Bait monkey got me the other day at Dick's. Even upgraded the tackle box...

 

22 minutes ago, hawgwash said:

I got the perch and halloween. Bass were slamming the perch last night

 

Yellow perch are the main forage up here and I've been doing well on jerkbaits in that pattern too.  I'm wondering which one will yield more fish in the post frontal conditions...will be a fun experiment.

 

10 minutes ago, hawgwash said:

Bait monkey got me the other day at Dick's. Even upgraded the tackle box...

 

 

Nice lure purchases, some great patterns there.

had quite a few things come in from various orders and i hit the new field and stream store nearby with a $20 off $100 coupon and a $50 gift card!  was very impressed with the field and stream offerings vs the previous offerings when it was only a dick's sporting goods store!

 

 

jointed claw 178

 

 

 

irod gen 2 "jr swim" swimbait rod

 

 

another site and TackleWarehouse orders:

 

 

Field and Stream score:

 

Decent stuff from Gander at 60% off. Still spent more than I wanted.  Same thing with the Keitech.com haul...Felt good buying it but now I just feel shame. 

Gander.. found a Lews Tournament Pro G series RH new in box for 60% off. 80 bucks! Yes please. 

3 hours ago, buzzed bait said:

had quite a few things come in from various orders and i hit the new field and stream store nearby with a $20 off $100 coupon and a $50 gift card!  was very impressed with the field and stream offerings vs the previous offerings when it was only a dick's sporting goods store!

 

 

jointed claw 178

 

I live one mile from the original (and flagship) F&S store, and they don't any nice swimbaits like a Gan Craft. Nice find!

 

Not going to lie, probably the most I've spent on a lure   Look forward to using it for sure though.

8 minutes ago, UPSmallie said:

 

Not going to lie, probably the most I've spent on a lure   Look forward to using it for sure though.

i bet it wont be the last 

1 hour ago, UPSmallie said:

 

Not going to lie, probably the most I've spent on a lure   Look forward to using it for sure though.

I was in Dick's over the weekend and they had a 5$ off megabass lures sale....I was sooooo close to grabbing one to try but I talked myself out of it. One day. 

2 hours ago, UPSmallie said:

 

Not going to lie, probably the most I've spent on a lure   Look forward to using it for sure though.

 

The force is strong with this one...:)  Now that takes cajones....

Brother Core #2 has arrived 

8 hours ago, UPSmallie said:

 

Not going to lie, probably the most I've spent on a lure   Look forward to using it for sure though.

I bought one a couple months ago... first thing I caught? A daggone bluegill 

 

Yup .. thanks to that one lure Id thread

On 8/21/2017 at 1:08 PM, Attila said:

 

Yellow perch are the main forage up here and I've been doing well on jerkbaits in that pattern too.  I'm wondering which one will yield more fish in the post frontal conditions...will be a fun experiment.

 

 

Nice lure purchases, some great patterns there.

Let us know, I'm especially curious since you are an Ontarian too.  I didn't pull a trigger on one yet because I'm not sure if it is really not that much better than any other lures I have. 

4 hours ago, lmbfisherman said:

Let us know, I'm especially curious since you are an Ontarian too.  I didn't pull a trigger on one yet because I'm not sure if it is really not that much better than any other lures I have. 

 

Long story short, the wind really did me in yesterday. Casting a 1/4oz lure in 25km/h wind just isn't feasible. I was fishing it on my 7' MF spinning outfit with 20lbs braid and 8lbs fluorocarbon leader. When I did cast with the wind I found that the fish hit during the very long pause I was incorporating into the retrieve which started with a short swimming retrieve followed by 2-3 quick jerks and then the long pause. What I found most interesting was that some decent sized perch were hitting it as well.

 

After a couple of hours I decided to tie on a Shadow Rap Shad and started connecting with bigger fish using my traditional jerkbait retrieve consisting of really heavy and big jerks with no pause incorporated. I was really surprised I didn't get more fish on the long, head up pause that came with the Ripstop versus the fast action retrieve I used on the Shadow Rap Shad. Ultimately the fish decided what they wanted and they let me know.

 

To give the Ripstop a fair shake, I'm going to try it out again in better fishing conditions which I hope to fish in next week. I'm also going to be throwing it on a 7' MF spinning outfit but will be using lighter line, probably 15lbs braid with a 6lbs fluorocarbon leader.  I'll report my findings back here in this thread.

 

Cheers, and have a great day.

was able to snag a deal on some out of package, but new little creeper trash fish.  25 in total!

 

1 hour ago, buzzed bait said:

was able to snag a deal on some out of package, but new little creeper trash fish.  25 in total!

 

This post gives me the creeps!

Got me a Strike King 7/16oz midnight special spinnerbait and a Z-Man 3/8oz chatter bait black and blue today at Wally World. I've never owned a chatter bait. Hoping to get to try it out soon.

Was in Denver area again after work and made some stops to find these guys 

 

Dsg

 

Walmart 

 

 

Bps and Craigslist belly tube 

 

ReS were $3.88 and kvd one at 4.xx along with the scatter rap

And the Subwoofer was $.88 that's my justification

 

 

4 minutes ago, bh91 said:

Was in Denver area again after work and made some stops to find these guys 

 

Dsg

 

Walmart 

 

 

Bps and Craigslist belly tube 

 

ReS were $3.88 and kvd one at 4.xx along with the scatter rap

And the Subwoofer was $.88 that's my justification

 

 

I almost bought some of those Storm swimbaits today, same ones you have pictured. Chose to buy my first chatter bait instead. Gonna try it out tomorrow.

They work pretty well but the quality control sorta sucks at times ..Same with the powerbait versions .. than again a lot of baits work well

 

Forgot to post my favorite purchase today 

 

 

580g green mirror with a great fit compared to the steel and cheap ones I got before 

 

A very solid acquisition for my swimbait game!!!!

Last ones to come from my DSG order. Going to throw these in the morning to see what the hype is about.

 

1 hour ago, wet_dream said:

Last ones to come from my DSG order. Going to throw these in the morning to see what the hype is about.

 

 

 

Good luck! My 2 favorite colors after Monkeybutt Tell us how it goes! 

7 minutes ago, tcbass said:

 

 

Good luck! My 2 favorite colors after Monkeybutt Tell us how it goes! 

 

Thank you! Will do. Maybe I'll add MonkeyButt to the collection soon.