So my pops mailed me a 200 visa gift card for my birthday and I decided to spend it all on tackle.  It would've been nice to know this was coming cause I just dropped 350 on two new mojo bass rods with daiwa reels, but whatever.  Anyway, I plan on just grabbin' an assortment of lures and what not and I'd like you to throw some suggestions at me. 

By the way I've already decided on 100 *** so suggest anything else.

What confidence baits are you running low on?

What lure or technique do you want to learn this year?

Check your supply of fishing line. Is it low?

Answer those quesions and you have a good start.

this is a thread from a few days ago. this may help get you started.

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1265907768

What confidence baits are you running low on?

I probably could use some jerk baits, I wouldn't mind a less expensive alternative to Pointers.

What lure or technique do you want to learn this year?

Jigs.  I know how and when to use them but I don't pull them out enough and I'm definitely not confident with them.

Check your supply of fishing line. Is it low?

Im good on line, I picked up a couple spools of braid, a spool of flouro and a couple spools of Yozuri Hybrid when I bought those rod set ups the other day.

So when you buy your jigs you need to get several different ones in several different colors in a couple of different weights.

Living rubber skirts have a different action than silicon ones do. Get some of both.

Living rubber skirts should not be trimmed but silicon can be. If you want to know why just take a look at the action in a fish tank.

Get natural colors. Browns, Green Pumpkin, Watermelon for clear to stained water. Black, and Black and blue if you fish muddy or stained water. Trailers fall along the same line.

3/8oz and 1/2 oz are good starters. Go lighter if you are fishing for smallies or you want a slower fall.

My favorite jigs are:

1. Buckeye Mop Jig

2. Custom jig that I make (basically a Mop Jig with my own little twists)

3. O Nelly Arkey Jig (Great for skipping docks)

Soft Plastics:

GYCB Senko, Fat Ika, Kreature, Kut-Tail & 8" worm, double tail and

single tail grubs and Hula Grub. Micro Munch Tackle El Gordo, 3 1/2"

Mizmo tube. Slug-Go. Roboworm, 6" Shakin' Zipper.

New for '09 -'10: Rage Tail Lobster, Anaconda,

Space Monkey, Thumper, Eeliminator and Smokin'

Rooster.

Top water: Zara Spook, Lucky Craft Sammy, Chug Bug,

Rage Tail Shad, Frog & Toad

Cavitron Buzzbait.

Crankbaits:

0-2' Bomber Square A, Norman Fat Boy, Mann's -1

2-4' Bagley BII

4-6' Lucky Craft Rick Clunn 2.5 & 3.5

5-10' Rat-L-Trap, Lucky Craft LV-300, Rapala DT6 &10

10-15' Lucky Craft LV-Max-500, Yo-Zuri Rattl'N Vibe

15-20' Norman DD22, Mann's 20+

Deep Mann's 25+Rapala DT 16&20

Jerkbaits:

Lucky Craft Pointer 128, 100 & 78

Staysee 95 SP

Rapala Husky Jerk & X-Rap (4").

Jig & trailer

3/8 oz Evolution

Micro Munch Tackle 3/8 & 1/2 oz jigs

GMAN 1/2 oz jigs

GYCB Fat Baby Craw, Kreature, Flappin' Hog

Net Bait Baby Paca Craw

Rage Tail Craws, Chunks and Lobster

Spinnerbaits:

Terminator (one chartreuse and one white)

Ledgebuster 3/4 oz single willow blade

Small swimbait: GYCB Swimming Senko

Medium swimbait: Mattlures Baby Bass

..........and there you go.

thats easily 200 dollars.

200 dollars

here u go

buy

jerkbait-bps nitro minnow and x calibur or bomber

topwater-rage toad and shad and xps slim dog yum money hound,puppy spook,superspook jr,spro frogs

senkos,worms

tungsten weight,hooks

thats my 200 dollar budget maybe different for u as well 

RW really knows his stuff. Here is how I'd feed the Bait Monkey 200 clams. 1 each in natural colors

Zoom Trick Worms - my go to

V&M small finesse worms - try these on a shaky head

Xcaliber XR50 in chrome/black, chrome/blue, red craw

Netbait Paca Craws, chunks, baby paca, salt licks(my favorite stick bait)

25 pack Gammie 4/0 hooks

Hart tubes

War Eagle Screaming Eagle spinnerbaits

Booyah Big Show shaky heads

LC Pointers ( I really want to try these, but have to save up for a few of them)

1/8,1/4 oz. bullet weights ( those are the weights I use most)

with all this new gear, you're going to need more storage also!

Give it to me! For two hundred dollars ill go in and fight off a muskie!

Thanks guys, this has been very helpful.  RW - a lot of what I'm going to grab is off your list.

Here's the thread with other member suggestions:

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1143177139

8-)

If your going to buy tungesten..here is a website to save alot of cash

Bulktungsten.com

Grab a black Ish Phat frog perhaps, and a black spinnerbait with a single silver colorado blade

Also if you like fishing stick baits wacky style maybe get one of those wacky tools and some o-rings. 

and some Gamakatsu finesse weedless hooks

Dats a lot of soft plastics! mmmmmmm, i would have bought new rods but u got that covered, try some new lures uve never tried before.

I just checked out the bulktungsten.com site that basspro96 referred to and there sold out of everything! must have really caught on.

I really like the Norman Razor Minnow JB, and it is about 1/3 the price of the LC.  It is 3/8oz and 4 1/2in and range is 3-5ft.