Latest Tackle Purchase Thread (Bait Monkey Victim Support Group)

[MN Fisher]

28 minutes ago, roadwarrior said:

I have one Daiwa reel which I keep quarantined  in a different room from my Shimanos.

I don't want to take the chance that it might be contagious.

My Daiwa BCs play well with my Pfluegers...no Shimanos (yet), and my Shimano spinner seems to not mind my Pflueger, Lews and Mitchell reels....so must be a territorial thing.

[AlabamaSpothunter]

2 hours ago, Jrob78 said:

First of a couple of JDM reel orders, ordered on Sunday, delivered on Wednesday. It happens every time but never ceases to amaze me. I will probably put the HD on the Zenon rod I got last week. I didn't order the cat ?

NICE!   That reel is built for catching big fish, it's quickly become my toad reel.     I keep getting close to dressing up these Zillions at least with knobs.....I did it back in the day with my OG Steez.  I love the cork handles on these reels.  

 

That's a dang nice kitty too, I've got a Bengal and Rescue that inspect my tackle when I'm taking the pics for this thread too ?

[Susky River Rat]

This is what happens when I read stuff here 

[roadwarrior]

Missed one:  Demon

https://www.americanlegacyfishing.com/rapala-dt-series-crankbait-dt6-demon-dt06dmn.html

[Jrob78]

1 hour ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

NICE!   That reel is built for catching big fish, it's quickly become my toad reel.     I keep getting close to dressing up these Zillions at least with knobs.....I did it back in the day with my OG Steez.  I love the cork handles on these reels.  

 

That's a dang nice kitty too, I've got a Bengal and Rescue that inspect my tackle when I'm taking the pics for this thread too ?

I know everyone loves the bigger HD knobs but I'm not a big fan. I always look on Digitaka for the cork knobs whenever I place an order, they're so much cheaper and they are my favorite knob shape. You can also get cheap bearings on eBay to put 2 in each knob when you change them out. 

 

Thanks, she's a sweet kitty but loves to get in my business. ?

[LrgmouthShad]

55 minutes ago, roadwarrior said:

Missed one:  Demon

https://www.americanlegacyfishing.com/rapala-dt-series-crankbait-dt6-demon-dt06dmn.html

He’s right

 

Thats an essential color

 

Guess you have to place another order @Darnold335

 

 

[NorthernBasser]

1 hour ago, roadwarrior said:

Missed one:  Demon

https://www.americanlegacyfishing.com/rapala-dt-series-crankbait-dt6-demon-dt06dmn.html

Isn't that site forbidden? Or is it ok now? 

[Susky River Rat]

53 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

He’s right

 

Thats an essential color

 

Guess you have to place another order @Darnold335

 

 

Don’t you guys do this to me lol

[MN Fisher]

1 hour ago, NorthernBasser said:

Isn't that site forbidden? Or is it ok now? 

He's a mod - he's got an exception.

[roadwarrior]

1 hour ago, NorthernBasser said:

Isn't that site forbidden? 

 

Yes...I messed up.

 

 

                                     

[NorthernBasser]

10 minutes ago, roadwarrior said:

 

Yes...I messed up.

 

 

                                     

 

Glenn is going to dock your paycheck.

 

[Columbia Craw]

Last of my rods order arrived.  

[ATA]

2 minutes ago, Columbia Craw said:

Last of my rods order arrived.  

Garry Loomise?

[Columbia Craw]

1 minute ago, ATA said:

Garry Loomise?

Yes, Gary Loomis.  North Fork Composits/ Edge Rods.

[BTSyndrome]

Finally remembered to take a pic when showed up...

 

The Gulps where the Pure discount code purely to catch "anything" since I'm going to get an LVS34 for myself for Christmas!! While learning to make Livescope work for Bass... I'll take catching anything that shows up on the screen. HAHA 

[NorthernBasser]

4 hours ago, BTSyndrome said:

Finally remembered to take a pic when showed up...

 

The Gulps where the Pure discount code purely to catch "anything" since I'm going to get an LVS34 for myself for Christmas!! While learning to make Livescope work for Bass... I'll take catching anything that shows up on the screen. HAHA 

Did you get any of the GrandeBass swimbaits? A lot of mine had pretty bad bends in the tail. Not just the very end (paddle part) like you see with a lot of these type baits, but like the middle of the tail section. 

[FishTank]

My Geecrack order finally arrived from Japan. The Craws have been fantastic for me both as a trailer and Texas rigged.  The Firecraw color especially.  I haven't found anything else that looks like it. 

 

[JohnFromLisbon]

Saw this on the FedEx website this morning, so...

 

 

Here's the Black Friday TW order, finally. In hindsight I should've ordered a couple more things to get me through the winter ?
 

[roadwarrior]

DT-6 Demon

Good pick!

[Scott804]

Boy oh boy does the bait monkey have me by the metaphorical bananas this winter. New job (more money for bait monkey to use) and beginning of the extreme winter fish withdrawals have taken a toll on Ol' Scott. I picked up...

Dobyns Champion XP 734 XP - I have heard many good things, everyone I have spoken to says it is the swiss army knife of fishing rods. I suspect it will mainly end up with a spinnerbait on it most of the time, but I am a kayak fisherman so the versatility is still appreciated. (Even if I cram 8 rods onto my crate.) 

Shimano Zodias ML Glass 7'0 casting - Odd rod. Just really odd. I have never seen a glass rod rated below medium, but this one most definitely is a medium light. 3/16 - 3/4oz. Gonna put one of the MGL 70 reels onto this, should make for a great small crankbait/flatside/quarter oz minimax chatterbait rod. I suspect a Rapala Ott's Garage Tiny 4 will live on this rod most of the time though. Very excited to fish with this one, I love glass rods.  

Revo X Casting & Revo X Spinning reels - I already have a Revo X (my first baitcaster!) and while it isn't my favorite reel in the world, it is pretty good & with the 50% pure fishing codes I just had to pick these two up. I kind of loathe buying reels, I really enjoy trying new rod actions and the character that each different rod has, but reels don't excite me nearly as much, so knocking off some good reels for cheap is nice. 

General Tackle - Trying some of the war eagle line up that I have not explored. 2 river rats, 2 wake colorados, 2 Mike McClelland Finesse. The former two will most likely end up on the Dobyn's, not sure if the latter one is in the range of the rod yet. Got some gama trailer hooks and 3.5 spunk shads for spinnerbaits too. 1 Evergreen Showerblows, hung my last up into a tree making a horrible horrible horrible miscast during a tournament while I was absolutely smashing them on it, it was heartbreaking. I tried to climb the tree, it was catching them that good. But i'll be excited to have one back in my box again. I also got a Berkley Cane Walker on sale. I doubt it will be the same drawing power as the SB, but it is worth a go at the price it is on sale right now. Got 4 Berkley Stunnas with the half price code too, one of my favorite jerkbaits and now i'll be a little less afraid of hanging them up. Last but not least, restocked on the ol' chigger craw and the ol' Bagley B in red craw. 

 

I'll post a big family photo once it all comes in. 

 

[BTSyndrome]

18 hours ago, NorthernBasser said:

Did you get any of the GrandeBass swimbaits? A lot of mine had pretty bad bends in the tail. Not just the very end (paddle part) like you see with a lot of these type baits, but like the middle of the tail section. 

I got 8 different colors, all in the 4" version. I opened 3 of them and looked at the rest through the packaging. They seem to be straight with no bends. Of the 8 - 7 came in the little trays & one was just loose in the package w/o tray. 

I got them to use as trailers on bladed jigs/spinnerbaits so a little bend would not matter to me much. If I was throwing them alone I would have been disappointed if they were not straight. 

[FishTank]

Got several boxes in today and I'm still going through it all.....

 

My jigs for next year. I wasn't much of a jig fisherman in the past but over the past three years it's been my go to for big fish. The OSP jigs have been great when the bite gets tough but I still don't think you can beat the quality of Siebert's. The Berkley's have done well for me too and with the sale they had, you can't go wrong. 

 

 

 

 

 

[Scott804]

35 minutes ago, FishTank said:

Got several boxes in today and I'm still going through it all.....

 

My jigs for next year. I wasn't much of a jig fisherman in the past but over the past three years it's been my go to for big fish. The OSP jigs have been great when the bite gets tough but I still don't think you can beat the quality of Siebert's. The Berkley's have done well for me too and with the sale they had, you can't go wrong. 

 

 

I regret not picking up some of the berkley jigs myself... might go back in and try to squeeze out a tiny spinnerbait/jig order. I don't remember which it was, I think it was the pitching or the football jig, but I was fishing it this year and that thing skips like crazy. I remember thinking it was crazy because I wasn't even using the designated skipping jig. I can't skip worth a darn on a casting rod but that thing turned a skipping mook like me into a total pro. 

[FishTank]

29 minutes ago, Scott804 said:

I regret not picking up some of the berkley jigs myself... might go back in and try to squeeze out a tiny spinnerbait/jig order. I don't remember which it was, I think it was the pitching or the football jig, but I was fishing it this year and that thing skips like crazy. I remember thinking it was crazy because I wasn't even using the designated skipping jig. I can't skip worth a darn on a casting rod but that thing turned a skipping mook like me into a total pro. 

I haven't had much luck with their spinner baits but only have one.

 

The skipping jig looks identical to the flipping jig. The only difference I think is the weed guard is thicker on the the flipping jig.

 

 

[KP Duty]

On 12/15/2022 at 7:08 PM, Columbia Craw said:

Last of my rods order arrived.  

Sweet.  Which models?