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[Guest]

Another cotton cordell wiggle O knockoff 

[Flysmallie]

23 minutes ago, Smalliebigs said:

I thought long  and hard about this at my desk this afternoon going over my TPS reports.

Did you get the memo on the cover sheets?

[abkeenan]

4 minutes ago, TrophyFishR said:

Another cotton cordell wiggle O knockoff 

Cotton Cordell might make the crappiest lures in the business. I know they have been around awhile and I am sure people here use some of their baits, but they are seriously crud. Yes that includes the Table Rock Hall of Fame representative, the Redfin. Just look at how temperamental those dumb things are and how different one is from the next. CC is one company I never even have a thought about purchasing.

[dtrs5kprs]

23 minutes ago, Flysmallie said:

Did you get the memo on the cover sheets?

It's my stapler.

[Quillback]

1 hour ago, Mitch f said:

Seems to look a lot like that new Don Iovino Wart-ish crank bait that Bo was talking about.

Iovino is getting beat to the punch.

[dtrs5kprs]

It's pretty similar to a Megabass Cyclone. You can find those on eBay.

[Guest]

16 hours ago, abkeenan said:

Cotton Cordell might make the crappiest lures in the business. I know they have been around awhile and I am sure people here use some of their baits, but they are seriously crud. Yes that includes the Table Rock Hall of Fame representative, the Redfin. Just look at how temperamental those dumb things are and how different one is from the next. CC is one company I never even have a thought about purchasing.

I respectfully disagree. The cotton cordell super spot is one of the best lipless crankbaits of all time (it runs the shallowest) I personally haven't used a Wiggle O, so I cant defend it. I just think these 2 aforementioned lures look like it. The alphabet series of square bills have been good to me over the years. The smaller square bill is killer on river bass in the summertime. As for the Redfin, I cant get it to run right either. But that's operator error since I have no clue about fishing topwater wake baits. Seriously, in shallow grassy lakes I've caught so many 20-25lb bags on a chrome & black 1/2 oz cordell super spot that it laps any other bait. This is strictly a pre-spawn cold water deal though. 

[m&m]

17 hours ago, abkeenan said:

Cotton Cordell might make the crappiest lures in the business.

abk, I can't speak to all of their lures but I certainly like their Crazy Shad.  It is a small top water bait with props at both ends.  I've had great success over the years with this one.

Mike

[abkeenan]

18 minutes ago, TrophyFishR said:

I respectfully disagree. The cotton cordell super spot is one of the best lipless crankbaits of all time (it runs the shallowest) I personally haven't used a Wiggle O, so I cant defend it. I just think these 2 aforementioned lures look like it. The alphabet series of square bills have been good to me over the years. The smaller square bill is killer on river bass in the summertime. As for the Redfin, I cant get it to run right either. But that's operator error since I have no clue about fishing topwater wake baits. Seriously, in shallow grassy lakes I've caught so many 20-25lb bags on a chrome & black 1/2 oz cordell super spot that it laps any other bait. This is strictly a pre-spawn cold water deal though. 

That's fine. I am sure their baits work at times but they just aren't going to get my money with the quality, or lack there of, that they put out. They are a cheaply made bait, with crap paint, hooks and I wouldn't trust them to have the eyelets to be ripped from the plastic. A lipless crank isn't exactly a hard bait to get to run right since it is as basic as it comes and they are typically sinkers anyhow. I would rather pay a couple more bucks for a Rattle Trap or Red Eye Shad but to each their own.

[Guest]

12 minutes ago, m&m said:

abk, I can't speak to all of their lures but I certainly like their Crazy Shad.  It is a small top water bait with props at both ends.  I've had great success over the years with this one.

Mike

the single prop crazy shad will catch my biggest smallmouth of the year during august, every year. Its a dollar bin lure at walmart. sure I gotta replace the hooks & split rings, but that bait flat out triggers big bass.