As experienced bass anglers, what, in your opinion, is the single most groundbreaking bass lure invented in this century?

Wow, many to choose from.

 

I’m going with Senko.

Senko

 

Bladed jig

I feel the plastic worm because it can be utilized/rigged in so many different ways and situations. 

This century? As in post 2000? Or as in the past century (100 years)? There's a big difference there. 

18 minutes ago, fishballer06 said:

This century? As in post 2000? Or as in the past century (100 years)? There's a big difference there. 

Past century

29 minutes ago, Mobasser said:

Past century

Plastic worm .

My own answer is Nick Cremes invention of the plastic worm. Without this, there may not have ever been a Senko. Every plastic bait since was influenced by his invention

1 minute ago, scaleface said:

Plastic worm .

Exactly what I was thinking too. That's the game changer for sure. It changed how we all fish for bass ever since

Anyone saying senko really means plastic worm.  It has to be the plastic worm.

The Whole Century?  All of them.

1) Senko

2) The bubble tail Caffeine Shad

3) Chatterbait 

#1-plastic/rubber worm and a plug bait a close second...

Technically the plastic worm for developing mass market soft plastics

 

Plastics for me though are a 3-5" grub and a tube. These are far and away my most consistent producing baits over many years.

 

 

Creek Chub Fintail Shiner made an impact.

Spinnerbait.

 

I mean, who in their right mind would create something that looks like that, and expect it to actually work. 

Jig

2 hours ago, GreenPig said:

Creek Chub Fintail Shiner made an impact.

Well.....that depends on Perry's memory he originally said it was a Creek Chub Wiggle Fish.

Tom

On 12/6/2019 at 10:40 AM, Mobasser said:

My own answer is Nick Cremes invention of the plastic worm.

And I still use Creme worms. Lots of them

Tube

17 minutes ago, RyneB said:

Tube

Gitzit...know your origins Bobby and Garry Garland invented this lure, still related to Nick Creame soft plastisol.

Tom

1 hour ago, NorthernBasser said:

Spinnerbait.

 

I mean, who in their right mind would create something that looks like that, and expect it to actually work. 

I don't know the answer to who created the safety pin design spinnerbait? Before the single wire spinner bait was the twin spins like Shsnnon and Bill Haddock. My 1st exposure to the single arm spinnerbait was at lake Roosevelt in AZ while going to AZ State in the early 60's.

Tom

  

I believe the plastic worm was given that distinction.

Hard to choose just 1 lure as the biggest achievement in bass fishing in the past Century but I would say soft plastic lures are probably number one. Lots of good soft plastics to choose from such as Ned rig, Trick worm, Super Fluke, and other types of soft plastics. 

When I got seriously into bass fishing ( mid 70's - post college - when I had a modest amount of disposable income to play with), I knew about plastic worms, tried them now and again, but just couldn't get bit on them regularly  ( 99% farm pound fishing ).  The bait that got me addicted, that convinced me that I could go get dinner out of nearly any farm pond my truck could get to, was a pork bait.   The #11 pork frog, split tail eel, twin tail, later the flipping frog, these were the baits that worked for me.  At the time, MUCH more consistent action than any soft plastic I was aware of.  I used them mostly as swim baits fishing them deep enough that I occasionally touched the bottom, but not so slow and deep that I got hung up.

It was later, when Fishing Facts magazine finally convinced me to try Brewer Slider worms, that I got into soft plastics.

Baitcasters and serious gear addiction came a few years after that, once I got consistent access to a boat.