Most expensive lure you own 2024
rowyourboat reply :
Just curious- what’s the most expensive lure you have. Mine would have to just be some 20-25 dollar ranger jerkbaits.
Any of you boys and girls high rollers? Maybe chucking a Roman mother or something? Haha
billmac reply :
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.
Bird reply :
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.
Now overall money spent on fishing is totally different, boats, rods and reels, trips, gets into the thousands.
VolFan reply :
I have a few swimbaits in the $150-200 range, and a bunch in the $50-100 range. I used to think it was ridiculous, but then i got on a Slammer bite.
Ksam1234 reply :
About 45$ but 55$ with shipping and handling , it’s the shellcracker G2
rowyourboat reply :
I forgot to add - post some pics of you can!!! Would love to see some of these
TnRiver46 reply :
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.
MN Fisher reply :
Most expensive owned? WP-110 that was gifted to me
Most expensive purchased? Toss up between one of my Rapalas or my Super Spooks.
Brett's_daddy reply :
I went on a Megabass spending spree this summer...gulp...lol. Seriously the most expensive is a $25 I-Jack and a few $20 Pop-Max.
DSTN reply :
Currently nothing too fancy, a whopper plopper would be the priciest I've ventured so far. Any day now though I'm going to finally cave and get a White Python Pop Max.
swhit140 reply :
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.
FishTank reply :
Megabass Slide.
I have several Megabass baits but this one is so cool looking, it just sits in the box.
Bassjam2000 reply :
Toxic Baits wake n crank, $120.00 after shipping. I’d include a pic but I’m busy practicing knots ????
NorthernBasser reply :
On 1/9/2020 at 9:51 AM, Ksam1234 said:About 45$ but 55$ with shipping and handling , it’s the shellcracker G2
Where'd you buy from? They're $29.99 on their site.
I think my most expensive is around $60. 6" Bull Shad.
Dirtyeggroll reply :
On 1/9/2020 at 11:29 AM, FishTank said:Megabass Slide.
I have several Megabass baits but this one is so cool looking, it just sits in the box.
Sounds more like a man lure than a fish lure.
Got Hinkle’s, DEPS 250s, some Romans and others ... it’s honestly embarrassing to think how much I’ve spent on some of these baits. But they get fished and the only one I have yet to catch a fish on is a DEPS 250.
moguy1973 reply :
Mine is a Black Dog Shellcracker G2 wake bait. I think I paid $19.99 for it a few years ago but it seems their price has gone up a bit since then.
scaleface reply :
Nine bucks . I plan on never spending 10 dollars on a fishing lure .
jbsoonerfan reply :
I think an S Song is the most expensive bait I have, but I have spent more money on Megabass stuff than I care to think about. Most of the Pop Max's I just look at.
OCdockskipper reply :
The top 4 or 5 most expensive lures I own are lures I didn't buy, but rather lures I found while out fishing.
We have some pampered kids who sneak in to fish our lake and when they snag their big swimbaits on a boat cover, they just break the line rather than risk getting caught trying to retrieve them. No loss to them, they just ask their parents for more cash to buy some replacements.
Bluebasser86 reply :
KGB Chad Shad, $120 shipped
JediAmoeba reply :
I have others but this is a few.
GreenPig reply :
I've got a school of Huddlestons & Bullshads. A 3700 that's slowly filling up with various Megabass 110's. Megabass Megadog, Bull herring, a pack of large Rats. I own somewhere between 0 and 48 $100 & under swimbaits. I'm gonna get 5 or 6 $100+ swimbaits then I'm done buying them.???? If I ever own a Mother it'll be homemade.
6th Sense
Savage shine glide, Megabass Grenades, and Bull herring
The Bassman reply :
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.
clayton86 reply :
A SU edition toxic wade hogs but that one was gifted to me as a get better present from my accident last year.
purchased probably the 3 phoney shads($130 a piece) I bought when I was still in the mindset that swimbaits are like all baits need several and every color should break in off haha my bank account quickly reminded me that’s not the case with swimbaits lol.
RB 77 reply :
Triple Trout. I never throw the thing. I should change that. haha
Goldstar225 reply :
Probably $7-$8. No way that I'm going to spend big bucks on a single lure.
DogBone_384 reply :
Kittery Trading Post had a sale on MegaBass before Christmas. I bought four Vision 110’s.
the reel ess reply :
SPRO Rat or Savage Gear Glide. I also have a Livingston Walking Boss in the Amazon cart, waiting to pull the trigger. They're all about the same cost. I have a pain threshold, but I'll break it one day. The Rat has actually worked for me. When I was young and broke, I bought all my lures at WalMart and had a $5 limit I imposed on myself for a single bait. They had some exclusive deals that made baits cheaper that you could only get there. It really hurt to have a crankbait hung up and have to break it off. It's funny, now that I'm at a point in life where I have enough money to buy whatever I want (within reason, of course), I don't want that much stuff.
Jermination reply :
several old zoom squarebills(11 to be exact), my pappaw gave them to me years ago long before they were 50+ bucks a pop on ebay
Hook2Jaw reply :
Savage Gear Shine Glide, some Huddleston 68s. Lucky Craft Pointers I bought at retail, Lucky Craft Staysee 90 v2s I found at Ollie's for $7ea. ????
TBAG reply :
Jackhammer but I'm about to pull the trigger on some swimbaits as I want to venture into that wormhole.
MAN reply :
I have never purchased a lure for fishing that cost more than $7.99.
Dens228 reply :
Mine would be my MegaBass Vision jerkbaits. I have several, I've lost a couple, and it makes me cry.
J Francho reply :
I have some OG HPHs Randall made custom for me, and an old Mattlures Hardgill that are priceless to me.
Brett's_daddy reply :
On 1/9/2020 at 8:58 PM, DogBone_384 said:Kittery Trading Post had a sale on MegaBass before Christmas. I bought four Vision 110’s.
KTP is an excellent source for Megabass lures (and a lot of other lure brands as well). Their customer service is exceptional and their ship times aren't too bad either. If you sign up for their newsletter (it's free) they give you free shipping on every order $20 or more.
soflabasser reply :
The most expensive lures I own are the swimbaits I made. Building materials to make swimbaits and time invested to make these lures is not cheap but it is worth it.
billmac reply :
You guys who have $100+ lures: How do you dare throw them? Call me naive but I had no idea there even were such lures. I'd use 100lb braid and electric fence wire as a leader. I'd keep a mask and snorkel in the boat to make sure I never lost one to a snag.
Bankbeater reply :
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.
webertime reply :
Deps 175
Evergreen ND 180 SOOOOOOOOOOOO SICK
Shellcracker G2
Duo Omikfrgaehtg (the glide bait)
Hammer 4 reply :
Some years ago, when I was working, making good $$$, I had about 1500.00 worth of custom 3:16 baits, which ran from about $90.00 to 250.00..I was throwing the 250.00 trout on 25 lb Big Game mono..Never lost one of those lures, wound up selling all of them when I stopped fishing. Now I wish I had kept them..Most expensive lure I have now are my Huddelstons.
Log Catcher reply :
My most expensive lures are Lucky Craft Pointers and Sammys. I will never spend any more than that for a lure.
DanielG reply :
Over $200
My most expensive lure is the first one I made. After much thought and study I sprung for about $200+ in equipment and consumables to gear up to make lures. This is the first one. I made everything except the hooks. Granted, now that I've made it, all of the others will cost me about 60 cents each so It will be cost effective if I make enough of them, not to mention the fun and satisfaction to do this.
Logan S reply :
I'm not a big swimbait fisherman so I've steered clear of the really high dollar stuff. But I have more Vision 110's than I'd care to account for...Actually more $25 class baits in general, I shouldn't tally them up ????.
The most valuable baits I have are probably several from this box...Some of these could probably bring a high price if I were to sell them.
walleyecrazy reply :
My most expensive lure by a long shot is my S-waver 200. I think the next most expensive baits that I own are probably a couple Jackall Mikey 140's that I got for $20 each.
MIbassyaker reply :
$20 is about my limit.
18RangerZ520L reply :
On 1/9/2020 at 9:19 AM, rowyourboat said:Just curious- what’s the most expensive lure you have. Mine would have to just be some 20-25 dollar ranger jerkbaits.
Any of you boys and girls high rollers? Maybe chucking a Roman mother or something? Haha
I've got a bunch of Mothers, definitely the most expensive baits I own.
Brett's_daddy reply :
On 1/10/2020 at 8:33 AM, webertime said:Deps 175
Evergreen ND 180 SOOOOOOOOOOOO SICK
Shellcracker G2
Duo Omikfrgaehtg (the glide bait)
How do you like that Shellcracker G2?
webertime reply :
On 1/10/2020 at 10:47 PM, Brett's_daddy said:How do you like that Shellcracker G2?
Not bad. Giant square bill, good waked/cranked over/along weeds.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 1/10/2020 at 8:16 AM, billmac said:You guys who have $100+ lures: How do you dare throw them? Call me naive but I had no idea there even were such lures. I'd use 100lb braid and electric fence wire as a leader. I'd keep a mask and snorkel in the boat to make sure I never lost one to a snag.
I've tried this, snorkeling brush piles 10 feet down is scarier than you think
BoatSquirrel reply :
On 1/9/2020 at 1:47 PM, JediAmoeba said:I have others but this is a few.
Hey JA, Have you caught any bass on that Dr. Evil?
Brett's_daddy reply :
On 1/10/2020 at 11:52 PM, 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 
ohboyitsrobby reply :
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.
Kdizzle reply :
Spro BBZ 1 Rat Size 30. Got it for 20 bucks. Haven't caught a d**n thing with it.
walleyecrazy reply :
On 1/11/2020 at 9:42 AM, 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.
Dirtyeggroll reply :
On 1/11/2020 at 9:42 AM, 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... 
***sorry I couldn’t resist***
txchaser reply :
https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Megabass_Megadog/descpage-MBMD.html
https://img.tacklewarehouse.com/watermark/rs.php?path=MBMD-434-1.jpg
Megabass Megadog in a golden-shiner-ish color.
JediAmoeba reply :
On 1/11/2020 at 12:20 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.
HenryPF reply :
I think this counts, dunno if the action works though...
$80 Rapala
NYWayfarer reply :
$15 Mike Bucca Baby Bull Shad.
WRB reply :
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.
JediAmoeba reply :
On 1/9/2020 at 9:24 AM, 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 1/9/2020 at 9:48 AM, 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 1/9/2020 at 9:57 AM, 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 1/9/2020 at 11:20 AM, 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 1/9/2020 at 12:07 PM, scaleface said:Nine bucks . I plan on never spending 10 dollars on a fishing lure .
On 1/9/2020 at 6:51 PM, 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 8:57 PM, Goldstar225 said:Probably $7-$8. No way that I'm going to spend big bucks on a single lure.
On 1/9/2020 at 11:12 PM, MAN said:I have never purchased a lure for fishing that cost more than $7.99.
On 1/10/2020 at 8:21 AM, 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.
Boomstick reply :
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.
Derek1 reply :
&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
gimruis reply :
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.
JediAmoeba reply :
On 1/12/2020 at 10:09 AM, 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.
billmac reply :
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.
tander reply :
On 1/12/2020 at 7:41 PM, 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.
Hutch13 reply :
I don't think spending a lot on a lure is going to catch any more fish. These are the only lures that cost more than $7 but I only spent that much on two of them. I always try to buy fishing gear on sale.
LiveTarget Hunt For Center Crawfish Crank $12.49 (Mystery Tackle Box)
Berkley Choppo $9.99 => $7.07
Rapala Shadow Rap Deep $9.29 => $7.97
Strike King KVD Sexy Dawg Jr. $8.99 => $3.99
Storm Arashi Rattling Square 03 $8.99 (Bassmaster Membership)
Heddon Zara Spook Jr. $8.49 => $4.19
Berkley Juke 100 $7.99 (Bassmaster Membership)
Livingston Pro Ripper $7.99 (Bassmaster Membership)
Storm Kickin' Stick 16 $7.49 => $2.99
swhit140 reply :
On 1/12/2020 at 9:24 AM, 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.
Boomstick reply :
On 1/13/2020 at 12:32 AM, 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.
schplurg reply :
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.
WI_Angler1989 reply :
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!
TnRiver46 reply :
On 1/12/2020 at 5:36 AM, 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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