Vintage Heavy Custom 14" Flat Face Hard Head Trolling Lure Petrolero
Up for sale is an exceptional, grander-class piece of offshore big-game tackle: a massive, custom-poured 12 to 14-inch Flat Face Hard Head trolling lure. Hand-cast during the golden era of custom coastal tournament pours, this heavy, oversized pure resin block head is dressed in the legendary West Coast / Baja "Petrolero" pattern. Brand new skirts.
LURE SPECIFICATIONS & GRANDER-CLASS HIGHLIGHTS: • Brand: Elite Unbranded / Boutique Custom House-Pour Tournament Lure • Profile: Flat Face Hard Head / Heavy Surface Pusher Chugger (Short Corner / Prop Wash Monster) • Head Scale: Heavy, oversized unweighted pure resin block head • Skirt Configuration: Professionally dressed in premium, grander-class Size 55/60 heavy vinyl skirts (approx. 14" - 15" total length) • Core Insert: Flawless, pure translucent deep petroleum / root-beer brown poured core • Eye Profile: Deeply recessed, oversized clear-lens 3D tracking eyes • Colorway: Iconic "Petrolero" — High-contrast Dark Charcoal-Black outer jacket over high-visibility Rocket Orange inner strands • Target Species: Grander Blue Marlin, Black Marlin, and Trophy Bigeye Tuna
THE POWER OF A LARGE-SCALE RESIN BLOCK: Highly prized by tournament captains and commercial builders, a pure resin block head of this immense scale achieves maximum hydrodynamic action without an internal lead slug killing the face weight. The blunt, flat face aggressively shoves a massive wall of water, chugs violently, and creates a dense, low-drag sub-surface smoke trail. Built specifically to stay pinned and track flawlessly in heavy short-corner prop wash without tumbling or blowing out in rough big-game swells.
CONDITION: Excellent, investment-grade condition! The heavy hard-resin block displays magnificent glass clarity with zero clouding, structural fractures, or heavy bill-impact chips. The root-beer tint is incredibly deep, uniform, and vibrant. The massive dual-layer Size 55/60 vinyl skirts are freshly upgraded, remaining perfectly supple, clean, and completely free of dry-rotting or stiffness. Lure comes unrigged exactly as pictured in our high-resolution photos.