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The lures we usually talk about are generally simple, reasonably priced, and easy to get. Above all, they work. But there’s always been lots of overpriced or silly stuff mixed with the good. Here are four of such lures you want to avoid.
Crash Landing
Crash Landing Roland Martin’s helicopter lure is a story of a great angler who unfortunately hitched his future to the smelly end of a garbage truck. The lure is a three-bladed plastic device, weighted and with a hook, that spins like helicopter blades as it sinks, thereby attracting bass. A lure kit, once heavily advertised on TV fishing shows, cost $19.95. Yes, it caught some bass. But most fishermen rightly thought it was idiotic.