in different directions. I had #10 on the lure, but he jumped and spit Radar back at me. Great memories. Radar retired somewhere in Dale Hollow Lake on the KY side.

@terrytresemer2864 Год назад

My first was the Rapla, still have it. Yeah, I've a couple wee R's and baby O's I still use as well as others. Some that haven't been made in over 50 years. One of the bennie's of being old.

@patrickmahoney3479 Год назад

Great story! The Rebel line of lures was great back in the day. My favorite was the Wee R.

@michaelmcclenon6663 Год назад

Are they crap now. Whats a new up to date good lure thats similar.

@chuckhiccox8086 Год назад

Makes me wonder why nobody is using Red Devils anymore . Those were the go to lure back in the 70’s.

@mikecollett8513 Год назад

Great video. Man those old Rebels were pretty good. We used the Wee Craw, a Grasshopper and Minnows in the rivers and creeks. Still have a couple. A follow up on their effectiveness would be fun too.

@buckmountaintaxidermy7788 Год назад

Oh lord yes!The deep wee rs were deadly!!I saw a fellow next to me catch two,back to back,in the 5-6lb range!And we're not alone on praising the effectiveness of these lures!Just ask around!Rebel made a mistake when they discontinued this lure..Maybe you could convince them to start making them again!🤔👍

@riverotterluresericdenson9216 Год назад

The plastic ain't the same now. It wouldn't be as good.

@worthdale7087 Год назад

Gotta tell you, that same lure, the wee-r crawdad color was awesome!! I live in eastern nc,back in the 70’s and early 80’s before they discontinued them, the crawdad color, killer on Lake Gaston and in all the rivers in my area, plus the shad design was the bomb on stripers!! Sure would love to find some to use again!! You are blessed to have found some, maybe you can get Baitworks to produce them!!

@ecwcorn3666 Год назад

Win a tournament on that and you'll be like Zell Rowland resurrecting the Pop R in the 80s😉

@The_Bass_Stunters Год назад

Man the bait that started it all for me was a Rebel deep diver on an old school Abu Garcia on an even older “Boron” 5’6” rod! Lol busted a 5 pounder and thought I’d of caught a 10! Great times!

@josephcottrell6477 Год назад

They still work under the right conditions.

@am2probassfishingjourney Год назад

Good looking bait! Going to watch eBay and see how high these sell today…thanks for sharing.

@mikesoutfishing Год назад

My first lure was a rooster tail, grandpa started me off with it and that’s what I started my son on.

@Haridas-oh9yu Год назад

Good

@clay7514 Год назад

Think we’ve heard that story before, is that the guy that shaved the lip with a file?

@drewcolvard4810 Год назад

I have that lure, Smallmouth candy

@chrishuskey7009 Год назад

Hey Randy I have the same Bates in the late 70,s and early 80,s we troll it for crappie in the morning we would Bass fish in the evening and load the boat with crappie and Bass great memories thanks hope you see this

@tbone6924 Год назад

I get that he is a "pro" angler, so getting fish in the boat is money, BUT for someone who is constantly going off about protecting the fisheries and respecting the fish - for the love of God crimp those barbs! One cannot claim to be a good steward of fisheries and respectful of the fish while using barbed hooks, that is just hypocritical.

@clay7514 Год назад

Can’t ever catch fish on a craw pattern, do so much better on shad patterns