iovino's wart ish crank

[merc1997 Bo]

ok,  here is the scoop on Iovino's wart like crank bait.  he told me that it will be called the Hunter by Iovino.  attached are pics, and here are my observations.  first and foremost is it catches bass.  comparisons to a wart - it is slightly bigger.  bill is a bit different, but in a good way.  this bait through a lot of stuff that warts hang up in.  bill has a steeper angle and the iovino mode consistently gets a good foot deeper than any wart i own.  the wiggle pattern still feels like a wart.  they run straight right out of the box, and that is due to the change of attachment.  the rear hook hanger comes straight out the back instead of the bottom of the bait as a wart does.  the iovino model has more of a steel bb rattle instead of lead as in the original warts.

here is the biggest and best improvement over the wart, and that is the deflection pattern after the iovino model bounces off something.  it takes off on a much wider path than a wart does.  for me right now, i would pick up the iovino Hunter before an original wart.  why??  because it seems to have the warts wiggle but it does not hang up all the time like a wart does.  that extra foot of depth makes it easier to bang into stuff, and that wide deflection is why warts are fish catchers.

bo 

[fishinwrench]

I'm sold !    

[96 CHAMP]

when and where will these be available??

[Quillback]

Thanks for the review.

[dtrs5kprs]

Nice.

Keep sleeping and denying reality, Rapala. We will be busy buying another company's baits.

[fishinwrench]

Rapala has been a big name in fishing for like FOREVER, and I'm not real clear on why.    The only lure they ever made that was truly unique was the old floating minnow in its various sizes.

Everyone has forgotten the Fat Rap which if you know anything about crankbaits you should know that the Fat Rap is the perfect silent Wiggle Wart.....But nobody throws it, and it never gets a mention.  

Rapala sells ALOT of baits, and their stuff is good quality, but yet you seldom hear their name in the winners circle.  

[96 CHAMP]

The floating rapala is one of my go to baits in the spring, particularly when the right weather, water  conditions are met, It will flat tear em up

[Quillback]

1 hour ago, dtrs5kprs said:

Nice.

Keep sleeping and denying reality, Rapala. We will be busy buying another company's baits.

Yeah they have dropped the ball on the WW and now all these other manufacturers are moving in.  Wouldn't be such a bad thing, but for the fact that the other guys are all charging $9 - $13 for their Wartish baits.

[Mitch f]

I was under the impression that he purchased the old wart molds

[Jerry Rapp]

11 minutes ago, Mitch f said:

I was under the impression that he purchased the old wart molds

that is what I had heard Mitch.