Cost of lures?

[Outdoors]

I actually brought (call me stupid) a lipless crankbait that cost right around $15... so I have to agree.

[Columbia Craw]

I don't scrimp on terminal tackle or line. I buy what I have confidence in and look sales or discounts on those products when I can.  If the item is a consumable, I will stock up a little.  A good example are, Senkos, Rage Bugs and Keithech Fats. You also don't have to spend a bundle to get quality and performance. Seibert is a great example. Lures in relation to boat, truck, gas, launch fees, etc. is small.

[Bruce424]

Me and my dad went  ( and sometimes still do ) to alot of fishing flea markets. People sold stuff cheap. Dad would buy like 50 hooks for a dollar type stuff. He just recently bought a rod for 4 bucks. Buy soft plastics buy the lbs. Still today you might get lucky. But as a kid that where I got my stuff. 

[Further North]

On 10/30/2017 at 2:13 PM, Choporoz said:

  A Pikie Minnow cost 1.20 in 1945.  I assume that's gottta be a lot more than a Rapala @ today's prices

I checked a couple of inflation calculators...$1.20 in 1945 is $16 and change in 2017.

[Cgolf]

3 minutes ago, Further North said:

I checked a couple of inflation calculators...$1.20 in 1945 is $16 and change in 2017.

At the same time though production costs have gone down with automation. You can make more consistent baits now very cheaply. 

[Further North]

1 minute ago, cgolf said:

At the same time though production costs have gone down with automation. You can make more consistent baits now very cheaply. 

Well...sort of.  The cost of people, real estate, taxes, utilities, and machinery has gone way up (our newest corrugated flexo press was well north of $6 million all in, vs. ~$80k in the 60s).

 

But it's faster by a couple orders of magnitude and it does more, to higher standards.

[IntroC]

That the beauty of fishing. You can spend as much as you want or as little. I have spent thousands of dollars on tackle and can tell you my most exspensive baits are not my most productive. I have twenty dollar Megabass poppers that have yet to catch a fish, fifteen dollar spy baits that have yet to catch fish and the list goes on and on. Granted these baits baits do catch fish and do have some that produce well but have many more that are fish less. The majority of my best days have been fishing cheap soft plastics. I have probably

caught more fish on a simple grub than all others combined.

[Munkin]

16 hours ago, Bruce424 said:

Me and my dad went  ( and sometimes still do ) to alot of fishing flea markets. People sold stuff cheap. Dad would buy like 50 hooks for a dollar type stuff. He just recently bought a rod for 4 bucks. Buy soft plastics buy the lbs. Still today you might get lucky. But as a kid that where I got my stuff. 

They still have a few around here as I buy and sell a lot of tackle at them. It is crazy what sells and what doesn't? Last year I had a bunch of Roboworms NIP 3 packs for $5 and didn't sell any for the first day and a half. Ended up selling all 18 packs to a guy 30 minutes before the show ended for $25.

 

Allen

[primetime]

The brand or price of a lure rarely makes much of a difference imo. However, if expensive lures or brands gives me confidence than to me it is worth paying the extra money. 

 

I find that the Rebel Pop'r or Zara spook work plenty well for me. If I need a one knocking sound, they have one, I have purchased some expensive walkers to see if they work better, and at the end of the day, they walk just like a zara spook, only difference to me is pretty finish and better hooks maybe. 

 

I pay for Swim Senko's and hate paying almost a $1 for a worm that may be destroyed after one strike, but I don't have confidence in the other brands. I feel like tackle prices has gone down, you can buy a red eye shad or strike king square bill on sale for $3-4 bucks, not sure any other brand of crankbait is actually "Better". Every brand makes lures that have the different actions you need for the most part. I have a box full of Poppers, some are eye candy that all my buddies reach for right away, but I still have more confidence in the Rebel because I know it works. It's more the presentation than brand imo. You don't need the most expensive stuff, but it is fun buying lures. At the end of a year, I find I only use 20% of what I bring. Problem is companies and magazines are always pushing all these new brands etc...Just finding a few crankbaits is confusing if you look at TW but lures are sold to catch fisherman, not fish. Just buy the lures guys used 20 years ago still in production, they are also the least expensive. The weights at tournaments were the same 20 years ago, line and terminal tackle matters most to me, I have purchased expensive line I hated, cheap lines I loved, everything in fishing is subjective. There is no "Best Lure" or Brand, only your opinion matters.

[Koz]

On 10/30/2017 at 1:55 PM, Dorado said:

$440 Roman Made Mother Swimbait

 I thought this was a joke until I looked it up. That's what I call "stupid money". You have to be stupid rich or just plain stupid to spend your money on things like that.

 

The most expensive lures I own are some Whopper Ploppers and I bought those when they were "buy one, get one half off".  The truth is, fish bite at just about anything. It's just a matter of throwing the right lure in the right place at the right time.

[J Francho]

Enough of the name calling.  Look up a video on Roman Made, and see how they're made, and you might get why.  If not, so what.  No one is forcing you to buy it.  Pretty silly throwing stones at, calling fellow anglers stupid.  I agree, it's an obnoxiously expensive bait.  I see it like a Lambo or Ferrari.  I'll never have to worry whether it has the right action out of the box.

[jbmaine]

I only have a few expensive baits. ( I call a Whopper Plopper expensive ). And they catch fish, but I cringe when I use them for fear a pickerel will take off with it.

                                                     Jim

[OCdockskipper]

2 hours ago, jbmaine said:

I only have a few expensive baits... I cringe when I use them for fear a pickerel will take off with it.

                                                     Jim

You could always move to Southern California and fish.  No pickerel, but the real estate prices here will make you cringe.

[Rick Howard]

Found this while going through some old boxes in my garage.

[Further North]

On 11/6/2017 at 8:13 AM, Koz said:

 I thought this was a joke until I looked it up. That's what I call "stupid money". You have to be stupid rich or just plain stupid to spend your money on things like that.

 

The most expensive lures I own are some Whopper Ploppers and I bought those when they were "buy one, get one half off".  The truth is, fish bite at just about anything. It's just a matter of throwing the right lure in the right place at the right time.

I'm with you...for $440, a bait needs to come with...um...extensive, intimate attention from an attractive...consultant...if you catch my drift...or a guarantee of a significant tournament win.

 

...otherwise...it's just plain stoopid...

 

On 11/6/2017 at 8:49 AM, J Francho said:

Enough of the name calling.  Look up a video on Roman Made, and see how they're made, and you might get why.  If not, so what.  No one is forcing you to buy it.  Pretty silly throwing stones at, calling fellow anglers stupid.  I agree, it's an obnoxiously expensive bait.  I see it like a Lambo or Ferrari.  I'll never have to worry whether it has the right action out of the box.

I could get ther if the thing was $50, $75, maybe even $100...but at $440?  Makes no sense to any rational fisherman.

[deep]

 

I drive a 97 Sentra; which works perfectly fine by the way, even cartops my kayak.

Please tell me what your sedans/ trucks/ SUVs cost you, and I'll happily return the favor and call you stupid too.

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8 hours ago, Further North said:

I'm with you...for $440, a bait needs to come with...um...extensive, intimate attention from an attractive...consultant...if you catch my drift...

Funny, I don't remember you being down in Costa Rica with us....

[J Francho]

And, we're done here.