Followed this estate Auction and ended up buying a 16' Alumacraft Maverick at a terrific price, but here's where the Senior Moment came in. There were a couple dozen lots of fishing supplies. This guy really loved his fishing, but more than that, he LOVED the Bait Monkey. There were boxes and boxes of vintage lures still in the package. I mean Hellbenders, and Jitterbugs still in the original boxes. At least a dozen tackle boxes spilling over and gobs of rods and reels. Some of the lots went for over 100.00. Anyway, one of the lots showed a Shimano Bantam B-Mag 1000 still in plastic. Well the "Bantam" got me unhinged and I started biding on it. Bid it up to 45.00 and won! I was high-fiving myself and slappin' my back! Giggling just like a juvenile, doing the Fargo Strut and laughing insanely. Got home, checked it out on E-Bay, and you can get one for 30.00 plus shipping!    😶 What! Dang! I spent 45.00 for a 30.00 reel? Well, I can't undo the celebration, but I can have fun with it and share the humor!   Unfortunately, I told my wife, and with her memory, I will hear about this forever!

     Anyone else have a senior moment at an auction?

No senior moments at auctions, but I've had plenty elsewhere. 😂 Congrats on the boat!!!

I would have bid on the old lures still in their original packaging! Congrats times two on the boat!

Auctions are my favorite pastime ! That sounds like a good one too. Congrats x3 on the sweet boat !

On 1/28/2025 at 2:37 PM, T-Billy said:

No senior moments at auctions, but I've had plenty elsewhere. 😂 Congrats on the boat!!!

     I installed my new carb kits, fuel pump, and water pump, (Real Pain on an Evinrude), and am going to try to crank her Saturday. It is in real good shape. The estate sale was for a fellow angler who had to go to assisted living. Don't think the boat has been on the water for years. Batteries were toast and dated 2012. License was good till 2015. I sure hope the ol'e boy caught lots of fish in his lifetime, and is comforted by the knowledge that I will try to catch lots more!

On 1/28/2025 at 3:04 PM, Swamp Girl said:

I would have bid on the old lures still in their original packaging! Congrats times two on the boat!

I wanted too but the bidding quickly left my pay grade. Several of the lots with old lures surpassed 100.00 with a couple over 150.00. I was giddy to get mine for 45.00 until I looked at Ebay. Fortunately, my lot also came with about 500 ballhead jigs ranging from 1/32 to 1/4. Also I downright stole the boat, so all's good!

On 1/28/2025 at 3:04 PM, Swamp Girl said:

I would have bid on the old lures still in their original packaging! Congrats times two on the boat!

     You would have loved this auction....actually, everyone on this site would have loved this auction. there were a dozen boxes with lures and lots of stuff that were not visible in the boxes that came as a surprise. I have one Pflueger fly reel, two brand new Color Locator never used, and various other ancient items. I will take pictures of the color locators if I can think of it. They are a curiosity piece now. And, as I've mentioned, there were bags and bags of ball head jigs. In addition to the boxes, there were a dozen crammed full tackle boxes with everything imaginable. I'm beginning to think this fellow either molded jig heads and sold them, or had a stake in a tackle store because there was enough to fill a store. Beside the vintage Hellbenders, and jitterbugs, there were dozens of old Shad Raps, Bombers, and misc crankbaits galore. There were spools and spools of line but that line must have been twenty years old. Anyway, it was a fun adventure in Bowling Green Kentucky on a cold day. I took the back roads and really enjoyed the southern Kentucky scenery after a strong dusting of snow. Beautiful countryside.

Here are the color locators. Seem to be different brand names but basically the same. Might have to explain these to our younger generations of anglers. You see, the idea was to drop the transducer into the water to a certain depth, and the locator analog needle would point to the color that was most visible, thereby giving the angler the best color to use. If I'm wrong on this, please correct. Anyway, these two pieces came in my auction grab bag. Mere curiosity pieces at this point.

I had one of those too Bob, I’d guess I probably threw it away! We used to use it every time I went fishing as a kid 

That's crazy Bob, never heard of those things before.

 

Reminds me of the Hydrowave 😁

1 minute ago, TnRiver46 said:

I had one of those too Bob, I’d guess I probably threw it away! We used to use it every time I went fishing as a kid 

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this makes me old……..