barrybait Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Can someone help me identify this 3" lipless crankbait? I can find pictures of it on the internet but no one named it. My friend wants it but can't find it and if he can't find it I am making him something as close as possible to use in the meantime. Features are the angled molded gill plate, red eye, rear hook hangar 1/4" forward of the tip of tail, heavy rattle sound at lower than normal pitch, and round indent on top immediately behind the tip of nose. I'm sure somebody will recognize it. Do they still make it? Is it still available? Thanks in advance, Barry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Moreau Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 I almost want to say its a knock off of a LVR D7...Kinda like an H20 too but they don't have that dip in the nose like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayburnGuy Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 I remember that bait with the indention on top of the nose, but I can't for the life of me remember what it is. Maybe it will come to me. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Yozuri makes a lipless trap with the indented nose. Actually, it's a channel that runs up the forehead, almost to the line tie. I used that channel on some of my lures. It seems to help them dive faster. The picture you posted looks like a lot of similar traps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLT785 Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Just guessing: Lucky Craft LV 500 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrybait Posted January 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Showed it to a friend this morning. He thinks he has a new in box one at home. Should find out tomorrow and will let you know. It's not Lucky Craft and there are no markings on it to help me identify it. My friend thinks it's a Japanese made Rick Clunn bait. I was thinking Striker or WaterStriker type baits but that's not it. Someone will recognize it. Barry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrybait Posted January 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 I thought you guys would nail this. My friend got back to me and says it is a Team Diawa TD Vibration. I looked it up on Google and Ebay. They are discontinued baits. Everything about the TD Vibration looks the same except the shape of the molded gill plate is rounded and does not have that angled point. Also, I did not see the color available same as the color I photographed. The round indent on the nose is the same.. Hook hangers look the same. Curious I did not see the same color because I found the bait I'm looking for 3 times on the internet and each time it was exactly the bait and it was the same color. Now, if it is the vibration, the vibration has an ayu color but it is not the same. Close as we got so far. Let me know if you come across it some time. Thanks, Barry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobv Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 (edited) I think it is a Kinami, I have one the exact same color. Seems like I got it through one of the field test deals. Edited January 30, 2015 by bobv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CustomBaits4You Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 I think your right bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrybait Posted January 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 That is it! Thanks. That's certainly it. Thanks for the help. Barry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
