27 minutes ago, GreenPig said:

Nice. Those Youtube workout videos are paying off.😆

No doubt ~

Not to mention all boat gas money I'm not spending.

A-Jay

A rare tackle purchase for me, but needed a few niche cranks, a pack of jiggling minnows to play with, and some Bitsy’s on steroids. Sad how little $50 will get you these days - but it will buy free shipping 🤗

 

On 12/9/2024 at 10:30 AM, A-Jay said:

It's a Bait Monkey Christmas up in here ~

A-Jay

 

And behind door number two……..

Just walked in the door with a Megabass Levante "Whipsnake" rod...

On 11/29/2024 at 12:02 PM, AlabamaSpothunter said:

 

eta:   those DBombs in black are dynamite.....I'll be buying lots of those next summer.   Those things are big fish candy if there ever was. 

 

They're $2.08 right now at TW. 

9 minutes ago, Aaron_H said:

 

Likely my last purchase of the holidays. Also picked up a Jackhammer stealth blade in green pumpkin shad to replace one I lost. Curious to see how good the Vision 110 is compared to what I typically throw. Not sure how confident I feel throwing it from the bank, though. That would be a very frustrating snag. 😅

The Megabass jerkbait thread got you good huh?

10 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

The Megabass jerkbait thread got you good huh?

 

I got a discount on it, which helped convince me. The BassPro gift card I'm getting from FWC for that 8lber last week will likely be used to buy another 110, perhaps the Jr. Been curious about them for a long time but the price is hard to swallow given what I've managed to catch on much less expensive alternatives.

Since @A-Jay bought all the bantams, I went ahead and back ordered one from alf secret sale. Got a 6:1 for that new imx pro crankbait rod I ordered. 

On 12/9/2024 at 1:30 PM, A-Jay said:

It's a Bait Monkey Christmas up in here ~

A-Jay

 

Just made my first order from Digitaka.  22 Bantam A and a 20 Met B HG.  Wish me luck!

On 12/9/2024 at 12:30 PM, A-Jay said:

It's a Bait Monkey Christmas up in here ~

A-Jay

 

I'm curious as to what reel you like to use for bass fishing.

28 minutes ago, king fisher said:

I'm curious as to what reel you like to use for bass fishing.

What's Bass fishing ?

A-Jay

4 hours ago, A-Jay said:

What's Bass fishing ?

A-Jay

That’s @A-Jay‘s Swimbait setup. He’s caught some absolute tanks on that thing!

Hey I caught a tank on one of those this year!

YouTube got the best of me this past week so I ordered up a couple of these from a japanese supplier.  $22 each shipped, ugh!

 

The gist of the Youtube video was that these chatterbaits can be drug through tree branches without snagging…..as much.  I’m going to test that!  and my wallet will cry when I snag. LOL. But if they’re as good as advertised…….maybe I’ll pick up a more sizable order in different weights.

 

If anyone has used these, I would love to hear your experience.

 

 

 

 

 

Swore I would not buy anything but bullet weights and line this year. Fell off the wagon and spent about $300 in the past two days. Started innocently with looking around the internet for some Hayabusa shooting star jigs that then snowballed out of control.

 

Allen 

I thought I was done, bought everything on my list a couple weeks ago, but.......2 days ago I dug a crankbait out of my garage that looked like it had never been in the water, the storage box was covered with dust and a little bird poop.  I gave that lure a christening yesterday and slayed the Smallmouth and Walleye;  wow!  When I got home I thought I should buy some backup before losing it.  Rapala Glass Shad Rap, size 5.  It must be discontinued;  I searched about a half dozen sites and all showed out of stocks on most colors with reduced prices.  Finally found what I wanted at TW, but prices were a little higher.  Result was a Bait Monkey attack and I ordered 6 in size 5, and 3 more in size 7;  during the battle I also succumbed to a few more items which were absolute necessities.

12 hours ago, Tackleholic said:

I thought I was done, bought everything on my list a couple weeks ago, but.......2 days ago I dug a crankbait out of my garage that looked like it had never been in the water, the storage box was covered with dust and a little bird poop.  I gave that lure a christening yesterday and slayed the Smallmouth and Walleye;  wow!  When I got home I thought I should buy some backup before losing it.  Rapala Glass Shad Rap, size 5.  It must be discontinued;  I searched about a half dozen sites and all showed out of stocks on most colors with reduced prices.  Finally found what I wanted at TW, but prices were a little higher.  Result was a Bait Monkey attack and I ordered 6 in size 5, and 3 more in size 7;  during the battle I also succumbed to a few more items which were absolute necessities.

I looks like you came out of the battle a little worse for the wear, but you showed him who was boss. However friends, don’t let the antics of @Tackleholic dissuade you from paying a visit to the monkey. He really is a good guy…

17 hours ago, Craig P said:

YouTube got the best of me this past week so I ordered up a couple of these from a japanese supplier.  $22 each shipped, ugh!

 

The gist of the Youtube video was that these chatterbaits can be drug through tree branches without snagging…..as much.  I’m going to test that!  and my wallet will cry when I snag. LOL. But if they’re as good as advertised…….maybe I’ll pick up a more sizable order in different weights.

 

If anyone has used these, I would love to hear your experience.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I wanted to give these a try. Glad you volunteered to be the guinea pig.  Please report back and let us know how they are. 

On 12/18/2024 at 5:53 PM, Craig P said:

YouTube got the best of me this past week so I ordered up a couple of these from a japanese supplier.  $22 each shipped, ugh!

 

The gist of the Youtube video was that these chatterbaits can be drug through tree branches without snagging…..as much.  I’m going to test that!  and my wallet will cry when I snag. LOL. But if they’re as good as advertised…….maybe I’ll pick up a more sizable order in different weights.

 

If anyone has used these, I would love to hear your experience.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Same video popped up in my feed, they look very good. I was tempted to pick some up in 1/2 ounce but I couldn't justify it over the Jackhammers. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts/seeing your success on them, though. Would be interesting to see if these make their way over to the US.

 

Also I lied in my last post, the bait monkey tricked me again today, but I got a good deal out of it. On my way to lunch I stopped into Dick's, not generally a fan of them since they are basically a clothing store now, but I did want to see if they were running their Buy 5 Get 5 free deal and they were. Picked up a mess of Vision 110s and 110 Jrs, a couple of PopMax (blaming
@A-Jay for how much he talks it up, fingers crossed I have some success), and a couple of Provokes in the 106 and 97 sizes. All on clearance, and with the B5G5 the Vision 110s came out to 9 bucks each and Jrs were 7.50ish. Color selection left much to be desired but these'll get bit in my waters for sure. All in all retail price + tax wouldv'e been ~460, I walked out with it for 193. It's not buying out the entire Bantam market supply, but I'm happy with that.

 

On 12/17/2024 at 5:10 PM, A-Jay said:

What's Bass fishing ?

A-Jay

Not to say the Dock Demon spincast reel isn't a good choice, but you may want to give a Shimano Bantam a try.

10 minutes ago, king fisher said:

Not to say the Dock Demon spincast reel isn't a good choice, but you may want to give a Shimano Bantam a try.

Now why didn't I think of that ?

I actually snagged that Dock Demon rig from the depths of Lake Menderchuck with a Jackhammer - 

You just never know . . . 

A-Jay

3 hours ago, Aaron_H said:

Buy 5 Get 5 free deal

So you essentially got them for half price. It’s hard to find those things on sale.

56 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Now why didn't I think of that ?

I actually snagged that Dock Demon rig from the depths of Lake Menderchuck with a Jackhammer - 

You just never know . . . 

A-Jay

And I thought lake Menderchuck and Jackhammer's were only good for giant small mouth.  I always thought you were trying to keep Menderchucks location a secret due to the over sized small mouth bass.  Now I know you didn't want any one else fishing your secret Dock Demon fishing hole.  What color of Jack Hammer is best for Dock Demon's? and what gear ratio Bantam do you prefer for catching them?

9 minutes ago, gim said:

So you essentially got them for half price. It’s hard to find those things on sale.

 

Yeah they ended up being about 60% off after the clearance and the additional deal. Those were the only colors they had available, but they'll work just fine. Elegy Bone was one I've had my eye on for a long time now, so it worked out nicely.