3 hours ago, blckshirt98 said:

 

Thanks for the heads up and also curse you because now I'm going to spend more money.

This sale has been my downfall.  I went from owning 0 Trokar hooks, to now I'm the proud owner of 62 packs of them.  I'm good for a while now

1 hour ago, Brayberry said:

This sale has been my downfall.  I went from owning 0 Trokar hooks, to now I'm the proud owner of 62 packs of them.  I'm good for a while now

I showed some restraint and only got 13 packs, though I did wipe them out of their size 2 dropshot hooks.

8 hours ago, snake95 said:

Just have to be careful, the "promotional" zoom fluke bags at $1.18 near me have fewer per pack (as labeled) vs a standard fluke pack.  Still a better unit price than most regular fluke packs, plus they have some good colors that aren't as common in big box stores.  Recently marked down to 0.75 at one of the stores I went into, but not all.

 

As others have stated, I noticed the variety of items on clearance varied from store to store (one had KVD squarebills, others did not), and the timing at which they implemented successive markdowns also varies.  One store I went into had already sold everything off and re-set they new stock, another had only a few rods left, and others were apparently just putting the clearance stuff out.  The pricing was the same even in different states though, unless they were in "deep clearance" mode where it appears the stores have discretion to price as low as they want to.  

Yeah, you have to careful with a lot of the things you buy at walmart, make sure you give them a good lookover, as someone I know use to take one senko from each bag they had and put it into a YUM Dinger bag, with the Dingers. Checkout just looked at it, said "Eh," and sold it to him.  Always count the amount you have per bag.

For the Trokar hooks, it looks like DSG might be trickling in inventory or people are returning/cancelling orders - just scored 3 packs of size 1 dropshot hooks and 3 packs of size 9/0 weighted swimbait hooks, neither of which were there yesterday.

Academy is having a sale on Berkley mono.  Trilene XL, XT and Big Game are $3.49 a spool.

Also a sale on SK crankbaits.  KVD 1.5 and 3XD are $3.99.  Bags of powerbait are $2.99.

1 hour ago, blckshirt98 said:

 

For the Trokar hooks, it looks like DSG might be trickling in inventory or people are returning/cancelling orders - just scored 3 packs of size 1 dropshot hooks and 3 packs of size 9/0 weighted swimbait hooks, neither of which were there yesterday

 

Same experience out here in Georgia.  They put a new load out on Tuesday after having slim pickin's on Sunday.  I also scored some of the swimbait hooks.  Never seen those before.

 

BTW I know they grow 'em big in CA and the objective is to overtake GA for the new world record, but 9/0's???  Sounds optimistic!  

2 hours ago, GreenGhostMan said:

Academy is having a sale on Berkley mono.  Trilene XL, XT and Big Game are $3.49 a spool.

Also a sale on SK crankbaits.  KVD 1.5 and 3XD are $3.99.  Bags of powerbait are $2.99.

Thanks for the heads up.  Picked up 3 spools of Big Game.  

2 hours ago, snake95 said:

Same experience out here in Georgia.  They put a new load out on Tuesday after having slim pickin's on Sunday.  I also scored some of the swimbait hooks.  Never seen those before.

 

BTW I know they grow 'em big in CA and the objective is to overtake GA for the new world record, but 9/0's???  Sounds optimistic!  

 

Just another piece of tackle to add to my hoard that I'll probably never use!  If anything maybe I'll use it on one of the new 7.8" FAT Swing Impacts and chuck it in the ocean next time I'm in SoCal.

North Fork Composites (Gary Loomis) has 50% off blanks plus 50% off shipping... If you build rods or know a guy who does now's a good chance to get a high dollar blank

18 hours ago, GreenGhostMan said:

Academy is having a sale on Berkley mono.  Trilene XL, XT and Big Game are $3.49 a spool.

Also a sale on SK crankbaits.  KVD 1.5 and 3XD are $3.99.  Bags of powerbait are $2.99.

 

Took advantage of this info as well. Got 3 spools of big game, 2 kvd 1.5s, and some other stuff to get me free shipping.

 

Thanks

20 hours ago, GreenGhostMan said:

Academy is having a sale on Berkley mono.  Trilene XL, XT and Big Game are $3.49 a spool.

Also a sale on SK crankbaits.  KVD 1.5 and 3XD are $3.99.  Bags of powerbait are $2.99.

 

After seeing this post I got on their site and noticed the Curado I is on sale for $129 too.

American Legacy is selling all their IMX rods at 25% off.  Just picked up a CR721 that I have been eyeing for awhile.   I hope they keep offering them when they update the IMX line.  Otherwise I might have to buy a CR722 soon just to complete my set.  

 

It's a hard road being a short rod fan.  

20 hours ago, blckshirt98 said:

 

Just another piece of tackle to add to my hoard that I'll probably never use!  If anything maybe I'll use it on one of the new 7.8" FAT Swing Impacts and chuck it in the ocean next time I'm in SoCal.

 

Not to hyjack the thread.....but where are you getting the info about the bigger Keitechs? as in the 6.8 and 7.8? Google searches are not bringing anything concrete up. i found links to a pros facebook page about getting to try them out (last December i believe). Im looking to buy some of the 5.8 but id prefer the 6.8 if they were available

Ive tried telling people for the last 2 weeks not to bother getting excited for the TW Classic sale. It's always been just a clearance sale on baits and equipment that don't sell well. I saw a lot of people saying they were going to save their income tax money for this Classic Sale, and I continuously suggested either shopping elsewhere, or saving their money for the TW tax stimulus sale, which at least offers 10% off 97% of their products, as opposed to a discount on baits that don't sell well.

Say what you want about TW, but daddy just picked up an SV103 for $202.

7 minutes ago, MainelyBASS said:

Ive tried telling people for the last 2 weeks not to bother getting excited for the TW Classic sale. It's always been just a clearance sale on baits and equipment that don't sell well. 

The SV103 is $202 right now for the classic sale. That's a pretty dang good deal. 

1 minute ago, rippin-lips said:

The SV103 is $202 right now for the classic sale. That's a pretty dang good deal. 

 

Better than the SS SV for $150?  Both these reels have my attention. 

1 minute ago, RichF said:

 

Better than the SS SV for $150?  Both these reels have my attention. 

SS SV is a smaller/finesse type reel, SV103 is an all around work horse type reel. 

Just now, fishballer06 said:

SS SV is a smaller/finesse type reel, SV103 is an all around work horse type reel. 

 

Gotchya.  That's what I got from the description.  You have any idea what the exact drag pressure is on that sucker?

No doubt there are deals to be had, but people think it is similar to their other sales where most items are 10-15% off. My only point has been that you are only able to select from the specific lures they mark down and it's very rarely the most popular, most used products.

Just now, RichF said:

 

Gotchya.  That's what I got from the description.  You have any idea what the exact drag pressure is on that sucker?

 

13.2 pounds on the SV103

Just now, fishballer06 said:

 

13.2 pounds on the SV103

 Sorry, meant the SS SV 103, JDM one.

Just now, RichF said:

 Sorry, meant the SS SV 103, JDM one.

I want to say it's around 8-9 pounds. 

9 minutes ago, rippin-lips said:

The SV103 is $202 right now for the classic sale. That's a pretty dang good deal. 

Yup I already had mine in my cart waiting for the sale to go live.  used my gift card from Christmas and got it for 182. Can't beat that!

That makes sense. Thanks.