My Exsence Ci4 finally came in yesterday so I spooled it up with 20# X8 grand and popped it on the Kameyama.  Going to be hard to put this combo down this summer, it feels as good as it looks!  Hope I have enough time to put the cork knob on it after I put my son to bed tonight I think that’ll be the icing on the cake ?

 

 

I am really excited to get back out on the water this summer.  It’s been a few years since I’ve been able to get after it like I used to but now my son is old enough to teach the joys of fishing.  My combos are pretty dialed and I’ll be fixing up the flotilla so we can make the most of the warm months!  

5 hours ago, Master Bait'r said:

My Exsence Ci4 finally came in yesterday so I spooled it up with 20# X8 grand and popped it on the Kameyama.  Going to be hard to put this combo down this summer, it feels as good as it looks!  Hope I have enough time to put the cork knob on it after I put my son to bed tonight I think that’ll be the icing on the cake ?

 

 

I am really excited to get back out on the water this summer.  It’s been a few years since I’ve been able to get after it like I used to but now my son is old enough to teach the joys of fishing.  My combos are pretty dialed and I’ll be fixing up the flotilla so we can make the most of the warm months!  

I have two of them, They are really great reels, very light and smooth and when you looking at it, more like 2000 size but they are 3000. Congratulations and good luck. 

I finally bought some fishing stuff again, it’s be a couple months. Kind of a little odd for me lol, I was on a knife buying kick recently. I was waiting for a local store to get a different variety of beast coast jigs in. I went in today and lo and behold they had a new variety yay, poor wallet. Missed 3 days off work two weeks ago due to the wife being in the hospital and me having to watch the children, but family comes first. 
 

3 beast coast working man’s swim jigs 1/4 oz, dirty money, special shad, dope gill

 

2 beast coast ow sniper jigs 3/8 oz stealth pb&j, mb melon 

 

1 beast coast 5/8 oz baby dozer in elite craw

 

1 megabass 110 jr in pm twilight chart back

 

feels good to be back, almost forgot the one in the trunk of the car 4” mister twister grub in yellow.

Academy dropped their clearance to an additional 50% off, so I picked up a few more things.

 

Chatterbait Big Blade: $3.98

Two 13 Fishing Jabberjaw: $3.58 each

Savage Gear 4" Pulse Tail Baitfish RTF: $2.38

Savage Gear 4" Pulse Tail Bluegill RTF: $3.58

I grabbed a few more things today, ideas in my head are always a bad thing for my pocketbook lol.

Not exactly a tackle purchase rather a tackle holder. I added the extra rod holders to be able to take several combos rigged and ready to go. 

2 hours ago, Jmilburn76 said:

Not exactly a tackle purchase rather a tackle holder. I added the extra rod holders to be able to take several combos rigged and ready to go. 

I'm looking to get one of these next week, I think the desert sand would look great with my chartreuse kayak but so does black.

I’m curious what’s the purpose of padeye tether/handle?

1 hour ago, Dangerfield said:

I'm looking to get one of these next week, I think the desert sand would look great with my chartreuse kayak but so does black.

I’m curious what’s the purpose of padeye tether/handle?

To make it easier to raise the lid while turned around on the yak, my left hand partially works due to a stroke. It’s also the reason for 8 rod holders, it sometimes takes me up to 20 minutes to tie on a lure. I try not to re-tie while on the water.

On 2/12/2023 at 9:39 PM, Aaron_H said:

Academy dropped their clearance to an additional 50% off, so I picked up a few more things.

 

Chatterbait Big Blade: $3.98

Two 13 Fishing Jabberjaw: $3.58 each

Savage Gear 4" Pulse Tail Baitfish RTF: $2.38

Savage Gear 4" Pulse Tail Bluegill RTF: $3.58

Those are some deals! I’m a sucker for those Savage Gear Gills. 
 

Nice find!

6 hours ago, Jmilburn76 said:

To make it easier to raise the lid while turned around on the yak, my left hand partially works due to a stroke. It’s also the reason for 8 rod holders, it sometimes takes me up to 20 minutes to tie on a lure. I try not to re-tie while on the water.

It looks like a nice mod, I think I'll do something similar. I'm looking to run the same amount of rod holders too, if you can fit 8, you bring 8.

1 hour ago, Dangerfield said:

It looks like a nice mod, I think I'll do something similar. I'm looking to run the same amount of rod holders too, if you can fit 8, you bring 8.

Put 2 more on the back and you can bring 10! ?

I bought an Evergreen Combat swimbait rod from The Hook Up Tackle and got a free $200 JDM box with the purchase. Some interesting stuff and some baits I will definitely try out. 

Well I didn’t NEED another rod but I was looking for a slower taper casting rod that could handle my jerks/cranks/other moving treble hook baits as well as having a higher weight rating to throw my smaller glides up to 1.5…

 

Yesterday I saw an Evergreen Combat Stick 7’1M/regular (3/8-2oz) on Amazon for $145 and I had a $20 gift card in my balance so she came home for $125.  
 

I already had the 7’8” wakebait rod in that line and have been super impressed with it especially for a $200 rod, there was no way I could turn down one for $125!  Now I just have to figure out if I like a Exsence DC or PXL-R better on it. ? 

On 2/13/2023 at 7:40 PM, Jmurphy87 said:

I grabbed a few more things today, ideas in my head are always a bad thing for my pocketbook lol.

I'm definitely partial to the lil magnum and workingman's jigs. Wish they had the natural gill color in the workingman's. Usually just go with the natural gill or dope gill in the gorilla swim jig depending on the clarity. Hopefully they'll add the natural gill color at some point. Was gonna buy the beast coast natural gill skirts, add them to the pro pumpkin or boss flip jig........I had a fiscally responsible moment inside the brain and talked myself out of buying and replacing the skirts.

1 hour ago, Fat Ika said:

I'm definitely partial to the lil magnum and workingman's jigs. Wish they had the natural gill color in the workingman's. Usually just go with the natural gill or dope gill in the gorilla swim jig depending on the clarity. Hopefully they'll add the natural gill color at some point. Was gonna buy the beast coast natural gill skirts, add them to the pro pumpkin or boss flip jig........I had a fiscally responsible moment inside the brain and talked myself out of buying and replacing the skirts.

There definitely good, that’s for sure. My local shop only has a limited selection, although it is increasing as time goes. I usually buy the skirts when I see them in case I can’t find a color that I want. Buying skirts can get pricey after a while though, you wouldn’t think it would add up but it sure does.

Getting ready to get after some smallies this spring - 

9 hours ago, Master Bait'r said:

Well I didn’t NEED another rod but I was looking for a slower taper casting rod that could handle my jerks/cranks/other moving treble hook baits as well as having a higher weight rating to throw my smaller glides up to 1.5…

 

Yesterday I saw an Evergreen Combat Stick 7’1M/regular (3/8-2oz) on Amazon for $145 and I had a $20 gift card in my balance so she came home for $125.  
 

I already had the 7’8” wakebait rod in that line and have been super impressed with it especially for a $200 rod, there was no way I could turn down one for $125!  Now I just have to figure out if I like a Exsence DC or PXL-R better on it. ? 

 I hope you have better luck than me. I found an incredible deal two weeks ago on a 13 Fishing rod. It was a 7'6 MH that they clearly had priced incorrectly and I got it for $69.00 . Three broken rods later I finally gave up. The rod jumped back to $217 but I don't have the stamina to fight with the off-shore help.

 

Literally ship it in a box , no packing (just the rod flopping around) and they were all damaged, the one today actually snapped it. 

When they get models of jigs that I don’t have in a brand that I like, I am a broke obsessed man. I need one of every color in a minimum of 2 weight’s, don’t know if all of the colors will work but I have to have them lol. I am pretty sure that it’s preference over weather they work or not but I have got to have them all. Just a modest amount today only 6 I think, is it sad that I don’t remember ?

1 hour ago, SAL321 said:

 I hope you have better luck than me. I found an incredible deal two weeks ago on a 13 Fishing rod. It was a 7'6 MH that they clearly had priced incorrectly and I got it for $69.00 . Three broken rods later I finally gave up. The rod jumped back to $217 but I don't have the stamina to fight with the off-shore help.

 

Literally ship it in a box , no packing (just the rod flopping around) and they were all damaged, the one today actually snapped it. 

Yeah fingers crossed, it was being sold by a 3rd party retailer that stocked them and not an Amazon warehouse so I’m hoping it doesn’t show up in pieces.  

I wanted 3 new Reel Glove spinning reel covers. To get free shipping I needed to buy an additional $10. Okay, so I ordered 2 more spinnerbaits. LIke I don't already have two bins of the things.

 

They jumped right on it and almost immediately notified me that the 5 items would come in 2 packages. 

 

I got the first package today.

 

 

 

 

I forgot to mention that there was no paper, no plastic, no peanuts, etc.

Getting ready for spring! 

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.

I paid $50 for those weights last week!  I thought saving $10 by buying the old packaging was a good deal (new 'h20x' marked packs are $60)

Getting ready for Spring topwater. 

On 2/14/2023 at 10:51 PM, Jrob78 said:

I bought an Evergreen Combat swimbait rod from The Hook Up Tackle and got a free $200 JDM box with the purchase. Some interesting stuff and some baits I will definitely try out. 

Sweet! They only mentioned soft baits in the $200 JDM box. I also ordered an Evergreen combat stick (7'0 MH Glass Casting) from them a few days ago. It's arriving Saturday. I'm excited to open the JDM box now.