To the best of your memory, what was the lure you caught your first bass on?

[NavyVet1204]

For me I was nine years old and It was a Riverside ribbon tail worm in what I remember being a tequila sunrise color worm. I know for a fact that I did not tie it in the proper manner for the technique but I was determined no one was going to help me do this as I was grown enough to handle it. Third or fourth cast and I had my first bass with a straight retrieve on a zebco 33. I felt like I had taken a huge step towards fishing stardom in that moment lol 

 

My love for riverside plastics was confirmed that day and I bought a lot of their lures and plastics with my own money starting that very day!

[dj1975232]

For plastics it was some purple Zoom curly tail worm and for hard baits a bone colored Heddon Spook. Best part about the spook and it was a total accident.  I had no idea how to walk them as kid and was just reeling it in straight retrieve. 

[A-Jay]

Rebel Jointed Minnow ~

 

 

Fish Hard

A-Jay

 

[bulldog1935]

red-head Bomber,

but my first big bass, 6-1/2-lbs, was on a black-and-gold Jitterbug.  

She took it at rest.  

[scaleface]

I think it was a red Cream worm . The one with the two hooks and little propeller . I bought it at the corner grocery store .

[Scott F]

Abu Reflex in-line spinner. June, 1965

 

[MGF]

A weightless Cream worm. My dad used to run line through them with a needle and tie 2 or 3 hooks in them.  My reel was a Mitchel 300

 

Mine also was during the Johnson administration.  

[DanielG]

Red and white, red devil spoon. As far as I knew about 58 yrs ago the only lures that existed were the red devil, mooselook warbler and a black jitterbug. Oh, and worms. We had a big worm rich garden.

You also had to use 6-8 lb mono or a nylon braided line because anything larger was the size of clothesline rope and stiff. So, playing the fish was always a given. No rapid reeling them in and hoisting them into the boat without a net.

[12poundbass]

Nightcrawler 

[Captain Phil]

21 minutes ago, MGF said:

A weightless Cream worm. My dad used to run line through them with a needle and tie 2 or 3 hooks in them.  My reel was a Mitchel 300.

 

[huZZah]

Inline spinner. I was little and My grandad took me fishing. 

[Capriceragtop]

Happened just about a month ago. Went from catching zero bass ever to 34 in one weekend. All were caught on Zoom trick worms. Biggest was on a bed, about 3-4lbs, and caught with Candy Bug color.

 

I've heard some monsters break the water in that same lake, so now I'm jumping up to 10-1/2 and 12" worms, see if I can't catch the bigguns.

[NavyVet1204]

15 minutes ago, Capriceragtop said:

Happened just about a month ago. Went from catching zero bass ever to 34 in one weekend. All were caught on Zoom trick worms. Biggest was on a bed, about 3-4lbs, and caught with Candy Bug color.

 

I've heard some monsters break the water in that same lake, so now I'm jumping up to 10-1/2 and 12" worms, see if I can't catch the bigguns.

Candy bug has been a recent produced for me as well.

[Capriceragtop]

I worked Candy Bug, Watermelon Red, and Bourbon Blaze, depending on weather. All were working. I went on a bit of a spree and got a ton of other colors too: merthiolate, pink, black, red, etc.

 

Catching 1lbers like crazy. Last time I was out there, it sounded like someone was chucking bowling balls in the water. Gonna try some dusk fishing, see if I can get some customers.

[BBuck]

Green pumpkin Zoom trick worm. I was probably under 7 years old.

[N Florida Mike]

Mine was on a Red and white spoon when I was 14. I made a great cast under a dock , and as soon as I started the retrieve, he clobbered it. I dont know that I ever caught another one on it though, because I learned about soft plastics soon after that.

[Jmurphy87]

Pre rigged crawler harness, just beat my childhood fish the other day lol. That took me way too long lol.

[Deleted account]

First "lure" one was on a hook wrapped with aluminum foil with a couple of beads threaded on the line (mom had a side hustle in the late 60s making Keith Partridge puka bead necklaces, ahead of her time  ). First real lure one was on a #9 (silver/blue back) original Rap that I found in a tree. 

[fishwizzard]

First bass was on a Gulp panfish worm under a bobber:

 

 

 

[Mobasser]

Arbogast Hula Popper, black.

[redmeansdistortion]

Purple Bass Stopper worm with white dots.  I was probably about 7 or 8.  The Bass Stopper is made by a company relatively local to me that enjoyed immense popularity prior to widespread internet use.  I don't see them much at the bigger chain sporting goods stores but all of the mom and pops around me carry them.

[scaleface]

I mentioned my first  lure that caught a bass but I believe my first bass was with a live night crawler , bobber and cane pole .

[Deeare]

Mann’s augertail worm in purple caught me a lot of fish in the early 80’s!!!

[Smells like fish]

It’s been nearly thirty years but my best guess is a trick worm or ribbon tail worm.  Pink trick worm and purple ribbon tail 

[J Francho]

My first largemouth bass was probably caught on a night crawler, smallmouth on a softshell crab. My first bass on a lure was definitely caught on a Beno.