Latest Tackle Purchase Thread (Bait Monkey Victim Support Group)

[LrgmouthShad]

2 minutes ago, Drawdown said:

Did quick research of sub-$10 frogs on the rack at Cabela’s, and these seemed to have some of the better reviews. Can’t wait to use them!

I think they are the best out there.

 

When the light is not totally taut and the trophy series frog is at rest, it will sit butt down in the water. They really seem to like that. Super soft, super sharp owner hooks. They are a winner.

[LrgmouthShad]

Okay time to confess. This shows a good amount of what bait monkey did to me and it's what I've been busy with past couple of days. Both Nichols and Zorro Bango Blade blanks bought in bulk with just the blank. 

 

 

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Flash Shad, silver shiner, and dirty craw. 

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I just went against all things right in the world and ordered a Shimano Stradic from digitaka to go with a Daiwa Tatula Elite spinning rod. ??‍♂️
 

Also ordered Sunline Siglon braid, Sunline BMS fc, and Sunline Sniper fc. 

[NorcalBassin]

Cant believe the exchange rate is up to 142 right now. Couldn't resist and ordered quite a few OSP and Deps baits from Japan Lure Shop last night.

 

I definitely don't need any reels, but the bait/reel monkey keeps telling me to choose between a zillion sv and the new bantam. If they ever get any more Steez A's in at this exchange rate my wallet is toast. ?

[Jmurphy87]

I forgot to post the last few things I bought lol, I will be lucky to get anything this week at all. I was off work for a few days when I couldn’t really afford to be.

[KP Duty]

The new owners at Yamamoto should have kept the Japanese inspired packaging. 

[Jmurphy87]

8 minutes ago, KP Duty said:

The new owners at Yamamoto should have kept the Japanese inspired packaging. 

Yeah it’s definitely taking me a while to get use to the new design of the Yamamoto stuff. I am use to the old style, I understand from a marketing standpoint they wanted to show that they changed ownership and want to be different. But to me it just looks like most other modern plastic packaging lol.

[AlabamaSpothunter]

8 hours ago, NorcalBassin said:

Cant believe the exchange rate is up to 142 right now. Couldn't resist and ordered quite a few OSP and Deps baits from Japan Lure Shop last night.

 

I definitely don't need any reels, but the bait/reel monkey keeps telling me to choose between a zillion sv and the new bantam. If they ever get any more Steez A's in at this exchange rate my wallet is toast. ?

Did you get charged sales tax through Japan Lure shop?    I'm about to buy the Zillion SV TW.   Digitaka has it for 33,000y, Japan Lure Shop has it for 32,000y.....but you have pay through paypal.

[Jrob78]

2 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Did you get charged sales tax through Japan Lure shop?    I'm about to buy the Zillion SV TW.   Digitaka has it for 33,000y, Japan Lure Shop has it for 32,000y.....but you have pay through paypal.

They won't charge sales tax but JLS  charges shipping, it isn't much but shipping is free with Digitaka.

[AlabamaSpothunter]

1 minute ago, Jrob78 said:

JLS also charges shipping, it isn't much but shipping is free with Digitaka.

This site is becoming a Punji Pit for my bank account.....all you guys are accomplices to this! ?

 

I just can't fence sit any more on these prices, especially when I actually need a few new reels.  

[Eric 26]

I placed an order earlier this year with JLS and was charged $14.00 for standard shipping to Illinois. But as far as I’m concerned it was offset with them including a Jack Hammer chatter bait with my order. The reel was the Tatula 80, the Abu Garcia came from Tackle Warehouse btw. 

[Jrob78]

1 minute ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

This site is becoming a Punji Pit for my bank account.....all you guys are accomplices to this! ?

 

I just can't fence sit any more on these prices, especially when I actually need a few new reels.  

Whenever you're questioning whether you should buy a reel from a JDM site, go look at that same reel on Tackle Warehouse. It really becomes a no brainer when you see how much money you save. That's what I tell myself anyway. ?

 

Digitaka is usually a little cheaper but JLS does always throw in a nice JDM lure for free. I am happy buying from either place.

[AlabamaSpothunter]

2 minutes ago, Eric 26 said:

I placed an order earlier this year with JLS and was charged $14.00 for standard shipping to Illinois. But as far as I’m concerned it was offset with them including a Jack Hammer chatter bait with my order. The reel was the Tatula 80, the Abu Garcia came from Tackle Warehouse btw.

Very nice, so JLS is the place I read about the other day that includes a "gift".

 

Now the inner child in me is screaming " go with the free surprise lure" option lol

[Eric 26]

1 minute ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Very nice, so JLS is the place I read about the other day that includes a "gift".

 

Now the inner child in me is screaming " go with the free surprise lure" option lol

I couldn’t agree more ???

[AlabamaSpothunter]

Just now, Jrob78 said:

Whenever you're questioning whether you should buy a reel from a JDM site, go look at that same reel on Tackle Warehouse. It really becomes a no brainer when you see how much money you save. That's what I tell myself anyway. ?

 

Digitaka is usually a little cheaper but JLS does always throw in a nice JDM lure for free. I am happy buying from either place.

Awesome, and thank you guys for the info!   

 

Yeah TW still gets on the tackle stuff, but wow the reels are a no brainer.

[NorcalBassin]

2 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Did you get charged sales tax through Japan Lure shop?    I'm about to buy the Zillion SV TW.   Digitaka has it for 33,000y, Japan Lure Shop has it for 32,000y.....but you have pay through paypal.

No sales tax, but their only option is to pay with Paypal. The order I just placed was around $200 (tackle, no reel) and Paypal added 6% to that total for their conversion rate/fees. I found JLS's prices to be better than Digitaka's with quite a few things and the bonus lure is nice, but by the time you factor in the Paypal conversion rate (and shipping if getting a reel) it's basically a wash.

 

If you're getting a reel and tackle you can't beat Digitaka since the whole order will be free shipping. Be great if they carried the same things and had similar stock, but I find myself having to go to one for OSP and back and forth between them for Deps, Gancraft, Megabass, etc. 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

2 minutes ago, NorcalBassin said:

No sales tax, but their only option is to pay with Paypal. The order I just placed was around $200 (tackle, no reel) and Paypal added 6% to that total for their conversion rate/fees. I found JLS's prices to be better than Digitaka's with quite a few things and the bonus lure is nice, but by the time you factor in the Paypal conversion rate (and shipping if getting a reel) it's basically a wash.

 

If you're getting a reel and tackle you can't beat Digitaka since the whole order will be free shipping. Be great if they carried the same things and had similar stock, but I find myself having to go to one for OSP and back and forth between them for Deps, Gancraft, Megabass, etc. 

Thanks, the Paypal thing was a question I had.    Figured they try to collect tax.  

[Eric 26]

Two Words: FREE GIFT ????

[MN Fisher]

5 hours ago, NorcalBassin said:

If you're getting a reel and tackle you can't beat Digitaka since the whole order will be free shipping.

I have two items saved for purchase from Digitaka once my Yule gift arrives (get money from the parents every year)

20 TATULA SV TW 103SH - ya, looking at getting into the T-Wing world

21 NASCI C2000S - I find that the 2500 size is too fast...I don't need 36IPT...the 28IPT of the 2000 is exactly what I'm looking for

 

I just wish more of the JDM type reels were available here...like the standard depth Daiwa spinning reels instead of the deep spool that they seem to assume all us here want.

[Eric 26]

4 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

I have two items saved for purchase from Digitaka once my Yule gift arrives (get money from the parents every year)

20 TATULA SV TW 103SH - ya, looking at getting into the T-Wing world

21 NASCI C2000S - I find that the 2500 size is two fast...I don't need 36IPT...the 28IPT of the 2000 is exactly what I'm looking for

 

I just wish more of the JDM type reels were available here...like the standard depth Daiwa spinning reels instead of the deep spool that they seem to assume all us here want.

@MN Fisher I couldn’t agree more on the spool depth. I’d be willing to purchase a spare shallow spool but not sure if it’s even possible here in the States.

[MN Fisher]

25 minutes ago, Eric 26 said:

@MN Fisher I couldn’t agree more on the spool depth. I’d be willing to purchase a spare shallow spool but not sure if it’s even possible here in the States.

It's possible - but the price for the spool alone is usually 1/2 the cost of a whole new reel...nitch market

[AlabamaSpothunter]

Welp, it's official I just finished ordering the Zillion SV TW 1000 from Digitaka.

 

The tacklemonkey is not a singular thing, it's a collective group of wallet draining vampires known as the Bassresource membership base.......In a million years I would have never found out about taking advantage of buying through JDM.    Haven't gotten a new reel in about 15 years.....the first model Steez BFS rod/reel was the last big reel or rod I bought.   That along with a Shimano Calais are the two most tech advanced reels I own.   Hard to imagine a reel getting better than those.   I hope this new reel doesn't make my older reels feel their age.   It will be interesting to see how far reels have come in 15 years.    

 

I didn't have currency exchange rates on "why I must buy a new reel" bingo card sadly though ?

 

Thanks to everyone who helped earlier in all seriousness, I feel like I scored a fantastic product for an unbeatable price.   I have this place to thank for that!

[thomas15]

10 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

..................The tacklemonkey is not a singular thing, it's a collective group of wallet draining vampires known as the Bassresource membership base.......

 

It's more like a virus, a perfect organism that infects everything it gets near to. It will beat you up, steal your lunch money, and yet we still want to be friends, we still go back for more! 

[Jrob78]

10 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Welp, it's official I just finished ordering the Zillion SV TW 1000 from Digitaka.

 

The tacklemonkey is not a singular thing, it's a collective group of wallet draining vampires known as the Bassresource membership base.......In a million years I would have never found out about taking advantage of buying through JDM.    Haven't gotten a new reel in about 15 years.....the first model Steez BFS rod/reel was the last big reel or rod I bought.   That along with a Shimano Calais are the two most tech advanced reels I own.   Hard to imagine a reel getting better than those.   I hope this new reel doesn't make my older reels feel their age.   It will be interesting to see how far reels have come in 15 years.    

 

I didn't have currency exchange rates on "why I must buy a new reel" bingo card sadly though ?

 

Thanks to everyone who helped earlier in all seriousness, I feel like I scored a fantastic product for an unbeatable price.   I have this place to thank for that!

Congratulations on your purchase, I think you will be happy!  

 

I also still use some reels from 10-15 years ago and I don't think this new Zillion will blow your older reels out of the water, especially since you have top of the line reels. The OG Steez and Calais still hold their own with reels of today. That said, the new Zillion at its price point is just about unbeatable.