First Artificial lure 2025
Ima Bass Ninja reply :
What was the first artificial lure you ever used? here's mine (0r a copy of it i just remember it was a red/white spoon) a friend let me use this probably 30 years ago never caught a fish on it and i really didn't like fishing at that time.. Not until nearly 30 years later did i actually start fishing regularly.
Goose52 reply :
Shyster - perhaps this very one, which I've had since the early 1960s...
Jigfishn10 reply :
I used a hand carved walking lure which caught my first bass back in the mid 90's. I actually just found that lure last weekend. HA
Right after catching fish on that homemade lure, I put it away and started using a Zell Rowland signature series Rebel Pop R. I just found that bait as well. 
bigfruits reply :
my dad's homemade inline spinners. i never thought i could catch a fish with a "fake" bait. changed my life when i did!
Bass Dude reply :
My first lure used was a 1/4oz. rooster tail spinner and caught a nice smallmouth on it......haven't stopped fishing since!!!!!
soccplayer07 reply :
don't laugh...The Flying Lure
I don't think I ever caught a fish on one of those d**n things either...
gobig reply :
Rooster tail.
tholmes reply :
It was a Lazy Ike just like this one:
My Grandpa gave it to me along with an old Shakespeare casting reel and steel rod. I still remember the thrill of feeling the tug on the line of the first bass that I caught on that lure, and I still feel that thrill every time.
I still have the rod and reel, but the Lazy Ike is long gone :'(
Tom
K_Mac reply :
It may have been a Lazy Ike, but more likely a pre-rigged red/purple plastic worm(the one with 3 hooks, some beads, and a prop.). I fished it just like the Ike-chuck and wind. A Zebco 202 and a fiberglass rod that had less backbone than a French politician. Those were the days...
OHIO reply :
The first I used was a Kalin's grub on a 1/4oz jighead. Still use that same thing during the spring.
Five-Alive reply :
for me it was either a yellow rooster tail or a bayou boogie!!
Uncle Leo reply :
Mine was a Lazy Ike also. My Dad pulled it from his tackle box, on the bank, and gave it to me. He said I never had any luck with these maybe you will. I tied it casted it and after the 3rd cast I caught about a 10 inch LMB. All Dad could say is it figures.
fishermantony reply :
Beetle Spin
J Francho reply :
Probably a spoon. I know I caught a lot of bass on cranks, though. Used to fish Benos a lot:
SirSnookalot reply :
Not really sure but it may have been a flatflish, I loved those lures.
piscicidal reply :
Rooster tail.
SDoolittle reply :
One of these.
SoFlaBassAddict reply :
Original Hula Popper
I loved those things.
Sherlock 60 reply :
When I was a kid we used in-line spinners on a cane pole (wish I had one of those now) and walked along the top of a railroad tie sea wall catching bluegills and white bass all day long. Sigh...
Shad_Master reply :
I can't remember what the first one I actually used was (this would have been a half-century ago ) - but I do remember digging through my Dad's tackle box and tying on a Hula-popper and a Lazy Ike (probably using a square knot )- I do remember the first artificial lure that I bought though - it was a Creme pre-rigged purple worm (the kind with the beads and the little propeller on it) - caught lots of bass on that rig - that and a Silver Minnow with an Uncle Josh trailer.
senile1 reply :
The first lure I used was the Rapala original Floater.
Shane J reply :
My first was a Dare Devil, red and white, just like the one you posted. My first plastic, was a Slug-O.
farmpond1 reply :
More than likely, it was a beetle spin. That was about all I could afford.
bilgerat reply :
Purple rubber worm.
choupique reply :
My first was a beetle spin.
deaknh03 reply :
Mepps inline spinner and a daredevil
Bluebasser86 reply :
Roadrunner, when you have to fish to eat you have to fish a bait that will catch anything!
OH-bass614 reply :
a fire tiger bomber flat A crankbait on my first cast i hooked up with one. i can still remember how proud i was that i caught the first fish of the day and my dad taking the treble hooks out then saying good job little man.
Crestliner2008 reply :
1/4 oz. Daredevle, red/white with copper bottom. Back in the late 50's.
TrippyJai reply :
My first was a Mister Twister Grub on a plain lead jig head. Caught some huge bass and pike on it.
bilgerat reply :
QuoteMy first was a Mister Twister Grub on a plain lead jig head. Caught some huge bass and pike on it.
A bait that should be in everyone's tacklebox.
bass or bass ? reply :
Mine was (and I still have it and use it) a white and black frog pattern Jitterbug.
tnbassfisher reply :
QuoteMy first lure used was a 1/4oz. rooster tail spinner and caught a nice smallmouth on it......haven't stopped fishing since!!!!!
Also my first artificial lure. I guess it was the 1/4 oz. size even though I don't remember the details. It came creek fishing.
islandbass reply :
I think it was a floating rapala minnow (size 5) for bass a dardevle eppinger spoon, also red and white for trout.
slonezp reply :
Blue Fox Vibrax. Don't believe I ever caught a bass on one but used to do well on pike.
bweave09 reply :
yellow zoom trick worm on a red saltwater jighead....YIKES
SeanW reply :
For bass fishing it would be a Big O crank bait. For all fishing it would be a panther martin spinner in bumble bee.
Wayne P. reply :
A frog color Jitterbug around 1950.
River Rat316 reply :
Black and white daredevil... used to cast those things for hours in a river by my mom and dads house. Every day in the summer me and my friends would ride bike down to the river and cast daredevils, inline spinners, and spinnerbaits for toothy critters! The first for bass fishing was a 3 or 4" grub on a 1/4 oz jig head fishing the Mississippi for smallies. Lazy ikes were always good to, still have a couple of those!
VABassin'14 reply :
QuoteQuoteMy first was a Mister Twister Grub on a plain lead jig head. Caught some huge bass and pike on it.A bait that should be in everyone's tacklebox.
Very true. When i was a young kid, this was one of the very few lures that my dad, brother, and I used when fishing a small private pond. Another was a black and yellow Roadrunner. One of those two was my first artificial lure.
RyneB reply :
I found a silver and blue Ratl Trap on the river bank when i was a kid. I basically just used a nightcrawler on the bottom for carp or catfish. I had my dad tie it on and a few casts later i caught a small white bass. I ended up snagging it a few trips later.
SharkHat reply :
An old beat up jitterbug out of my Grandpa's tacklebox. It was the only lure in his tacklebox, everything else was homemade lead weights, hooks, and stinkbait.
WdyCrankbait reply :
A good ole' Rooster tail. Cheap and reliable!
A-Jay reply :
Luhr-Jensen Super Duper ~ In the world of fishing, if there ever was an "America's Lure" it may very well be the Super Duper. Its unconventional "U" shaped design catches water and creates a swimming action game fish find irresistible.
That's from their website ~
A-Jay
NateFollmer reply :
When I was little, I only ever used white, yellow or black rooster tails. They always worked! I then upgraded to only rooster tails and torpedos... Now, I hardly ever throw either of these baits.
Lcomfort reply :
I was about 8 years old, and Dad rigged me up a Black shad Culprit worm. that was the first lure I ever fished we caught about 8-10 bass that day and I have been hooked ever since.
It has turned in to a 250-275 days a year passion!
Goose52 reply :
QuoteLuhr-Jensen Super Duper ~ In the world of fishing, if there ever was an "America's Lure" it may very well be the Super Duper. Its unconventional "U" shaped design catches water and creates a swimming action game fish find irresistible.That's from their website ~
A-Jay
A-Jay - this is from my tackle box...
RoLo reply :
To my best recollection, my first artificial lure was an in-line spinner fitted with
an Indiana blade by Hildebrandt to which I attached a fly.
The fly I used was one of my wet trout flies such as the royal coachman, blue dunn,
black gnat or light and dark cahills. Jason Lucas was the Buck Perry of the
40s and 50s, and Jason referred to the spinner/fly combination as a "Cockatoush",
a term that has long since vanished from the angling vocabulary.
In New Jersey, the cockatoush usually caught more chain pickerel
than largemouth and smallmouth bass combined.
In addition to the cockatoush, other outstanding lures that stole the limelight,
were the Johnson weedless spoon, Helin Flatfish, Heddon River Runt, Creek Chub
Pikie Mnnow, Rapala Original floater (1936), and the Zaragoosa Minnow (1922).
Among my favorite artifical plugs was the "Heddon Sonic", the forerunner
of today's lipless crank
Roger
Goose52 reply :
Roger - you mentioned some of these (although that's a SuperSonic in the photo, not the original Sonic).
These are all baits that I had in my tackle box in the 60s. Come the spring, I'm going to get them all out, sharpen the hooks, and catch at least one fish on each one - then they're going to be retired to a curio cabinet in the house. They have more sentimental value now than fishing value...
Bankbeater reply :
I can't remember the first lure that I used, but the first lure that I caught a fish on was a Big-O.
Ima Bass Ninja reply :
QuoteRoger - you mentioned some of these (although that's a SuperSonic in the photo, not the original Sonic).These are all baits that I had in my tackle box in the 60s. Come the spring, I'm going to get them all out, sharpen the hooks, and catch at least one fish on each one - then they're going to be retired to a curio cabinet in the house. They have more sentimental value now than fishing value...
so i take it those lures will not be thrown anywhere near something that might gobble it up never to be seen again huh? ;D ;D
Goose52 reply :
QuoteQuoteRoger - you mentioned some of these (although that's a SuperSonic in the photo, not the original Sonic).These are all baits that I had in my tackle box in the 60s. Come the spring, I'm going to get them all out, sharpen the hooks, and catch at least one fish on each one - then they're going to be retired to a curio cabinet in the house. They have more sentimental value now than fishing value...
so i take it those lures will not be thrown anywhere near something that might gobble it up never to be seen again huh? ;D ;D
For sure! I'm gonna be real careful where these get thrown, and on fresh line, with a good knot...to catch that one bass and then get retired.... :
I've got a bunch of other baits from the 60s, like that SuperDuper I posted earlier in this thread, and some MirrOLures that I'm not quite as attached to that I'll still fish...but if they get lost-in-action...then they died with their boots on... ;D
Dwight Hottle reply :
Arbogast hula popper back in the early 60's. Dick Kotis ran arbogast lures after Freds death. Kool thing was Dicks wife was my 5th grade teacher.
bocabasser reply :
QuoteThe first lure I used was the Rapala original Floater.
mine as well. i loved that bait. i still use it quite often when fishing little canals araound the neighborhood.
i also had a bagley small fry in silver. after a bunch of fish, the clear coat would get tattered and the foil would start ripping.
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