I need help I need to know what the best lure or soft plastic for spring bass will buy anything under $10

I just need to know who makes it and who sells it.

This is my vote. Dig that sucker into the rip rap.

 

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Spro_Mike_McClelland_RkCrawler_55_Crankbait/descpage-SRCCB.html?from=BASRES

 

Maybe you should spend some time reading the forums and articles. Maybe even watch some youtube videos. There are some pretty vague questions that get asked here, but this one might take the cake.

In 2-6 weeks when I find the weather agreeable enough, I bet the first lure I throw will be either a jerk bait or a red mid depth crank bait probably in red.  It might even be that exact rock crawler of PotatoLake.  

Do you know what kind of cover you will be targeting ? Or structure ? Pond , lake , boat , bank...  You want to choose your lures based on where you are going to throw it .

There is no "best" lure. It depends on the given day, the conditions, and of course where one is fishing. In the spring, if I have a jerkbait, a square bill, a spinnerbait, a chatter, and a swim jig or paddle tail I'm good to go. 

You list Lake Maloney as your favorite place . Lake Maloney in Nebraska?   Lots of docks there .

Plastic worm 

2 hours ago, scaleface said:

Do you know what kind of cover you will be targeting ? Or structure ? Pond , lake , boat , bank...  You want to choose your lures based on where you are going to throw it .

The answers to a lot of questions such at these by scaleface need to be taken into account before anyone can give you meaningful suggestions.  

You’re asking a question that is still subjective amongst anglers from different regions. We each have varying water conditions in our parts of the country. You could just as easily read reviews of different lures from tackle distributers and Amazon.

But I digress.
For me just after ice out here in the northeast I think of a craw imitation hard or soft plastic. 
You can start your search for the silver bullet from there.?

Simple answer. There is no “best” lure. If there was, we'd all own it and fish it exclusively. That’s a fact. 

 

Seriously, your best lure on Saturday may get no bites on Sunday, and the lure that caught nothing but weeds Saturday reels them in on Sunday. There’s a lot of variables at play, the biggest being what the bass are in the mood for on any given day. 

I wouldn’t say there is a “best” lure because things change so much. But let me give you sort of an insight about what works “best” for me when I fish the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri in the spring. Obviously this is a lake that on a good day can have up to 5

foot of water clarity but if it rains the water can look like chocolate milk. You will fish a lot of rock, bluff edges, docks, and brush piles. Shad is the primary source of food for bass in this lake. With that being said, here is what I will usually bring to the table come March when I take my first trip. (Water temps will be around 40-45°)

 

All you gotta do is type these into google or go to tacklewarehouse.com to

find what you need, you can find these baits in all different price categories that will work for you.

 

-Suspending Jerkbait (Shad or Chrome Color)

-Square Bill or Medium Diving Crankbait (Craw or Shad Color)

-1/2oz Football Head Jig (Green Pumpkin Colored or if the water is dirty from rain I’ll go Black and Blue) I will throw some sort of plastic craw trailer on that jig matching the color. 4” is usually a good size craw for that size jig.

-Spinner Bait with double willow blades (White color)

-Shaky Head Worm with a 3/16oz Shaky Head (green pumpkin colored)

 

And lastly if you want to get more advanced, an Alabama Rig.

 

If you have any questions feel free to message me. But seriously, YouTube is your best friend. Do some research this winter so you know what will work best for where you live.

 

 

1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said:

Plastic worm 

If it isn't "the best" it certainly has to be about the most versatile. With a modest assortment of terminal tackle I guess you could fish a plastic worm (or other soft plastic) at about any depth in about any type of cover/terrain.

A painted red Johnson Silver Minnow with a green/black silicone skirt affixed to the line tie, with the back half of a lizzard for a trailer. I usually shrink-wrap a loud rattle to the weedguard....

Is there any fish left in the lake after the spring when you're done @detroit1? That lure sounds like a freeway ride to Vacuumtown. 

Killer bait man! ?

Lots of things work but spring to me means cold water moving into pres pawn. I've has success with all manner of baits jigs, Texas rigs, shad raps,chatterbaits, Ned rigs etc. My favorites are as such...at ice out jerkbaits and lipless cranks. Once the water warms into the upper 40s into the 50s I like swim jigs and spinnerbaits.

As far as soft plastics go, a curly tail grub on a 1/4 oz football or ballhead according to bottom structure is a pretty good bet.  Other bottom fishing rigs which work are ned rigs and slider heads, depending if the fish want a standing presentation or one laying down. 

 

Of course skirted jigs work great as well any time of the year not just for spring.

35 minutes ago, detroit1 said:

A painted red Johnson Silver Minnow with a green/black silicone skirt affixed to the line tie, with the back half of a lizzard for a trailer. I usually shrink-wrap a loud rattle to the weedguard....

 I can honestly say I never fished that .

3 hours ago, BassWhole! said:

There is no "best" lure. It depends on the given day, the conditions, and of course where one is fishing. In the spring, if I have a jerkbait, a square bill, a spinnerbait, a chatter, and a swim jig or paddle tail I'm good to go. 

This.

What is a Spring Bass?

If you mean bass fishing during the human calendar 3/20/2021 period Spring Time then all bass lures can work.

If you mean during the spawn cycle or 

when bass are on beds then a Senko or worm of your choice works good.

Tom

 

Weightless fluke always does good in early spring. Windy days spinnerbaits produce pretty good 

 

Too many variables.  What works one day may do nothing the next day.

Another vote for the red spoon.

10 hours ago, detroit1 said:

A painted red Johnson Silver Minnow with a green/black silicone skirt affixed to the line tie, with the back half of a lizzard for a trailer. I usually shrink-wrap a loud rattle to the weedguard....

That's a custom bait. He said $10.?

Black-n-blue jig

LFT Worm Black Magic

Toledo Gold Rattle-L-Trap, Stanley Wedge Plus double gold willowleaf white skirt 1/2 oz, Jackhammer Chatterbait 3/8 oz Bhite Delight, LFT Live Magic Shad 

Rage Tail Swimmer KVD Magic 5.75", Owner Beast Flashy Swimmer 3/8 oz willowleaf 

 

That's it I'm tired of typing! ?