Waiting for delivery from TW Sale, ordered a few more Spro 50's and 55'. These have been working great for river smallies. Picked up some chromed Wiggle Warts, chromed will be a first try with them. Have been fishing the Warts for a long time.

On 9/2/2021 at 8:08 PM, Bluebasser86 said:

 

 

For anyone interested, this is the BOYO between a regular Super Spook Jr and a Zara Puppy.

The Boyo seems a tad shorter than the Puppy, but a little fatter. What's supposed to be the biggest difference between those 2? The line tie on the Boyo seems to be a little higher up than on the Puppy as well?

7 minutes ago, NorthernBasser said:

The Boyo seems a tad shorter than the Puppy, but a little fatter. What's supposed to be the biggest difference between those 2? The line tie on the Boyo seems to be a little higher up than on the Puppy as well?

I think the BOYO is going to work on casting gear and in rougher conditions than the puppy. I'll know in a couple days. 

1 minute ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I think the BOYO is going to work on casting gear and in rougher conditions than the puppy. I'll know in a couple days. 

See if the spook bite is on a some of the smallmouth lakes.  We've got high school tournaments soon...

9 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I think the BOYO is going to work on casting gear and in rougher conditions than the puppy. I'll know in a couple days. 

Ah, gotcha. I see now it's 3/8 oz, vs the 1/4 oz for the Pup. 

1 hour ago, HaydenS said:

See if the spook bite is on a some of the smallmouth lakes.  We've got high school tournaments soon...

I hope it is. I'll be on Perry this weekend for our championship and looking for smallies first. 

8 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I hope it is. I'll be on Perry this weekend for our championship and looking for smallies first. 

Thats where one of em is in two weeks.  Lets us know how you do, send all the juicy info straight to me, and post it on the forum after our tournament is over ?

On 9/2/2021 at 8:08 PM, Bluebasser86 said:

Got some baits trickling in from a few different places. Bunch of Rage and Zman baits from Siebert (Bugs, Menace, TRDs, and Hella Craws). 2 small packages from different places, TW and another discount store. 2 50 packs of Mister Twister Poc It Phenoms, 2 War Eagle Screaming Eagles, a FishLab 6" Wake Shad, and a BOYO Spook. 

 

For anyone interested, this is the BOYO between a regular Super Spook Jr and a Zara Puppy.

I've used the regular phenoms alot but I've seen you mention the poc it phenoms several times lately and its got me intrigued.

2 hours ago, DitchPanda said:

I've used the regular phenoms alot but I've seen you mention the poc it phenoms several times lately and its got me intrigued.

Better get them quick, pretty sure they're discontinued. 

17 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Better get them quick, pretty sure they're discontinued. 

I'd like to order some but if I buy anymore tackle right now my lady might kill me in my sleep! Have you used them a long time or did you just discover them? 

Picked up a Berkley Stunna jerk bait.  I must say it is a really good jerkbait for only $15.

3 hours ago, HaydenS said:

Picked up a Berkley Stunna jerk bait.  I must say it is a really good jerkbait for only $15.

Agree! It is a fantastic warm water jerkbait. Filled a big hole in the jerkbait market, and the hardware is good too. I dig the slow fall, works really well on non-stop jerking. However I will say I wish they changed the front packaging, I accidentally bought a 112+1 the other day because it only tells you it is a +1 on the side or if you are directly paying attention to the size of the bill. Guess the bait monkey wants me to go deep. 

9 hours ago, DitchPanda said:

I'd like to order some but if I buy anymore tackle right now my lady might kill me in my sleep! Have you used them a long time or did you just discover them? 

Been using them for about a year but haven't talked about them. Since they're going away not worried about it anymore though.

2 hours ago, Scott804 said:

Agree! It is a fantastic warm water jerkbait. Filled a big hole in the jerkbait market, and the hardware is good too. I dig the slow fall, works really well on non-stop jerking. However I will say I wish they changed the front packaging, I accidentally bought a 112+1 the other day because it only tells you it is a +1 on the side or if you are directly paying attention to the size of the bill. Guess the bait monkey wants me to go deep. 

Had a jerkbait sized fish hammer it this evening, but it came off when I boat flipped it.  

2 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Been using them for about a year but haven't talked about them. Since they're going away not worried about it anymore though.

Oh yeah the old secret keep a lid on it bait or technique. That's how it was around here for me with a mojo rig. Kept it under my hat for several years as that was about all I could consistently get bit on in the dog days of summer. Then one July or August day a buddy walked up on me while fighting a nice largemouth...asks what the heck rig is that? For some reason nobody throws it even now..they just complain about getting skunked in the summer.

Put in an order for two of @Bluebasser86's mini football finesse jigs, for catching smallies in some of our upcoming high school tourneys, and a bunch of my favorite chatterbaits came with it for free!  Thank you!

Really excited to try some of these colors!

Got the Rage Menace and Rage Bug in the new Fire Craw colors. 

 

(I promise this isn't a paid advertisement for Omnia. )

 

Picked up 5 Creme ultralight craw cranks for 1.25 a piece tonight at Wal mart. Will see how one works tomorrow. They do look a bit different from the smallest Rebel craw I have been having luck with, but fingers crossed they work. 

6 hours ago, cgolf said:

Picked up 5 Creme ultralight craw cranks for 1.25 a piece tonight at Wal mart. Will see how one works tomorrow. They do look a bit different from the smallest Rebel craw I have been having luck with, but fingers crossed they work. 

Keep us posted. I bought the same one along with some others in the bin.

47 minutes ago, Eric 26 said:

Keep us posted. I bought the same one along with some others in the bin.

 

So in the picture the main difference is no space between the pinchers and I am sure there are more. Hooks seem sticky but broke a point off on a hard snag, not unexpected so not really a negative as I got the bait back. Now I want to say it runs shallower than the Rebel craw, but I believe that I had upsized the hooks one size on the rebel based on a recommendation from someone that used them a lot so that would explain the running depth difference. It thumped pretty good similar to the rebel and I got a tiny smallie on it too. Fishing has been tough of late so any fish is a sign the bait will be ok. Glad I bought all 5, will save me some money on black friday. Also noticed that Wally world is like 2 bucks cheaper than TW on the Rebel teeny wee craw, shocked by that.

 

 

13 hours ago, NorthernBasser said:

Got the Rage Menace and Rage Bug in the new Fire Craw colors

Are they still making it in delta red or is this a replacement?

Not much for me this week unfortunately ? rent week yay there went two checks. At least I got a dollar a hour raise, I don’t know if that’s better for me or the monkey lol. I am always trying to check out some of the max scent craze, although as popular as it is it makes it hard to find new colors to try so if I see a new color and can afford it I grab it. Unfortunately this week there was two new colors and I only had enough to get one pack and some new line for my bfs reel.

Ready for some fishin' in the nasty stuff!

Stopped by Wally World for something unrelated and noticed they were in the process of remodeling their sporting goods section. Lots of things were discounted so I couldn't resist picking up a bunch of worms I didn't need. All for $2/bag except the Yamamoto Senkos which were $5/bag.

 

The Yum Swim-n Dinger looks interesting. I hadn't seen those before.

 

 

Couple new snack sized jerkbaits came in the mail while I was gone at my tournament this weekend. Glad I didn't get them before I left so I didn't feed them to all the voracious white bass that were all over the lake.

Comparison with a Rozante 77 and Pointer 78.