Everything posted by Smirak
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Latest Tackle Purchase Thread (Bait Monkey Victim Support Group)
My bento from THU arrived this am. I added everything up and it came to a retail price of $396 (all for $100). $212 in hard baits, $100 in wire baits and $84 in soft plastics.
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The latest sale thread
You know, never thought of that. I’ll let you know by Sunday…
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The latest sale thread
The only thing our local Ollies ever has is expired Oreos and a ton of adult diapers. The Oreos are still good if you dunk them in milk, but the diapers have left a little to be desired…not good for an all day trip…
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Seaguar Tatsu
I didn’t read the replies, so I don’t know what this is even about; I just saw the title. Tatsu roughly translates to Dragon in Japanese. That’s enough reason for me to use Tatsu…
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when the fishing isn't ideal, are you listening to anything? music?
I used to wear my AirPods but didn’t want to replace them if one fell in the lake, so if anything, I have my phone playing a podcast or 70s rock. I’ve had may people come to my kayak and say things like “I swear I just heard Steve Perry (journey) singing” or “hey - I thought Prince was dead, but I swear I just heard him sing little red corvette…” or “that is the voice of an angel. I can’t even make eye contact with you right now. Your voice is like a combination of Fergie and Jesus”
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What ONE new bait for 2026 are you telling everyone they should try?
Yep - saw that this morning after I ordered the mystery bento (yesterday). Already have it on my calendar…TN Shad and Pink Kyongo will be in my cart at 8am AZ time…
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Apparently winter turns bass fishermen into tackle collectors
What’s this winter you speak of? I buy year-round. As a matter of fact, there’s a daylight savings bento box for $99 AM tomorrow morning on THU.
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Chickamagua Lake
Not too far from Nickajack either. It just produced a new TN state record…
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100 dollar casting rod
I’ve got the Shimano SLX $100 rod for my swimbaits (it’s actually $110). I’ve got a Daiwa arid rod as well. For the money, those are hard to beat…
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Current experience ordering JDM gear
Well, in your defense, the HTS in and of itself isn’t really meant to be read/understood by the average consumer. The exporter has to provide some of the coding required and the importer provides some. It’s a convoluted issue. Then, if you want to make it even more fun, throw in HAZMAT or explosives in there…
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Current experience ordering JDM gear
And if you’ve never perused the HTS, it’s a beast. You really have to know what you’re doing as things can fall into multiple categories with (often times) different rates.
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Current experience ordering JDM gear
That’s a tariff for raw materials coming into the US. That does not factor into a reel that has an aluminum side plate for example. EDITED: Oops - @MN Fisher beat me to it…
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The latest sale thread
I grabbed a bucca bull rat about 2 weeks ago, but that was it…
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The latest sale thread
If you want Berkley (sp?) drip minnows, you’re in luck. My academy had tons on sale. That was it.
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Yamamoto Hinge Minnow
If you want to try the hinge minnow, it’s more like the 6th sense Shindo shad. The Sakamata shad is not hinged. The closest I would think is the winged fluke.
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The latest sale thread
Rapala owns 13 Fishing.
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Latest Tackle Purchase Thread (Bait Monkey Victim Support Group)
Where/who?
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New Bait From Keitech
So, do we believe this post? Or not? 😂😂
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What are your favorite BFS baits?
Yeah, I waited too long to buy the baitsanity gill glide… hopefully a restock will happen soon…
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What are your favorite BFS baits?
I just picked up a BFS trick shad at academy. Gonna fish it tomorrow morning…
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Latest Tackle Purchase Thread (Bait Monkey Victim Support Group)
Found $80 outside my truck yesterday. Finders keepers…(I was the only one there?) Anyway, since it was free money, I had to pay the monkey. Hog Father Jr Evo Fire Craw Some minners BFS Trick Shad
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What are your favorite BFS baits?
Gotta grab a karashi. The whopper plopper 60 is good, but it blows out unless it’s a super slow retrieve (in my experience). Frogs, buzz baits, spinner baits, pretty much anything else. My next purchase is going to be a few of the bait sanity bfs gill glides…
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Some Late Night Reel Maintenance ~
Great choice of tools. Love my Wera tools!!!
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Latest Tackle Purchase Thread (Bait Monkey Victim Support Group)
I seen dems on the hookups site. Please let me know how they fish…
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Latest Tackle Purchase Thread (Bait Monkey Victim Support Group)
I expected the same thing. I was met with a disappointing pile of 💩💩