19 hours ago, Sphynx said:

Bait monkey brought me some gifts. 3x each of 6th Sense Divine Hybrid Jig in 3/8 and 1/2 oz sizes, few chatterbaits, and some paca chunks, eventually want to pick up a few more in the 3/4oz size

I’m really liking those small net bait craws on a finesse jig. Great action. Especially when they stop moving.

4 minutes ago, CrankFate said:

I’m really liking those small net bait craws on a finesse jig. Great action. Especially when they stop moving.

Best thing about netbait craws is I can pick them up at Walmart. Bite off the back half of the body and, tada, got a chunk. They work as well as most and are affordable, what's not to like?

4 minutes ago, Sphynx said:

Best thing about netbait craws is I can pick them up at Walmart. Bite off the back half of the body and, tada, got a chunk. They work as well as most and are affordable, what's not to like?

Definitely. I got one pack recently and tried it yesterday.  Most smaller baits don’t flutter enough. They were just soft enough to get that bigger bait flutter in a small craw.

1 minute ago, CrankFate said:

Definitely. I got one pack recently and tried it yesterday.  Most smaller baits don’t flutter enough. They were just soft enough to get that bigger bait flutter in a small craw.

I've found a few craws I like as trailers, biospawn vilecraws work ok, rage craws etc. Trouble is those baits don't really qualify as affordable to me. I love tossing a jig around cover in new water, but I prefer to use arkie jigs and cheap trailers until I learn what I'm working with. Then I can switch over to my baits that I feel I work best to focus on getting bit.

2 minutes ago, Sphynx said:

I've found a few craws I like as trailers, biospawn vilecraws work ok, rage craws etc. Trouble is those baits don't really qualify as affordable to me. I love tossing a jig around cover in new water, but I prefer to use arkie jigs and cheap trailers until I learn what I'm working with. Then I can switch over to my baits that I feel I work best to focus on getting bit.

I lose tons of rigs. Sometimes as many as 20 an outing. I hate sacrificing things like tungsten and expensive plastics to the water Gods.

 

 

just remembered  got a new Sierra 734c coming in too .. this spring transition needs to happen faster 

No pic but a BPS and a TW box today

 

Long-since backordered from TW

-livetarget hollow body craw in reddish and brownish (I don't really need these now, but WTH I'll see how they do. I've had really good results with the small craw from okuma and the zman TRD craw. Which is all totally in conflict with the research about vague cylinders getting more strikes than complete craws. /shrugs)

-Weedless neko hooks I don't need because I forgot about the backorder and bought some elsewhere. Still haven't gotten around to a neko rig, so I guess i have a few years of neko hooks now

-(random?) sungill ultravibe speed worm, because I definitely need more almost the same but not quite the same worms

 

BPS

-KVD worm file to try as an alternative to bps binder

-3" and 4" sunfish swimbait (softbody) from livetarget. The yellow 3" caught me a lot of quality fish recently when other stuff got small fish or nothing at all. The original lives in a bush now; wife bought it for me after she heard about what was hitting the 4" gill I had from Savage gear. But it has trebles and gets caught a lot. So it was a mission to catch some fish on it, because supporting that kind of behavior (buying me tackle) is a good choice. Turns out it was actually pretty dang good. 

- couple of megabass dark sleepers in 1/4 oz

- Tokyo rig to try out on the mucky-bottom ponds and city lakes

- v2 columbia cooling neck gaiter

- yamamoto cowboy in watermelon red, because I (don't) need more jig trailers 

- some paca chunks in three colors because the creature bag definitely isn't jammed so full the zipper is tight, so I have work to do

Hoping these are my last major purchases for a while.  Realized I didn’t really have a finesse rod. everything I had currently was way to big.  So I sold stuff I have not used it forever and bought a dobyns 7ft m/l colt rod.  Also bought a Okuma cemar-30 to put on it.  The rod is nice for the money.  That reel seems really like a steal for 40 bucks. I’m impressed.  If I hadn’t bought that I would have put a Pflueger president reel on it.

 

also won a auction for 50 swim baits ( kinda forgot about it actually untill the guy told me I won) so I have 50 of them In Houdini, perch, and black and blue flake.  They seem good quality.  These wil go with the kietechs I bought on the same day 

Swim baits 

Bought a lot recently. Since the rod I've ordered:

 

The Rod Glove Casting Blue Spyder
The Rod Glove Casting Green Spyder
The Rod Glove Casting Platinum Spyder
6th Sense Divine Swim Jig Bluegill Fire 3/8
Beast Coast Vanquish Flip Jig Cali-Melon Craw 3/8

 

U-40 Cork Seal
Booyah One Knocker Toledo Gold 1/2

 

Handle Lock Nut Set - Lime Green
Duralumin Screw Set 7-7-8 - Lime Green
Brake Dial Screw - Lime Green
RCS I Shape Cork Handle Knob (Clear)
Handle Knob Cap - Lime Green
Trust Wrench Ver.3
Handle Knob Cap Remover Ver.2

 

Bearings 4x7x2.5mm - 10 for handle knobs

 

Should be good for a little while!

I am weak - wife gave me a 'budget' for the BR-MN get together that was held earlier this eve. Since I only spent a little over half of it at The Local, I stopped by my local baitshop and spent the rest

 

3 Strike King Swim Jigs in 1/4 oz

2 Strike King Slither Rig weights in 1/2 oz

Pack of size 1 Finesse hooks

Senko ring tool

 

"Somebody Stop Me!"

Not really a purchase, but I won a Bass Blaster's Booyah giveaway. I think I'm set on Toadrunners for a minute.

2 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Not really a purchase, but I won a Bass Blaster's Booyah giveaway. I think I'm set on Toadrunners for a minutes.

You guys are always winning stuff ~ 

Congrats

A-Jay

7 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Not really a purchase, but I won a Bass Blaster's Booyah giveaway. I think I'm set on Toadrunners for a minute.

Nice dude, how do you sign up for that stuff. 

9 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Not really a purchase, but I won a Bass Blaster's Booyah giveaway. I think I'm set on Toadrunners for a minute.

That pile looks great! Makes me think I need a couple frogs

19 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Not really a purchase, but I won a Bass Blaster's Booyah giveaway. I think I'm set on Toadrunners for a minute.

Prett good haul. At least they got 1 Melee in there. Too bad none of the buzzbaits are the new Squelcher, they look interesting.

33 minutes ago, DSTN said:

Prett good haul. At least they got 1 Melee in there. Too bad none of the buzzbaits are the new Squelcher, they look interesting.

Funny thing is, I owned one Melee, it's also black and blue. I have one of the Squelchers too, caught some fish on it last fall.

 

 

 

- - - - - Alabama Rigs Project - - - - - 

 

Yumbrella Flash Mob Jr.'s (5 Wire)

 

Yumbrella (5 Wire)

 

Removed Hardware

 

Alabama Rigs Storage

 

Plano Alabama Rigs Wrap

 

 

WolfyBrandon

 

Have not enough time to read all posts, but I do need support. Just bought 2 Curado DC's one left and one right! Decided if I was going to buy nice reels.....what a shame not to pair them with nice rods.....Loomis of course....well it gets more heartbreaking from here, I'll spare the details but will mention the purchase of a Bass Raider and 55# TM....

 

Pray for me....

A sneaky purchase I slipped in while with the wife at the local hardware store ?

I've had my eye on these and I finally ordered two from a shady looking eBay account. They both shipped two months ago and the first one just showed up. I absolutely love the quality of these things! Owner hooks, great trailer keeper, and no split rings because they're JDM. They also seem like they're a little bit smaller profile (compact) than most USDM chatterbaits. 

 

 

A very sneaky pickerel snatched the tail right off of my lucky Dark Sleeper, so I consoled myself.

Got my new megabass that was on backorder ! The sonic side in gp pro perch, thanks @A-Jay for showing me this ! Can’t wait to use it on some smallies .. still waiting for my dark sleepers to come in 

3 minutes ago, Ksam1234 said:

Got my new megabass that was on backorder ! The sonic side in gp pro perch, thanks @A-Jay for showing me this ! Can’t wait to use it on some smallies .. still waiting for my dark sleepers to come in 

Cool.

Sweet Bait - 

Be careful, you might get your arm broke.

A-Jay

Didnt need it but didn’t know bout the cabelas/ bps sales so soon I’ll be getting some more 

 

The rain bib is the most important thing I got so far tho 

 

 

 

Finally got a chance to inventory and organize my impulse bought discount items.  I need a bigger tackle bag after this winter.