Latest Tackle Purchase Thread (Bait Monkey Victim Support Group)

[ATA]

19 hours ago, Smirak said:

All I have to say is stay away from swimbait underground. They have a bait silverback. I’ve met him a few times. My wallet was not, nor still is, happy about those visits…

2nd to that LOL

[chubaka]

I just had to. 

[king fisher]

On 7/15/2024 at 9:53 AM, NorthernBasser said:

Re-stocked on some Easy Shaker's (awesome drop shot bait) and some Super Chunk Jr's, which I really like for finesse jig trailers.

 

 

 Along with the Cavitron, War Eagle is probably my favorite buzzbait. 

 

 

Siebert order. The Baby Rage Craws are also great finesse jig trailers.

 

 

TW 4th of July sale. The new TW Black Blue color is probably my new favorite. I hate that it's TW exclusive since I'm used to getting Jackhammer's around $11-$12 other places. But TW doesn't run many sales like that, so I took advantage of the 15% off and got 5 more. Never fished these Hag's baits but figured I'd try them out. I thought they looked a little familiar. Turns out they look a lot like one of the Googan baits. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wow.  Are you the Bait Monkey, if not you are still my hero.

[Smirak]

3 hours ago, chubaka said:

I just had to. 

Ooohhhh, lemme know about that one. More money going out!!

[hokiehunter373]

You guys really make me feel better about my self restraint. I thought I didn't have any but this thread helps me prove otherwise haha

[gim]

Took advantage of the buy 2 get 1 free plastics special at Omnia yesterday on my way home.

 

 

[Sy_A]

Bought a new old town predator mx on clearance for $550 at sportsman warehouse.

[chubaka]

19 hours ago, Smirak said:

Ooohhhh, lemme know about that one. More money going out!!

The hookup tackle had bogo and had to get on it lol

[Smirak]

7 hours ago, chubaka said:

The hookup tackle had bogo and had to get on it lol

BOGO means each one is half off. I can explain that to the wife much better!!! “No honey, I’m not spending $100 on one bait. I’m only spending $50.”
$50 is an easier number to swallow 😂😂

[IcatchDinks]

On 7/17/2024 at 5:42 PM, IcatchDinks said:

 Can't wait to try these out.

 

 

 

Tried these out on the river this morning. They get bites, but every fish I hooked came off. I'm guessing this was due to the barbless hooks. Had five hits within an hour or so, hooked into three very nice fish (including what was either a solid pike or a legendary river smallie) and lost all of them on leaps or headshakes. Gonna replace all the trebles and try them again. It was either the hooks, or I just had a trash luck this morning. 

[PhishLI]

Treats

[fin]

4 hours ago, IcatchDinks said:

 

 

Tried these out on the river this morning. They get bites, but every fish I hooked came off. I'm guessing this was due to the barbless hooks. Had five hits within an hour or so, hooked into three very nice fish (including what was either a solid pike or a legendary river smallie) and lost all of them on leaps or headshakes. Gonna replace all the trebles and try them again. It was either the hooks, or I just had a trash luck this morning. 

 

I've found that you can't let up on a fish for a second with barbless. It's much more of a challenge. My hat's off to the people that can handle it.

 

I've got one of those cranks, the blue one, and I found I had to stick some lead to the base of it to get it to swim decent.

 

3 hours ago, PhishLI said:

Treats

 

It seems like a lot more people have been buying BBB in this thread lately. I must have missed a good sale in all those emails they keep sending me.

[PhishLI]

2 hours ago, fin said:

I must have missed a good sale in all those emails they keep sending me.

2 coupon codes, thanks and bbb10, and free shipping. Good deals.

[Smirak]

Silverback got me again. Just bought three Klash knock-offs to paint. 

[IcatchDinks]

8 minutes ago, Smirak said:

Silverback got me again. Just bought three Klash knock-offs to paint. 

 

Share some pics in the bait making forums when your done? I'd love to see em. 

[Smirak]

10 hours ago, IcatchDinks said:

 

Share some pics in the bait making forums when your done? I'd love to see em. 

Haha. I had to order some cheap blanks on Amazon to practice on. I’ve got too much free time on my hands and try to do all the things. There may not be any pics depending on my painting ability!!

[bp_fowler]

Stocking up for my Canada Trip next month. 🇨🇦

[Peacedivision]

Not like I need more top water stuff but oh well. Shiny!

[ATA]

Great fishing bag with rod holders at one side and so many pockets and seven 3700 box in it and on top of that has wheel. I got it as boat bag.

and this one for the reels;

[gim]

Bargain bin at Walmartians.

 

Normally $1.25 per 5 pack.  These are half off.  That puts them at 12.5 cents per stick bait.

 

 

[LrgmouthShad]

On 7/15/2024 at 8:46 PM, NorthernBasser said:

Black Orochi. 

I had to replace a popmax through a freak accident. That definitely hurt. I took the opportunity to add the Black Orochi color to get me closer to free shipping, of course. It's really an exotic looking bait. The golden underbelly with speckled black is unexpected.

[A-Jay]

With the shallow water brown bass bite  just around the corner, I went all in on the SK Hybrid Hunter Jr. and Shallow. 

Looking forward to seeing if the hype is real.  Baits seem like the right size and if I can get them far enough away from the Lund, I may have another breezy day option.

We'll find out.

A-Jay

 

[Aaron_H]

6 hours ago, A-Jay said:

With the shallow water brown bass bite  just around the corner, I went all in on the SK Hybrid Hunter Jr. and Shallow. 

Looking forward to seeing if the hype is real.  Baits seem like the right size and if I can get them far enough away from the Lund, I may have another breezy day option.

We'll find out.

A-Jay

 

 

Looking forward to seeing your thoughts on it. I picked up a couple of them a while back but haven't gotten around to throwing them yet.

 

Picked these up today. Some green pumpkin, green pumpkin shad, Bhite delight, and a fire craw thrown in for good measure.

[PhishLI]

Free shipping and 30% off sales at BBB keep getting me. Every low light/night fish I caught in SC earlier this year came on this color. Plenty of bites too. We'll see if those results transport here.

 

[Terrova80]

I'm looking to get a few expensive things. Tuned Up custom rods, I believe in Minnesota has an eighth foot medium light extra fast action for $280.00 plus another Diawa Tatula spinning reel. Even though I have plenty of ultra light rods, most are under six feet.