masterbass Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 I bought a bunch of megabass and lucky craft lures over the winter (bait monkey is too strong in the winter). As spring is upon us I'm trying to get up the courage to actually use them this year. I've lost my share of lures, but up to this point the most expensive lure I've lost is an $18 yozuri and it made me sick. It's bad enough losing an $8 rapala, but a $25 vision would ruin my day lol. Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted March 10, 2015 Super User Posted March 10, 2015 Routinely speaking, a jerkbait is one of the last styles of baits I'd expect to lose. Simply because it's usually a open water presentation, so if I'm losing them I'm definitely doing something fundamentally incorrect. A-Jay Quote
Bassin Bob Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 I once had every bit of tackle stolen from me. What a nightmare! It took a few years, and a few thousand dollars, to get back to having what I needed. After that, I am no longer afraid to use any lure. I can lose a $25 lure as long as I have the rest! Quote
Super User Master Bait'r Posted March 10, 2015 Super User Posted March 10, 2015 I once had every bit of tackle stolen from me. I would die. Right there on the spot. 6 Quote
Hanover_Yakker Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 Koppers Live Target Bluegill - $10, I know it pails in comparison to some of the swimbaits that you guys use, but what hurt most about this one is that I had literally just tied it on and made one cast. It got hung up on some sunken submerged chicken wire pens on a managed lake. Sucked! 1 Quote
Super User Choporoz Posted March 10, 2015 Super User Posted March 10, 2015 http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/120688-most-expensive-lure-youve-lost/ http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/145088-whats-the-most-lure-youve-lost-on-a-bass Quote
lecisnith Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 I had a muskie bite through my line to take a Rogue. Just felt a little tug, that was it. Quote
Super User SPEEDBEAD. Posted March 10, 2015 Super User Posted March 10, 2015 LOL, luckily Hudds are the highest $ bait I've lost. Unfortunately, I've been in the boat with guys who've casted off High Power Herrings and Deps 250s. Ouch. 4 Quote
Amarley Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 I lost an entire A-Rig this winter. $10-12 for the A-Rig, $5 for the jig heads and another $4-5 for the swimmers. I was not happy. 1 Quote
Amarley Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 I once had every bit of tackle stolen from me. What a nightmare! It took a few years, and a few thousand dollars, to get back to having what I needed. After that, I am no longer afraid to use any lure. I can lose a $25 lure as long as I have the rest! Wow, that puts things in prospective. I might have a nervous breakdown! I left my boat docked with my tackle in it one night and couldn't sleep I was so worried a night fisherman may hop in there and get my tackle! Quote
Super User buzzed bait Posted March 10, 2015 Super User Posted March 10, 2015 invest in a lure retriever/plug knocker and fish your lures hard. there's about a 95% chance of getting them back if you can reach them with a lure retriever. i have the BPS bill dance unit and it paid for itself after about the 2nd use. that said, i lost a yellow bluegill lake fork popper that hurt more than anything. they go for about $11 so not the most expensive one i ever lost, but the thing had caught who knows how many fish. something about this one stupid popper just killed it in this local apartment complex pond i fish. i snagged it one day in a limb that i just could not get it out of. to this day i want to climb that tree and find that bait..... same lake, nearly same tree i lost a weedless hudd that was likely the most expensive bait i lost to date. Quote
Super User Bankbeater Posted March 10, 2015 Super User Posted March 10, 2015 I get upset when I lose any bait, not just expensive ones. Quote
BridgerM Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 After a couple of years of not fishing, my dad, brother and I went out one afternoon and we all used my tackle. Naturally the most expensive crankbaits were chosen and subsequently lost on the cast. 4-5 baits were lost in a few hours, a few were LC. Not sure about the rest. I don't recall us catching any fish that day. I have one Pointer 78 left from those days and rarely use for fear of losing it also. Quote
VolFan Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 Two Deps 175s within about 10 minutes of each other on my first fishing trip in NC. One had been my favorite for years. 1 Quote
Brnnoser6983 Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 A $10 Rapala... and I didn't even lose it, my brother in law did.. But I cringe when I think of the day I might lose a Bbz shad/rat or even my shell cracker.. Quote
bassinyea Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 Losing any lure sucks, but especially an expensive one that you have caught tons of fish on. One in particular sticks in my mind from last year I had just caught a bass on a vision 110 in deadly black illusion color. I was excited because the fish were biting so good that morning. After releasing the fish i jumped up as quick as I could to fire another cast not realizing that the line had gotten wrapped around my rod tip while landing the fish. I go to cast and the line snaps and the lure goes flying 70 yards out and lands in the water. Problem is I had changed out the hooks to get the bait to slowly sink so of course I could not go over and get it. No telling how many fish I had caught on that one bait but it had lost a lot of paint for sure. Made me want to pack it in and head back to the ramp and thought about it the rest of that day and matter of fact it still makes me mad to this day! Quote
Super User gulfcaptain Posted March 11, 2015 Super User Posted March 11, 2015 Most expensive would be a Hudd. ONLY lost one in the last 3 years, but on the bright side, have found several 6 inch hudds and even an 8 inch triple trout. ALL my really expensive swimbaits float. If I'm gonna cast a $100 bill in the water I want to be able to retrieve it if it happens to free itself from my line. 1 Quote
Super User Master Bait'r Posted March 11, 2015 Super User Posted March 11, 2015 I won't even post a valid entry in this thread for fear of jinxing myself. Hush little babies, daddy's not gonna lose you in a cold, dark lake to toothy critters and that's that. 1 Quote
junyer357 Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 Mine i cry the most over are actually a few homemade spinnerbait i only paid $3 bucks each for about 20 years ago. Its not the bait so much as the blades. They have an "ultra vibe" arrowhead blade. Similar to a traditional willow but indented some like an arrowhead at the swivel end. It is just a lil diffrent but very effective and i had a ton more confidence in them. I have searched high and low for new blades like this and come up empty. Im down to only 1 now and im too scared to throw it. Any help on locating these blades is greatly appreciated. Quote
thehooligan Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 LOL, luckily Hudds are the highest $ bait I've lost. Unfortunately, I've been in the boat with guys who've casted off High Power Herrings and Deps 250s. Ouch. Ouch, that would hurt. Ive been pretty fortunate, most expensive bait i lost was an $18 pop-x... Quote
THE_Vue's Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 1 lv500, 5 DUO spybaits, 3 DUO pencils, broke 3 110 got all replaced for free, also lost 2 buster K's Quote
EmersonFish Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 Apparently the most valuable baits I've lost have been pre-Rapala Wiggle Warts; but they were not expensive when I bought them. I stay away from the high-end baits because I'm not one to spend much time trying to get baits back if they are hung. Same reason I don't use expensive golf balls. If I don't see it in 20 seconds, I drop another. 1 Quote
Super User Scott F Posted March 11, 2015 Super User Posted March 11, 2015 Routinely speaking, a jerkbait is one of the last styles of baits I'd expect to lose. Simply because it's usually a open water presentation, ......... A-Jay You'd think that would be true unless your brain disengages from your fingers. I had just tied on a Lucky Craft Pointer. The area I was fishing had a bunch of northern so I put on a light steel leader to keep from being bit off. I cut what I thought was the tag end of the line and tossed it over the side. Unfortunately, I cut the main line instead and with the little added weight of the leader, the normally suspending Pointer sank out of sight. Oh nooooo..... 2 Quote
junyer357 Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 You'd think that would be true unless your brain disengages from your fingers. I had just tied on a Lucky Craft Pointer. The area I was fishing had a bunch of northern so I put on a light steel leader to keep from being bit off. I cut what I thought was the tag end of the line and tossed it over the side. Unfortunately, I cut the main line instead and with the little added weight of the leader, the normally suspending Pointer sank out of sight. Oh nooooo..... Done that a few times. With lures and tools. Last one was i did cut the tag end but tossed the clippers in and dropped the tag end down. I think its like forgetting to put the plug in. You do this long enough its gonna happen. Idc who you are. 1 Quote
Super User Scott F Posted March 11, 2015 Super User Posted March 11, 2015 That's why when I'm up in Canada pike fishing, we tie the jaw spreaders to the boat. Too many went over the side still in the mouth of the fish. Quote
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