23 minutes ago, Boomstick said:

I was supposed to get a raise effective 11/1 which means back pay. I figure if it goes through, the back pay will more than cover it.

 

Plus I lost a ton of lures last year, and there's a lot of them I want to replace because they were successful and a lot oof new ones to try. That will largely cover my tackle needs for all of next year minus line and maybe a soft plastic resupply -- plus three new rods and a new reel.

Hey man I’m all for getting tackle .. I always look at them online. My mind goes as follows “ well I already have 5 walking baits that all catch fish but this walking bait also looks good and will catch fish so I better get it “ then I end up with 10 walking baits bc hey ya never know right ? That 10 pounder might want this special walking bait instead of the other 9 haha

15 hours ago, Ksam1234 said:

Hey man I’m all for getting tackle .. I always look at them online. My mind goes as follows “ well I already have 5 walking baits that all catch fish but this walking bait also looks good and will catch fish so I better get it “ then I end up with 10 walking baits bc hey ya never know right ? That 10 pounder might want this special walking bait instead of the other 9 haha

Most of it was cranks with different wobbles and some lipless and some square bills and spinnerbaits of different sizes and with different blades. I also have to kids so try to keep a few extras in case they're fishing what I want to be fishing at any given time and it's nice to have backups especially on my goto lures. I don't worry about my selection as much with most other lures.

 

I find certain wobbles or blades work exceptionally well in some lakes and at certain times of the year, etc.

 

It could be worse, I could be spending all my money on drugs ?

Not “baits” but tackle. 

Dyckett is running a weekend special, 2 Terex rods for $100. I got a 7-0 Heavy and a 6-8 Medium Heavy. 

 

 

I spent Black Friday shopping online for others and when I pulled my credit card out of my wallet I found a Bass Pro gift card that I forgot about that was given to me last Christmas. Found money!

 

So, being a single dad of a broke 13 year old I decided to buy myself a few things for Christmas. Unlike a lot of guys on this forum, I have only 5 or 6 plano boxes of lures and no swimbaits in my arsenal. So with the found money I picked up a River2Sea S-Waver and a STORM Live Kickin Shad.

 

They should arrive on Wednesday, so I doubt they will spend any time under the Christmas tree.

I almost made it without spending any money, but I couldn't pass up War Eagles for $2.99 apiece. Kept it reasonable and only spend $40 though. 

Are we talking only Black Friday, correct? Lol

Just like @Bluebasser86I wasn't gonna buy anything, since I wasnt sure what I need and didn't have much time to do some shopping. Woke up early on Friday, prepared to go to work browsed thru some site while having coffee end up at Tackle warehouse and remembered I need Mend-it. With that little time, end up spending $60.58 to save shipping for a bottle of Mend-it?.

7 hours ago, JustJames said:

Are we talking only Black Friday, correct? Lol

Just like @Bluebasser86I wasn't gonna buy anything, since I wasnt sure what I need and didn't have much time to do some shopping. Woke up early on Friday, prepared to go to work browsed thru some site while having coffee end up at Tackle warehouse and remembered I need Mend-it. With that little time, end up spending $60.58 to save shipping for a bottle of Mend-it?.

Normally, I make an effort to not spend money on Black Friday, because having employees have to work at midnight or 2am in the morning and wreck their Thanksgiving is ridiculous! However, I had a full wishlist of lures and rods to purchase, so I figure I might as well take advantage.

Just a stock up purchase on Black Friday. Some Rage Manaces and some Suffix 832 line that will hopefully get me to finally change out some line on some of my reels. I think I have taken the fact that braid lasts a long time to a new level. 

 

Also so got a spool of the suffix Flo Orange performance braid for my jerkbait rod. Hoping this will speed up my learning curve on detecting the slack line strikes, so I don’t miss as many fish. 

4 hours ago, Boomstick said:

Normally, I make an effort to not spend money on Black Friday, because having employees have to work at midnight or 2am in the morning and wreck their Thanksgiving is ridiculous! However, I had a full wishlist of lures and rods to purchase, so I figure I might as well take advantage.

We don’t do the stores, but figure tackle warehouse people work normal hours and have Thursday off. Guessing the sale kicking in on the website is just preprogrammed so hands off for them. 

3 minutes ago, cgolf said:

We don’t do the stores, but figure tackle warehouse people work normal hours and have Thursday off. Guessing the sale kicking in on the website is just preprogrammed so hands off for them. 

That's what I figure as well.

I got my Tackle Warehouse Black Friday email at 9:39 PM Thursday night. At 9:46 selfsame night I had spent $468 after the discounts. You either order early or end up with lots of backorders. 

Through a combination of bad luck turning into good luck, I will end up with a Gen 3 Revo S (left handed, was supposed to be right), Gen 3 Revo STX, and Gen 4 Revo SX under the tree this year for under 200 bucks. 

 

Pretty sure the left handed S won’t be a problem since I use spinning reels a lot, and lets me find out if I like left handed baitcasters. 

17 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I almost made it without spending any money, but I couldn't pass up War Eagles for $2.99 apiece. Kept it reasonable and only spend $40 though. 

I did the same- wanted to get my free shipping from TW only needed a few things from there and figured 5.75 was not too bad and finished out the order.  Checked Outlet and for 2.99 i ripped up a few $20 bills extra

 

I don't think I can pricematch TW on an order already made- but I am going to check on Monday.

Almost made it though the weekend without purchasing anything. Wound up using the DSG 25% off everything Black Friday sale to get 7 packs of 1/8 oz Berkley half head jig heads for 20 bucks and free shipping.

 

49 jigheads for Ned Rigs. Stocking up for the 2019 season.

Took advantage of the TWH sale:

 

Love throwing lipless cranks  

 

Strike King Red Eye Shad Wicked
Red Eye Shad Tungsten 2 Tap Chartreuse Shad
Red Eye Shad Tungsten 2 Tap Gold Sexy Shad
Red Eye Shad Tungsten 2 Tap Oyster 
Strike King Red Eye Shad Chartreuse Shad 
Red Eye Shad Tungsten 2 Tap Chrome Black Back 
Red Eye Shad Tungsten 2 Tap Chrome Sexy Shad 
Red Eye Shad Tungsten 2 Tap Olive Shad 
Red Eye Shad Tungsten 2 Tap Delta Red 
Red Eye Shad Tungsten 2 Tap Gold Black 
 

Next will ordering some reel coverage during the 25 days of Christmas sales (TWH version) 

Honestly I bought nothing as I already have too much stuff as it is. For next season the only things I actually need are some FC line, bullet weights, and about $25 worth of soft plastics. 

 

Allen

First of my holiday sale deals came in. 2 Lew's tournament MB's from Dicks.  

 

http://i.imgur.com/gC3yYXK.jpg

Ended up buying more than I meant to as always. Spent around $800 in total. 

Lots of swim jigs. Lots of finesse jigs. Some swimbaits. Some cranks. A couple jerkbaits. 

 

And i I bought a zillion sv tw, didn’t show the discount in the cart but when I got the email it was $239.99. ? 

It's been a rough couple weeks.

Ultrex

gen 4 revo premier

ALX Enox

The rod and reel were on sale, Ultrex unfortunately was not.

Has been a very difficult battle with the bait monkey this Black Friday/Cyber Monday. I staved him from getting into the boat fund I am building for Spring and have made zero purchases so far.

 

Now I just have to keep him controlled for the Christmas sales.

On 11/25/2018 at 2:52 PM, Big Rick said:

I got my Tackle Warehouse Black Friday email at 9:39 PM Thursday night. At 9:46 selfsame night I had spent $468 after the discounts. You either order early or end up with lots of backorders. 

Two or three of the lures on my wishlist for a month before Black Friday were on backorder already. Not a big deal, but of everything I bought, only two on backorder wasn't bad!

Stocked up on stuff for the 2019 season going to start fishing club tournaments and see where it takes me.

Product Name                                      Order   Price   Total
Buckeye G-Man Ballin' Out Jig Black/Blue 3/8oz        3    3.16    9.48
Buckeye G-Man Ballin' Out Jig Black/Blue 1/2oz        3    3.16    9.48
Buckeye G-Man Ballin' Out Jig Cinnamon Purple 3/8o    3    3.16    9.48
Buckeye G-Man Ballin' Out Jig Cinnamon Purple 1/2o    3    3.16    9.48
Buckeye G-Man Ballin' Out Jig Perfect Craw 3/8oz      3    3.16    9.48
Buckeye G-Man Ballin' Out Jig Perfect Craw 1/2oz      3    3.16    9.48
Storm Arashi Deep 18 Bluegill                         2    3.98    7.96
Storm Arashi Deep 18 Hot Blue Shad                    2    3.98    7.96
Storm Arashi Deep 25 Crappie                          2    3.98    7.96
Storm Arashi Deep 25 Wakasagi                         2    3.98    7.96
Custom Ink DT Ike's Blue Back Herring 20              2    8.31   16.62
Custom Ink DT Ike's Old School 20                     2    8.31   16.62
Custom Ink DT Ike's Caribbean Shad 16                 2    5.75   11.50
Custom Ink DT Ike's Smash 16                          2    5.75   11.50
TW Sonar Performance Long Sleeve Navy Blue XXL        1   20.79   20.79
TW Promo T-Shirt Black/Red/White XXL                  1    0.00    0.00
TW Promo Hats Black/Grey                              1    5.00    5.00
Tackle Warehouse Rod Wraps 2pk                        1    3.59    3.59

Cyber-Monday Cabela's sale plus free shipping. I couldn't resist picking up  8 packs of their 3/16 oz Bed Jig's and 60 BPS Stik-O worms. Total cost $30

Black Friday Round 1

 

I have wanted to give Slug-go's a try for years but the price always put me off.  Found them for like $4-5 per bag so I thought I would give them a go.  The 6" ones are lighter and softer then I expected.  I am looking for a "bigger/heavier/more durable then a 5" senko" plastic to fish weightless around pads next season.  Trickworms are the go-to for most of my tackle but are a bit too light for some of my heavier rods. 

Did not buy a single thing!!! Take that bait monkey!

Well, the bait monkey hit me with a sledge hammer to make up everyone that abstained. I'd been saving up to upgrade my swimbait and hardbait collection, and BF took care of that and more.