Bass Fishing Lure Kit Picks: “Just Add Water” Suggestions for Key Tactics

Here's my best tactical "just add water" (and rod & line!) bass fishing lure kit recommendations. These kits arm you with exactly what you need to cover important bass fishing fundamentals and increase your chances of adapting to whatever bite that's happening when it's your time to fish.

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Classic Inline spinner bass fishing lure kit

Mepps Basser Kit

If you were going to be dropped onto any body of water (river, lake or ocean) and had to pick one lure to tie on before you even knew where you were going; I bet the classic Mepps inline spinner would be the first choice for a lot of anglers. The great castability, attractive action from just a simple straight retrieve and ability to fish anywhere from surface or countdown to whatever depth you want are all big advantages. 

These hand-picked bass fishing lures come in tried and tested productive colors and their original packaging is designed to be used as a really practical tackle box. 

The kit consists of:

• #2 Aglia Copper
• #3 XD Gold Body/Gold Blade
• #2 Aglia Long Silver
• #3 Aglia Gold
• #3 XD Silver Body/Silver Blade
• #3 Black Fury Hot Firetiger
• Reusable tackle box

As well as providing an attractive "aiming point", the pulsating hackles on the extra-sharp treble fishing hooks also have a hidden benefit. They actually help the hooks to be sucked into the mouth of a bass as it inhales the lure - giving you a better chance of hooking up securely. Click the button for pricing and availability details from Bass Pro:

Incredibly Versatile Soft Plastics Bass Fishing Lure Kit

Yum The Do-All Dinger 76-Piece Kit

What if the bass are not willing to react to (or actively chase) a spinner? Here's where fishing worms in a variety of clever ways can really pay off. No modern bass fishing kit is complete without a good selection of soft baits.Again, supplied in a ready-to-use plastic fishing tackle box, this kit is beautifully organised and really well thought out. A 76 piece count freshwater fishing kit for bass that lets you:

• Fish soft stickbaits on a wacky rig (wacky rig tool and O-rings included!)
• Throw straight worms OR swimming paddle tail worms using the enticing "glide and jig" presentation of a shaky-head rig ( 1/8th and 1/4-oz  shaky head jig hooks included)
• Texas rig straight and paddle tail worms into deep cover (3/8th-oz Texas Rig bullet weights and EWG hooks included)
• Ring the changes with the proven, productive colors of green pumpkin, watermelon red flake, junebug, watermelon pearl jam, red bug, ghillie suit and elders magic
• Adjust between 4" and 5" length baits (with a total of 56 soft plastic baits included)

The adaptability of these presentations allow you to test out exactly what the bass are responding to on that day. Whether it is a static/twitched wacky rig on a spawning bed, a swimming bait punched into cover or searching lots of water with the finesse "glide" of a sinking shaky head (that you can also bounce off rip-rap and other bottom cover). Including Dingers of both straight "stick" style worms and swimming tails covers so many bases and makes this a truly amazing fishing lure kit.

Bargain Lipless Crankbait Bass Fishing Lure Kit

Bass Pro Shops XPS 5-Piece Rattle Shad Kit

Again with an eye on versatility and covering fundamental bass bites - the ability to count down your bait and then work it at different depths to find where the fish are feeding is really powerful. The vibrant action combined with audible rattle (and the ability to burn these over and around structure as well as through open water) helps you cover a lot of water quickly. While these style of baits are highly effective in their own right, even if you don't hook up - they will often reveal where interested bass are; so you can work them with other baits if necessary. Like most lipless cranks, these are great for long casting too.

The color range supplied lets you adapt to different stains and water clarity - and is a good fit for the color-choice strategy outlined in my best spring bass baits guide.

Premium Squarebill Crankbait Bass Fishing Lure Kit

Strike King KVD 13-Piece Square Bill Crankbait Kit

Confidence should be sky high when carrying Kevin VanDam custom fishing lures - particularly when it comes to crankbaits. His knowledge and prowess with this style of lure may well be unmatched in the world of bass fishing. With over 6.3 Million Dollars of tournament prize money wins (and a ton of other incredible achievements) it's probably worth paying attention to a complete fishing lure range he puts his name behind. 

Once feeding depth is known, picking a squarebill that will run consistently at that depth shifts the odds strongly in your favour. PLUS, in this kit you have the silent (non-rattle) versions which are a good "change" option for bass pressured by a succession of rattling baits. The 12 pcs bass fishing lure kit comes supplied in a 360 box - which makes up the 13 total pcs of fishing tackle in the full product.

So you get:

• Five 1.5 Silent Cranks
• Three 1.5 Rattling Cranks
• Three 2.5 Silent Cranks
• One 2.5 Rattling Crank
• 360 box

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Ultimate Soft Plastics Combo (2 kits)

Part 1: Weekend Warrior Bass Fishing Lure Kit

To round out your lineup for a bass fishing trip to remember, here are to kits that you can combine in a "set and forget" style. First of all, 268 pcs of bass fishing candy - supplied in their own tackle box.

• 20 - 5" Stik-Os (10 each of 2 colors)
• 24 - 6-1/2" Fineke Worms (8 each of 3 colors)
• 20 - 6" Floating Worms (10 each of 2 colors)
• 30 - 6" Fliker Worms (10 each of 3 colors)
• 32 - 7" Ribbon Tail Worms (8 each of 4 colors)
• 20 - 6" Pro Model Lizards (10 each of 2 colors)
• 12 - 5" Jerk Shads (6 each of 2 colors)
• 30 - 6" Squirmin' Worms (10 each of 3 colors)
• 8 - 3-1/2" Salty Tubes (4 each of 2 colors)
• 10 - 4-1/4" River Bugs (5 each of 2 colors)
• 18 - 3-1/2" River Bugs (6 each of 3 colors)
• 20 - 4" Stik-Os (10 each of 2 colors)
• 12 - 6" Cut Tail Worms (6 each of 2 colors)
• 12 - 4" Cut Tail Worms (6 each of 2 colors)
• 1 - 370 Utility Box

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Part 2: Eagle Claw Lazer Sharp 156-piece Ultimate Bass Rigging Kit

So that you hit the ground running with the above fishing lure selection (and avoid too much overwhelm on fishing hooks and terminal tackle), Eagle Claw have put together this fishing accessory kit to make it easy for you to tie on and get fishing. The inclusion of drop shot weights allow you to add that essential presentation option to the tactics already covered across the other bass fishing lure kit recommendations in this article.

In this assortment of fishing hooks and tackle you get:

• 1/4-oz. Weighted Swimbait Hook with Spear (2 each of size: 4/0)
• Round-Bend Worm Hooks (4 each of size 3/0, 4/0)
• EWG Worm Hooks (4 each of sizes: 2/0, 3/0, 4/0)
• EWG Magworm Hooks (4 each of sizes: 2/0, 3/0, 4/0, 5/0)
• 1/8-oz. Weighted Swimbait Hook with Spear (2 each of size 4/0)
• Plastic and Glass Beads (40 each of size 8mm; 10 each of size 10mm) - useful for clicker beads in Carolina rigs
• Black Barrel Swivels (10 each of sizes: 5, 7)
• 20 Bobber Stops - 12-20 lb.
• Worm Weight (3 each of sizes: 1/4 oz., 3/16 oz., 1/8 oz.)
• Wacky Worm Hooks (4 each of sizes: 1, 1/0)
• Drop Shot (3 each of sizes: 1/8 oz., 3/16 oz, 1/4 oz.)

So there you have it - a solid bass fishing kit lineup to help you tackle a huge range of conditions and venues. All that remains is for me to wish you the best of luck on your next trip out and I hope you found something here that will help you when you get onto the water.

Paul