If an item you've been purchasing for years is still the same price it has been...I suggest stocking up.  The chompers rock walker jighead is still $5.49 a 4 pack, so I stocked up.  They have a collar/bait keeper so they can be used alone or skirted.  The dual wire weed guard is perfect, and I think looks like craw whiskers.

 

 

5 hours ago, thediscochef said:

I'm very curious about what you're referencing here - can you expand a little? Maybe this is something I need to also be looking at

 

No problem. So when the lure is moving, the trebles won't just be hanging straight down, they will usually press up against the bait (or back away from it in the case of the rear treble). Because of this, you want your front/middle hook to be attached in the direction that you have the one shank pointing straight down when the hook is pressed against the bait. But for the rear hook, when it's pulled away from the lure you want that one hook pointing straight up, the reverse of the other two. This will give you better hookups in my experience with fish that just slap at the back of the bait.

 

Basically, Berkley had all three trebles facing the same direction, perfect for the first two but backwards for the rear one.

 

Side note, the way I'm holding the lure in the second picture makes my hand look super weird. ? The trebles wouldn't site quite right against the flat surface in the first pic but hanging down you can see how they should lay.

1 hour ago, Aaron_H said:

 

No problem. So when the lure is moving, the trebles won't just be hanging straight down, they will usually press up against the bait (or back away from it in the case of the rear treble). Because of this, you want your front/middle hook to be attached in the direction that you have the one shank pointing straight down when the hook is pressed against the bait. But for the rear hook, when it's pulled away from the lure you want that one hook pointing straight up, the reverse of the other two. This will give you better hookups in my experience with fish that just slap at the back of the bait.

 

Basically, Berkley had all three trebles facing the same direction, perfect for the first two but backwards for the rear one.

 

Side note, the way I'm holding the lure in the second picture makes my hand look super weird. ? The trebles wouldn't site quite right against the flat surface in the first pic but hanging down you can see how they should lay.

Ahhhh that makes sense...a few things just clicked for me. Thanks!!

Alright, I probably drove the bid a little  much on eBay.  LC 78 sp’s . I’m not gonna say how much after shipping as it’s more than what I usually pay on these auctions.  I really wanted them though As these will be great for brown bass in the titabawassee, Saginaw or other rivers after it rains. I can’t find this color on the lucky craft site.  Probably the last jerk baits I’m buying for a while as I’m set.  
 

probably start concentrating on plastics.  My wife really really dislikes me at the moment.  Soon she will be back in the office and won’t be home as the endless stream of boxes keeps coming in.  Haha 

8 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Very small order but it’s an interesting one. This is for… wait for it…. Trout. Brook Trout in particular. They will gobble this size shad rap. 

Bass like those too

7 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Bass like those too

Shad raps kill!! For sure I could get a bonus bass throwing em. They are stocking a reservoir around here with trout this weekend, so I’ll be going there and throwing these. Really, I want the trout. But I can expect to catch anything. 

On 3/9/2022 at 8:01 PM, DINK WHISPERER said:

My new Expride Bs are slowly showing up!

 

Thank you FedEx! ?

Where were you able to get expride Bs from?

On 3/24/2022 at 12:06 PM, RyAxion said:

So I finally bit the bullet: the new Shimano Conquest DC 100HG!

Here it came!

 

This was the best way to compensate for a rough day at work!

Not tackle this time (my TW order has been "stuck" in Paris since Monday for some reason, thanks FedEx) but more like some oopsie insurance.

 

Had to get these from US Amazon (or, as you might know it, Amazon) because they don't have a European distributor, but it's exactly what I was looking for - especially when we fish from floating docks or rent a boat or canoe, or even on guided trips. Basically anytime I'm fishing somewhere if I dropped my phone only James Cameron could get it back.

 

6poundbass is on spring break this week so the Mrs. and I decided to take him, our nephew, and the Baitmonkey to Cabelas. The upgrade continues and I grabbed a Stunna 112 and 112+1 since they’re all the rage right now. 
 

 

Some JDM love from Digitaka! Exsense DC SS.

8 hours ago, JohnFromLisbon said:

Not tackle this time (my TW order has been "stuck" in Paris since Monday for some reason, thanks FedEx) but more like some oopsie insurance.

 

Had to get these from US Amazon (or, as you might know it, Amazon) because they don't have a European distributor, but it's exactly what I was looking for - especially when we fish from floating docks or rent a boat or canoe, or even on guided trips. Basically anytime I'm fishing somewhere if I dropped my phone only James Cameron could get it back.

 

A wise investment. I have found two iPhones when the lake water level was down. I’d love to know the stories behind them.

A few more things

2 packs airtail wigglers 

1 pack shadalicious swimbaits

1 Berkley stunna 

1 x rap

3 Duckett spinnerbaits 

1 pulsator spinnerbait 

1 pack black cherry keitechs

I am interested to see how well the Duckett spinnerbaits do, they have a fairly short arm.

Received a couple of small orders I made last week

 

A couple of S-Waver 120s (Terminator, Party Crasher), 3 regular Onetens (Clear Laker, FA Gill, Spawn Killer), 1 Oneten R+1 (Clear Laker), and a Shadow Rap. And more Bass Patrol jigs because why not ?

 

These are my first Onetens, and my first S-Wavers for that matter. Can't wait to try this stuff out.

 

I know these aren’t the best photos but I wanted to upgrade a couple reels this year. I got a couple new rods also but still trying to get pictures together for them. The jackhammer was a gift for buying from Japan Lure Shop, thanks again for the heads up @Bassjam2000

1 hour ago, JohnFromLisbon said:

Received a couple of small orders I made last week

 

A couple of S-Waver 120s (Terminator, Party Crasher), 3 regular Onetens (Clear Laker, FA Gill, Spawn Killer), 1 Oneten R+1 (Clear Laker), and a Shadow Rap. And more Bass Patrol jigs because why not ?

 

These are my first Onetens, and my first S-Wavers for that matter. Can't wait to try this stuff out.

 

That poor Rapala must feel like a guy with a beer at a wine tasting party.  He was just hanging out at the store with the rest of the low rent jerkbaitsl, when he was yanked off the wall and stuck in a box with the uppity higher class.  Hope he can hold his head up high and catch a PB.

4 minutes ago, king fisher said:

guy with a beer at a wine tasting party

I'll be that guy. Can't stand the taste of wine ?.

 

Wine tasting? How about a trip to a local brewery? 

21 minutes ago, king fisher said:

That poor Rapala must feel like a guy with a beer at a wine tasting party.  He was just hanging out at the store with the rest of the low rent jerkbaitsl, when he was yanked off the wall and stuck in a box with the uppity higher class.  Hope he can hold his head up high and catch a PB.

 

Hey, if I'm fishing during a hot summer afternoon I'm not reaching for a cold glass of Cabernet Sauvignon. Trust me, the Shadow Rap will get as much love as its Japanese friends

Bombers....only thing I couldn't live without from the spring classic sale.

 

Deep flat A's (right)  4A's (left).  I ordered 2 of each color, but they were running short on a couple apparently....made my OCD act up!

 

 

 

 

garage storage

10L pond fishing sling backpack

some stuff for the muck in a few months

I live in Canada so I do one TackleWarehouse order every spring and this year's just arrived!

 

Ontop of the tackle order I just got myself a new Expride B and a Tatula Elite. That's my new frog rod / big jig 

 

Therefore in this treasure chest I have a variety of frogs, Bobby's perfect, scum, pad perch and on. A few zman custom chatterbaits, googan mondo worms, banditio bugs, rage bugs in all sizes, dirty jigs flipping/pitching jigs, hack attack jigs, outcast tackle swim jig ( boy oh boy do these look like the juice) terminal tackle, and one thing I'm very excited to try is the sunline plasma braid. 

 

 

 

hate to see my local shop going out of business (tackle supply depot), but i had to grab some stuff for this price. 7 bags of z-man plastics for $11.51 (local pickup).

 

5 hours ago, EWREX said:

hate to see my local shop going out of business (tackle supply depot), but i had to grab some stuff for this price. 7 bags of z-man plastics for $11.51 (local pickup).

 

My local shop just closed up last month as well. They were the only brick and mortar around that carried Reaction Innovations plastics within a 30 mile drive. I don’t know what happened because every time I went in that store year around it was pretty steady business with me having to wait at least 15 minutes to be checked out. 

Well it finally happened.  For a long time, I told myself I didn't need to go this high end (I still don't) but with the exchange rate being favorable I thought I deserved a gift to myself for starting a new job. Unfortunately for my wallet, this won't be the last..

 

Got the first order from Tackle Supply Depot, all of this was $65 shipped. Although Im grateful for the good deals I hate to see any American business have to close its doors.