You mention the Billy Bass topwater lure in your novice article. My grandfather and father both fished with Billy many years ago at Lake O’ the Pines. In fact my grandfather was one of the Billy Bass Lure investors. Now the question… Where can I get more Billy Bass lures?!? For most of my life, that was my lure of choice. I have easily caught more bass on a Billy Bass than any other lure I have ever thrown. But now I can no longer find them, even after searching the internet. Over the years, I have lost my fair share of them, and just found stores that stocked them to get more, but in the past decade, I just can’t find them any more. I would dearly pay top dollar (though certainly not collector prices) to refill my supply and enjoy some more serious topwater action again. Thanks! Richard

Let me tell you that I looked and asked everywhere before I decided to try looking at eBay. I found some vintage Billy Bass lures for $28. This auction will be over before you read this, but I still think you should keep a look out there for some of these lures. There are many different auction sites as well that you might try. I only tried the one, but if you have some time, you could check out all of them to see if anyone is selling them. You might get lucky at eBay if the guy did not sell them. The Billy Bass topwater lures were popular and it makes me wonder why they ever stopped making them. You dad and grandfather had these for fishing and probably caught many a fish with them. I remember hearing stories about these lures and how much anglers enjoyed using them. I myself do not have anymore. I would say that over the years they discontinued making them because of all the other topwater lures out there. It is sad that you cannot find these anymore. Keep looking at the auctions sites and see if you can find some. They are popular I guess with collectors, but then they are not going to give or sell them to you to use in fishing. They are more of collector item than they are for using. Keep looking and let me know if you succeed in finding some of these topwater lures in the future.