I see no need to purchase such an expensive spinnerbait. I use the Strike King Bleeding Bait spinnerbaits with tremendous success. IMHO, and many will disagree with me on this one, but I believe a spinnerbait is impossible to improve too much. It is such a basic lure, consisting of a stranded (silicon, deer hair, synthetic hair, etc.) skirt and wire connecting it to the blades. Is there really that much you can improve upon? The blades maybe, but is that really worth the extra $10 or so dollars? Perhaps the skirt may be improved, but as a reaction bait, I don't feel that small details matter as much. Strike Kings come with high quality Gamakatsu hooks which you can sharpen yourself if they lose their sharpness. You can even change blades yourself, and all blades can and will eventually lose their lustery finish. Blades can also be replaced according to how much water you want them to displace. Plus, when you lose a spinnerbait, there goes $5 for the spinnerbait and $10 for the blades/minor upgrades! And like I said before, added detail to the skirt IMHO doesn't affect its performance a lot, as the bass will not even look at it a lot of the time and will attack it out of instinct. In addition, you can tune a spinnerbait to you own liking if it runs awkwardly.
Now, that being said I am a customer of Lucky Craft jerkbaits. But I believe that more details must be taken into account when purchasing a jerkbait. Not only do bass look at the jerkbait more before biting into it, but there are many things that you CANNOT upgrade with a jerkbait. Sure, you can tune it, but only to a certain degree. If the shape of the jerkbait is off, you will never get it to run correctly. I have never had a problem with Lucky Crafts not running true out of the box. Another thing that you cannot change is bouyancy. Storm makes suspending strips, but that is only to make them suspend or sink. But what if you want your jerkbait to float? You really do not have an option. Besides, I think that Storm's suspending strips and dots make the jerkbait run a little more unnaturally, causing you to lose a lot of action. Water displacement you cannot change, nor can you change the action of the lure. Lastly, Lucky Crafts have THE best action out of the box, it has the perfect wobble, the perfect darting movements, etc. This is something you CANNOT change with jerkbaits. The finishes will last even if you plan on bouncing them off rocks and stumps, and they are extremely realistic (down to the individual scales and iridescent eyes).
I think the main thing that discerns a good lure from a mediocre lure for me is my confidence level. I just simply don't have as much confidence using Bomber (don't get me wrong, they are fantastic lures) versus when I use a Lucky Craft. And that can make all the difference between catching and being skunked.
That is just my $.02
