I can't remember what I did an hour ago. :-[

Don't remember exactly but odds are great that it was a roostertail.

this was my first bass a couple of years a go or so, on a spinnerbait.

Mepps Black Fury

I cought a bluegill

Woot ^^

Purple and white pre-rigged bass stopper worm with 1/8 split shot about 8" up the line

When I was a kid we were out to catch any fish that swam, so probably a nightcrawler.

An F-6 Helin Flatfish, frog pattern. I still have the lure. Mr. Helin gave it to me.

Falcon

Skipjack Bluefish- Al's goldfish  $0.29  

I think it was a pearl sassy shad on a jig head I found tangled in a half submerged tree on Lake Hartwell.

The "it" lure when i was a kid.

Skipjack Bluefish- Al's goldfish $0.29

The "rich" kids used the swedish pimple or kastmaster ;D

Motor oil/ red flake renegade worm

            -gk

1" white Mister Twister. Caught several dozen bluegill, crappie and the occassional bass.

Grass pike on a creme worm.  Scared the heck out of me.  Never saw a fish with teeth before.  And long and skinny like a snake.

Mine was a Storm swim shad.  Not only does it catches stripers but it also catches bass.  And it's cheap!!!

To my best recollection, my first bass was caught around 1949 on a surface lure with fore-and-aft spinners.

My best guess would be a "Creek Chub Injured Minnow". During that era, both wooden and plastic lures were available.

Mine was clearly plastic, and a sloppy cast into the boat's oar caused it to split cleanly in halves >

Roger