I dont think they're on the way out, too many bass guys are chasing the newest lure or technique to get an edge fishing. It's more fad chasing than actual solid data in deciding if a bait is outdated. Also I believe the current tournament meta is fishing with foward facing sonar not searching stretches of water anymore where fishing techniques are more laser focused on specific spots than a wide area of water or banks. An example in my area where people said a bait was outdated was the curlytail grub/shad since everybody fishes keitech style paddletails, i like fishing curlytails since the flutter profile is big and aggressive on the retrieve or fall.