LC makes some nice lures and I own a lot of them.  But if you are talking specifically about bank fishing ponds, I'd go with less expensive brands like Strike King, etc.. I fish from a boat and can go and retrieve a LC when I snag it on something.  I'd be a little leery of throwing a $15 LC if I couldn't get it back when that happened.  And you must be willing to throw hard baits into gnarly cover if you want the best results.  When I bought my first LC's, I had a period when I hesitated to cast them into dangerous places.  It took me awhile to get over that, until I realized that you have to put crankbaits where the bass are hiding if you want them to work for you.  Just because it's a pretty Japanese crankbait doesn't mean bass will swim a mile to bite it.  And less expensive brands will get bit just as well in 90% of fishing circumstances.

Considering that most MB and Deps baits are noticeably more expensive I find the price of LC baits to be justified. Most around the $15 mark give or take. I probably have about 40-50 LC hardbaits all together. Most have been bought when retailers have sales, from local swap meets, or from various Buy/Sell boards. Some of the baits I have bought used for as little as $6 a piece.

13 hours ago, Yeajray231 said:

I've read some of your posts long before I joined this site. I noticed you live or are from Michigan. Ever fished in Muskegon ?

Have not fished in Muskegon, at least not yet.

A-Jay

 

LuckyCrafts are expensive but they have nice finishes and sharp hooks, and, know that you're not buying junk.  I have a few but don't think I've paid full retail for any of them...Cabela's has them on markdown pretty often and I've found a few in local clearance bins.

@A-Jay I was re-reading this post , as I almost bought a pointer the other day. Did you catch all 3 of those on the pointer ? And if you didn't have the pointer , do you think you could have taken them on somethig else ?

51 minutes ago, Yeajray231 said:

@A-Jay I was re-reading this post , as I almost bought a pointer the other day. Did you catch all 3 of those on the pointer ? And if you didn't have the pointer , do you think you could have taken them on somethig else ?

Yes, the fish pictured all hit a LC Pointer (the 128 in fact).  LC's line of jerk / rip / slash baits is extensive, haven't fished them all (but I'm working on it).  I have a high level of confidence in them all.

As for being able to get the same fish with another bait or presentation, kind of hard to say.  But I don't spend much time thinking about it because these work well.

I will add that the SK KVD 300 Jerkbait has been an impressive addition this season (the deep one too).

A-Jay

LC makes very nice baits. High quality and productive all except their swimbaits. Those are way below par.

2 hours ago, Mattlures said:

LC makes very nice baits. High quality and productive all except their swimbaits. Those are way below par.

I'd agree with that Matt

btw- is there a swimbait brand that you'd recommend ?

(Kidding)

A-Jay

2 hours ago, A-Jay said:

I'd agree with that Matt

btw- is there a swimbait brand that you'd recommend ?

(Kidding)

A-Jay

There are a few a would recommend, almost all American made with a couple Japanese but not LC