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 Re: Oldhams cantaloupe spinnerbait????
[Re: jack w]
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07/06/22 11:59 PM
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grout-scout
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Does anyone know how to get the Elroy Kruger spinner bait and or the skirts and or the blades?
I live in Indiana and use to use that spinner bait when I lived in Texas back in the 80’s-90’s. I stopped in Elroy’s bait shop and he showed me his bait and told me the history about it. I bought several but have either lost or misplaced them.
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Jack Wright
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Doubtful, Elroy has been dead for years and any rubber skirts in existence would be dry rot by now.
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Re: Oldhams cantaloupe spinnerbait????
[Re: grout-scout]
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07/07/22 12:35 AM
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Grout, you ever catch any fish on those Harper spinners?
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Re: Oldhams cantaloupe spinnerbait????
[Re: Flooringit]
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07/07/22 12:37 AM
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If it worked good why did They stop making it? That happens with all kinds of stuff. Many stupid people out there. Usually management people in a company that have no idea what they are doing. I see it all the time.
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Re: Oldhams cantaloupe spinnerbait????
[Re: Minner Bucket]
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07/07/22 12:40 AM
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Grout, you ever catch any fish on those Harper spinners? No, but I can’t get them to bite any spinnerbaits. Maybe I need to put the skirt on a Jhammer and give it a go. Hell, who am I kidding, I don’t get bites on any baits.  I did have a bass around 5lbs hit one of his jigs, but it got tangled up in some brush and pulled off before I could lip it.
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Re: Oldhams cantaloupe spinnerbait????
[Re: grout-scout]
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07/07/22 01:01 AM
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Re: Oldhams cantaloupe spinnerbait????
[Re: grout-scout]
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07/07/22 02:02 AM
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The bait resembles a copper nose bream and they work well late winter / early spring at few east Texas lakes
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Re: Oldhams cantaloupe spinnerbait????
[Re: grout-scout]
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07/07/22 03:15 AM
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Jersey Dan has tons of Oldham Spinnerbaits is those fancy colors. I bet he has a few laying around
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Re: Oldhams cantaloupe spinnerbait????
[Re: Jobie99]
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07/07/22 03:21 AM
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Jersey Dan has tons of Oldham Spinnerbaits is those fancy colors. I bet he has a few laying around He might want Lunker Punker prices for them though.
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Re: Oldhams cantaloupe spinnerbait????
[Re: grout-scout]
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07/07/22 03:37 AM
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Cantelope colored spinnerbait thread rose from the dead after six years?!!!! Caught my eye when I opened it and read the 2nd post by ol’ “Tight Lines” Thad Rains!
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Re: Oldhams cantaloupe spinnerbait????
[Re: grout-scout]
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07/07/22 03:51 AM
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Good news is, if you can't find that skirt color, you can always mimic the same weight and blade combination and use a White and Chartreuse skirt and probably rewrite history.
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Re: Oldhams cantaloupe spinnerbait????
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07/07/22 12:32 PM
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Re: Oldhams cantaloupe spinnerbait????
[Re: grout-scout]
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07/07/22 01:56 PM
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Back in the 90's Elroy and I was fishing against each other on Amistad. He lost his only Golden Boy as he called it, to a big fish during practice. He knew that I always took my suplies in a huge tackle box to build baits if I needed something. We stayed up until after midnight dying Gold Living Rubber to get the colors right. - He took Big Bass on the Willow Blades with Golden Boy Skirts. - I took second place overall on the Indiana Bladed Golden Boy. ![[Linked Image]](https://texasfishingforum.com/forums/pics/userpics/2022/07/full-28031-145350-krueger_golden_boys.jpg)
Each person you work with holds some promise to your future success. Websiite Sponsors: www.eletewater.com - Staying Hydrated www.lakeoviachic.com - Booking Mexico Trips 20 Hot Spot Mapping - GPS Contour Chips - Custom Spinner Baits - Jigs -Spooks Pure Extracts - Minnow-Night Crawler-Crayfish-Craylic
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Re: Oldhams cantaloupe spinnerbait????
[Re: Donald Harper]
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07/07/22 07:03 PM
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Back in the 90's Elroy and I was fishing against each other on Amistad. He lost his only Golden Boy as he called it, to a big fish during practice. He knew that I always took my suplies in a huge tackle box to build baits if I needed something. We stayed up until after midnight dying Gold Living Rubber to get the colors right. - He took Big Bass on the Willow Blades with Golden Boy Skirts. - I took second place overall on the Indiana Bladed Golden Boy. And you have the skirt accessory too. Do you know where to find the small rattles. I only have 4 left after twenty years of being discontinued
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Re: Oldhams cantaloupe spinnerbait????
[Re: grout-scout]
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07/07/22 08:28 PM
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Donald Harper
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Can't get the Stanley Pro Rattles; unless they have some left over in the Warehouse. The secretary is very helpful and will send you some if they have any.
Hale Lure, LLC. dba Stanley Jigs
P.O. Box 1327
107 North Main St.
Huntington, TX 75949
Phone: 936 876-5713
Each person you work with holds some promise to your future success. Websiite Sponsors: www.eletewater.com - Staying Hydrated www.lakeoviachic.com - Booking Mexico Trips 20 Hot Spot Mapping - GPS Contour Chips - Custom Spinner Baits - Jigs -Spooks Pure Extracts - Minnow-Night Crawler-Crayfish-Craylic
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Re: Oldhams cantaloupe spinnerbait????
[Re: grout-scout]
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07/08/22 01:26 AM
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They did not have any last year.
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