Have you ever found a lure up in Quetico or the BWCA and decided to use it on your trip? Did it work for you? One time I was hanging a tarp on an island up in Quetico and right where I was going to tie off the rope hung a gold J9 jointed Rapala. I almost stuck my hand right on it. Why it was hanging where it was hanging was beyond me. So naturally I put into the box and later tied it on. Turned out to catch the most walleye on the trip. I always have two in the box now for each trip.

I found a Rapala size 18 on shore tangled up in some branches. It was pretty beat up with the finish. I sprayed some clear coat on it and put new hooks on it. Part of my pike arsenal now.

Savage Voyageur: "I found a Rapala size 18 on shore tangled up in some branches. It was pretty beat up with the finish. I sprayed some clear coat on it and put new hooks on it. Part of my pike arsenal now. "

Did you use it right after you found it or did you have to take it home for repairs first before you used the lure? That's a big lure.

QueticoMike: "

Savage Voyageur: "I found a Rapala size 18 on shore tangled up in some branches. It was pretty beat up with the finish. I sprayed some clear coat on it and put new hooks on it. Part of my pike arsenal now. "

Did you use it right after you found it or did you have to take it home for repairs first before you used the lure? That's a big lure."

The hooks were all rusty, fixed it up at home. I really like the size of this lure. It is plump and has two treble hooks, the newer ones have three trebles and are thinner.

I have found my old, lost lures a couple times. I know they were mine because few fishers use F13 orange Rapalas. The hooks were gone and they were faded, so I simply took them home and trashed them.

i found this no name lure in a log pile in the SAK with a very strong/long steel leader attached to it(i wondered what kind of fish snapped him off ?) , never have used it just have it on my modest collection shelf. on one trip to the SAK a friend of mine found a shandling lure up on shore and said a lure you find is the best one to use because a fish has hit it before ... so he goes and ties it on and first cast another fish took it way from him , so he was right LOL .

Not up north but as a kid we were wasting time down by the river. Found some line someone dumped, a jig head, and a twister all in different spots. Put it all together and tossed in by hand from a rock on shore. 5 seconds later the line is moving sideways and a small northern had it. We all laughed and threw it back and threw our rig in the trash as the hook was pretty rusty.