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Location: Appleton,WI | We all buy suckers in the fall and am willing to pay $4.00 to $6.00 per sucker for ONLY one fish.What would you pay for a hard bait knowing it would only catch one or two fish like a sucker??? |
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Location: St. Louis, MO., Marco Is., FL, Nestor Falls, ON | I don't think I would pay more than that for a hard bait with a short mortality. |
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Location: oswego, il | I might, it all depends on how it fits into my arsenal of baits, if it's unique, then yes. |
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Location: Green Bay, WI | People buy Bulldogs and Live Action Baits all the time and those only produce a few fish before they have to be replaced. I would rather have to replace a bait because a fish destroyed it, than to throw a bait all year without any success. |
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Location: Pelican Lake/Three Lakes Chain | E,
After looking at the sales of Bulldawgs I don't think durability is the biggest quality people look for in baits. As long as the fish attracting, hooking and holding qualities are good people will buy them. |
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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | $4.00-6.00 for a sucker is not outragious. Think about all the stuff we spend money on. I buy a can of Cope before I hit the water. There is $4.25. I buy a 2 liter of soda for $1.25. I buy a bag of chips for $2.00. Look at the amount of lures we have. Most lures today cost about $20 a piece. I have enough lures to open a small musky shop, do I complain about that? No, do I stop buying lures, no I don't.
It it only cost $4.00 to catch a MONSTER, I am willing to pay it everyday. And just in case you were wondering, I am a school teacher that doesn't make anything.
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Location: Wishin I Was Fishin' | I think E is trying to get an idea of what to charge for his new baits.
My opinion would be around $7-8. Maybe extra if they are painted or have some other special color going on. |
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Location: Clintonville, WI | To "Anon", the fourth response to MuskieE,
I should ignore your response to MuskieE like the others who responded on this thread did, but I can not....
Very convenient to not post your name or e-mail when you post a message / response like that. You must look for someting to comlain about everyday. If you are a friend of MuskieE and/or meant your comments as a joke, disregard this message and accept my apologies. But it sure did not come across that way.
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Location: Clintonville, WI | MuskieE,
I would definitely pay more for a proven hard bait, even if it only catches one or two fish, as long as it moves BIG fish. I'm not sure how MANY times I would buy that bait, but I would pay it a few times for sure. I think about if I was fishing with a guide....what would I tip a guide if he/she put me on ONE 50"+ or 35-40 lb. fish, $30 - yes, $50 - probably. |
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Location: Davenport, IA | If it catches fish, then I'll probobly buy it. Although I wouldn't pay too much. Bull dawgs cost $10-14 and sometimes only last one fish. Any way you slice it, muskies are hard to catch. Why else do so many of us have so many baits? |
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Location: Appleton,WI | Sorry annon but please reread my question i think what Im asking is alot more simple than what you made it out to be,Please email me and ill discuss it with you more.Im just woundering about soft plastic baits and prices and how it affects people.I dont wanna know other people money situations right now.Just if a bait is resonably priced for 1 or 2 fish. |
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Question for those who buy musky baits.