Latest Tackle Purchase Thread (Bait Monkey Victim Support Group)

[JediAmoeba]

Finally showed up today...

[AlabamaSpothunter]

 

Local monkey trap has been on fire lately.  In about 10 days, my shop already raised the price from $11.99 to $12.99.    

 

Amazes me it took 3 years for Americans to catch on to the Drift Fry, and really it took Fujita winning an Elite Series event with them to jumpstart it.   

 

I'm not even through two baits, and I've caught almost 100 fish on them.    

[NorthernBasser]

1 minute ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

 

 

I'm not even through two baits, and I've caught almost 100 fish on them.    

 

You're killing me. Almost 2 months now with no fishing. I'm moving to Alabama. 

[TnRiver46]

@Jmurphy87, my wife got me some of those perch largo shad for Christmas, haven’t tried them yet but soon 

[gim]

2 minutes ago, NorthernBasser said:

I'm moving to Alabama. 

Ya but in July you'll be like this guy below.  @AlabamaSpothunter words are "you'd sizzle like a piece of bacon out there."

 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

3 minutes ago, NorthernBasser said:

 

You're killing me. Almost 2 months now with no fishing. I'm moving to Alabama. 

Do it!   We always need another tackle warehouse in the state 🤣😎

 

@gimruis is right sadly, we become vampires in July and August.  90d nights are hardly fishable.   

 

Not to mention those northern fish seem so eager to bite once the season is open.   Those fish get to reset every winter.   

[Jmurphy87]

1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said:

@Jmurphy87, my wife got me some of those perch largo shad for Christmas, haven’t tried them yet but soon 

Yeah the only place that I can find them around here is one store, Dunham’s Sports, they never have a whole lot but sometimes they have different stuff. It’s sort of like fishing you know, the thrill of the hunt for the next new thing or fish lol. I have heard that they are a great cool water bait or trailer for swim jigs, if I remember correctly they have a very subtle action. But who knows what I can remember correctly anymore, been 6 weeks since I went to work due to medical issues. My brain is mush at this point.

[NorthernBasser]

1 hour ago, Jmurphy87 said:

Yeah the only place that I can find them around here is one store, Dunham’s Sports, they never have a whole lot but sometimes they have different stuff. It’s sort of like fishing you know, the thrill of the hunt for the next new thing or fish lol. I have heard that they are a great cool water bait or trailer for swim jigs, if I remember correctly they have a very subtle action. But who knows what I can remember correctly anymore, been 6 weeks since I went to work due to medical issues. My brain is mush at this point.

I love the 3" early in the season. On the screw-lock VMC Hybrig jig, it last's quite a while. The print on some of those baits like the perch and bluegill will flake off after a while, but it'll take a bit. 

 

If I run a paddle tail on my spinnerbait I'll usually opt for these. I don't like a lot of drag with my trailers, so they work well. They don't kick like a Keitech. You can cut the little flange off the tail area to provide a more aggressive kick tho, which I'll sometimes do when pairing it with a swim jig. I like the 3.5" and 4" for trailers or on a belly-weighted hook.

 

Like any paddle tail, there's many ways to rig them, obviously. The Electric Chicken color should be re-named Smallie Slayer IMO. They can't stay off that thing. I also love the Houdini color as swim jig trailer for mimicking bluegill.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Jmurphy87]

19 minutes ago, NorthernBasser said:

I love the 3" early in the season. On the screw-lock VMC Hybrig jig, it last's quite a while. The print on some of those baits like the perch and bluegill will flake off after a while, but it'll take a bit. 

 

If I run a paddle tail on my spinnerbait I'll usually opt for these. I don't like a lot of drag with my trailers, so they work well. They don't kick like a Keitech. You can cut the little flange off the tail area to provide a more aggressive kick tho, which I'll sometimes do when pairing it with a swim jig. I like the 3.5" and 4" for trailers or on a belly-weighted hook.

 

Like any paddle tail, there's many ways to rig them, obviously. The Electric Chicken color should be re-named Smallie Slayer IMO. They can't stay off that thing. I also love the Houdini color as swim jig trailer for mimicking bluegill.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for the insight, I appreciate it. Those combos definitely look good 

[RipzLipz]

4 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

we become vampires in July and August.  90d nights are hardly fishable.

Night fishing - big single Colorado spinnerbait & Jitterbugs.

[Gera]

On 1/4/2024 at 6:34 PM, NorthernBasser said:

 

I won't be putting the Concept A2 on that rod. Most likely it'll be a Curado 150 MGL. 

 

The Concept A2 feels nice in hand tho. For being 7.4 oz and with it's line capacity, I figured it may have a larger frame than it does. But it's a fairly small frame. 

The A2 is a great frog reel, it's drag works great when winching them out of cover. 

 

[T-Billy]

I found a heck of a deal on lefty 7 speed Daiwa Lexa 400 HD's a couple weeks ago. $200 a pop on Amazon. I picked up a pair. They're $329 everywhere else.

Got a couple 8'6" MH Prorex rods a couple days ago. I really like the pair of 9'5" XH's I picked up in Dec. They're a lot of muskie rod for the $. Daiwa's X45 blank construction, Fuji palming seat, and o-ring guides with a tungsten tip top. 

Dropped almost $400 on bucktail components and a wire twisting tool this morning at LPO.

 

The bait monkey is small Bananas. The Muskie Monkey is a full grown silverback.

                                                                      

[gim]

6 minutes ago, T-Billy said:

The Muskie Monkey is a full grown silverback.

 

But I think gorillas still eat bananas.  

 

A lot of them too.  An adult gorilla can eat around 30kg of vegetation in a single day, which is roughly the equivalent of 210 bananas. 

[T-Billy]

1 minute ago, gimruis said:

 

But I think gorillas still eat bananas.  

 He's pried at least $4k from my wallet since last August for muskie gear. He can afford all the bananas he wants. DANG!!! That escalated quickly.

[DogBone_384]

The Bait Monkey forced me to BPS today to pick up a couple more utility boxes.  I usually only buy Plano because they're USA made.  To my surprise, BPS branded utiity boxes are also USA made: they say Plano Manufacturing on them.  I picked up what I needed, plus one bag of 10" worms.  BPS also went back to 10% military discount.  All in all a good trip.

 

I'm a big Kistler fan, and also ordered one of Trey's limited edition 20th Anniversary LTA Helium rods.  Not like I need ANOTHER 7' MH rod.... but ....

 

All this, just in time to drive by three ponds OTW home that were iced, or nearly iced over....

 

[Eric 26]

@T-Billy 

[FishTank]

Getting ready for some hiking and stream fishing for trout. I found a good deal on a 4 piece Tenryu Rayz Integral. It's super lightweight and a work of art.  It will be a learning experience for me. I'm going to pair it with a Shimano Conquest BFS. More fun stuff to come. 

 

[NorcalBassin]

Can't wait to throw this shark frog.

 

Also added some BFS minnow baits, replenished others I've recently lost, and restocked some finesse swimbaits.

 

[NorthernBasser]

1 hour ago, NorcalBassin said:

Can't wait to throw this shark frog.

 

 

*Knock knock*

 

[heavyduty]

On 1/16/2024 at 11:11 PM, JediAmoeba said:

Finally showed up today...

What color is this? Thanks

[WaskaCrank12]

New to me lures/baits - the first 4 pics are lures/baits that came to from the Take a Vet Fishing give-away ------- the last 2 pics are additional lures l purchased from @Siebert Outdoors

[ATA]

Couple of reels to pair with UL rods.

[Jmurphy87]

I have been meaning to get a decent spinning reel, I was having a hard time deciding between a Vanford, stradic, something daiwa. I finally decided and I wanted to get a jerk bait reel. I also grabbed some more jerk baits, going down the jerk bait rabbit hole is proving to be expensive over time. Then I stopped by Ollie’s and bought some more lucky craft jerk baits and crank baits for $6 a piece not too shabby.

[Eric 26]

@Jmurphy87 The monkey appreciates your contribution 😉 

[NorthernBasser]

53 minutes ago, Eric 26 said:

@Jmurphy87 The monkey appreciates your contribution 😉 

 

This is great. He was trying to decide between a handful of spinning reels, but went with a casting reel instead. So we all know he STILL has to get that spinning reel. Clyde definitely approves!