15 hours ago, Koz said:

Well, @GreenPig told me I needed to do some shaky head fishing this time of year on Oconee, so I went to teh Tackle Warehouse site and bought some VMC stand up shaky heads and some Berkely Bottom Hoppers.

 

That got me thinking that about the closing rates of my drifting kayak when casting spinnerbaits and other moving baits and reel with a faster speed would help so I added an 8:5:1 Shimano Curado 200K.

 

Then I thought that the new Shimano would pair up well with one of my Dobyns rods, so naturally I needed a new rod for the Lew's KVD reel that was currently on the Dobyns, so I figured I'd buy the Lew's KVD rod for that. And of course I might as well buy some new line for that new reel.

 

So a $20 purchase turned into nearly $400. But hey, at least for that coin TW is sending me a free T-Shirt and sticker!

I wish my wife would understand this excellent example of financial logic.

And a free t-shirt and sticker!

 

Not exactly bait, but I had to purchase a telescopic new lure retriever and a new anchor.

Found these while we were on vacation and stopped by the Pyramid store in Tennessee. I'm sure they'll be as solid as the rest of the Berkley hardbait lineup has been for me. 

This can't be good.  I found out they are converting a closed down Toys R Us and ROSS store into a Bass Pro about 2 1/2 miles from my house in 2022.  I may be visiting this thread more in the near future.  ?

9 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Found these while we were on vacation and stopped by the Pyramid store in Tennessee. I'm sure they'll be as solid as the rest of the Berkley hardbait lineup has been for me. 

Jealous 

 

Didja bring any back for us?  Did they not have a clown color?   Changed out the trebles yet?

first post to this thread, am I doing it right? ?

 

19 hours ago, JimT said:

first post to this thread, am I doing it right? ?

 

Nope.  Didn't spend enough money or explain how you went for one thing but came back with 10 lol

1 minute ago, hokiehunter373 said:

Nope.  Didn't spend enough money or explain how you went for one thing but came back with 10 lol

 

got it, I promise to do WAY better next time ?

Well, I finally did it.  
 

I’m pulling the trigger on a custom rod.  I’m going to have a heck of a time holding back on details.  The builder is a longtime friend and greatest-guy-ever old timer that wants to make me a special gift for my years of service to our mountain community.  
 

I seriously can’t wait to see this masterpiece in my hands, I’ve already spec’d a lot of the parts and she’s going to be UNREAL

1 hour ago, Master Bait'r said:

Well, I finally did it.  
 

I’m pulling the trigger on a custom rod.  I’m going to have a heck of a time holding back on details.  The builder is a longtime friend and greatest-guy-ever old timer that wants to make me a special gift for my years of service to our mountain community.  
 

I seriously can’t wait to see this masterpiece in my hands, I’ve already spec’d a lot of the parts and she’s going to be UNREAL

Congratulations ??  Can’t wait to see it.

On 8/11/2021 at 9:58 AM, HaydenS said:

Jealous 

 

Didja bring any back for us?  Did they not have a clown color?   Changed out the trebles yet?

I only picked up the 2 for now, give them a test run before I buy too many. I didn't see a clown color one but I'm pretty sure they have one. I know there's a couple unusual colors in the lineup. I'm going to fish the stock trebles most likely, starting out anyways. I really like the Fusion trebles, so I'll give these a shot. 

I like working 3rd shift maybe, bad for the monkey though he fills my head with thoughts of what I still need to round out my tackle selection lol. Not too much this trip, assorted white buzz baits to round out the selection of black ones I bought last week. Next we have a couple black top water lures to help balance my tray. Then we have 3 max lbo mega bass jerk baits, been wanting to try these. Last but not least a pack of some of my favorite local stick baits and a interesting color of keitech that I haven’t seen before. Then we have a pic to show them added to there respective trays. I was surprised they still had some leftover flat worms in black maybe 10 packs, probably the color. If you live in the Kalamazoo area D&R sports is where I saw them at 9 am.

11 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I only picked up the 2 for now, give them a test run before I buy too many. I didn't see a clown color one but I'm pretty sure they have one. I know there's a couple unusual colors in the lineup. I'm going to fish the stock trebles most likely, starting out anyways. I really like the Fusion trebles, so I'll give these a shot. 

Cool, let us know how they do.

More to come later but just wanted to give you guys a heads up if you’re in the Kalamazoo area D&R sports has max scent flat worms in stock probably 50 total packs of black mostly with 15 goby and 15 green pumpkin. 

Okay now that I am home on to the rest lol, 5 pop max in various colors, a dog x, 2 shower blows in 125, 2 shower blows in 105, 1 sexy dawg, 1 gunfish 117 and a 1/4 oz finesse jig. I think that I am only missing a few different ones from the local tackle shop and then I will have one of each in the specific brands. Darn you bait monkey ? and the stories of the fish I will catch on each new lure I buy.

Buy 5 get 5 at DSG. Love the clearance time of year 

3 hours ago, nhpleasantlakebass said:

Buy 5 get 5 at DSG. Love the clearance time of year 

Not the beaver plopper!  Just kidding, nice stuff.

 

You should have gone to the vision 110's with this deal...

What do you think of the bull gill?

19 minutes ago, HaydenS said:

Not the beaver plopper!  Just kidding, nice stuff.

 

You should have gone to the vision 110's with this deal...

What do you think of the bull gill?

Not everything is included in the deal. Haven’t thrown the bull Gill yet but feels nice in hand. 

These looked interesting at $2.10 a bag in the closeout bin at a local B&T.

 

 

1 hour ago, PhishLI said:

These looked interesting at $2.10 a bag in the closeout bin at a local B&T.

 

 

I like that

Had a DSG coupon for $10 off 50 or more, also had my $10 reward from buying to much.   The 832 was on sale for $15.99 so walked away with both for $64.98. 

I’ve been in the market for some travel rods, and finally settled on the Traveler series from TFO. I have to say I am pretty impressed with them so far. I picked up the 7’ ML spinning and 7’ MH casting. I figure this combo will cover the majority of my fishing. 

I picked up a Table Rock and Stone Cold Stunna myself Saturday at BPS. The boss lady was with me and I was able to convince her that she needed them!

Speaking of "Stone Cold" I finally got my hands on this color of Rk Crawler that has been extremely difficult to find.