Ha ha!  That hook is the Gamakatsu Cover Neko, one of my favorites.  But just wait for my NEXT video!

 

16 hours ago, GreenPig said:

It's my only addiction. 

Me too!  I live alone and have no other obligations, a good retirement, and more money than brains!  🤣

19 hours ago, GreenPig said:

It's my only addiction. 

Mine is dessert, or basically any sugar . Now I want a donut, or a dozen 

I live within a stones throw of the Kittery Trading Post. Used to be we stopped in every time we went past and got something ( always need more Senkos, right?) plus Dicks, Cabalas, Bass Pro, plus online. 

It was the never ending story for us. A couple of years ago we spread out all the surplus tackle we had. Easy to see it would run past our lifetime. Now the only thing I can see buying are some replacement weighted baits, hooks. ( upcoming lead ban in Maine).

 Pretty much the Bait Monkey is a thing of the past for us.

15 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Mine is dessert, or basically any sugar . Now I want a donut, or a dozen 

One is none and two is one.

On 5/14/2025 at 9:33 AM, Swamp Girl said:

Anyone else saying "BAH!" to the Bait Monkey? Or do you love having the Bait Monkey perched on your shoulder, with Tackle Warehouse boxes forever on their way?

Growing up on a diet of Buck Perry and Rich Zaleski articles, the Bait Monkey died in that lab experiment a long time ago. For the first time in my life, I now live within 30 minutes of two of the best tackle retail shops - Academy and BPS. A year and a half later, I still haven’t stepped foot in the Academy, and visited BPS once…and bought nothing.

I resonate with this thread deeply. I tell myself I have enough, but I enjoy buying fishing gear... so I keep doing it. 

 

But hey, gotta keep the economy rolling somehow. 

I am obsessed with hardbaits. I have enough now to do snow angels in.  

I’ve quit buying baits,,,,,well, except for Siebert Outdoors jigs and my favorite plastics, worms, creature baits and tubes.

 

But after recently breaking a rod I sent it to DVT for repair and had to have a substitute so ordered a new Edge rod. While waiting for it to come in ordered two additional rods. Of course needing reels for them bought two Vanfords and picking up a new Bantam.

 

But I’ve sworn off the bait monkey.

 

Honest!

You're not done. You only think you're done.

 

10 minutes ago, bait__Monkey said:

 

I dance at you, BM:

 

Anyone need a ride?

 

 

1 hour ago, Motoboss said:

Anyone need a ride?

 

 

You’ve been scammed. That’s an ape, not a monkey.

8 hours ago, Scott F said:

You’ve been scammed. That’s an ape, not a monkey.

That’s why he’s the chauffeur.

Bait monkey has been on a streak of great ideas this year. Everything he’s told me I need to try has worked out favorably 

On 5/14/2025 at 9:33 AM, Swamp Girl said:

Anyone else saying "BAH!" to the Bait Monkey?

NOBODY escapes the Bait Monkey ... eventually he'll get to you.  No matter what.

On 5/17/2025 at 12:04 PM, Motoboss said:

Anyone need a ride?

 

CLYDE! 

 

Okay so these are getting discontinued and I like them a lot and a local shop has a bunch near the coast 🙈🙈🙈🙈

 

Dang monkey!

On 5/17/2025 at 8:53 PM, LrgmouthShad said:

Bait monkey has been on a streak of great ideas this year. Everything he’s told me I need to try has worked out favorably 

Watch out, it's a set up, don't be fooled, if you are not careful, you will walk right in to the Monkey's oldest traps.

6 hours ago, king fisher said:

Watch out, it's a set up, don't be fooled, if you are not careful, you will walk right in to the Monkey's oldest traps.

He’s going to tell me I need to try ned rigs isn’t he? Silly monkey

2 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said:

He’s going to tell me I need to try ned rigs isn’t he? Silly monkey

Maybe, but I would bet his goal is custom glide baits.  

40 minutes ago, king fisher said:

Maybe, but I would bet is goal is custom glide baits.  

I can see a place for glide baits in the late fall when they really get their feed bags on, but if I start considering outlandishly expensive ones, I’ve gone off the rails

3 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

I can see a place for glide baits in the late fall when they really get their feed bags on, but if I start considering outlandishly expensive ones, I’ve gone off the rails

The bait monkey talked me into a custom glide bait that I had a local tacklemaker build and paint up in a blueback herring pattern for me. Costed me 100 bucks(which is actually cheap). It is absolutely beautiful but now I'm scared to throw it. lol

2 minutes ago, IYAOYAS said:

The bait monkey talked me into a custom glide bait that I had a local tacklemaker build and paint up in a blueback herring pattern for me. Costed me 100 bucks(which is actually cheap). It is absolutely beautiful but now I'm scared to throw it. lol

And more power to you 

But the bait monkey is definitely bunking with you

14 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said:

I can see a place for glide baits in the late fall when they really get their feed bags on, but if I start considering outlandishly expensive ones, I’ve gone off the rails

The  Monkey can derail more trains, than Jessie James, and Butch Cassidy combined.  I know, I have been on more than one.  He starts off slow and safe, then runs it right off a bridge.  When I was young the Monkey would have a beer with me while I glanced through the Bass Pro catalogue, Now he pounds shots of tequila, while burning the midnight oil surfing the internet for custom lure makers.  He always starts with sound logical advice, then ends up with complete chaos.  Be careful, he is a train wrecker that never gives up.