what year

pig n jig · 01-19-08, 01:41 PM

What years were these 2 Bill Lewis traps made ?

JB · 01-19-08, 08:02 PM

last week

pig n jig · 01-19-08, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by JB

last week

It seems like just yesterday, don't it ? I cannot remember when they made the lipped floating trap.The double fined traps were around when I first started bass fishing.I thought someone might know.

P N J

lunker-lander · 01-19-08, 10:25 PM

Hmmmm.... When you first started bass fishing you say? I'd say probably around B.C 200 then....

-Lunk-

BigBassin144 · 01-20-08, 10:40 AM

Wow those are pretty cool. Probably antiques now. I qouldn't fish with them. See if you can find something like that on Ebay.

BB

Bob Smith · 01-20-08, 02:34 PM

I remember both of them, the floater just never caught on (I still have a couple of the lipless rattletraps in the floating version). The double finned baits never caught on in Texas because the regular versions were working so darned good! I'm thinking it was around 1990/1991 for the floater, and the late 1980s for the double finned models.

bassnman30 · 01-20-08, 03:42 PM

I was in Alexandria L.A. when the Ratl-traps were first put on the market. They had a little store in the middle of town and you could go and buy one for $1.
They sold so many that they built a big fancy building up on the highway.
No visitors, no spectators, and by all means no solicitors. No second baits were made here as well. They all went into boxes and showed up on our favorite store shelves at regular store prices. This was somewhere in 1982-83.

CarpMan · 01-20-08, 04:33 PM

Bassnman, I could be wrong, but I remember fishing those B. Lewis traps back in the early and mid 70s, used to parallel them by the edges of lilly pads, rip-rap fished them deep and shallow, they were a killer bait. Still have some of the old ones in my box. Carpy

BigBassin144 · 01-20-08, 09:52 PM

Dang, from what you guys have said, it looks like these lures are older than me. Like I said, I'd put 'em away and not use them since they look to be in pretty good condition.

BB

basskicker · 01-21-08, 09:23 PM

not sure on the date but my dad had some just like em, but last year the plastic box they were in got water in it and rusted everything. ruined every lure in there so we just threw them away.

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lunker-lander BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 1,628	Hmmmm.... When you first started bass fishing you say? I'd say probably around B.C 200 then.... -Lunk- __________________ I don't see why schools are Public. If all schools were made Private, trespassers would be eliminated!

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BigBassin144 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 9,463	Wow those are pretty cool. Probably antiques now. I qouldn't fish with them. See if you can find something like that on Ebay. BB __________________ As of June 14, 2014 the members of the BF.com forum have moved to basschat.yuku.com!

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Bob Smith BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Cartersville, Georgia Posts: 1,472	Bill Lewis lures I remember both of them, the floater just never caught on (I still have a couple of the lipless rattletraps in the floating version). The double finned baits never caught on in Texas because the regular versions were working so darned good! I'm thinking it was around 1990/1991 for the floater, and the late 1980s for the double finned models. __________________ Bob Smith a.k.a. "Porko" (vintage Strike King variety!)

01-20-08, 03:42 PM	#7
bassnman30 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Lexington,NC-Worlds best BBQ. Posts: 1,945	I was in Alexandria L.A. when the Ratl-traps were first put on the market. They had a little store in the middle of town and you could go and buy one for $1. They sold so many that they built a big fancy building up on the highway. No visitors, no spectators, and by all means no solicitors. No second baits were made here as well. They all went into boxes and showed up on our favorite store shelves at regular store prices. This was somewhere in 1982-83. __________________ Lexington,NC.

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01-20-08, 04:33 PM	#8
CarpMan BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 676	Bassnman, I could be wrong, but I remember fishing those B. Lewis traps back in the early and mid 70s, used to parallel them by the edges of lilly pads, rip-rap fished them deep and shallow, they were a killer bait. Still have some of the old ones in my box. Carpy

01-20-08, 09:52 PM	#9
BigBassin144 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 9,463	Dang, from what you guys have said, it looks like these lures are older than me. Like I said, I'd put 'em away and not use them since they look to be in pretty good condition. BB __________________ As of June 14, 2014 the members of the BF.com forum have moved to basschat.yuku.com!

01-21-08, 09:23 PM	#10
basskicker BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ashland City, TN Posts: 111	not sure on the date but my dad had some just like em, but last year the plastic box they were in got water in it and rusted everything. ruined every lure in there so we just threw them away. __________________ other anglers are hard to beat, but the fish are the real competition.

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