On 2/1/2023 at 10:36 AM, MN_Bassin24 said:

I've never personally used them, but I've seen on here that Iovino is stopping soft plastic production, so I would snatch some up off TW quick before they're gone

Don’t tell me that ? Now I gotta go get some!

 

23 hours ago, killobet said:

I fished castaic lake. And this is my main drop shot baits. The 3 inch little chugger and the 3 inch Reaper. Small mouth and LMB loves em. Its my go to finesse DS.

Any favorite colors? I would be using them on NC/Tennessee mountain highland reservoirs for all three species 

1 hour ago, JWall14 said:

Don’t tell me that ? Now I gotta go get some!

 

Any favorite colors? I would be using them on NC/Tennessee mountain highland reservoirs for all three species 

The lightning shad particularly. 

Got TW Package when I back from river, It was late for this trip but I am going to have fun with this purchase next week at lake Isabell and Kern river.

 

6 hours ago, NJBasstard said:

Picked up this 6th Sense Trace to try out. I know nothing about this bait so just got one for now. Also I finally found some Spro Rat 40's but I didn't bother getting a pic of those..

 

I got one I've fished some, stays much higher in the water column than other similar baits I've owned.    It's a nice bait for sure.

 

Check out the 5/6" BD Shads as well.   I think it's the best budget big swimbait I've found.  

 

$80+ never looked so small lol

 

4 hours ago, JWall14 said:

Don’t tell me that ? Now I gotta go get some!

Discontinuation of baits can be a very effective tool for the bait monkey!

I've been following these 13 Fishing baits and gear, decided to take the plunge on the Jabber Jaw squarebill. Paint looks fantastic and the loose bill looks like it should have a loud fleeting action. Grabbed a couple of staples patterns to flesh out the arsenal.

 

Lots of good reviews on the Scotty Fish Finder Mount and was about half the price of the similar sized RAM mount. Just deciding on a battery, transducer mount and need to pick through-hull wiring kit.

Forgot to post this awhile back... Big cranks and little worms! I bought flick shakes on clearance on a whim and now they have become a staple. 

 

On another note... does anyone have reel suggestions for lightweight cranks? SLX 70 MGL is not cutting it for me... maybe it is user error. But I was looking at the Daiwa JDM Alphas SV on TW. Or maybe the Tatula SV TW 70? Not sure. I am sure the bait monkey would appreciate any input on the matter. 

Monkey got me good. Got a Tactical Wake coming soon(they sent the wrong color) which I am stoked about! Some flipping baits for spring, Bull shad 6”, and terminal stuff. Oh and a reel that I don’t have a rod for ?‍♂️. Soooo guess I gotta get a legend extreme now??

2 hours ago, JWall14 said:

Monkey got me good. Got a Tactical Wake coming soon(they sent the wrong color) which I am stoked about! Some flipping baits for spring, Bull shad 6”, and terminal stuff. Oh and a reel that I don’t have a rod for ?‍♂️. Soooo guess I gotta get a legend extreme now??

Replace it with black color, I am going to get the black in couple months. Congrats man.

4 hours ago, JWall14 said:

Monkey got me good. Got a Tactical Wake coming soon(they sent the wrong color) which I am stoked about! Some flipping baits for spring, Bull shad 6”, and terminal stuff. Oh and a reel that I don’t have a rod for ?‍♂️. Soooo guess I gotta get a legend extreme now??

Dang brother, it's truly magnificent!   The only Shimano I currently have in the line up is the Calais 100a, and I hear it's the predecessor to that reel.    It's so bombproof and awesome that I have to get another one.   

Just grabbed the 13 fishing bluegill swimbait

 

Mega bass mag draft

 

Chase baits cicada 

 

Evergreen gizmo

 

River2sea s waver 

 

Spro bbz 1 

 

Keitechs crazy flapper

 

Yum paddle tails 

 

 

 

 

I got a $25 gift card for Christmas for Bass Pro. I have wanted a ultralight. I used to have one but it got broken by someone else. I have a bunch of ultralight lures I haven't used. I don't spend a lot on ultralight rods. I think it is one rod you don't need the best. I got a Bass Pro $39.99 rod. Then one night I was messing with it flexing it and I went to far and it snapped into 4 pieces. Bass Pro is great with no question returns on their rods. So since a little time had past I could spend a little more. So I got a $59.99 BPS Airstream. I told a friend of mine. He said Just keep breaking them until you can upgrade to a St Croix. I wouldn't do that. But it would be nice.

 

Last year I lost a couple of lures I wanted to replace before spring. So I got my favorite one I lost. Catch Co. Baby Bull Gill. Decided to get it in a different color. 

 

Also while I was going through the isles dreaming of having money I spotted a square bill in Pumpkinseed. I swear it was winking at me. I couldn't not get it. 

 

So I think I did good for a poor guy living on disability. Only lure I need to replace yet is a Chatterbait in firecraw color. Should be able get it before the warm weather comes back.

@Friggs Those bps branded rods are nice for the money. If for some reason this one breaks I recommend upgrading to the bps panfish elite, I have 2 and think they’re a steal at the $80.00 price. Also if you’re at bps check out their house brand bladed jig (shudderlicious) not available in Fire craw color but a good bladed jig with good action. Lastly you mentioned a tight budget so if you’re at Wal Mart check out their house brand (Ozark Trail) crank baits, they have a bluegill pattern that produced well for me in my local retention ponds. Also they carry strike king finesse swim jigs that are an absolute must buy every time I’m in Wal Mart along with the $1.00 spinner baits.

Picked out a few clearance deals at Academy today.

 

1/2 oz RES 2-tap $3.69

2x KVD 300 jerkbaits $5.18 ea

 

And a 40 pack of tungsten weights for only $18.46. Very, very happy with that price, normal price for that pack was $49.99.

Latest eBay winnings.  Won for $25 shipped.  2 Norman DD-14 black and sparkle .  2 lucky craft classical leader’s in aurora black.  These kinda have a square bill but, not I guess.  They dive 7-8 ft.  I’m thinking it’s a discontinued series from lucky craft.  
 

I believe this place on eBay deals primarily with overstocked and discontinued baits.  They do have new stuff like lots of jack hammers 

23 hours ago, Eric 26 said:

@Friggs Those bps branded rods are nice for the money. If for some reason this one breaks I recommend upgrading to the bps panfish elite, I have 2 and think they’re a steal at the $80.00 price. Also if you’re at bps check out their house brand bladed jig (shudderlicious) not available in Fire craw color but a good bladed jig with good action. Lastly you mentioned a tight budget so if you’re at Wal Mart check out their house brand (Ozark Trail) crank baits, they have a bluegill pattern that produced well for me in my local retention ponds. Also they carry strike king finesse swim jigs that are an absolute must buy every time I’m in Wal Mart along with the $1.00 spinner baits.

 

Thanks so much for the info. I wondered about their cheap spinnerbaits. I did buy one of their Ozark Trail whopper plopper lure. It worked okay until some idiot that can't cast to save his life landed it high up in a tree. I won't say who it was since I don't want to embarrass myself publicly more than I already do. I was able to get a number of River2Sea ploppers so I don't need to but theirs. But I did look at some of their other baits. They don't look any worse then the Bass Pro Shops baits look. Thanks again.

 

God bless and tight lines.

 

Bill

Got some stuff from the super baitwrx sale. Enough line to make it through the fungus apocalypse and a few more things. Had to trailer up the jig and Thundercricket. The wakes came straight from Livingston. Inexpensive 3.95$ shipping. Shipped same day too. If you like small wakes at around 70mm, these are special. Different in most ways, and outproduced everything last season.

 

Scooped a 8lb & 12lb spool of Daiwa Samurai J-Fluoro on sale at Cabela's, couldn't turn a 40% off deal down. 12lb went on my cranking and spinnerbait/dark sleeper rod and the 8lb will be going on a 7' 3" MF bottom-contact spinning rig. Bummer there was no 16lb in stock for my jig rod.

Organized the boat,  gave stuff I don't use to my nephew. So naturally I had to fill up some of the empty space again. 

 

Actually really excited and scared to use the trace.

 

Finally got this beauty to show up!

7 minutes ago, JWall14 said:

Finally got this beauty to show up!

Oh my, Finally something hot.

I’m blaming @WRB for this one. I’ve always wanted to try out Don Iovino’s plastics but just never did. Happy to get some before they’re gone. 

On 2/6/2023 at 6:20 PM, Aaron_H said:

Picked out a few clearance deals at Academy today.

 

1/2 oz RES 2-tap $3.69

2x KVD 300 jerkbaits $5.18 ea

 

And a 40 pack of tungsten weights for only $18.46. Very, very happy with that price, normal price for that pack was $49.99.

That's a great deal on those tungsten weights. I stopped by my local Academy this morning to see if I could do the same and they pulled up $59.98 on the scanner.  

43 minutes ago, Dash Riprock said:

That's a great deal on those tungsten weights. I stopped by my local Academy this morning to see if I could do the same and they pulled up $59.98 on the scanner.  

 

Yeah they did a packaging refresh/rebranding in the past few months from H2O Xpress (old name) to H2OX (new one), and have been blowing out all of the older branded items to clear shelf/peg space for the new ones, I was lucky to snag this one.

8 minutes ago, Aaron_H said:

 

Yeah they did a packaging refresh/rebranding in the past few months from H2O Xpress (old name) to H2OX (new one), and have been blowing out all of the older branded items to clear shelf/peg space for the new ones, I was lucky to snag this one.

I noticed they now have their own H20X branded soft plastics for $3.99/pack. I saw some senkos, trick worms, and either crawfish or creatures (can't remember). They were on a display rack at the entrance of the store.

 

I meant to grab a couple of bags before I left but I left through an empty checkout line and forgot about them. So take THAT bait monkey.