can somebody post photos of shimano lures. I'm wondering what they look like. I can't find any online.

All of the Shimano lures I have seen come from Japan. I have a couple and that's where I got them from.

Look at e-bay user id sayaka603. He sells a lot of Shimano lures. They're nothing special for the price. Once you pay shipping you could have just bought a LuckyCraft. There are some old Shimano lures too. I think they were bagley/shimano? I can't remember :(

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQsassZsayaka603QQssPageNameZSTRKQ3aMEFSQ3aMESOI

The newer shimanos are comprable w/ lucky craft I have some that I have cought many fish on, the details are not quite as nice as lucky craft but they are a premium lure. They also have Shmiano extreme lures made for shimano by Bagley's in the early 90's these are worth a lot of money and are collectors items.

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The "Shimano"/Bagley bait was a deal that they did a long time ago as a promotion.It's nothing more then a regular bait with the Shimano logo painted on the side. Nothing fancy, but the real baits that are from Japan are nice but they are expensive and Lucky Craft is an even match for them. The Triple Impact is a good one though and Lucky Craft doesn't make a bait like that. I really like their rattle traps too

> can somebody post photos of shimano lures. I'm wondering
>what they look like. I can't find any online.

Shimano has all kinds of lures. Go to the Kinokuniya bookstore in Japantown (San Francisco) for the Japanese bass mags like Basser, Lure or Rod & Reel. Those mags are expensive but the ads are a great source for info on the tackle currently being used across the Pacific.

Magmaster,
I got one of the triple Impacts in BG have use cought anything on them, they sure have a unique action

I have one in a ugly bright orange and yellow color and I caught quite a few fish on it. But mostly at small golf course ponds and private reservoirs. I use my othere "confidence" baits at other lakes because that one is so damn ugly!