As far as elaztech goes it might be me.  I bought 65 packs of ZinkerZs this fall to go along with the 50 packs I already had.

16 minutes ago, Jig Man said:

As far as elaztech goes it might be me.  I bought 65 packs of ZinkerZs this fall to go along with the 50 packs I already had.

I'd say your great grandkids are set on elaztech too.

1 hour ago, LrgmouthShad said:

I'll also shoutout @NorthernBasser and @FishTank

I feel like this is profiling due to my profile pic. ?

28 minutes ago, Bird said:

Once I figured out he was actually real, I was able to defend myself.

 

1 hour ago, Bird said:

I've never heard the term " Bait Monkey " until I joined this forum.

Once I figured out he was actually real, I was able to defend myself.

 

Me neither, never heard of the Bait Monkey. I just attributed my problem to an undiagnosed illness. Now I know what I have but I do not how to treat it. ?

1 hour ago, gimruis said:

I'd say your great grandkids are set on elaztech too.

Until they decide to melt for some unknown reason and all get deformed and stuck together and he has to throw 3 dozen bags away like I did last fall ?‍♂️

 

I'm trying to be the anti-Bait Monkey and stopped posting pictures when I buy new baits. I also stopped looking at the thread for all the new purchases and sales, it's too hard to fight that urge and I like having new toys to play with. 

17 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

it's too hard to fight that urge and I like having new toys to play with.

You know, iRod has a lot of great rods ?

5 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

You know, iRod has a lot of great rods ?

I pretty much stick to St. Croix and Okuma on rods and I've got rods and reels without partners laying around right now as is. 

2 hours ago, Jig Man said:

As far as elaztech goes it might be me.  I bought 65 packs of ZinkerZs this fall to go along with the 50 packs I already had.

A lot of my friends are the same way, I always ask them “what’s all that 100 fish per bait talk if you need that many??”

 

I think only @Team9nine achieves those type results while fishing away from all logs 

16 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

pretty much stick to St. Croix and Okuma on rods

Sticking to a rod brand isn’t playing with new toys. That’s just playing with the same toys over and over again. You know, you could really spice things up by giving iRod a chance 

1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said:

A lot of my friends are the same way, I always ask them “what’s all that 100 fish per bait talk if you need that many??”

 

I think only @Team9nine achieves those type results while fishing away from all logs 

Well I know a guy who knows a guy who has a Zman contact and got them for me for $2.00 per pack.  I couldn’t resist it.

13 minutes ago, Jig Man said:

Well I know a guy who knows a guy who has a Zman contact and got them for me for $2.00 per pack.  I couldn’t resist it.

Insider worm trading… love it! 

Raul.

46 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Insider worm trading… love it! 

You bet.  Plus where I fish on the upper James River on Table Rock lake there is so much sunken stuff that it takes a lot of baits every trip.

Clearly I’ve fulfilled my goal of staying under the radar.?

As for A Jay, if, and I say if, he was in the running, he’s fallen off. I surmised this because he failed to have his annual A Jay’s Bait and Tackle inventory reduction sale.  I look forward each year to two things, A Jay’s sale and having my teeth cleaned.

18 minutes ago, Jig Man said:

You bet.  Plus where I fish on the upper James River on Table Rock lake there is so much sunken stuff that it takes a lot of baits every trip.

I know how you feel. I started snorkeling off my dock to get my lures back and it’s too scary for me down there with all the jagged rock ledges, stumps, and logs 

8 minutes ago, Columbia Craw said:

Clearly I’ve fulfilled my goal of staying under the radar.?

As for A Jay, if, and I say if, he was in the running, he’s fallen off. I surmised this because he failed to have his annual A Jay’s Bait and Tackle inventory reduction sale.  I look forward each year to two things, A Jay’s sale and having my teeth cleaned.

I been keeping what works.

So far so good.

But it is very satisfying to hear that your dental hygienist and I are so high up on your list.

Btw, there could be an unadvertised bait sale soon, but no worries mate.

You're on speed dial.

 

A-Jay

 

3 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Sticking to a rod brand isn’t playing with new toys. That’s just playing with the same toys over and over again. You know, you could really spice things up by giving iRod a chance 

Ya know, this reminds me, I've sold quite a few rods for Ark at this point, and I still haven't recieved a commission check from them or the monkey. I can't help but feel like I'm getting the short end of the flippin stick.

1 minute ago, T-Billy said:

Ya know, this reminds me, I've sold quite a few rods for Ark at this point, and I still haven't recieved a commission check from them or the monkey. I can't help but feel like I'm getting the short end of the flippin stick.

Meanwhile, I ain't convinced anybody to buy an iRod, and I can promise them that they are missing out. If they held a Harold's Lone Star or 704C, they would know what I'm talking about.

 

Maybe I'll have to buy an Ark rod sometime. I almost did; a while back I sent you a message about potentially using one for c-rigging 

5 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Maybe I'll have to buy an Ark rod sometime. I almost did; a while back I sent you a message about potentially using one for c-rigging 

You won't be disappointed in that Guntersville if you get one. It's great for flippin and A-rigs. I haven't used it for C-rigs but I'm sure it would work well. It's a versatile taper. It's got some tip to it, and plenty of backbone. It whipped quite a few muskie for me last fall.

 

Hmm... Looking at the above paragraph...... Maybe I am the monkey? ?

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13 minutes ago, bait__Monkey said:

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You are most definitely run by a member here; I just haven’t figured out who yet. Maybe that should be another thread I start “who runs the bait__monkey account?” Seems like something @roadwarrior would do

 

Yeah, that’s right. I called you dependent. Go and throw some banana fits at me

5 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Seems like something @roadwarrior would do

 

I don't think so. If roadwarrior was in charge of the monkey, he'd have moved that high end BFS rig in no time. 

If your theory of a mod controlling the monkey is correct, my money's on @TnRiver46. He claims to only fish with found lures, used line recovered from trees and untangled, and $2 yard sale combos, meanwhile he's sicking the monkey on all the rest of us poor unsuspecting folks. Not an accusation mind you, just a theory. I have absolutely zero evidence to support it, but it's plausible. ?

24 minutes ago, T-Billy said:

 

I don't think so. If roadwarrior was in charge of the monkey, he'd have moved that high end BFS rig in no time. 

If your theory of a mod controlling the monkey is correct, my money's on @TnRiver46. He claims to only fish with found lures, used line recovered from trees and untangled, and $2 yard sale combos, meanwhile he's sicking the monkey on all the rest of us poor unsuspecting folks. Not an accusation mind you, just a theory. I have absolutely zero evidence to support it, but it's plausible. ?

Heck I can’t find any lost lures, @Bluebasser86already got them all 

3 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Heck I can’t find any lost lures, @Bluebasser86already got them all 

He does seem to "find" an aweful lot of them doesn't he? I think he flashes his badge at the ramp, and confiscates peoples tackle boxes as evidence related to his "investigation" into an international tackle smuggling cartel. Again, I have no evidence, but it's "plausible".