250.00 Dollar Lure. Would You Buy It? 2024
Basspro3106 reply :
I'm sure it catches big bass. but I would be nervous every time id cast it. so anyone who uses expensive lures please chime in and tell us your glorious fish tales.
Bluebasser86 reply :
At $250 you're almost halfway to what some of the most expensive swimbaits cost. I have several that retail for over $100 if you want to pay full price. I didn't, but what I paid is still seen as outrageous to a lot of anglers who won't spend $15 on a Pointer. The R&D and craftsmanship that goes into those expensive baits is incredible, the pulling power of those big, finely detailed baits has to be seen to be believed.
It's more outrageous to me to spend $7 on a 10 pack of Senkos that I'll be lucky to catch 2 fish per bait with versus buying a big swimbait that could potentially last for hundreds of fish. Good thing is, nobody is forcing me to buy Senkos, and nobody is forcing you to buy swimbaits 
tomustang reply :
For $250, I'd rather buy more tools to build my own
long island basser reply :
No.
SirSnookalot reply :
I would if I were catching fish worth $250, then I'm breaking even.
heyitzpetah reply :
For 250$, are the fish just lining up to be caught?
riverbasser13 reply :
Nope, but bluebasser86 makes a good point, cheers and good luck to those who can afford it.
smalljaw67 reply :
It is the same thing as expensive rods and reels and everything else. What it is called is enthusiast level gear, every hobby has different levels, it all depends on how much or how far you want to go into it. Thank God we don't fly fish, I saw these custom hand made Bamboo fly rods that go for over $3000 and they place that makes them do like 125 rods a year and that is it and there is a 2 year backlog for them, so it seems a lot of guys are into that and it makes a $250 dollar swim bait seem like small potatoes.
Master Bait'r reply :
It's just like anything else, OP. Some can afford and want a Lamborghini, but a Hyundai will obviously suffice. We should draw no inference to someone else's situation from our own and while it's fun to think about, it's bound to ruffle feathers- to some it will sound insane and to others it's a dream they hope to one day realize- others still have a whole pile and wouldn't have it any other way.
Different strokes my friends! That's why they make more than one flavor of ice cream and more than one combo! I say do what makes you feel fulfilled and happy and don't waste a single second worrying about whether someone else agrees. I just say cheers to the state of general affairs in the fishing world- we are truly lucky to exist in a time that so many options are out there!
Senko lover reply :
I would just be thinking of the 250 TW order I could buy with that money.........or all the Strike Kings lol.
SPEEDBEAD. reply :
Swimbapes don't work.
No one should buy anything more than $5.
Sam reply :
No thanks.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 7/20/2015 at 8:07 PM, Senko lover said:I would just be thinking of the 250 TW order I could buy with that money.........or all the Strike Kings lol.
Wait until you have all those Strike Kings, and you've caught so many dinks you don't care to catch them anymore, then those outrageously priced swimbaits might not seem so crazy anymore.
I fought a heck of an internal battle to finally get myself to spring for a Slammer and S waver, bargain prices in the swimbait world. Then I fished them and saw the way fish reacted to them, and fish that I never would have guessed even existed in my lakes started showing themselves. It's been an eye-opening experience that I've really just begun.
WIGuide reply :
I would not be able to bring myself to do it. Even if I did buy one, I doubt I could convince myself to throw it. I don't know how long it'd last around here either. The pulling power of those baits would also pull the toothy critters of the region and before long I would be waiving goodbye to $250.
SPEEDBEAD. reply :
OG Deps 250, teeth marks sold seperately.
bigbill reply :
I caught more bass and other fish on the bomber FAT A and model A crankbaits. rapala f7 blue or black, inline spinners, spinflys and spinnerbaits. I purchased a $2 orange spook a off the wall brand and caught many bass with it the next day.
Success is choosing the right bait, the right size the right color along with the correct presentation. My favorite presentation is slow.
Add a shot of bass scent and your good to go.
I have a box of experience cranks that were bragged to be so good they caught weeds only. That live target baitball catches zip, nada, nothin.
Now I'm going to buy a $250 lure? I'll out fish it with a bomber crank. Does that lure come with a boat? Lol
I do not fish with expensive over priced stuff. Give me a $15 old time real BASS rod with a fin-nor spinning reel. I just purchased ten lews spinning rods. I'll try them. So far not bad.
I maybe too frugal. We grew up poor I had to rake leaves and cut grass to buy fishing stuff. To me a 202 zebco was the top of the line. Then in my 20's I used the D.A.M. QUICK spinning reels. There wasn't much out there besides the Mitchell 300. I had those too. The Garcia five star rods?
You guys got it made today.
einscodek reply :
I think anyone using a Deps 250 is :
1)going for a trophy fish
2)willing to wear their young arms out throwin this thing all day
3)using a proper swimbait rod which can handle 6oz baits
4)of a mindset that this money is really not needed cause yer one backlash away from a REALLY bad day
I thought about a DEP 175 once but figured I could lose 4 or 5 S168s for that price and decided against it.
S168 may not have as good action as the DEPs but its good enough for me
Besides I like throwin a wide range of baits to catch whatever I am in the mood for
If I were of a mindset to go after trophies all day everyday.. maybe a DEPS 250 .. maybe if it were all I'd throw
deep reply :
How do you guys manage to lose so many hardbaits anyway?
In 4 years of big baiting, I have managed to lose ONE hardbait- a strongbass.
Use softbaits for bottom bumping.
I will admit that I've lost a couple hundred bucks in hudds though, and had to go swimming a few times to save hardgills, 250s and the like. Occupational hazards of fishing from the shore. No big deal.
For you bass boat guys, you do know they make plug knockers, right?
einscodek reply :
On 7/20/2015 at 11:24 PM, deep said:How do you guys manage to lose so many hardbaits anyway?
In 4 years of big baiting, I have managed to lose ONE hardbait- a strongbass.
Use softbaits for bottom bumping.
I will admit that I've lost a couple hundred bucks in hudds though, and had to go swimming a few times to save hardgills, 250s and the like. Occupational hazards of fishing from the shore. No big deal.
For you bass boat guys, you do know they make plug knockers, right?
Lol.. u answered yer own question.. u went diving
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 7/20/2015 at 11:24 PM, deep said:How do you guys manage to lose so many hardbaits anyway?
In 4 years of big baiting, I have managed to lose ONE hardbait- a strongbass.
Use softbaits for bottom bumping.
I will admit that I've lost a couple hundred bucks in hudds though, and had to go swimming a few times to save hardgills, 250s and the like. Occupational hazards of fishing from the shore. No big deal.
For you bass boat guys, you do know they make plug knockers, right?
All the baits I've fished, I've lost 2 68 Hudds. I've snagged up countless times, but my telescoping lure retriever has always come through for me.
SPEEDBEAD. reply :
On the boat, I've lost exactly TWO soft baits to a snag. One was when I was unprepared and didn't have a knocker, the other was hopelessly embedded in a tree in 20 FOW.
If you take care of your stuff and check your line, you'll be fine. I realize it's not for everyone due to the weight of the lures and the specialized equipment but it is productive if you devote the time to it. Just like anything else in fishing, you have to learn the technique and it needs to click in your brain. If it doesn't, it can be a very frustrating endeavor.
Logan S reply :
). Boat, motor, truck, rods/reels, tackle, gas, travel and lodging expenses, tournament entries, and last but not least - my time...Put all that together and it's already a huge commitment and expense, adding a high end bait to the mix isn't going make or break it. If I didn't love it and wasn't 100% committed to it I would even spend a fraction of the time or money. Cgrinder reply :
Yeah, I'd buy it. I don't have kids and I don't drink anymore. What else am I gonna spend money on? 
Raul reply :
On 7/21/2015 at 1:02 AM, Cgrinder said:Yeah, I'd buy it. I don't have kids and I don't drink anymore. What else am I gonna spend money on?
I have two kids, I don´t drink nor smoke anymore and in the worst case scenario they can attend public school instead of private. 
Senko lover reply :
On 7/20/2015 at 8:39 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Wait until you have all those Strike Kings, and you've caught so many dinks you don't care to catch them anymore, then those outrageously priced swimbaits might not seem so crazy anymore.
I fought a heck of an internal battle to finally get myself to spring for a Slammer and S waver, bargain prices in the swimbait world. Then I fished them and saw the way fish reacted to them, and fish that I never would have guessed even existed in my lakes started showing themselves. It's been an eye-opening experience that I've really just begun.
True enough. I guess it's so foreign to my mind....I rarely buy even Strike Kings new lol.
MarkH024 reply :
On 7/20/2015 at 11:15 PM, einscodek said:2)willing to wear their young arms out throwin this thing all day
Try throwing a Cowgirl (bucktail) with #10's for musky. It's like cranking a drift sock through the water. That will make the Deps 250 feel like you're throwing a VIsion 110.
SPEEDBEAD. reply :
On 7/21/2015 at 1:59 AM, MarkH024 said:Try throwing a Cowgirl (bucktail) with #10's for musky. It's like cranking a drift sock through the water. That will make the Deps 250 feel like you're throwing a VIsion 110.
LOL, you ain't kidding.
Speaking of musky fishing, you think $250 is bad for a swimbait? I'd venture a guess that the prices of Dadson blades currently are more offensive than ANY swimbait. 
stkbassn reply :
Never spent 250 on a bait and won't until I get a Megabass rod or two. I'm saving for those. I've spent nearly $150. There is a bait that I'm buying within the next two weeks that's $90 though...and I won't lose it 
thomas15 reply :
On 7/20/2015 at 10:49 PM, bigbill said:I caught more bass and other fish on the bomber FAT A and model A crankbaits. rapala f7 blue or black, inline spinners, spinflys and spinnerbaits. I purchased a $2 orange spook a off the wall brand and caught many bass with it the next day.
Success is choosing the right bait, the right size the right color along with the correct presentation. My favorite presentation is slow.
Add a shot of bass scent and your good to go.
I have a box of experience cranks that were bragged to be so good they caught weeds only. That live target baitball catches zip, nada, nothin.
Now I'm going to buy a $250 lure? I'll out fish it with a bomber crank. Does that lure come with a boat? Lol
I do not fish with expensive over priced stuff. Give me a $15 old time real BASS rod with a fin-nor spinning reel. I just purchased ten lews spinning rods. I'll try them. So far not bad.
I maybe too frugal. We grew up poor I had to rake leaves and cut grass to buy fishing stuff. To me a 202 zebco was the top of the line. Then in my 20's I used the D.A.M. QUICK spinning reels. There wasn't much out there besides the Mitchell 300. I had those too. The Garcia five star rods?
You guys got it made today.
As a kid, I had a paper route and mowed grass. This allowed me to buy myself a Mitchell 308 and a 5' Garcia Conolon 5 Star. This was for trout, panfish and I used it in the salt water marinia near our house for snappers and blowfish. This was about 1970 ish. My brother also had a paper route and he had a Quick 110 and a Conolon 2 star. These were quite the rig at the time, especially for kids to have.
I don't know what ever happened to that rod/reel. Lost track of it, I think someone took it from our garage but really not sure. I'm in the market for a reel for a 5'6" medium rod and think I'm gonna get a new 308.
CDMeyer reply :
I would buy them but not now as a college student!!
Rhino68W reply :
Nah, i'll pass. I would rather put that money towards an entire new tackle set haha. But then again, I don't use swimbaits anyways.
Jaderose reply :
18 bucks....works like a champ.
http://www.savagegear-usa.com/product/view/lures/specialty-lures/glide-swimmer-1
bigbill reply :
On 7/21/2015 at 2:18 AM, thomas15 said:As a kid, I had a paper route and mowed grass. This allowed me to buy myself a Mitchell 308 and a 5' Garcia Conolon 5 Star. This was for trout, panfish and I used it in the salt water marinia near our house for snappers and blowfish. This was about 1970 ish. My brother also had a paper route and he had a Quick 110 and a Conolon 2 star. These were quite the rig at the time, especially for kids to have.
I don't know what ever happened to that rod/reel. Lost track of it, I think someone took it from our garage but really not sure. I'm in the market for a reel for a 5'6" medium rod and think I'm gonna get a new 308.
I still have my D.A.M. QUICK 110 and 110N there on there original rods a Fenwick ul, and a ul Garcia five star. The reels were $30 in the early 70's and the five star rod was $21. I seen the 110 in a antique store for $70. You know your old when some of your fishing stuff you still use sometimes is antique.
the reel ess reply :
No
Heron reply :
Hah, Im gonna have to go ahead and sayyyyy........No.
I prefer to keep my fishing at a recreational level, therefore my absolute top ceiling allowable price for a single bait, for any fish species, is about $40. And even the thought of that, gives me gas cramps.
Even then, I typically choose not to go much over $15 for a single bait.
cgolf reply :
No way in WI, it would end up being a Musky/pike bait and would need a steel leader because of that. I would guess that the leader might have an impact on the action of the bait which would defeat the purpose of buying it.
rboat reply :
I would have to say no. I do have some baits that were costly but nothing close to that price. I am sure they work in the right place and time, but if they were magic, every pro who fishes for a living on the tournament trail would be throwing that lure, and they do not.
robster80 reply :
no.
Jaderose reply :
On 7/21/2015 at 7:27 AM, cgolf said:No way in WI, it would end up being a Musky/pike bait and would need a steel leader because of that. I would guess that the leader might have an impact on the action of the bait which would defeat the purpose of buying it.
I used the Glide Swimmer with a Titanium leader up in Northern Minnesota and had no problems. Worked fine
K_Mac reply :
On 7/20/2015 at 11:52 PM, Stratos20SS said:Buy and use what you want, you only have to justify it to your self (provided it's not detrimental to your family finances). I haven't spent big bucks on individual baits yet since I haven't really got into swimbaits just yet....But I have a fair amount of Megabass baits and my rods/reels are what many consider high end.
Honestly though, a $250 bait is just a drop in the bucket if I felt the need to justify it to myself (one of them anyway, a boat full would be a different story
). Boat, motor, truck, rods/reels, tackle, gas, travel and lodging expenses, tournament entries, and last but not least - my time...Put all that together and it's already a huge commitment and expense, adding a high end bait to the mix isn't going make or break it. If I didn't love it and wasn't 100% committed to it I would even spend a fraction of the time or money.
Very well said.
thomas15 reply :
On 7/21/2015 at 5:24 AM, bigbill said:I still have my D.A.M. QUICK 110 and 110N there on there original rods a Fenwick ul, and a ul Garcia five star. The reels were $30 in the early 70's and the five star rod was $21. I seen the 110 in a antique store for $70. You know your old when some of your fishing stuff you still use sometimes is antique.
I have nothing but good memories about the Mitchell 308 and the 5 star.
I drew a total blank on the cost back then but at the time it was a lot of money. I was in 7th grade at the time I bought it and was very proud of it.
rippin-lips reply :
If I was as dedicated to fishing big baits as people like Wayne, then I'd have no problem spending that much. I have some big baits now, but I haven't broken the $100 mark yet. I also still haven't exactly put the time in to learn the ones I have. Until I master those I don't have a need to spend that much on a single bait.
SirSnookalot reply :
I'm fortunate enough to be able to buy pretty much what I want. I wouldn't spend $40 on a lure let alone $250. I'm not on this big lure bandwagon for reasons other than expense. My freshwater fishing is not conducive for larger swimbaits, don't want to use the required rod size to launch those bigger baits for what I consider smaller fish. Sure a 8-10# bass is a great bass and a nice trophy but it's still only 10#. As a recreational fisherman there for just the fun of it, I can catch bass in that size range on lighter gear, I find that to be more fun. Even a 5-6# bass on a ul or light power rod is pretty darn good in my book.
I do toss some 2-3oz lures for species that can easily exceed 10 pounds, my success rate is no better than if I were using a 3/4 oz bucktail for a few bucks or a jerk shad on a jig head. The bigger bait serves 1 purpose for me, that's just to do something different, it's not a big fish guarantee for me.
Neil McCauley reply :
I've lost too many lures to underwater rocks and stumps or outright line breaks to spend $250 on one. Have lost about $50 worth this season already and I'm pretty good about getting lures unstuck and preventing line failures. It just happens sometimes. Lures are always going to be semi-disposable items.
the reel ess reply :
As with cars, just because someone has a $250 lure or a $60K boat doesn't mean they're better off than you. Usually, quite the opposite is true.
I draw the line at $50 for what I'll spend without notifying my wife unless it's a gift for her. I don't have to, I just do so I can maintain my self-respect as a hubby and dad. I don't recall her ever saying to me "Don't buy that!"
I also agonize over big $$$ purchases so long the urge to buy it usually passes.
SPEEDBEAD. reply :
I'm happy with the responses.
Perhaps the price will come down some now. LOL
MarkH024 reply :
I caught my PB musky a few weeks ago on Deps 175 SS. It's intended for bass, it obviously works on musky. I've caught bass on my musky gear so it's all relative......it's fishing. Was the $55 I spent on the Deps worth it? Yes, it caught a lifetime memory for me and probably more to come. I have swimbaits that are retailed twice as much as that, and guys like Speed have plenty more than me. What people spend on their hobby is of no concern to the next guy in line. I work hard for my gear. If I had the means to buy $250 lures, I sure would if it made me happy and brought confidence to the boat. There are plenty of musky lures out there as well that are $300+ . I've even seen in person lures that go for over $700 in that market. Bass are not the only species that have these "high dollar" lure markets. The high price on lures usually comes from the hand craftsman ship and limited availability. Fish whats right for you.
It's all about the memories. We only live once!
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