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2 hours ago, webertime said:

Not bad.  Giant square bill, good waked/cranked over/along weeds.

If you ever want to get rid of it or have duplicates you'd like to sell give me a holler ;)

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I guess it'd be a pH custom lures crazy ace. I bought it at the flea market for like $5 but they cost $25 new. 

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Spro BBZ 1 Rat Size 30.  Got it for 20 bucks.  Haven't caught a d**n thing with it.

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1 hour ago, Kdizzle said:

Spro BBZ 1 Rat Size 30.  Got it for 20 bucks.  Haven't caught a d**n thing with it.

I've had great luck with the Spro rats. I found that I do the best on them when I slow them way down. I use a very slow retrieve so that they are doing a slow wobble on the surface usually parallel to shore.

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1 hour ago, Kdizzle said:

Spro BBZ 1 Rat Size 30.  Got it for 20 bucks.  Haven't caught a d**n thing with it.

Seems to work for me... D100BB09-3A2C-4AA7-B116-F9214A22DB5E.thumb.jpeg.18233b48612de327b173639b03e5b00d.jpeg
 

***sorry I couldn’t resist***

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On 1/10/2020 at 11:20 AM, BoatSquirrel said:

Hey JA, Have you caught any bass on that Dr. Evil?

I have pickerel so the answer is yes.  I have also caught pickerel on a stick. 

 

We just don't have many big bass in eastern pa.  I wish I knew now what I didnt 20 years ago when i spent all my time fishing for Musky and Pike in western pa.  

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8" STI Pupfish trout top water Swimbait valued today about $250

Black Dog Tail Wagger Swimbait custom trout color value about $200

Blank Dog 8" wooden Lunker Plunker custom trout top water swimbaits about $175 each

Black Dog 6" wooden Shell Cracker Swimbait about $150

22nd Century 8" & 9" Triple Troit custom trout color $125 each.

ABT 8" trout glides about $100

18 Huddleston Delux 8" in trout and limited edition colors and ROF and 4 68 Hudds in trout colors, average about value about $50 each 

I fish the above during cold water and pre spawn periods.

Vintage lures, have several valued over $300

Tom

PS, most of the above Swimbait lures are no longer produced the values increased, original price about 1/2 of what they sell for today.

 

 

 

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On 1/8/2020 at 8:24 PM, billmac said:

I'm super cheap and am pretty skeptical of really expensive lures.  My most expensive lures are undoubtedly some Rapala jerkbaits, most likely in the $7-ish range.

 

On 1/8/2020 at 8:48 PM, Bird said:

Like above, I rarely spend much on a lure, something easily lost.

I go for baits that look and act like the best but at a fraction of the price....they exist.

 

On 1/8/2020 at 8:57 PM, TnRiver46 said:

I was gifted a whopper plopper, sprinker frog, and expensive looking chatterbait by a fellow bass resource member.  The most expensive one I have personally purchased would probably be a rapala x rap and shadow rap at about $9. I was also gifted an Alabama rig when they first came out that was probably $40 worth of gear all together but I no longer own it. Capt Neptune took it from me on the second cast. 

 

On 1/8/2020 at 10:20 PM, swhit140 said:

Probably less than $15.00, I sure wouldn't buy anything over $20.00. I don't feel there is any advantage of spending high dollar for lures.  I can go fish with a $2-$6 lure/baits and catch 10-20 fish a majority time I go fish for a day.

 

On 1/8/2020 at 11:07 PM, scaleface said:

Nine bucks . I plan on never spending 10 dollars on a fishing lure .

 

On 1/9/2020 at 5:51 AM, The Bassman said:

Fourteen bucks on a LC Pointer. All my other baits are under 10.00. I know I wouldn't be enjoying myself while chucking something any more expensive.

 

On 1/9/2020 at 7:57 AM, Goldstar225 said:

Probably $7-$8.  No way that I'm going to spend big bucks on a single lure.

 

On 1/9/2020 at 10:12 AM, MAN said:

I have never purchased a lure for fishing that cost more than $7.99. 

 

 

 

On 1/9/2020 at 7:21 PM, Bankbeater said:

I have a couple of Luckycraft pointers, and Rapala X-Raps.  I stopped buying them when I inherited a bunch of Smithwick rogues.  I think I catch more on the rogues anyway.

 

I used to feel the same way...but fishing for musky it was a reality i couldn't avoid, paying 15 or 20 for a bait when I really didn't have much money...  what it taught me is taking great care and perfecting my knot craft.  I also paid more attention to my line and lost a lot less fish.  

 

I don't mind paying a little bit more for floating baits because I wont lose them!  On the other hand, i own a lot of jackhammers and question why they cost 18 bucks...but they do work very well.  

 

Overall I am surprised so many haven't sprung for a few lucky Crafts or other 15 dollar baits. 

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It's a tie at $19.99 between the Megabass Pop Max or Megabass S-crank. Since I don't yet own a boat (someday), I never fish larger swimbaits, but that's something I hope to get into someday.

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&68 custom swim bait I got for Christmas. I’ve bout a couple of the spro rats 304/ sizes a handful of pop Max’s and some jackhammers.  The jack hammers I might as well buy 3 go to the lake take the first two out of the package and just throw them in the lake and fish the third one till I loose it. I’m cursed with them. Either snag them or cast them off right away. 

Supposed to be $68 swim bait and 30/40 size rats. 

Realistically the money Spent on the same exact soft plastic over and over again Trumps hard bait purchases in most of us I’m sure 

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Are we only talking about bass lures or do muskie lures count too? Some of my muskies lures are are worth about $40 and almost all of them cost at least $15-$20.

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2 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Are we only talking about bass lures or do muskie lures count too? Some of my muskies lures are are worth about $40 and almost all of them cost at least $15-$20.

I am counting those - a lot of the bucktails I have cost 30-35.  

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I was in Dick's last night and looking at Jackhammers for $20, and wondering if they were 4 times more effective than regular Z-Man chatterbaits for $4.99.  I have trouble believing they are.

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20 minutes ago, billmac said:

I was in Dick's last night and looking at Jackhammers for $20, and wondering if they were 4 times more effective than regular Z-Man chatterbaits for $4.99.  I have trouble believing they are.

That is my most expensive bait but I don't pay $20 for them. Look around the internet and you can find them for $12 and some change. Yes, to me, they are that much better.

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15 hours ago, JediAmoeba said:

 

I used to feel the same way...but fishing for musky it was a reality i couldn't avoid, paying 15 or 20 for a bait when I really didn't have much money...  what it taught me is taking great care and perfecting my knot craft.  I also paid more attention to my line and lost a lot less fish.  

 

I don't mind paying a little bit more for floating baits because I wont lose them!  On the other hand, i own a lot of jackhammers and question why they cost 18 bucks...but they do work very well.  

 

Overall I am surprised so many haven't sprung for a few lucky Crafts or other 15 dollar baits. 

I have a box of Lucky Crafts Jerkbaits, all of mine were 50% off when I purchased them. I like getting the deals.

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9 minutes ago, swhit140 said:

I have a box of Lucky Crafts Jerkbaits, all of mine were 50% off when I purchased them. I like getting the deals.

Good deal, good lures. I would be all over that deal myself.

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Well the lure I would hate to lose the most is one I made myself. It doesn't have very good action, it's a popper that's too heavy - oops! But I'd rather any other bait than this little guy.

 

I've only tried it once, it cost practically nothing to make, but it's the most valuable to me ;)

 

My homemade crank bait spins like a top as you reel it in (totally worthless), but I'd hate to lose that one too.

 

I buy cheap stuff.

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Probably just a Whopper Plopper for me too. I do have a couple of Vision 110 jerkbaits and the smaller size as well (78?), but all of those were winter time sales at a local sporting goods store. Probably paid half price!

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On 1/11/2020 at 4:36 PM, HenryPF said:

I think this counts, dunno if the action works though...

 

$80 Rapala

I have one of those somewhere hahah 

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