Just now, TnRiver46 said:

I’d love to try those but I tend to smash wooden baits into toothpicks  on the first throw 

I'm into buying silent or close to silent hard baits at the moment. Plenty of buzz on this bait. We have nothing but mush around here, so it'll probably hold up.

1 minute ago, PhishLI said:

I'm into buying silent or close to silent hard baits at the moment. Plenty of buzz on this bait. We have nothing but mush around here, so it'll probably hold up.

Ironically I just watched a video of Ott making one of those in his garage 

On 2/23/2022 at 6:29 PM, nhpleasantlakebass said:

Grabbed some new rain gear for the season. The carhartt set was from Sierra great deal at 120

Whats in the top photo?  I see something that says 100 mph but doesn't look like rain gear to me.

1 hour ago, gimruis said:

Whats in the top photo?  I see something that says 100 mph but doesn't look like rain gear to me.

Gore Tex gloves. 

I slipped one in under the wire today and ordered my 1st ARK rod before the spring sale ended. Nice savings. If it's actually shipped quickly, and if UPS doesn't do me dirty by delivering a 2-piece-special, I'll be fishing with it during next weekend's warmup.

 

 

 

Well I made it two days, this time consists of

  1 megabass orochi xx perfect pitch

  1 megabass orochi xx launcher 

  1 shimano Curado hg 150 mgl

 

2 hours ago, Jmurphy87 said:

Well I made it two days, this time consists of

  1 megabass orochi xx perfect pitch

  1 megabass orochi xx launcher 

  1 shimano Curado hg 150 mgl

 

Very nice! enjoy that curado mgl. I got some use out of mine fishing holes in the ice and like it very much. Another is on my wishlist. 

3 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Very nice! enjoy that curado mgl. I got some use out of mine fishing holes in the ice and like it very much. Another is on my wishlist. 

Thank you and I will. I was waiting for my local shop to get them in, I was in the backroom picking out the rods I wanted that were not labeled or on the shelves yet. I was talking to the guy about rods and look down at the boxes he was unpacking and I saw the reels, that's when I knew that I was leaving with a new reel also.

Good for you. 
you sir are one hell of a trigger puller 

4 hours ago, Derek1 said:

Good for you. 
you sir are one hell of a trigger puller 

I don't get much free time outside of work, that's my home away from home. So I invest heavily in what I enjoy and that happens to be fishing. I go whenever I get the free time and can afford to sacrifice sleep, my son will be a year old this year so I am going to enjoy him and try to help my other two kids along with my wife to learn some more about fishing.

A few spares never hurt anyone........... right!?! ?

1 hour ago, DINK WHISPERER said:

A few spares never hurt anyone........... right!?! ?

I'm not sure if I'm more in awe, scared, or just in shock! That is CRAZY AWESOME!

First quarter of TW order using the Rico Blems 20% and spring sale. I am finally diving into the world of big swimbaits as you will see in the other 3/4 which is coming on Tuesday. The monkey really wants me to grab a IMX 966 with a 300 tranx but I was able to resist... so far.

2 hours ago, DINK WHISPERER said:

A few spares never hurt anyone........... right!?! ?

That’s some beautifully spent cheddar, congrats and well done @DINK WHISPERER

1 hour ago, JWall14 said:

I'm not sure if I'm more in awe, scared, or just in shock! That is CRAZY AWESOME!

First quarter of TW order using the Rico Blems 20% and spring sale. I am finally diving into the world of big swimbaits as you will see in the other 3/4 which is coming on Tuesday. The monkey really wants me to grab a IMX 966 with a 300 tranx but I was able to resist... so far.

I'll admit I have a problem, haha. I'm in love with this reel and I bought too many. These are my spares that don't have rods yet. I have a bunch of others that are in rotation seeing daily use. 

34 minutes ago, J._Bricker said:

That’s some beautifully spent cheddar, congrats and well done @DINK WHISPERER

Thank you sir!!

22 hours ago, JWall14 said:

I'm not sure if I'm more in awe, scared, or just in shock! That is CRAZY AWESOME!

First quarter of TW order using the Rico Blems 20% and spring sale. I am finally diving into the world of big swimbaits as you will see in the other 3/4 which is coming on Tuesday. The monkey really wants me to grab a IMX 966 with a 300 tranx but I was able to resist... so far.

I hope the rest of your order has more of those mag drafts cause you're gonna end up getting them eventually anyway lol

Latest haul...

Keitech 3.8's, berkley 3/4oz agent e's, deps cover scat & bull flat, a couple 5/16 evergreen chibi finesse swimjigs (swimjig is one of my top confidence lures so I'm looking forward to using these a lot), sufix 14lb siege, some fin-tech title shots, megabass lbo in gilliko, 2 duo realis unicorns er I mean 120sp's in ghost gill, netbait t-macs in okeechobee craw and black grape, rage ned cut-r-worm (killer finesse swimjig trailer), 1/2oz booyah covert.

On 2/24/2022 at 6:54 AM, zpelletier said:

Never fished a jig before and I want to try this year. I have no idea what I’m doing haha. I also don’t have a spinning reel so I picked this one up. I wanted to try something different and saw it recommended on tackle advisors

Ha, I saw that same video on the okuma epixor and have been fighting off the monkey ever since. I have absolutely no use for another reel of any kind. I'm sure I'll succumb the first time I see it on sale. 

Some JDM stuff arrived today. I should have picked up everyone of the Jackhammers. The Emaraldas is insanely light, like nothing I have ever seen before. Combined with NRX+ 821S, it's sort of ridiculous.  I tossed around a 1/16th weight in the yard and it's like a BFS reel but spinning. Can't wait to get it out on the water. 

 

2 hours ago, Dash Riprock said:

Ha, I saw that same video on the okuma epixor and have been fighting off the monkey ever since. I have absolutely no use for another reel of any kind. I'm sure I'll succumb the first time I see it on sale. 

I had a 20% off coupon, couldn’t say no haha

4 hours ago, Bassjam2000 said:

Latest haul...

Keitech 3.8's, berkley 3/4oz agent e's, deps cover scat & bull flat, a couple 5/16 evergreen chibi finesse swimjigs (swimjig is one of my top confidence lures so I'm looking forward to using these a lot), sufix 14lb siege, some fin-tech title shots, megabass lbo in gilliko, 2 duo realis unicorns er I mean 120sp's in ghost gill, netbait t-macs in okeechobee craw and black grape, rage ned cut-r-worm (killer finesse swimjig trailer), 1/2oz booyah covert.

First impressions of the agent e? They are at the very top of my list of new baits to try this year

30 minutes ago, BlakeMolone said:

First impressions of the agent e?

Haven’t  fished it yet but I think it’s going to be a winner, the first thing I noticed is it’s got a very sharp hook with a significantly bigger gap than the sleepers, the weedguard seems to fold away better than I anticipated. Looks like an improvement on the original to me, can’t wait to find out, only several weeks away from ice out here!

3 hours ago, FishTank said:

Some JDM stuff arrived today. I should have picked up everyone of the Jackhammers. The Emaraldas is insanely light, like nothing I have ever seen before. Combined with NRX+ 821S, it's sort of ridiculous.  I tossed around a 1/16th weight in the yard and it's like a BFS reel but spinning. Can't wait to get it out on the water. 

 

Man I'm a sucker for color matched combos!! That is pure sexy!

On 2/27/2022 at 11:55 AM, JWall14 said:

Rico Blems 20%

did i miss a sale? Whats this one? 

 

Awesome stuff by the way!

10 hours ago, DINK WHISPERER said:

Man I'm a sucker for color matched combos!! That is pure sexy!

 

That wasn't the plan but it sort of worked out that way.  

 

And if you want to see sexy, you should see the Shimano Bantam Macbeth Big I got. It's a ghost gill color. It has a transparent shell with a holographic internal reflector.  It is beyond cool.  Another gem in there is the Megabass Robin Blade.  It's Megabass's version of a chatterbait.  

 

I will also put this out there.... I heard through the grape vine that the TG Jackhammer is the next "got have it bait".  A dealer I talked to is buying them in big amounts.  Why? Not entirely sure yet. 

Some whopper ploppers and beast coast skirts.