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| just saw two Dadson baits in the buy & sell for $100.00 each I had heard they were selling for a lot but a $100 bill? what makes these so special? |
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Location: Contrarian Island | they have been selling for well over 100 on ebay, I saw one of his vortex models sell for 200 something... it crax me up, a guy should check out Spankys as they are made exactly like Dadsons...don't get me wrong, I have a lot of fish on my dadsons with a few over 50...but they aren't worth anything over retail pricing... most of the guys buying them won't even catch a big fish on them....  supply and demand but that is America! |
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| Using a lure is a confidence thing, when you spend a 100$ on a lure your going to have plenty of confidence in it. |
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| whats different between a musky mayhem and a dadson? $100 for a bucktail? Kudos to the man building the lures if he can trick people into spending 100 dollars unless there is something really unique? I could be just missing something. |
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Location: Chisholm, MN | Really? LOL! |
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| Mr. Dadson's dealers do sell them for a little more than a cowgirl, its the people that re-sell them are driving the prices up, kinda like scalpers. |
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| Most blades, especially marabou are good for 5-10 fish, Dadson tend to last a lot longer. I have a purple haze with over 30 fish on it and it looks new outside of teeth scratches. So I doubt you are really paying more as 1 dadson last 3-4 times longer. They also look nice. I have some extras if you have some cash;-) |
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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | wisskie - 8/19/2015 3:34 PM
whats different between a musky mayhem and a dadson?.
About 75$ |
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Location: Detroit River | Nothing special about them that makes them more effective than the others out there. If people want to spend $100 on one lure when they could buy 4 or more lures for the same amount that are just as effective if not better then they are more than welcome to do so. |
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| At that price a may have to sell a few... |
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| Musky Brian - 8/19/2015 4:06 PM
wisskie - 8/19/2015 3:34 PM
whats different between a musky mayhem and a dadson?.
About 75$
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Location: oswego, il | The bullets run deeper. Like Nelson said, great baits and I have netted fish with them in their mouths. Like any bait that is hard to get, once it is, musky fisherman will go nuts. Remember when you could not buy a manta for less than 50?
Followers believe in magic lures.
If one of my kids needed a kidney, I would give one to a matching donor, not sure I would be able to keep up with the applicants.
I am going to get Dadson to poop in a bag. Imagine what his turds would sell for? |
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| Reilley - 8/19/2015 5:23 PM
At that price a may have to sell a few...
Do it soon before the stores get them in stock again. They wont fetch a high dollar for that much longer now. Dont be shy either. Guys will come right out and offer a lot more than $100 a piece... especially if theyre older hair baits. |
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Location: Waconia,MN | For that price you could buy all the components needed to make 4 of the exact same bucktails, and like others have said you could get 4 different brand tails as well or even just wait for them to come back in stock. |
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| Anyone know where I can get blade stickers |
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Location: E. Tenn | Thorne Bros. has Dadsons in stock.... $32-$33 apiece. |
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| miket55 - 8/19/2015 6:44 PM
Thorne Bros. has Dadsons in stock.... $32-$33 apiece.
Told you it wouldnt last much longer. |
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| Are you sure they have them in stock? Every time i try ordering from thorne bros 75% of my order is out of stock. |
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Location: mercer wi | I make a pretty awesome bucktail. Will sell it for $99 :-):-) |
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| wisskie - 8/19/2015 7:16 PM
Are you sure they have them in stock? Every time i try ordering from thorne bros 75% of my order is out of stock.
X2. I wish thornes and musky shop had a live online website like MTO. |
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| MTO sold out in less than 5 minutes. Crazy. |
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Location: Aurora | Make yer own 9mm or buy a CG Jr. and rebuild it using heavier wire.
Clevises, blades, beads, thread, tinsel, egg sinker, split rings, shrink wrap & hooks are all standard stuff on the 9mm.
If there's a rare oddball, it's Spankys cuz of the blades he uses.
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| Those probably went to people on the waiting list.
EDIT:
Just picked up two musky bullets on MTO. They were selling out like hotcakes. |
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Location: Contrarian Island | I snagged 7 last night from MTO.. $700 for the lot takes em! jk. |
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| Because us musky fisherman are ridiculous!
I will learn to make em before i spend that much.
Ive been downsizing my tackle supply over the last few seasons, because when i go on my trips, i usually throw 3-5 baits the whole week! silly hauling around that many baits IMO anymore... |
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| bryantukkah - 8/19/2015 5:14 PM
Reilley - 8/19/2015 5:23 PM
At that price a may have to sell a few...
Do it soon before the stores get them in stock again. They wont fetch a high dollar for that much longer now. Dont be shy either. Guys will come right out and offer a lot more than $100 a piece... especially if theyre older hair baits.
MTO sold out over 190 baits in less than hour last night. |
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Location: Hayward, WI | I think I would be bummed if I was Mr. Dadson. His customers are making more money re-selling his baits than he is!
Gotta be happy about that kind of demand though. |
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| Which is proof of what I have always thought, to fish muskies one has to be a bit nuts and very obsessive. Some more than others. |
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| I must say the Dadsons are much better built then CGs but despite countless hours of throwing them while having some action they have put exactly 0 fish in the net on my boat. |
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| You must not be burning them at Mach 10. |
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| I have money. Shoot me an email. [email protected] |
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| Its clearly at some level an addiction. But much healthier than say crack cocaine, heroine, meth, bath salts, Leinenkugels, etc. |
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Location: MN | curleytail - 8/20/2015 10:45 AM
I think I would be bummed if I was Mr. Dadson. His customers are making more money re-selling his baits than he is!
Gotta be happy about that kind of demand though.
He's the one artificially lowering supply and creating the demand by not producing more baits. He's not really here for the busines! Otherwise he'd put out more baits. But if he did that he wouldn't enjoy this aura of stupidity surrounding what people will pay for a hunk of wire, beads, blades, hooks and feathers or flash. |
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Location: varies | Kleinoutdoors - 8/20/2015 11:55 AM
I have money. Shoot me an email. [email protected][/QUOTE
Are you giving money away?]  |
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| It's hard for one man to mass produce a quality bait. He probably spent a good chunk of time making his 190 baits for MTO's order. |
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Location: Lake St Clair | BenR - 8/20/2015 10:41 AM
bryantukkah - 8/19/2015 5:14 PM
Reilley - 8/19/2015 5:23 PM
At that price a may have to sell a few...
Do it soon before the stores get them in stock again. They wont fetch a high dollar for that much longer now. Dont be shy either. Guys will come right out and offer a lot more than $100 a piece... especially if theyre older hair baits.
MTO sold out over 190 baits in less than hour last night.
i must have been at the right place at the right time
just happen to wander over there and snagged a 9mm that ive always wanted.
I have two smaller vortex that i never use that i should have sold to buy the 9mm |
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Location: MN | cave run legend - 8/20/2015 12:12 PM
It's hard for one man to mass produce a quality bait. He probably spent a good chunk of time making his 190 baits for MTO's order.
That's my point. If he's going to limit production to just himself, and he spends most his time guiding or fishing or whatever else, then he's just not that interested in running a true bait business. More power to him though. Maybe he can start hand forming his own wire, and pouring his own beads, and really make them custom - and even less available. Think what the prices will be then! |
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Location: MN | cave run legend - 8/20/2015 12:12 PM
It's hard for one man to mass produce a quality bait. He probably spent a good chunk of time making his 190 baits for MTO's order.
Very true I'm sure winter will bring more baits delivered to reduce some of the crazy secondary market prices. This like every other bait crisis will pass. Just wish I knew what the next big thing will be. |
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| NathanH - 8/20/2015 1:03 PM
Very true I'm sure winter will bring more baits delivered to reduce some of the crazy secondary market prices. This like every other bait crisis will pass. Just wish I knew what the next big thing will be.
That's easy it will be 10" suckers selling for $15.00 a pop because of some artificial crisis in the shortage of large sucker minnows. |
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Location: Ashland WI | I've only made one bucktail in my life.
I wonder what it is worth...???.... |
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Location: oswego, il | Would be interesting to see if Dadson does any shows. I want to get there early, fisherman will be fighting over his baits like women do at those lands end wedding gown sales. |
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| ToddM - 8/20/2015 4:58 PM
Would be interesting to see if Dadson does any shows. I want to get there early, fisherman will be fighting over his baits like women do at those lands end wedding gown sales.
I imagine grown men stampeding and trampling one another through the doors like you see on those black friday sales news segments |
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Location: MN | He wasn't at the MN show. I was planning on buying a few.
I don't think Johnny is purposefully limiting production. I hear the guy likes to chase giants. If you had the choice would you spend your summer doing that or making baits? Easy decision if you ask me.
If any of you naysayers can't catch fish on your Dadson's send em my way. I'll even let you mark them up 10%. |
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| I am a big fan of the Dadsons. The increased weight is great, nothing weighted the same on the market. It means you can burn them faster without them coming out of the water and they cast great. The 9mm is the perfect size too. Not as much pull so I can burn them all day. I did get a 51" on it, but probably could have with a different bucktail too.
All that said, I would not pay $100 for one. My friend and I did order 7 total from MTO though. 35 a pop, still not cheap. |
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Location: Aurora | achotrod - 8/20/2015 11:29 AM
I must say the Dadsons are much better built then CGs but despite countless hours of throwing them while having some action they have put exactly 0 fish in the net on my boat.
Better or stronger?
They go together the same but the wire is heavier than the CG.
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| Same thing as spanky's. I really hope they never see a shortage because I love their baits.
Bucktails are tools. I use musky mayhem when i need a high riding bucktail. I go spankys when I need to run deeper. So far deeper has been better this summer. |
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Location: Ontario, Canada | Johnny is not limiting the number of baits he makes. Its just that he can only do so much as it is. The man works a regular job besides making baits and guiding clients. He also like you and I enjoys chasing giants himself when time permits. He must keep the pro staff stocked, dealers, direct orders and somewhere in there find time to sleep. Only so many hours in a day.
With that said, baits are worth what someone will pay for them. |
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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | ToddM - 8/20/2015 3:58 PM
Would be interesting to see if Dadson does any shows. I want to get there early, fisherman will be fighting over his baits like women do at those lands end wedding gown sales.
Maybe not. Plenty of guys will also be busy fighting for front row seats to watch guys in jerseys cast lures into a swimming pool |
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Location: Sakatchewan,Canada | I have a bunch of Dadsons that I would like to trade straight across for some Rizzo Whizz's |
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Location: Ashland WI | Pike Master - 8/21/2015 5:48 PM
I have a bunch of Dadsons that I would like to trade straight across for some Rizzo Whizz's
I have a few of those....
My two biggest fish came on rizzo whizz's. |
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Location: Ashland WI | Double post. |
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Location: Sakatchewan,Canada | Would also trade my Dadsons for pigs,Big M's and burmeks |
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| 14ledo81 - 8/21/2015 6:50 PM
Pike Master - 8/21/2015 5:48 PM
I have a bunch of Dadsons that I would like to trade straight across for some Rizzo Whizz's
I have a few of those....
My two biggest fish came on rizzo whizz's.
I make one color Rizzo Whizz by the dozen because they get chewed up so fast. my first over 40" came on it. One color is all you need and I've caught fish in every lake i've fished but Eagle. i fear being laughed out of the boat if i used one on Eagle. |
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Location: The desert | Pike Master - 8/22/2015 2:14 PM
Would also trade my Dadsons for pigs,Big M's and burmeks
Send em over. I've got some pigs. |
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| Sidejack - 8/20/2015 5:18 PM
achotrod - 8/20/2015 11:29 AM
I must say the Dadsons are much better built then CGs but despite countless hours of throwing them while having some action they have put exactly 0 fish in the net on my boat.
Better or stronger?
They go together the same but the wire is heavier than the CG.
I think stronger equals better 99% of the time. But I also think they open up and retrieve better then my CGs. |
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Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan | I thought about ordering some Dadsons, then I found a guy that makes some very similar lures of the same quality, he is also friends with Mr Dadson... |
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