even if they are the same molds(I thought they lost them in a fire) the injection machines have been changed since they are in a different plant. That alone can change the wall thickness and can cause the baits to vary.

Its crazy stupid what the old ones are bringing.Its not just the fisherman but collectors as well.Here is one I was bidding on and quickly learned I need to give it up.

I have several of the originals and they do have a time when they will out fish most other crank baits. I have one I bought with a lot of used lures that I have had several people offer me $100+ for it. But it's my favorite and I don't plan on parting with it.

Mine is a Wiggle Wart flat.

I'll take tree fiddy

You guys should try the Skirmish baits A10. Action is great and the colors can't be beat

That's not even an original and a ridiculous attempt to scam a buck.

I might have around 100 of them. I catch fish on every lake I fish them. They work good on hubbard and somtime Texoma is lights out. The biggest problem I have is the rattles will stick and not shift side to side and it makes the bait not track well. You can over crank a original wart if you reel to fast. I love them if you go north places like beaver and table rock are great places to use them.

Anyone make custom wiggle warts? As in a generic body style with custom paint and good hooks like mustad?

There are wiggle wart clones available. They are described as using a pre-rapala bait when making the mold for manufacturing. I don't know if that's true or if that is even enough to give you what you are looking for. I have some. I've painted more than a few. I don't have that much experience with the pre-rapala wiggle wart. My experience with these is that run all over the place. The don't track straight back to the boat. Any of the guys in the lure making section can buy these blanks.

Ill be doing alot of the pre rapala style blanks over the next few weeks they will feature an up to date craw style stencil. Ill probably paint some up tomorrow and post pictures of them in the bait building section.

Dwain Batey paints some a10 wide wobble baits similar to the wart. Skirmishbaits.com usually in stock. Brad paints a damn good bait as he stated above. Just a minor wait time as he is pretty busy

those were great baits, i always attributed their catching ability to the yellow eyes. my yellow eyed baits always out produced red eyed baits.

Which Ozark Mt. Lakes are you talking about??

I know a bunch of guys buy them around Table Rock