White and red spoon.

Red and white Heddon Sonic.

The first bass lure I used was a big grey mouse. I "borrowed" it from my dad. I dont know who made it but I used that thing all the time. Tons of blow ups on it but never caught anything on it. I still have that mouse. The first lure I bought for myself was a road runner. When ever I am having trouble catching anything I still break out the road runner and start catching fish. 

If, by first lure, you mean the first one I had in my tackle box, I am not sure.  The first lure that I used to catch a bass was a Rapala Original Floater and I had quite a few of those early on, as well as the Rapala CountDown models.  

1 hour ago, Goose52 said:

Great lure! It was/is marketed as the only anti-twist spinner. I never had one so I can't confirm.

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2 hours ago, Goose52 said:

That's a Abu Reflex spinner. That was also the first lure I ever caught a fish on. That was back in 1965

I take that back, that lure is a Shyster spinner. Looks just like the Abu though.

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First lure I ever bought was a frog colored jitterbug. I still have it in my box. My first bass on a lure was caught on a Rat-L-Trap. It was barely bigger then the trap, but it hooked me for life!!

I grew up fishing the Connecticut River down in the "Flats" of Holyoke. We only could afford to pick our own nightcrawlers and buy a $.10 pack of hooks and some steel nuts for sinkers. A neighbor gave me an old "knucklebuster" BC reel and a solid steel BC rod, which was maybe 5' long. I didn't have any lures at that time (in the 50's), so I saved up some paper delivery money and bought my first lure at a local bait shop - a Heddon Lucky 13, in red head/shiner pattern. I had to save up some more money to get a spool of black dacron line to spool on the reel.

I had read an article in Outdoor Life magazine, back then, on how to "set-up" a baitcaster. You had to set the spool, set the drag and the "cast control", such as it was. Then I went out and started learning how to cast. It wasn't the most thrilling (or successful) first attempt. Got back lashed badly. Took me a whole day undo the birdsnest I created. But you know what? I never gave up and 2 years ago, I gave that same old wooden lure to my grandson....along with an Ambassadeur 5000 (red) reel.

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First I can remember is a mister twister 2" grub. Will never forget my first Crankbait bass though. Was casting off a pier and reeling in a Luhr Jenson speed trap as fast as I could, as the bait came near the pier a bass shot out going as fast as the lure in the opposite direction and hammered it. I got really lucky to land it, because the viscousness of the strike ripped a small hole in the mouth and the bait just fell out when I landed it. 

1 hour ago, Jigfishn10 said:

Great lure! It was/is marketed as the only anti-twist spinner. I never had one so I can't confirm.

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Yeah - the offset line-tie is somewhat unique. I haven't bought a Shyster since the '60s but still have a couple left from back then. That line-tie design actually does reduce/eliminate line twist.

I buy Rooster Tails now and the first thing I do is to bend over the line-tie to somewhat simulate a Shyster.

1 hour ago, Scott F said:

That's a Abu Reflex spinner. That was also the first lure I ever caught a fish on. That was back in 1965

The bait in this photo is a Shyster (look at the blade).

A genuine Abu Reflex inline spinner looks like this (the only one I have left from the '60s):

2 hours ago, Goose52 said:

That was made in the town next to me.  My first bass lure was a blue and black spinner bait when I was about 8.  Everyone in the family usually used minnows for panfish in Michigan.  I was told I wouldn't catch anything on it.  I didn't the first day but over the next year I caught 5 or 6 fish on it.  Had it until about 5 years ago and not sure what happened to it.  15 years was a good run.  Didn't catch loads of fish but caught enough.

My first lure was probably a small Road Runner.  I don't really remember though, I couldn't have been more than 4 years old.

2 minutes ago, Goose52 said:

Yeah - the offset line-tie is somewhat unique. I haven't bought a Shyster since the '60s but still have a couple left from back then. That line-tie design actually does reduce/eliminate line twist.

I buy Rooster Tails now and the first thing I do is to bend over the line-tie to somewhat simulate a Shyster.

The bait in the photo above is a Shyster (look at the blade).

A genuine Abu Reflex inline spinner looks like this (the only one I have left from the '60s):

When I first saw your post, it was on my phone and I couldn't see the blade very well.  The Shyster and the Abu are so similar.  I still have several Abu's from the 60's. Yellow and white ones were our favorites. 

First lure was a Rooster Tail. The first dedicated bass bait was a Rebel deep wee r In naturalized perch. 

A south bend in line spinner. Was stainless steel blade, red beads, and black hair. I thought that thing was magic, as I had only used nightcrawler and dillies prior. I even recall catching a snapper from a small frog pond. I brought the big turtle so shore and with my trusty pliers got my lure back from his mouth. There was no way I was letting that lure go. Makes me wonder why it is I have 50+ inline spinners in their packaging that have never been open. Will have to tie one on this spring for nostalgia sake.

A spoon, I believe it was a red/white Daredevil.  Didn't catch anything on it until an elderly gentleman told me it should wobble and not spin. Once I slowed down the retrieve, I began catching walleye and an occasional pike. To this day, it's an effort for me to fish most any lure fast.

inline spinner that my dad made when I was in elementary school on the upper Potomac river. I caught my first bass (SMB) that day and it totally changed my view on fishing (I always liked it but now I loved it) and have been using artificial baits ever since.

 

Hah! I worked my way to artificials incrementally. Mine was a home-made grub/worm fly made from a rubber band and sewing thread wound onto a #6 Eagle Claw snelled hook, ca. 1971 (I know the date bc of the spanking new '71 Camaro in the background) : 

22 hours ago, KDW96 said:

An old Creme pre rigged worm,  i think?

Ditto

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I think it was a red and white spoon.I caught 2-3 fish on it and then got into plastic worms.My friend had a black and white polka-dot worm made by cream that the bass loved.Talking about 1975 or 76.

First lures I remember using were a beetle spin and a red/white Daredevle spoon.  Before that it was hook/worm/bobber/split shot fishing for panfish and creek chubs.

A small, white Mepps spinnerbait with a single blade that could split open.