super dave Posted April 7, 2011 Report Posted April 7, 2011 One of my fav baits and they discontinued it. Does anyone know of any other lure company that makes something similar? Thanks.
Nipfisher Posted April 7, 2011 Report Posted April 7, 2011 (edited) Lots of countdowns still available on line through e-bay and other sites. I may have a few good links for you. PM me if interested? Edited April 7, 2011 by Nipfisher
spyder3g Posted April 7, 2011 Report Posted April 7, 2011 True There are plenty of Count Downs everywhere. Just search http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_npmv=3&_trksid=m570&_nkw=Rapala+Countdowns
JoshS Posted April 7, 2011 Report Posted April 7, 2011 Discontinued? I didn't know.. and I just picked up a few at a local shop last weekend. Guess rapala just doesn't sell enough of them anymore. Check out the recent in fisherman mag, there is an article on countdown style baits that shows some varieties.
singingdog Posted April 8, 2011 Report Posted April 8, 2011 That is a shame. The countdown minnow must not be sexy enough for todays market. I am going to stock up....the small countdown in a certain color is the best speck/laker lure I have found to date.
cuzza Posted April 8, 2011 Report Posted April 8, 2011 Are you sure? It's still on the Rapala site http://www.rapala.com/products/lures/countdown/
super dave Posted April 8, 2011 Author Report Posted April 8, 2011 I guess your right Cuzza. I guess I was misinformed. Sorry about that everyone. Some pretty good deals on ebay. I have a lot of success with them with river smallies. Thinking of summer already!
singingdog Posted April 9, 2011 Report Posted April 9, 2011 Yea, I think that it was a false alarm. I checked with my local tackle shop and they can still get them.
adempsey Posted April 9, 2011 Report Posted April 9, 2011 I have a feeling you were only premature. My guess is Rapala will eventually migrate all their lures over to the Rap style plastic design.
gone_fishin Posted April 10, 2011 Report Posted April 10, 2011 I have a feeling you were only premature. My guess is Rapala will eventually migrate all their lures over to the Rap style plastic design. you're probably right... but will they ACTUALLY do away with the "Original" Rapala??? i'm not so sure...
kickingfrog Posted April 10, 2011 Report Posted April 10, 2011 As JoshS mentioned, the May 2011 In-Fishermen has an article about countdowns and other options. The article isn't on line yet, but might be at some point. The article mentions: Salmo minnows, Rebel Tracdown minnow, Sebile sinking Koolie minnow. Yo-Zuri has a few options: sinking Crystal minnow, L minnow, SW Pin's Minnow, Pin's minnow magnet.
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