CHEAP BASS LURES THAT WORK

[the reel ess]

On 1/9/2020 at 8:24 AM, J Francho said:

Similar experience, but it took longer.  Probably 20 years of throwing baits, with plenty of 5# class fish.  Then, boom! A 7-2, from an unlikely body of water, in an unlikely location, on an unlikely cast and retrieve.

LOL. My last 2 PBs bit the bait as soon as it hit the water. One was a War Eagle spinnerbait and the other was a Whopper Plopper 110. They probably would have bitten almost any lure in the tackle box. 

14 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

Currently, I have two Trion setups. One is a Trion-30 on a Dobyns FR702SF - this is my general finesse rig. The other is a Trion-35 on a M/F Aird-X. Last year, the 30 was on the Aird and used for small cranks/jerks, light t-rigs, wacky and light jigs. I've been thoroughly impressed with my Trion, which is why I bought another...darn good reel for the money.

I bought one in a larger size and was impressed, but it's heavy. Then I saw a brand new 20 size in a pawn shop still in the blister package for $20. It feels perfect. I put it on my finesse combo.

[MN Fisher]

1 hour ago, the reel ess said:

I bought one in a larger size and was impressed, but it's heavy. Then I saw a brand new 20 size in a pawn shop still in the blister package for $20. It feels perfect. I put it on my finesse combo.

I got a President 25 as a gift from someone here last year - that's on my UL rig that I use for Neds. The 35 I just picked up from FFO (Pure Fishing's Factory Outlet) for $19.

[Plottman1974]

21 hours ago, Boomstick said:

I have a medium President combo, it's actually not half bad for the $50 or so I spent on it!

I used one for years and it was great...Unfortunately I shut it up in a car door a year or two ago and broke the rod

[Joe_w1234]

3 hours ago, Plottman1974 said:

I used one for years and it was great...Unfortunately I shut it up in a car door a year or two ago and broke the rod

I did that a few years back with my first bait caster but in the car window.

Don’t ask me how that happened...

[Bigbassgrubslayer]

Hello "Dink," I am 15 years old (probably not much older than you) and have been bass fishing since 8. Now looking back I feel like I pretty much wasted my time in my first few years bass fishing, because I just went with random lures that I thought looked cool. But, then from 10-12 I started to acquire more knowledge and get a lot better. The more you practice the better you will get. Then in the last few years 13-15 I have acquired so much bass fishing knowledge from videos, experience, and older men and now I know so much about bass fishing and how it all works. The more you fish the more you will figure what colors work in certain situations, what lures work at different times of the year, and how fast or slow to work the lure, and how deep or shallow the bass are located depending on the year time. My 2 best tips to you are to get experience, experience, experience, and to ask questions from older people who have been doing this for a long time. This website, and any old joe u meet on the bank are probably good places to start. As far as lure, I have used well over 50 lure models in the past 7 years and have narrowed it down to what I really ever throw. Those are my confidence lures. I really only use 5-10 different lures per year and I fish like half of the whole entire year. Last year, I caught 300 bass over 3 pounds and caught about 10 that ranged 7-10 in my life. This isn't bragging, this is showing you that the longer you wish, the more confident you will become in certain lures, therefore you will probably start catching bigger fish. So, figure out what your confidence lures are, the more lures you use, the more you will learn to see which ones you like best. Here are 10 cheap reccomendations:

 

Spinners- H&H spinnerbait (colorado blade) + Booyah pond magic spinnerbait      colors: yellows, blues, whites, blacks

 

Cranks- Bomber square As   +   Strike king series 3, 4, or 5      colors: red or brown craw patterns, bluegill patterns, and bright like firetiger or chartreuse

 

Jigs- Strike king bitsy bug jigs  +  Bass patrol silicone jigs      colors: black and blue, watermelon, orange-brown craw patterns

 

Grubs (yes I said grubs, I use grubs to catch big bass all the time, they are my favorite bed bait, I caught 3 bed bass over 7 pounds last year on grubs) - berkley powerbait grub (3-5 inches)  + zoom fat albert grub      colors: chartreuse, firetiger, blacks, green pumpkin

 

Craws (my best big bass lures)- yum money craw   +   zoom ultravibe speed craw   colors: green pumpkin, crawdad, sapphire blue, and black red flake

[Bluegillslayer]

8 hours ago, Bigbassgrubslayer said:

Hello "Dink," I am 15 years old (probably not much older than you) and have been bass fishing since 8. Now looking back I feel like I pretty much wasted my time in my first few years bass fishing, because I just went with random lures that I thought looked cool. But, then from 10-12 I started to acquire more knowledge and get a lot better. The more you practice the better you will get. Then in the last few years 13-15 I have acquired so much bass fishing knowledge from videos, experience, and older men and now I know so much about bass fishing and how it all works. The more you fish the more you will figure what colors work in certain situations, what lures work at different times of the year, and how fast or slow to work the lure, and how deep or shallow the bass are located depending on the year time. My 2 best tips to you are to get experience, experience, experience, and to ask questions from older people who have been doing this for a long time. This website, and any old joe u meet on the bank are probably good places to start. As far as lure, I have used well over 50 lure models in the past 7 years and have narrowed it down to what I really ever throw. Those are my confidence lures. I really only use 5-10 different lures per year and I fish like half of the whole entire year. Last year, I caught 300 bass over 3 pounds and caught about 10 that ranged 7-10 in my life. This isn't bragging, this is showing you that the longer you wish, the more confident you will become in certain lures, therefore you will probably start catching bigger fish. So, figure out what your confidence lures are, the more lures you use, the more you will learn to see which ones you like best. Here are 10 cheap reccomendations:

 

Spinners- H&H spinnerbait (colorado blade) + Booyah pond magic spinnerbait      colors: yellows, blues, whites, blacks

 

Cranks- Bomber square As   +   Strike king series 3, 4, or 5      colors: red or brown craw patterns, bluegill patterns, and bright like firetiger or chartreuse

 

Jigs- Strike king bitsy bug jigs  +  Bass patrol silicone jigs      colors: black and blue, watermelon, orange-brown craw patterns

 

Grubs (yes I said grubs, I use grubs to catch big bass all the time, they are my favorite bed bait, I caught 3 bed bass over 7 pounds last year on grubs) - berkley powerbait grub (3-5 inches)  + zoom fat albert grub      colors: chartreuse, firetiger, blacks, green pumpkin

 

Craws (my best big bass lures)- yum money craw   +   zoom ultravibe speed craw   colors: green pumpkin, crawdad, sapphire blue, and black red flake

Thanks for all the info, since I have made this post on this website and listened to peoples replies I have become a much better fisherman and have become way more confident in techniques to try and catch bass with. For the longest time I only threw ultralight lures because I thought my lake only had really small fish, since then I have gained more knowledge from people on here and now realize that I was doing it all wrong! I went from throwing small bluegill lures to Powerworms, Yum Dingers, and Chigger craws, Ect. I do still throw black 3 inch Power grubs though because those are just deadly on pretty much all fish species including bass! Tight lines and welcome to the forum.