What was your worst fishing purchase decision ever?

[toni63]

Lures, rods, reels, baits, boats, outboards, electronics, the truck to pull the boat or the trailer to put it on. What is your worst purchase ever?

 

Mine is the Helix 5 SI GPS yada yada. I shoulda saved up another $500 and bought something with a much larger screen. I like the unit and what it does, but its just too small a screen mounted at my feet for me to be able to see it and see it well when fishing. But when they brought out a side imaging/down imaging unit at that price, I just had to give it a shot.

 

 

[StevesBass]

6 minutes ago, toni63 said:

Mine is the Helix 5 SI GPS yada yada. I shoulda saved up another $500 and bought something with a much larger screen. I like the unit and what it does, but its just too small a screen mounted at my feet for me to be able to see it and see it well when fishing. But when they brought out a side imaging/down imaging unit at that price, I just had to give it a shot.

 

I got sucked into the same thing.   How about I sell you mine and then you'll have a 10" SI GPS...

[toni63]

I plan on using it at the outboard with the transducer mounted on the transom once I get something with a much larger screen for  up front. I'm convinced that is really all they were meant for to begin with now that I have one.

 

Yeah, I know.  A bit much for a redneck 14 foot jon boat...... lol 

[riverbasser]

Ten dollar fluorocarbon

[RoLo]

 

Mine was a Humminbird Onix SI 8 Chartplotter (close to 4 grand)

I believe that clunker did more things wrong, than it did right  

 

Roger

[IndianaFinesse]

Basspro brand hard baits and hooks.  Thought I was getting a good deal, but it turns out that the hooks rusted in a week and the cranks and jerkbaits were all junk.  Half of them didn't even dive below the surface, and the ones that did never caught anything.  Best I ever did with them is when the bill snapped off of a floating jerkbait when it shouldn't have, and I used it as a spook.  Actually worked pretty good, way better than before it broke.  But you know its junk when it catches more fish once its broken.

[MassYak85]

I know many like it but Power Pro Super Slick 8. I've never disliked a braid more, and never stripped off and tossed freshly spooled line so quickly. 

[Angry John]

3 minutes ago, IndianaFinesse said:

Basspro brand hard baits and hooks.  Thought I was getting a good deal, but it turns out that the hooks rusted in a week and the cranks and jerkbaits were all junk.  Half of them didn't even dive below the surface, and the ones that did never caught anything.  Best I ever did with them is when the bill snapped off of a floating jerkbait when it shouldn't have, and I used it as a spook.  Actually worked pretty good, way better than before it broke.  But you know its junk when it catches more fish once its broken.

I never got any house brand stuff but i have a popper that is bps brand i got out of a bargin bin and it does wonders for me.  Its the only bps hard bait i own and the rest of there store brand hard baits are a pass.

[N Florida Mike]

I honestly cant think of one...

Wait a minute! There was this bass boat....

[HawkeyeSmallie]

Fishing license for my wife.

[slonezp]

Walmart nightcrawlers.....Always check the count. Supposed to be 18 per box. I've been burned more than once because somebody relocated the worms from my box to the one they bought. 

 

Probably could have paid for a house for what I've spent on 4 boats and all my gear over the last 20 years.....

 

Maybe I should rethink this whole fishing thing....

[AC870]

15 minutes ago, N Florida Mike said:

I honestly cant think of one...

Wait a minute! There was this bass boat....

Been there, done that. It was so long ago it's just a slight bad memory now. 

Guide trips have been a bad choice lately. Been on 2 and neither of em turned out very good. Won't drop money on that again. 

[RMax]

Sorry to talk down on a sponsor but I received more than enough mystery tackle boxes.  A lot of the tackle I received through MTB was not too high in quality, seemed like the companies just slapped a price on to have one.

[Raul]

Too many throughout the years.

[joeblowwwww]

premium member on Fish Brain.... what a joke

[Bluebasser86]

The first bass boat I could afford. It was a $4,500 Ranger for a reason.

[NHBull]

Saying yes to bringing my mother and father in-law with me for an evening session !

Doesnt get much worse.......except he just invited himself again for Sunday ...

[JustJames]

6 hours ago, HawkeyeSmallie said:

Fishing license for my wife.

Just one? You should be happy. I bought a total of 3, one for my wife, my nephew and my bro-in-law. They are all living with us. So far they've been out fishing (catfish) a total of 2 times.

[bagofdonuts]

another vote for the plopper. hangs on everything but fish for me.

[roadwarrior]

Natural Light by Anheuser-Busch 

 

[WIGuide]

Whatever the first purchase was because it led to my current tackle buying/hoarding habits haha. I've got a few bad buys with baits I've purchased but never used, or purchased and found out they were absolute garbage. I think the worst was probably a few packs of tungsten weights when they first came out. These had inserts in them, but the holes were so small you couldn't get your line through the weight. 

[12poundbass]

The Kick Tail...

Anybody remember it from about 11 or so years ago?

"Hurry up and buy this cutting edge lure, before it's banned because it's too realistic!" 

What a piece of crap! Broke on the first cast.

[MacBassin]

Everything I've bought thus far is junk. None of it catches fish!

[Preytorien]

A-Rig - never have done too well with that thing, requires my heaviest rod to throw, and seems to attract every piece of grass in the lake

[scaleface]

Pro  Craft boat /Force outboard .