I am almost to the point of trying out lures in the bathtub....
hahah I used to do that when I was a kid. I still probably would if I was as gung-ho about fishing as I used to be.
I think for 40 bucks Id just throw a cast net and catch the real thing for bait, cant beat the swimming action of that!
You and I think alike. 40 bucks is absolutely ridiculous for a fishing lure that isn't battery operated or something like that. Besides, alot of lures that look extremely unrealistic seem to catch bass better than ones that are realistic. Just because it looks realistic to us is no guarantee that fish will like it as much as the list of baits that are tried and true.