2 minutes ago, Rockhopper said:

Mail call!

Also just picked up this backpack from Cabela’s. Tons of space. I have 12 total 3600's that fit in it. 

As a bank angler, that backpack makes me jealous. 😆 I've got a decent one myself, but that's got so much space. 

That pack fully loaded is way way way too heavy for bank fishing. 😂

 

I actually have the small Cabela's sling pack for bank fishing.  Use it once in awhile bass fishing, always in the kayak, and mostly for steelhead bank fishing when I am not in the drift boat.  Comes with (and holds) two 3600's, and enough room for about 10 bags of plastics.  Perfect for a few hours of fishing.  Hard to beat for the price.

11 minutes ago, Rockhopper said:

That pack fully loaded is way way way too heavy for bank fishing. 😂

 

So is mine. Lol.  It holds almost all the tackle and baits I own. It's pretty heavy. I take it off when I get to a spot, fish, and then pick it up and move on. Although, when I wade the river, I wear it the whole time. 

Been on a Geecrack kick lately. Finally got my hands on some cue bombs. 
 

2 hours ago, UncleSasquatch said:

Been on a Geecrack kick lately. Finally got my hands on some cue bombs. 
 

I've had a ton of luck on the Bellows Shad and 3.8 Stick in the last week or so - awesome! I'm saving my Cue Bombs for a canoe day :)

Took advantage of TW 30% off Owners Hooks. 

Digitaka deal.

Trade deal.

15 hours ago, Columbia Craw said:

Digitaka deal.

 

It's all sold out

On 6/19/2024 at 4:44 PM, NorthernBasser said:

 

You throwing that beast on a muskie rod?? 

 

On 6/20/2024 at 1:54 PM, UncleSasquatch said:

Been on a Geecrack kick lately. Finally got my hands on some cue bombs. 
 

 

I love the smell of the Bellows Gill. Very unique scent. I'm guessing the Shad has the same scent? 

Bought a pack of Bellow's Gill 3.8 a month or two ago.......was very worried about their durability.......make a few casts, catch a small fish on one, and immediately the bait goes flying off with its first jump. 

 

So much to like about the bait, the SAF material, the design, but ultimately their is no way I'm fishing a bait that cost over $1 per bait, and lasts only one fish.     

 

Hopefully the Deps Bull Flat are more durable, gonna try those one of these days.   

 

 

On 6/19/2024 at 5:52 PM, IcatchDinks said:

So is mine. Lol.  It holds almost all the tackle and baits I own. It's pretty heavy. I take it off when I get to a spot, fish, and then pick it up and move on. Although, when I wade the river, I wear it the whole time. 

I have a cheapo verison of this carhartt sling bag that I use walking the river. I love it because it forces me to bring only a few baits which is helpful for my back.

 

22 minutes ago, NorthernBasser said:

 

I love the smell of the Bellows Gill. Very unique scent. I'm guessing the Shad has the same scent? 

Smells like Fritos to me

On 6/20/2024 at 1:54 PM, UncleSasquatch said:

Been on a Geecrack kick lately. Finally got my hands on some cue bombs. 
 

Where did you get the Cue Bomb? TW says they wont have them until mid July.

1 hour ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Bought a pack of Bellow's Gill 3.8 a month or two ago.......was very worried about their durability.......make a few casts, catch a small fish on one, and immediately the bait goes flying off with its first jump. 

 

So much to like about the bait, the SAF material, the design, but ultimately their is no way I'm fishing a bait that cost over $1 per bait, and lasts only one fish.     

 

Hopefully the Deps Bull Flat are more durable, gonna try those one of these days.   

 

 

Prepare to be 1/3rd as disappointed....

 

scott

5 minutes ago, softwateronly said:

Prepare to be 1/3rd as disappointed....

 

scott

I hear several complaints about the durability of Bellows Gills, Shads and Sticks - I personally don't see it that much. I put them on an Owner CPS Twistlock and don't have many issues at all.

 

Last Bellows Shad I had on caught me 8 decent largies, with nary a tear in the bait. Fished it the next day too until I cut it off to try something else (plus, scent was largely gone at that point).

 

Also caught several largies on the 3.8 Stick, before a tear. But still, certainly more than one bite per bait

 

My dog loves the smell  I'd rather smell Geecrack than Missile or Gambler, but I like them too

17 hours ago, PhishLI said:

Trade deal.

I like your style.  I traded credit card points today for my latest one, but then had to buy some more varivas pe, horizon heads, deathadders, and a little diawa spoon.  It's such a great reel for M-ML applications and love the current price at digitaka.  I recently followed @bulldog1935's advice and did a zillion bearing upgrade and roro x27 spool for a zillion and got an abu garcia Kurodai 7'3ML for true 2-3g bfs fishing.  I need to be done for awhile, till the points rack back up or I blow thru all my line learning how to handle a high speed spool.

 

scott

 

 

@AlabamaSpothunter and @OHBuckets I was being slightly tongue in cheek, they're not terrible, but I certainly can't call them durable.  Maybe it was just the aggression level of the fish I was catching, on those days I sometimes switch to cheaper/easier baits to source when they really like it, my last couple times I just rode out the bite going thru most of what I have.  Cps does seem to help but you can also backslide rig if the nose is toast but intact.

 

scott

 On durability, jeepers I put a Zman 4" scented jerk shad(z) on a weighted twistlock and fished the same one forever until I got bored with it. Those things outlast my attention span

 

On the bait monkey, I just received a handful of the Zariganist Juniors and a pile of Missile Mini Magic worms. I look forward to switching over to those if I can't get on topwater early tomorrow 

Used my Father's Day gift cards and picked a Daiwa Tatula BF 70. Going to go break it in on a Megabass P5 Siglett and some 5lb Sunline Invisible.  

 

 

 

See if you notice it. All I got to say,  as a printer, is come on Daiwa, you can do better 😁.

 

19 minutes ago, FishTank said:

 

 

 

See if you notice it. All I got to say,  as a printer, is come on Daiwa, you can do better 😁.

 

The line capacity doesn’t change for the pound strength even the pe/braid which is definitely thinner compared to its mono/flouro counterparts 😬

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Got a couple Piscifun Alijoz 400 6.6:1 and two more Madkatz Poison Ivy med/hvy 7'6" 2 - 16 oz for dragging for Blue cats.

On 6/19/2024 at 2:44 PM, NorthernBasser said:

 

You throwing that beast on a muskie rod?? 

Yes, Thats the plan, I didn't do it yet, but soon going to try.

On 6/18/2024 at 10:02 PM, MN Fisher said:

With the way the Esox around here steal baits...not something I could afford to lose....if I could afford it.

 

Oh yeah, That can grab anything and go, But we don't have them here in SoCal. I am so exited and can't wait for the first fish on it.

Got two OG 10" KGB shad, God I love this lure, A real fish catcher.

On 6/21/2024 at 1:19 PM, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Bought a pack of Bellow's Gill 3.8 a month or two ago.......was very worried about their durability.......make a few casts, catch a small fish on one, and immediately the bait goes flying off with its first jump. 

 

So much to like about the bait, the SAF material, the design, but ultimately their is no way I'm fishing a bait that cost over $1 per bait, and lasts only one fish.     

 

Hopefully the Deps Bull Flat are more durable, gonna try those one of these days.   

 

 

Lucky for you they’ve released some Gills, Shads and Bellows Sticks in elastomer plastic. I don’t mind paying the price. 

On 6/21/2024 at 1:15 PM, NorthernBasser said:

 

I love the smell of the Bellows Gill. Very unique scent. I'm guessing the Shad has the same scent? 

They do, I believe all their plastics have the same scent. Don’t quote me on that tho lol. 

On 6/21/2024 at 1:36 PM, Texas Flood said:

I have a cheapo verison of this carhartt sling bag that I use walking the river. I love it because it forces me to bring only a few baits which is helpful for my back.

 

Smells like Fritos to me

Where did you get the Cue Bomb? TW says they wont have them until mid July.

So my local shop, Copper State Tackle got some in stock. Check their website out. They only had 2 colors available at the time. 

Got frogg'd very hard for fathers Day/on vacation at a local tackle shop we like to stop at:

 

 

On the way to the beach I snagged my first Phat Frog in the duckling color and I snagged a 1/2 oz toad trophy and a shad trash panda (discontinued 13 fishing frog - Oliver Gnys favorite!) and a bone Launch because you can never have too many white launch frogs.

 

 

Got my first snag proof Bobby's Perfect Frog in shad color and popping trophys in shad and bone.  Son wanted a Teckel Sharker for his 5th grade  graduation lure in the shark color after seeing it on Bassfishing HQ channel and I got the gizzard color for dad.

 

 

Got back from the beach and my midway USA order arrived.  Got some Spro Bronzeye Shad 65, white popping pipsqueak, some green tea popping and 5/8 oz trophy, bone trophy and more Launch and Launch XS in good colors.

 

Also got a bunch of skirt material because snapping turtles keep getting my skirts!

 

 

Really thinking hand tied custom skirt colors will yield some wild bites when I figure out what drives them nuts!  😎😎😎🎣🎣🎣

Thanks for sharing @UncleSasquatch I can’t wait to try these out!