15 hours ago, NorthernBasser said:

Picked up an Evergreen Combat Stick that I really didn't need.

 

 

 

Those are pretty sweet!

Okay here's what the bait monkey did to me for black friday. The worst part about this is I like the stuff I got so much, that I'm looking at future picasso and aftco purchases now. He is a sly monkey. 

A lot of picasso and nichols spinnerbait and buzzbait stuff since it was on an additional sale and some aftco gloves were the main features. On the side, I restocked on some sampo swivels and colorado blades from nichols and got many colors of humdinger rubber skirts since I liked the ones that I tried from my last order. I'm very pleased with the AFTCO gloves; both of them fit me very well and are comfortable and warm. Should work great. The Nichols Impulse buzzbaits are a repeat purchase but I liked the sale and wanted a couple in 1/2oz. The impulse's are top-notch. Now... for the picasso spinnerbaits. They were every bit as fine-looking as I thought they'd be. I wish I took a picture of one in my hand before I started modifying them. Guys... the willows have a shallow cup to them. I'd been wondering what companies still produce a "slow" willow... well... there you go. Picasso does. There's not a weak point on these spinnerbaits. Excellent hooks sharp out of the package, great quality blades, and sampo swivels stock. Pictured beneath the group photos are what some of the spinnerbaits looked like after I committed atrocities to them. There is a blue glimmer 3/4 oz, golden shiner 3/8 oz, and gizzard shad 1/2oz pictured in that order.

I simply kept all the components that the spinnerbaits came stock with so if I want to use those slow willows, which I definitely will at some point... I have the stuff to do that. Excellent spinnerbaits.

 

Last for a while lol. Book was for my Birthday and got my Victory and a small Barlows order. 

 

My new finesse combo. Abu Garcia Zata 20 paired with a medium light St Croix 2021 Bass X rod

Received 2 new rods from FX Custom Rods a couple weeks ago. 

 

On 12/3/2021 at 3:53 PM, PotatoLake said:

I received my order from C&C Custom Baits today. I'm sorry that this picture doesn't do the craftsmanship any justice. They nailed my descriptions of what I wanted. The matte black finish is sweet on the spinnerbait and shakeyheads. I'm pretty pumped to put these to use. Anyone want to guess what scenario I had in mind for most of these???

 

A muddy scenario?

2 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

A muddy scenario?

We have a winner! You get a box of rice-a-roni, the San Francisco treat and “bass fishing” the home game.

This reel should be fantastic. Only 4 more months or so till I can use it. 

22 hours ago, swhit140 said:

Received 2 new rods from FX Custom Rods a couple weeks ago. 

 

What do you think about those FX rods. Thinking about getting a couple.

2 hours ago, Derek1 said:

This reel should be fantastic. Only 4 more months or so till I can use it. 

Looks like BPS in Harrisburg.

11 hours ago, tander said:

What do you think about those FX rods. Thinking about getting a couple.

Build quality is really nice and balanced great with reel mounted on rod you can hold rod/reel with one finger. I wish they had more model choices with cork grip. I'd say the rod action is stiffer compared to Dobyns or Falcon rods.

Can't wait until next season to test them out.

 

11 hours ago, Big-Bass said:

Looks like BPS in Harrisburg.

Nope, hookset nh 

Picked this up off Facebook new in box for $75 bucks from a vendor. Looks like they retail between 165-200 bucks. I’m going to use it on my soon to be built deep cranking rod. 

Sigh springs only 3 months away 

1 hour ago, Mbirdsley said:

Picked this up off Facebook new in box for $75 bucks from a vendor. Looks like they retail between 165-200 bucks. I’m going to use it on my soon to be built deep cranking rod. 

Sigh springs only 3 months away 

Excellent reel.  Welcome to the realm of Abu round reels!

 

 

Up yours, Bait Monkey!!!

 

Have upgraded my mold and injector since this. Maybe Mr Monkey will have last laugh after all.

45 minutes ago, Big-Bass said:

Excellent reel.  Welcome to the realm of Abu round reels!

Thanks I’ve been wanting one of the good made in Sweden ones for a while now 

Another one... I have a rod and a few more items arriving tomorrow. 

Picked up a new spinning rod.

 

On 12/12/2021 at 6:00 PM, schplurg said:

 

 

Up yours, Bait Monkey!!!

 

Have upgraded my mold and injector since this. Maybe Mr Monkey will have last laugh after all.

My buddy Josh is doing the same thing, making his own paddle-tails, eels, shrimp, and crabs

Didn’t need any of this, couldn’t help it. Bait monkey pulled my truck over and demanded I spend $21. I’ve been wanting to try underspins for years, seems pretty cool so far but no bites yet. I’ve been dragging them on bottom and they seem fairly weedless somehow 

 

There's a new player entering the game . . . .

A-Jay

1 hour ago, A-Jay said:

There's a new player entering the game . . . .

A-Jay

Like that purplish one. 

1 hour ago, A-Jay said:

There's a new player entering the game . . . .

A-Jay

Hmm, interesting!

On 12/11/2021 at 2:40 PM, Derek1 said:

This reel should be fantastic. Only 4 more months or so till I can use it. 

Same here.. 

 

On 11/8/2021 at 4:03 PM, LrgmouthShad said:

The Stanley vibrawedge I’ll use later in the year, but man that is the most gorgeous lure I’ve seen. No photos do it justice, it is a sight to behold.

I couldnt agree with you more! It is now my favorite spinnerbait and top producer. The skirt has great flutter and pulsing action underwater and those blades must be magic because I swear my other spinnerbaits dont attract them as much as this one does. I have that exact color as well, ghost shad flash. Because it has produced so well for me this fall, I recently added another to my arsenal to give them a bit of gold flash, in gold bream orange flash with double willows in gold.