12 hours ago, Burrows said:

 very nice upgrade curious as to what you were using before for these applications.

Curado e7 and Chronarch MGL... still a big fan of both of those and they were bumped to other rods. After all the bumping was done a couple BPS PQ's were demoted to backup duty.

Got a good  deal on a Dobyns champion 807 for $200. I'm pumped!!!! 

Had a cool package show up in the mail today.  Was looking to get my first Trick Darter, and while exploring I found a seller on ebay with good prices and some other interesting lures.  Ended up combining shipping and getting this MB Vision 95 as well.  I have no idea the vintage of the bait, definitely doesn't seem "new".  Maybe 10 years old?  (Update, its labeled 2004 on the bait).  I look forward to fishing both.

X-80 I think is in PM Fine Wakasagi

Vision 95 is in Al Hakone

Overstockbait.com Black Friday finally appeared 

War Eagle $2.99

Norman NXS $2.31

Bomber $2.66

 

 

I love the smell of Japanese newspaper in the morning...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cleared customs, Gan Craft Killers Baits.

Christmas bonus time! Got my check Friday, just in time for the 15% off everything code on EBay. 

 

Ordered a Lew’s Mach Crush baitcaster combo from American Legend Fishing for $129.00 It should be here by next Saturday.

13 hours ago, Harold Scoggins said:

Cleared customs, Gan Craft Killers Baits.

That has to be the most beautiful spinnerbait I have ever seen. If I owned one I wouldn't know whether to frame it or fish it!!  The blades alone are a work of art!  And that head is amazing.

Just some winter baits

Bait Monkey got me today.......

 

I picked up another St. Croix Avid 7' MH Fast, 4 packs of soft plastic, a white Wopper Plopper, a spinner bait I lost, hooks for the year, some P-Line CXX 12lb, and 8 tungsten bullet weights.  All for under $200.  I can't say where just yet but another tackle shop is biting the dust. 

I am weak. Got some money from the parents for Christmas - was told that it was to be 'play' money.

 

Ordered my pitching rig (Fuego CT-XS with an Aird-X 7' H/F rod ), couple colors of shroom heads, Z-Man TRD worms (3 colors), Yamamoto Senkos (3 colors), a couple chatterbaits and another 3600 box for my bag to hold the ordered worms (putting me to 3 boxes of soft baits).

 

Also ordered the battery box for the canoe - last purchase needed for the setup.

 

I also stashed away money for a trailer for the canoe. No more lifting it, and since I'll be putting it in the garage - no need to un-ship anything between fishing trips.

These may not be anything special, but it's been a while since I've had multiple bass in such a short period of time. These sweet baits did not cost much. Bait monkey saved my wallet this time.

 

Just got my new Dobyns Sierra 734 and Shimano Chronarch G!

On 12/28/2018 at 6:19 PM, Joshua van Wyk said:

Just got my new Dobyns Sierra 734

Same here. Got the micro guides version.

 

As soon as I put it in my hands I fell in love.

 

^^lol

Found this today at Cabela’s.

 

Anyone ever have any luck with one? Seems to be a smaller version of the discontinued XPS Swimbait.

 

1 hour ago, Dirtyeggroll said:

Found this today at Cabela’s.

 

Anyone ever have any luck with one? Seems to be a smaller version of the discontinued XPS Swimbait.

 

bought one a t Cabelas a month ago.

tried at at La Cygne and snagged it on the second cast. got it free and lost it on the fourth cast.  it probably works, but I would only use it in open water. It does not swim nose down like a Crankbait. The angle it swims at digs the treble hook into anything it touches.

Got some cabelas gift cards for Christmas so yesterday I managed to get ahold of a new rod. Cabelas prodigy walleye series spinning, 7’6” medium. I’m a shorter guy but like longer rods so this should cast a drop shot well and work for controlling big smallies on light line. Nice light rod that fits a Pflueger president perfectly, now I just have to wait a few months to use it. 

Pretty soon I will have a Dobyns Sierra 692 in hand. Really looking forward to this and it should pair nicely with the slider heads I toss all the time. 

 

Also ordered a couple of Berkley Warpigs to try out along with a couple of bags of ugly otters and a bag of cane thumpers that I had removed from my cart the last 3 years, figured it was time lol. 

1 hour ago, cgolf said:

Pretty soon I will have a Dobyns Sierra 692 in hand. Really looking forward to this and it should pair nicely with the slider heads I toss all the time. 

 

Also ordered a couple of Berkley Warpigs to try out along with a couple of bags of ugly otters and a bag of cane thumpers that I had removed from my cart the last 3 years, figured it was time lol. 

I caught a 5.8lb bass on a warpig this springtime. She literally almost swallowed it. Double hooked just outside the gullet. I think thats what they call it.

On 12/3/2018 at 7:44 AM, gilkeybr said:

What is that in the middle? It looks like a textured skirt. There's an orange skirt to its right, green skirt to the left, purple skirt diagonally below it to left.

1 hour ago, Hank. said:

What is that in the middle? It looks like a textured skirt. There's an orange skirt to its right, green skirt to the left, purple skirt diagonally below it to left.

1/2 Z-Man Flip-N-Cast in California Craw.  The football head jig has the same textured skirt.  

I got 3 topwaters and a castable fish finder for Christmas. Not a bad holiday haul.

Well waiting on another crabkbait rod, bulk flouro, and some lures from tw, ordered another $100 worth of jigs from siebert. Still looking at another rod and reel too. 

Current items in transit

TW:

  EWG hooks in two sizes

  Weighted hooks for tubes

  Bullet weights: 1/8 & 1/4

  Replacement line for Cardinal, Ambassadeur and Trion, new line for Fuego
  Shroom heads for finese

  Leeches and Curly Tails for jigs/chatterbaits

Amazon

  New Fuego and Aird-X combo for pitching/flipping

  New hat

  Battery box for canoe

 

Still to order

  TRD worms

  Senkos

  Couple more chatterbaits

 

"Somebody STOP me!"