Greatest lure ever made? 2024
Wurming67 reply :
It has to be timeless and always produces fish?My vote is plastic worm,spoon a very close second....
ethan-333 reply :
creme worm way back when
scaleface reply :
The simple jig has to be mentioned too .
Burntorangefan reply :
Define "timeless." To me that generates a certain must have been created and fished by date. If a 15-17 year old lure can be considered timeless my vote would go to a Pro-Blue MB Vision 110. It seems like for every latest and greatest can't miss lure/bait, there are always exceptions. Thinking of what I've read lately, see: Bluebasser86 and the Shadow Rap. The ONLY lure I've seen with no exceptions is the 110. They have their detractors for other reasons like their fragile nature or their overall price point, but I've never been with anyone nor ever read from anyone that they didn't catch fish - in bunches.
MIbassyaker reply :
3-4" curly tail grub on a 1/8oz ball jighead.
Wurming67 reply :
On 2/21/2017 at 5:21 AM, Burntorangefan said:Define "timeless." To me that generates a certain must have been created and fished by date. If a 15-17 year old lure can be considered timeless my vote would go to a Pro-Blue MB Vision 110. It seems like for every latest and greatest can't miss lure/bait, there are always exceptions. Thinking of what I've read lately, see: Bluebasser86 and the Shadow Rap. The ONLY lure I've seen with no exceptions is the 110. They have their detractors for other reasons like their fragile nature or their overall price point, but I've never been with anyone nor ever read from anyone that they didn't catch fish - in bunches.
timeless. Something timeless is a classic of some sort that is unchanged by time. It's just as good or true now as when it was created
WRB reply :
The worm invented by Nick Creme, no other bass lure comes close to the soft plastic worm.
Tom
Darren. reply :
Yamamoto Senko.
J Francho reply :
For bass, plastic worm.
Team9nine reply :
If we're talking bass fishing, then another vote here for the plastic worm. If we're talking in general, then I'd choose the leadhead jig.
buzzed bait reply :
inline spinner
thebillsman reply :
jig and craw
Scarborough817 reply :
original wart
A-Jay reply :
Nick Creme invented the first softbait in worm form 77 years ago back in 1940, using vinyl, oil, and pigments.
The Crème Worms remain a fish catcher today.
btw - a stick worm or Senko, is still a worm.
A-Jay
Catt reply :
#1 most productive lure
Doug Hannon's Answer
Plastic Worm (Texas rigged) It's a long, thin shape resembles the profile of a wide variety of forage in the world of the bass, including earthworms, snakes, eels, and baitfish. Its action is almost entirely dependent on the contours of the bottom; and the rod movements of the fisherman, making it very random. It moves with little noise; the noise that it does make comes mostly from the random clicking of the sinker as it hits bottom. Bright colors and larger size can be used to increase its attracting qualities. Because of its basic resemblance to a wide array of living forage, this lure presents very few negative cues, and is hard for big bass to learn not to hit.
Here is the official answer:
Studies have proven that the plastic worm is the only lure made that a BASS CANNOT REMEMBER!
That is, a bass will continue to strike a worm even after repeated catches, whereas a bass will "turn off" to other lures, spinner baits and crank baits etc. after wearing them out on them. That's why you cannot continue to catch them on your honey hole with the same lure over and over. Bass will stop eating that which will eradicate them. Not true with the plastic worm, however. Although we all know bass will prefer a different bait at different times (i.e. "the pattern") you can always go back to the worm to catch them.
jimf reply :
I would say a plastic worm as well.
Yeajray231 reply :
Rapala original floating minnow.
Always have confidence watching it roll. Comes through time and time again.. on more than just bass.
blckshirt98 reply :
It's gotta be the plastic worm. Change the diameter and/or length, and you can catch pretty much any fish on the planet.
Yeajray231 reply :
Plastic worm is too vague. It's like saying crankbait.
For those saying plastic worm. Should say a type. As Darren did..
Many , many types of plastic worms.
Raul reply :
Straight tail 6-8" soft plastic worm.
cgolf reply :
Because it isn't old enough, the Bandit 100 doesn't count.
I am torn between a 3-5" grub, Kalins if brand matters and the good old tube. Both are always in the boat and at least one of the two is rigged up.
WRB reply :
On 2/21/2017 at 8:10 AM, Yeajray231 said:Plastic worm is too vague. It's like saying crankbait.
For those saying plastic worm. Should say a type. As Darren did..
Many , many types of plastic worms.
Not your thread, the OP voted for the plastic worm. If you want a new thread start it!
Tom
Todd2 reply :
Curly tail worm or grub.
Yeajray231 reply :
On 2/21/2017 at 8:43 AM, WRB said:Not your thread, the OP voted for the plastic worm. If you want a new thread start it!
Tom
Lol.. nah I just think readers would get more benefit from people being more specific. Because a ribbon tail PLASTIC worm is a different beast than a 5" PLASTIC stick worm.
dwardmba reply :
Another vote for the plastic worm.
Jeff H reply :
On 2/21/2017 at 5:53 AM, Team9nine said:If we're talking in general, then I'd choose the leadhead jig.
With a worm on it! Jigworm! 
Bassguytom reply :
Plastic worm. Ribbon tail if I must pick a style.
N Florida Mike reply :
Plastic worms .Specifically,Creme, Manns,Culprits,and GY senkos.Oh yeah,and zoom trick worms.
Columbia Craw reply :
Worm by Nick Creme.
Catt reply :
With the invention of the plastic worm Nick Crème forever changed bass fishing; the wide array of shapes, colors, and techniques available to the plastics angler can not be matched by spinner baits, crank baits, jigs, spoons or top water lures.
Plastics can be fished at any depth, during any season, under any weather condition and still produce bass no other lure holds that distinction.
I've researched all B.A.S.S & FLW tournaments (Pro & Amateur), all amateur tournaments I could find results for (2001-2017), and the Texas Share-A-Lunker program. What I would have to mention is under the category of plastics would be T-rigs, C-rigs, Wacky, Drop Shot, ECT which are techniques. This list includes all worms, craw worms, lizards, creatures, tubes, Fluke type, & Senko type baits; which is why it's listed as plastic lures.
After looking at my data I was slightly conservative with the data actually showing a staggering 5 to 1 ratio.
Davidhorowitzski reply :
Creme's are a close second to me. Growing up a 4" curly tail tequila sunrise Culprit on a Carolina was king right befor the Sluggo showed up. Atleast in my part of Connecticut! Still a favorite of mine.
RoLo reply :
For my money, it all began in 1949 with the Creme Scoundrel by Nick Creme.
During the 1950s, I caught more bass on plastic worms than all other lures combined.
Roger
SUPERHOT reply :
Any lure that is productive and pulls out big fish.
tholmes reply :
On 2/21/2017 at 10:39 AM, RoLo said:For my money, it all began in 1949 with the Creme Scoundrel by Nick Creme.
During the 1950s, I caught more bass on plastic worms than all other lures combined.
Roger
^ Yep! I still catch more bass on a T-rigged worm than anything else, and it ain't even close.
Following the plastic worm, at least for me, would be in-line spinners, jigs and spoons.
Tom
ww2farmer reply :
As much as I hate to say it.................the senko (and it's 10,000 clones)
This one bait has turned more fisherman who couldn't catch a cold in winter, standing outside with wet hair and no clothes on, into KVD over night just by opening a pack, sticking it on a hook, and casting it to a spot that "looks" good.
If senko style baits were banned from tournament use around here, 3/4's of every field would come in skunked.
The amount of people who only fish senkos around here is comical........but you know what? They do OK most days with them.
I say this semi tung-in-cheek, as I am a fan, and user of stick baits.......as a tool, not as the end all be all.
RB 77 reply :
For Bass, another vote for the plastic worm. No doubt about it!
Turtle135 reply :
Jaderose reply :
The plastic worm in all it's various forms is number one. But no love for Bill Lewis and his lures he sold out of his old Ford Station Wagon...aka.....The Rattle Trap?
S. Sass reply :
T-rigged Mann's Jelly Worm. Paul Elias said so. 
Oklahoma Mike reply :
I would also agree that the plastic worm is king, and I don't think it's even close. As Catt pointed out, it has been proven to be the only bait to which a bass does not get conditioned.
Behind that I would rate the jig #2, then the spinnerbait, then the squarebill crankbait, then the buzzbait, then the popper... and that's about as far as I'll take it. These baits are universal producers in nearly every body of water (minus the topwaters maybe) and, for me at least, they have consistently produced over decades in the order I've listed here.
bigfruits reply :
On 2/21/2017 at 6:41 AM, Catt said:Doug Hannon's Answer
Plastic Worm (Texas rigged) It's a long, thin shape resembles the profile of a wide variety of forage in the world of the bass, including earthworms, snakes, eels, and baitfish.
I wonder how many earthworms Doug has seen being eaten by bass. The ones where I live drown in sidewalk puddles.
another vote for the plastic "worm".
J Francho reply :
On 2/25/2017 at 3:09 AM, bigfruits said:
I wonder how many earthworms Doug has seen being eaten by bass. The ones where I live drown in sidewalk puddles.
another vote for the plastic "worm".
There's a ton of species of Annelid worms (earthworms are part of this family) that are aquatic, and forage for bass. I guess it's kind of funny to call them "earthworms," but they are superficially similar.
ww2farmer reply :
On 2/25/2017 at 3:23 AM, J Francho said:
There's a ton of species of Annelid worms (earthworms are part of this family) that are aquatic, and forage for bass. I guess it's kind of funny to call them "earthworms," but they are superficially similar.
Yup....my home lake and it's mostly mud bottom is loaded with them.
Jaderose reply :
I still throw (and catch fish on) Lazy Ikes, Jitterbugs and Hula Poppers, too.
RoLo reply :
"Greatest Lure Ever Made"
It's a tossup between a 'Live Minnow' and a 'Hand Grenade' 
The Bassman reply :
On 2/25/2017 at 7:43 AM, Jaderose said:I still throw (and catch fish on) Lazy Ikes, Jitterbugs and Hula Poppers, too.
How many nights I remember listening to the unmistakable gurgle of a Jitterbug in the darkness.
bmac31 reply :
Rapala floating minnow!
-Brian
fishindad reply :
Most productive? For largemouth bass, I agree with a plastic worm, 6" in black. Close second for me is the 5" Senko, green pumpkin.
Smallies are tougher to decide. Mepps #3, Rapala floater or countdown, or tube/Gitzit are 3 classics. Gotta go with a 3.5" tube in watermelon.
Never fished for Spots.
guest reply :
Rebel popr
2tall79 reply :
You don't specifically mention a bait for bass. So for the best all-around bait for all species I'd have to vote for some variety of Mepps spinner. A close second would be a Daredevil or Flatfish.
RoLo reply :
On 2/25/2017 at 10:08 AM, Pilot. said:Rebel popr
The Pop-R certainly has a long and interesting history.
It was discontinued for several years, then production was reinstated
Probably due to its small size, few poppers can generate as many strikes as a Pop-R
Roger
On 2/24/2017 at 11:32 PM, ww2farmer said:As much as I hate to say it.................the senko (and it's 10,000 clones)
"Senko" you say?
HUMPH, that's one I've never heard of 
Will Wetline reply :
Many smallies I've met have agreed that a 4" or 5" GYCB Senko looked like a good snack, especially when wacky rigged.
KP Duty reply :
The vajayjay.
scaleface reply :
On 2/25/2017 at 10:58 PM, KP Duty said:The vajayjay.
I actually googled that , to see what kind of lure it was .
Bigchunk reply :
On 2/24/2017 at 11:32 PM, ww2farmer said:As much as I hate to say it.................the senko (and it's 10,000 clones)
This one bait has turned more fisherman who couldn't catch a cold in winter, standing outside with wet hair and no clothes on, into KVD over night just by opening a pack, sticking it on a hook, and casting it to a spot that "looks" good.
If senko style baits were banned from tournament use around here, 3/4's of every field would come in skunked.
The amount of people who only fish senkos around here is comical........but you know what? They do OK most days with them.
I say this semi tung-in-cheek, as I am a fan, and user of stick baits.......as a tool, not as the end all be all.
Yep I hear ya lol
Snipe Hunter reply :
I fished a Rooster Tail when I was a kid and caught everything from bass to trout to bluegill and crappie. If I needed to catch fish for food and I could only have one lure it would be a Warden's Rooster Tail, brown with a gold blade.
New River Addiction reply :
Plastic worm....creme,culprit,and manns jellyworm are all time greats imo
Dogmatic reply :
Mattlures Hardgill.
Gundog reply :
Plastic worms with out a doubt. Few lures can out-fish it. I never go fishing without plastic worms of some brand in my tackle box.
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