First Confidence Bait?

[exiledguide]

Crank telephone.....safer then dynamite and quieter...........didn't have to worry about any thing catching on fire......always got a limit

[Al Agnew]

Interesting...my first river fishing lure was also a floating Rapala. Black back, silver sides, 2 3/4 inch size. Caught my first 20 inch smallmouth on it. Now I don't even carry them.

[rps]

Boyhood: Daredevle spoon, Shannon Twin Spin, Mepps squirrel tail.

Modern: Manns Jelly Worm. Later the Wiggle Wart. After that an Okiebug single blade spinner bait.

[Feathers and Fins]

Daredevil spoon, Black and silver Rapala and Roostertail.

[bfishn]

Purple worm

purple worm

Purple worm. To be more specific, a snelled Creme purple worm with the blade & beads. It's easy to be the confidence bait when it's the only bait you got for 5 or 6 years.

[Wayne SW/MO]

Crank telephone.....safer then dynamite and quieter...........didn't have to worry about any thing catching on fire......always got a limit

Generally though the only ones you could get a hold of were the small ones, the bigger ones didn't stay up long.

[LittleRedFisherman]

As a boy, a black and silver jointed rapala.

Now a 5 inch senko..

[LarrySTL]

Lake lure, the old large cigar-brown metal lipped Bomber; I still know the catalog number, # 623.

[Coosa]

Wobblehead.

[dennis boatman]

...black and silver floating Rapala, don't leave home without it...jerk it, reel it, or pop it....