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| Looking for 8inch Hughes River shakers or also know has drop belly in any color but must be from the year 2000,,would consider 99 but not many made also 2001 depending on a few details,,you can tell what year they are by looking at the back top of the bait the last two didgits of year should be painted on,,,,cash or cool things to trade
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Location: Apollo, PA | Brad,
I put a message like yours up a couple monthes ago with no luck. Those baits are out there but tough to find. I certainly wish you well with your search.
Best, Pikiespawn  |
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| I think that most of us that have them know that they are "special" and will hold on to them.
I manged to get a half dozen of them in the last couple of years from various people who didn't like the fact that the finish was yellowing.
I stipped and repainted them and yes, he really did use anywhere from 11 to 13 small weights back then. |
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Location: Collegeville Pa | I have an 8" 2000 Shaker marked "00" AM. The pattern is a custom Mouldy's Carp. Excellent condition(i.e never thrown).
Willing to trade for Musky Treats only. Either the regular model(natural pattern) or magnum model(any color pattern).
PM or email me. ([email protected])
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Location: Appleton, WI | Just out of curiousity what would a Hughes River of that year be worth??? I've got 3 that are 2000 models. a 10" sharp nose Hughey, 8" Crappie Shaker and a 8" Kiss Sucker Humpback.
I've got others that appear to be older models, but I can't be sure. Did the older models have just HR on the back signed and no dates at all???
catch ya later,
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | Just a little personal plug here....I am donating 2 of my "personal stash" HRs to the auction. Both are beat up, but both are coming with custom painting from Beav. One is a 2000 8" Shaker and the other a '99 6" Hughey. December 1st..... |
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| The first Hughes Rivers had nothing on the back at all. No date, No initials....... I bought some from Jim Wilson for $16.95 each. It seems like a million years ago.
Funny how things change. Pikiespawn  |
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Location: Apollo, PA | Krappie,
As far as what your baits are worth, the only way to find out is put them up for sale and see what the market will bear????? |
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Location: Appleton, WI | Thanks Pikiespawn. I was thinking about selling them them this winter sometime. I need to unload a bunch of baits just because I'm running out of room in the tackle box and living quarters. Man, that's a good return on an investment if you bought at HR for $16.95 a piece!!!!
catch ya later,
Krappie
Edited by Krappie 11/18/2005 6:47 AM
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Location: Oregon | I am curious as to what makes the yr "2000" special. I am assuming they are better swimmers?
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Location: Mpls, MN | Me too. I want to know what all the hoo-haa is about. |
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| Correct me if I am wrong but, I believe it has something to do with the way the maker was weighting them at the time. Somewhere in the archives is an xray of one of those HR's that shows all of the weighting. |
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| After stipping and repainting many HR's in the last couple of years, I can tell you it is the weighting. I had some '99 and '00 lures with 11-13 small weights in them. As time went on, there were less weights, but larger and in different positions. Most guys will tell you that the older ones had a shimmy to them that the newer ones lost when the weighting changed.
I've caught fish on HR's from '99 thru '02. I've got ten lures that are '00 and earlier, and I can add that the Shakers are a little thinner and lighter and do work easier. I don't notice as much of a difference with the Hugheys.
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Location: Oregon | Interesting...well by keeping the weight low the baits will "shimmy/shake".
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Location: Des Moines IA | Here's the Xray thread ...
Looks like alot of work .....
http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/board/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=17... |
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| Krappie,,
DO NOT ,,,sell that humpback sucker,,thats gonna be a colectors someday,,there wernt all that many compared to other models,,I have one too,,hasent hit the water,,never will |
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| I found a few sites with Hughes Rivers. I want to get one but they are pretty expensive. The sites are- rays.zoovy.com and protackelmuskyshop.com |
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