threw a $25 Megabass jerkbait and got 5 bass and made $250 in my club tourny yesterday.  Could a $5 jerkbait do that, probably but I chose to use the Megabass and I think the added confidence helps a great deal. 

Nice, what size fish were they? 

Big enough for 2nd place lol  Had 11.10lbs and first was 11.19lbs..... Had a bass die on me and cost me .20lbs and the win...  Hurts a little but 2nd is better than 3rd..

Expensive is relative.............to some people a $12 lure is cheap, to some it is not. At the end of the day, fish with what you like, and can afford, be happy with it, and don't crap on someone who either can afford or has more expensive stuff or vice versa, cheaper stuff. I'll always bang the drum for bass fishing on a budget because I am saddled with a budget myself, but if I had unlimited funds, you can bet your rear end the stuff in my arsenal would be top shelf, but for now, I do the best I can with what I have to work with, and I am pretty happy with my stuff and the end results.

 

Very well said. I think that pretty much sums it up for most the folks who call themselves bass fishermen, and it would do us all good if we would remember it

threw a $25 Megabass jerkbait and got 5 bass and made $250 in my club tourny yesterday. Could a $5 jerkbait do that, probably but I chose to use the Megabass and I think the added confidence helps a great deal.

Maybe a cheaper one would do just as good. But in reality and when it comes to jerkbaits probably not. There are a lot of guys who fish very similar baits but save the expensive ones for tournaments. Jerkbaits just seem to be the thing where that really matter. Those pointers or visions costs that for a reason. There is no way some of those people are buying $15-20 cranks but will drop it on jerkbaits no problem and they have boxes full.

Pulled the megabass 110 in pro blue out in my Ohio River tourny Sunday.  Struggling to find 12" bass allday.  I thought, why not try the bait that has worked all year.  BOOM, giant bass in this pool.  After catching a catfish and a drum, I didnt think this hard pulling fish was a bass.  She jumped completely out of the water and my partner and i just looked at each other and said "It is a BASSSSSS".  When it jumped I could have swore it was 8-10 pounds.  After seeing 8-10 inch fish most of the day anyway.  It ended up being 4.5lbs and was the Big Bass of the tourny by far.  She sure looked bigger than 4.5 tho.  Solid hard pullin river fish!

I dont buy anything expensive unless its been touted over and over that it catches fish by a bunch of fishermen all over the internet.

The worst is having an expensive lure (esp a big expensive lure) sit at the bottom of the lure pile with a bunch of more effective cheap soft plastics on top!

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Not too long ago I bought an MS Slammer. Prior to that I would wince at paying $8.00 for a lure. Since the Slammer purchase I've kinda decided that paying more might be worth it in the long run. I hate to loose a $3.00 lure but I also hate not using a lure because I'm afraid to lose it.

 

Sometimes it's hard to keep this pastime in perspective money-wise. My gear and even my boat are modest in comparison to some but still 10 years ago I wouldn't have even considered investing the money I have in my gear now. So now I have several $20.00+ lures and appreciate the workmanship and action. really surprised at the lifelike action of my Spro BBZ-1 which is right at the $20.00 mark. Really love those baits. I guess I don't mind paying more for a good bait if it works. 

thomas15 you will like the BBZ, productive swimbait . 

What color Pop max to start out with? What do you guys think

What color Pop max to start out with? What do you guys think

I see GG Bass and white python as most people's choice. Those are the colors that are available the most too so that may play into it. For me it's white python but I have a couple other colors I will be trying out to see if it makes any difference.

What color Pop max to start out with? What do you guys think

 

white python or black orochi are my 2 most productive.  black in really low light conditions, white otherwise.

What color Pop max to start out with? What do you guys think

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