Latest Tackle Purchase Thread (Bait Monkey Victim Support Group)

[ElijahH]

On 7/19/2019 at 3:28 PM, boostr said:

My recent booty...

Took advantage of TW sale on some Senkos, and threw in the Winn Grip accessories. Got a discount on the 3 KK Royale Legend rods, and KK Speed Demon reel from the Amazon Prime Day Sale, and threw in the Rod Gloves and KK Lip Grips. Purchased e few packs of VMC 1 weedless Neko Rig hooks, nail weights and Tungsten drop shot weight from Dicks.

 

 

How do you like KK rods? Their reels seem to be pretty good for the price but I was always a little a skeptical about their rods, so never tried one. 

[Bluebasser86]

5 hours ago, Alec McMillan said:

How do you like those Yum Magnum Worms? Had my eye on them for a while but never used any. They look real good

Haven't gotten to fish them much yet, but what I have I've like them really well. A much more reasonable option for me to use than other magnum finesse style worms and plenty of good color options. I was pitching a lightly weighted one at docks last week and they were eating it good. 

[boostr]

On 7/31/2019 at 8:36 PM, ElijahH said:

How do you like KK rods? Their reels seem to be pretty good for the price but I was always a little a skeptical about their rods, so never tried one. 

I just got these Royale Legend rods, and paired them up with my Lew's reels. I have taken them out a couple of times, and unfortunately didn't get any hook ups yet on these rods.  They look good and feel good, only time will tell how long they'll last. one thing I do notice seems like their butt ends are shorter which I like especially if I'm walking a bait, or pitching. I have a few of their Perigee II (1 piece and 3 piece) rods with their Stealth and Sharky II reels, they have been excellent so far.

[boostr]

Resupplies from the TW.

[Derek1]

1 hour ago, boostr said:

Resupplies from the TW.

It’s amazing how exciting hooks and weights can be. 

[Jrob78]

Catching Concepts LH1's. Pictures do not do these baits justice.

 

[boostr]

19 hours ago, Derek1 said:

It’s amazing how exciting hooks and weights can be. 

Right?

[Tizi]

Got some stuff while in Missouri at Basspro.

[Dorado]

First order from Academy. Really looking forward to trying these H2O baits for the first time. Happy with the price, hope the quality is solid 

 

 

[Hawkeye21]

Just ordered a Baby Bull Shad.  Hoping it can help catch me some big ones.

[Just_Fishin]

Frabill 19 gal. cooler/livewell  cooler showed up today. 

[Cgolf]

Got my Shadow Rap order from Rapala. They came in a lightly padded envelope, thankfully the post office was fairly gentle with it, only a few boxes were messed up. Excited to try a few of these colors next year, my wife already put them away for Christmas. 

[Derek1]

58 minutes ago, cgolf said:

Got my Shadow Rap order from Rapala. They came in a lightly padded envelope, thankfully the post office was fairly gentle with it, only a few boxes were messed up. Excited to try a few of these colors next year, my wife already put them away for Christmas. 

Put them away for Christmas are you crazy. 

[Cgolf]

49 minutes ago, Derek1 said:

Put them away for Christmas are you crazy. 

Nope, that is the only way I could convince her to get them. Figured having to wait is better than no baits. 

[papajoe222]

On 8/5/2019 at 4:22 PM, boostr said:

Resupplies from the TW.

I take it you loose a lot of terminal tackle, if that’s your mid-season resupply!

[Harold Scoggins]

13 hours ago, cgolf said:

my wife already put them away for Christmas.

My wife tried that a few years ago. She stopped when I started putting her Amazon orders away for Xmas.

[waymont]

On 7/1/2019 at 4:37 PM, r3825 said:

Decided to upgrade all my spinning gear,  bought 5 new tatula lt spinning reels,  a tatula baitcaster and 6 tatula rods.  Ouchie.  Went a little overboard 

You digging all of them? Every Daiwa tatula rod and reel I have is fantastic.

[r3825]

6 minutes ago, waymont said:

You digging all of them? Every Daiwa tatula rod and reel I have is fantastic.

Yes,  actually since that post I bought another tatula lt spinning reel and rod and 3 more tatula baitcasting rods and reels.  They're all great.

[waymont]

4 hours ago, r3825 said:

Yes,  actually since that post I bought another tatula lt spinning reel and rod and 3 more tatula baitcasting rods and reels.  They're all great.

Cool. My favorite spinning reels are the Tatula LT 2000, and the 3000 shallow spool version. These two reels cover all of my spinning needs 100%. I have three 2000s and two 3000. The 3000 with the Tatula 6'6" and 6'8" spinning rods are the lightest, most balanced, sensitive setups around.

[Cgolf]

11 hours ago, Harold Scoggins said:

My wife tried that a few years ago. She stopped when I started putting her Amazon orders away for Xmas.

The problem I have is the last order to Amazon was months ago and was a pest screen for our lint trap, I didn’t want to wait on that one;). Seriously though we rarely order stuff online. 

[boostr]

On 8/11/2019 at 6:53 AM, papajoe222 said:

I take it you loose a lot of terminal tackle, if that’s your mid-season resupply!

Well, I decided that my 8 yr old should start using the tackle that's stored on the boat so we don't have to take his tackle bag aboard when we go out because it takes up space. Iv'e seen what he can do with terminal tackle... So yeah need to stock up.

[ohboyitsrobby]

A new dobyns champion xp 735 and a Denali fission 6'10" m spinning rod. I can't exactly tell y'all how good of a deal I got but I'm super excited about them both. Coming next week..... New reels to complete the combos. My son also got a kastking crixus spinning rod at the cup for $25. Yet to actually use it but it feels like a solid rod for the price

[Cgolf]

When we travel, if we see a small bait shop we will stop and spend a small  amount to support the independent shops. Found R&R sports in Bettendorf Iowa and was very impressed with what they had. Was able to find the spicy beaver, potential option if Rage prices go up, and a blade bait I think I read about on here. 

 

Tried the spicy beaver this morning and got a largemouth and a fairly big smallmouth with it, along with two grabs I missed. The bait seemed no worse for wear, so hoping durability will be good since I know it catches fish now. 

[Dirtyeggroll]

28 minutes ago, cgolf said:

Those KaRu vibrating jigs used to be the ticket. A football head with the coffin blade put off quite the vibration. I noticed he no longer uses the coffin blade, I would guess likely due to Z-man hunting him down.

[FishTank]

 

The bait monkey got me once again.  

 

The depth finder will be a great addition to my kayak, super excited about this one.  I picked it up for $300.

 

The Quantum Icon I got for $40 (sort of, I won a bet) and will be used for crank baits.  I will do a full review later on this reel with a series of other Quantums I fished over this past year.  I did try it out tonight and first impression.... it's not bad but not mind blowing.  At $40, my exceptions were way over met.  Casting distance and the breaking system were outstanding though.