the first bait i ever bought were earthworms

I have no idea what the first bait I ever bought was but chances are it was some kind of inline spinner because I was into trout fishing way back then. I do remember the first bait I used when I decided I wanted to target bass. 1/4 oz rattletrap, chrome with a black back. Caught a couple of 2 pounders that day and I've been chasing those silly green fish ever since.

A prerigged Creme worm with the spinner in front, I caught everything on that little bait.

I landed my very first bass with that lure! The Creme was my primary lure back in the mid sixties. I remember getting it snagged once and I went in to get it back...we didn't have a lot of money in those days and I wasn't about to lose my favorite lure.

No, but I do remember the first one I hooked myself with. It was a Wiggle Wart.

black buzzbait, the classic clapper not a wisperer

Some 8" pre-rigged worm with three hooks in it, front middle and end. Had no idea how to really fish it. I threw it in the water and sat there for thirty minutes without moving my line. Saw the line move and set the hook. Good times lol.

A Lazy Ike, yellow with red spots. Caught my first non-live bait bass on it.

Tom

1/4 ounce Yellow spinnerbait and a floating Rapala.

#3 Mepps Aglia

Smithwick horse fly

About 60 years ago.....a Heddon RIVER RUNT!!

And the cool "trick" at the time was to "notch" the front line- tie eye with a file, up high so that when you tied the bait on it would run DEEPER! Of course, deeper in those days was about 6-8 feet

But to a Cajun in South Louisiana , "Cher, dat's deep, yeah!" Our depth finder was our fishing pole.....we stuck it in the water and if we couldn't feel bottom....that was Deep!

Think it was an X-rap size 8. I haven't been bass fishing that long.

Roostertail 1/8 all the way!! I was a creek trout fisherman until i found bass. i tried a roostertail and had luck and loved the fight! still use them today!

It was one of three baits: a creme worm with harness, a Mepps aglia spinner, or a beetle spin. I'm almost embarrassed over the number of baits I have now.

Ha! I'm at least a hundred but I think it was a Rapala Jerk Bait.