$25 Sammy.  Has caught hundreds of fish.  Right after I got it about 7 years ago, I took it to St Clair.  Foggy morning and could only see about 20 feet out from the boat.  Dead calm, eerily quiet.  I decide I'm going to throw it.  On about my third cast out into the fog where I couldn't see it, I was walking it back and all of a sudden it sounds like somebody dropped a bowling ball out of a 747!!  No weight on line so I continue my retrieve and just as the lure comes into sight, both of us on the boat see a 50 inch class Musky following it back to the boat.  Looked like a nuclear sub under the water.  My partner said "Kill it" meaning to pause my retrieve and I said...No frickin way, I am not losing this $25 bait to a Musky and reeled it in as fast as I could.  

I've got some old Wiggle Warts that fetch $50-80 each. I've never paid that much for an individual Wart, but they easily bring that much. 

 

I've got a few Gan Craft Jointed Claw 178's that go for around $70-80 each. 

 

 

For me it’s the vision 110 which are around 25$ I mainly fish soft plastics since I have the most success with them and they are cheap ...I am thinking about getting some nice swimbaits this year which would be my most expensive purchase for a single lure 

Deps Slide Swimmer 250 

3:16 Freestyle Shad

3:16 Freestyle Gill

 

These were all in the $150-$200 range when I bought them, can't remember exactly. Haven't lost one yet.

Mattlures Ultimate Bluegill for $24.00.

17 hours ago, CrankFate said:

Probably these. For the reasonable price of about $15.00 each. From Big M’s Crankbaits. I could use a few more. I lost most of them. But can’t find Big M’s Crankbaits anymore. The orange/black was custom made at my request and to this day has caught me more bass than anything else. I still have 2. The shad on the bottom catches, too. The top one was lost before catching any fish.

 

Marty Burns is the guys name if I remember correctly. His screen name is BigM and/or BentonB for here and Tackleunderground. I have a few of his baits in my collection.

 

Allen

16 hours ago, Drew03cmc said:

I lost a 5" Bull Shad, Jackall Gantarel Jr, Mattlures bluegill and SWaver 168 in the span of 3 hours..

This is my worry. I bought the 6" Bull Shad over the winter and have yet to throw it. I have pike and muskie in many lakes I fish. 

4 hours ago, TOXIC said:

$25 Sammy.  Has caught hundreds of fish.  Right after I got it about 7 years ago, I took it to St Clair.  Foggy morning and could only see about 20 feet out from the boat.  Dead calm, eerily quiet.  I decide I'm going to throw it.  On about my third cast out into the fog where I couldn't see it, I was walking it back and all of a sudden it sounds like somebody dropped a bowling ball out of a 747!!  No weight on line so I continue my retrieve and just as the lure comes into sight, both of us on the boat see a 50 inch class Musky following it back to the boat.  Looked like a nuclear sub under the water.  My partner said "Kill it" meaning to pause my retrieve and I said...No frickin way, I am not losing this $25 bait to a Musky and reeled it in as fast as I could.  

 

Bought a special edition Sammy from Japan called a No-Knock for $35. Fishing a tournament here on the Upper Potomac and figured I would try it out. Second cast like you said I thought someone threw a cinder block off the bridge and bam hookup. Tiger Muskie was 45" and about 20lbs but I landed it. The hooks are now all mangled and scratched up the bait.

 

Most expensive one I bought was a Nishine btour crankbait off ebay for $38. It looks really nice but has caught nothing so it is just setting in the basement. 

 

Allen

$25 bluegill swimbait. Second or third time using it my line snapped while casting and launched it to the middle of the lake. Never caught a fish with it

The most expensive lure I have ever bought would be the Teckel Sprinker Frog. 

Looking at it a little differently,  my most expensive lures are blade baits; silver buddies, Vaults, Vibes, etc.  I lose so many, that the lure-cost to fish-caught ratio far exceeds anything else I use.  I get many more fish per cast out of Pointers, Visions, Huds, etc.

Usually anything megabass , but I would say mine is the black dog baits Shellcracker G2 , was 50$ plus shipping. Otherwise vision 110 st 25$ a pop.. and I have about 25 of them ?

Whopper Plopper

Helicopter lure kit 

 

$35 but it really cost me my sanity as I must have been insane to buy that trash.

 

 

For me it's the 6 inch Storm Swim shad.

While the bait itself may be relatively inexpensive,  the only place I fish it requires 4 cross country commercial airline fares, 2 international private air craft charters and a valid passport to get to & back.  

Worth it though.

A-Jay 

vintage Bomber Speed Shad. 15.00  still have it...………...……….won't use it either......……..

Megabass pop max 

It used to be a Mini Slammer which I paid something like $35 for but I have since sold it. My 2nd most expensive lure is a Deps Buzzjet for $25. I haven't caught a fish on either and now the Slammer is gone but I'll still throw the Buzzjet and try my luck but I won't throw it in a lake/pond/river where there are pike and other toothy critters.

My buddy convinced me to buy a $5 chartreuse spinnerbait. We went fishing and I caught a 9.25# largemouth. Then I bought a boat.

3 hours ago, Nolanh18 said:

$25 bluegill swimbait. Second or third time using it my line snapped while casting and launched it to the middle of the lake. Never caught a fish with it

Just lost a $30 one that way last week.  Got a new swimbait rod, wanted to see how a 4-5oz lure felt on it.  Second cast I snapped the line and it sank to the bottom.  

 

It's only in like 6-8' of water and like 20' off of a pier, I am going to head out and try to snag it at some point next week.  

Gan Craft S Caper

6 hours ago, Munkin said:

Marty Burns is the guys name if I remember correctly. His screen name is BigM and/or BentonB for here and Tackleunderground. I have a few of his baits in my collection.

 

Allen

Yes, is he still making lures? His Facebook page is apparently gone. He hasn’t posted here in over a year.

3 hours ago, Johnbt said:

Then I bought a boat.

The most expensive lure there is......

1 hour ago, CrankFate said:

Yes, is he still making lures? His Facebook page is apparently gone. He hasn’t posted here in over a year.

The most expensive lure there is......

Not sure if he still is?

 

Allen

8 hours ago, NYWayfarer said:

Helicopter lure kit 

 

$35 but it really cost me my sanity as I must have been insane to buy that trash.

 

 

That's funny right there.  My grandmother bought me a banjo minnow for my birthday knowing how much I loved to fish.  I had to use the thing enough to catch a few so I could tell her how good it worked.  They say most lures catch the anglers...or their grandmothers.

Mine is probably a Lobina Rico (spelling?) popper.  I remember it was north of $25, but it does seem to do better than a Rebel popper for some reason.

S-Waver