Latest Tackle Purchase Thread (Bait Monkey Victim Support Group)

[Black Hawk Basser]

This is an extension from the 'Picking Out New Baits' thread in which I said my wife and boy were bass bait shopping for my birthday.  They done good.

[FishinBuck07]

Took care of my fluoro for the next couple years!  Took advantage of the sale on Sunline ALF has going on right now.

[Mbirdsley]

Trying to expand on my late season jerk bait success this last fall.  I’m trying to stock up for the coming spring .I have  Also watching a ton of you tube videos.  
 

Hook up tackle in Arizona  puts out good you tube videos breaking down all the difffernt kinds of mega bass and lucky strike jerk baits. 
 

so I’ve been binging a little on them.  These in this photo are all of the ones I’ve won off of eBay over the last month. 3 still in packages are lucky 100’ sp’s.  I won the top 2 walleye colored ones I won on eBay for $10.50 total. The blue gill 100 sp I paid $9.50 for. The bottom right 2 are lucky craft 110 lighting pointers in ghost minnow and blue gill. I forget how much I paid but, don’t believe it was over $12.

 

id like to add some size 78 for the spring and probably purchase a couple mega bass ones too. 
 

 

I’ve not used the Pointer series before.  I’ve used the lighting pointer from other mfgs. Those walleye colored ones could be killer.  Also could pass for perch. The bluegill looks good too for muddier or darker water.  I’m sure both will get plenty of attention from the various esox species as well. 

[HaydenS]

2 hours ago, Mbirdsley said:

Trying to expand on my late season jerk bait success this last fall.  I’m trying to stock up for the coming spring .I have  Also watching a ton of you tube videos.  
 

Hook up tackle in Arizona  puts out good you tube videos breaking down all the difffernt kinds of mega bass and lucky strike jerk baits. 
 

so I’ve been binging a little on them.  These in this photo are all of the ones I’ve won off of eBay over the last month. 3 still in packages are lucky 100’ sp’s.  I won the top 2 walleye colored ones I won on eBay for $10.50 total. The blue gill 100 sp I paid $9.50 for. The bottom right 2 are lucky craft 110 lighting pointers in ghost minnow and blue gill. I forget how much I paid but, don’t believe it was over $12.

 

id like to add some size 78 for the spring and probably purchase a couple mega bass ones too. 
 

 

I’ve not used the Pointer series before.  I’ve used the lighting pointer from other mfgs. Those walleye colored ones could be killer.  Also could pass for perch. The bluegill looks good too for muddier or darker water.  I’m sure both will get plenty of attention from the various esox species as well. 

Those 78 pointers are dirty little jerkbaits... 

[12poundbass]

A-Jay’s Custom Bait and Tackle came through again with great pricing and super quick shipping! I’ll be shopping there again. 
 

[Columbia Craw]

3 hours ago, 12poundbass said:

A-Jay’s Custom Bait and Tackle came through again with great pricing and super quick shipping! I’ll be shopping there again. 
 

I ordered from his catalog.  Baits are on their way.?

[Mbirdsley]

17 hours ago, HaydenS said:

Those 78 pointers are dirty little jerkbaits... 

that’s probably why I keep loosing auctions on them.  I upped my max bid Way up on a couple of them 

[HaydenS]

26 minutes ago, Mbirdsley said:

that’s probably why I keep loosing auctions on them.  I upped my max bid Way up on a couple of them 

Unlike vision 110’s, they suspend parallel(straight - ) rather than like this /.  My first ever jerkbait fish was on one, in Ghost Minnow.

[12poundbass]

41 minutes ago, Columbia Craw said:

I ordered from his catalog.  Baits are on their way.?

I only live 2.5 hours south of him so shipping was quick! I should’ve drove up their to pick them up so I could meet the legend himself! 

[Mbirdsley]

Finally won some lucky craft 78 sp’s.  The silver one I’ve bee. Trying to win now for 3 weeks. Each one was in a 2 pack.  The silver and the perch colored ones should be good colors for around here. Plus saved 8.99 on combined shipping. Should have them here in about a week. 
 

maybe on the prowl for some more I’m not 

[Cgolf]

Really impressed, ordered from ALF on Monday and it was on the doorstep today. Also want to thank many on the spinnerbait rod thread I started. This was the rod that I chose that hopefully will fit my needs. If not I also have a MHM Victory on the way and this will be a square bill or lipless rod. 

[Oklahoma Mike]

First shipment of various tackle ordered over the last couple of weeks. Super stoked about the OSP bag. 

First of my rods arrived. I have a Twin Power on its way from Japan for this bad boy. 

[MN Fisher]

Add in the Patriarch 7.1 I purchased used a bit ago and the Supreme-30 my MIL gave me - and this is the (planned) sum total of my purchases this winter...rest of my money goes into the boat.

Fury 765FLIP

4ea RES in 1/2 oz

4ea Terminator 1/2 oz Swim Jigs

A new inflatable PFD

 

Ya, the bait-monkey is being held down by the boat-monkey.

[Oklahoma Mike]

New Diawa swimbait rod I grabbed in the TW sale. 
 

Put an ExoPT 300 reel on it with 25# Defier Armilo. 
 

[Jmurphy87]

Bait monkey had me swing by the local tackle shop today. 4 packs of 3/0 jungle flipping hooks, 1 pack of 3/16 sled heads, 1/8 & 1/4 stand up jig heads, 1/8, 3/16, 1/4 flashy swimmer, some 1/32 Ned heads, 3 packs creature hawgs, 1 pack chigger craw, 2 packs magnum lizzards, 3 packs regular lizards, 1 pack speed worms, 3 packs local stick baits, 5 blade baits, 2 packs flipping tubes and some skirts.

[Gera]

I need BF / Cyber-Monday to be over!! I had my TW cart full again (well I still have, I just shot the window)

Too much temptation. 

[Oklahoma Mike]

Round two. First time I’ve ordered from 7 Palms but they had a ton of stock I couldn’t find elsewhere, prices were good, and shipping was reasonably fast all things considered. 
 

Also got in the Tequila Baccarac I ordered from TW during the sale. Have a Met DC on order for this. Hoping this rod can really perform well across this wide range of weights. 
 

And the Twin Power also showed up for my new Wind Buster. I will get this one out and christen it tomorrow on some light jerk baits. 
 

[softwateronly]

1 hour ago, Oklahoma Mike said:

Round two. First time I’ve ordered from 7 Palms but they had a ton of stock I couldn’t find elsewhere, prices were good, and shipping was reasonably fast all things considered. 
 

Also got in the Tequila Baccarac I ordered from TW during the sale. Have a Met DC on order for this. Hoping this rod can really perform well across this wide range of weights. 
 

And the Twin Power also showed up for my new Wind Buster. I will get this one out and christen it tomorrow on some light jerk baits. 
 

That MB TB is a crazy rod.  It's fished everything I've thrown at it and it's been anywhere from good to great.  Boot tail swimbaits 5-7" both weedless and open hook anywhere from 3/8 - 1oz (lead only), 1/2-1oz spinnerbaits slow rolled, 6" bull shad // S Waver, and punching jigs used horizontally to pop/rip through deep weedbeds in the summer are currently my favorite uses.  Balances really well with a Bantam, so Met DC should be a great combo.  Only negatives are the strange small trigger that makes me palm differently and there's no 7'6" version to also buy.

 

scott

[Oklahoma Mike]

3 hours ago, softwateronly said:

That MB TB is a crazy rod.  It's fished everything I've thrown at it and it's been anywhere from good to great.  Boot tail swimbaits 5-7" both weedless and open hook anywhere from 3/8 - 1oz (lead only), 1/2-1oz spinnerbaits slow rolled, 6" bull shad // S Waver, and punching jigs used horizontally to pop/rip through deep weedbeds in the summer are currently my favorite uses.  Balances really well with a Bantam, so Met DC should be a great combo.  Only negatives are the strange small trigger that makes me palm differently and there's no 7'6" version to also buy.

 

scott

Awesome to hear… That’s what I was shooting for, something super versatile. I’ll probably also throw some frogs and some mega-sized topwater crawlers on it as well. 

[softwateronly]

  It is also a great frog rod and I'm sure it'll be good for mega-crawlers, the nearest I've thrown is a WP190.  I junk fish most all the time, the TB is like a security blanket.  I feel like everything in between finesse and big glides are on the table.  Honestly, the big glides can be fished just fine on it, except my casting distance suffers with the short rod lob cast.  Same with heavy A-rigs. 

  Such a great and unique action rod, I think you'll love it.  I've landed more than a few 4lb+ bass on it and a couple 40"+ Northerns and the way it stays loaded yet full of power means they stay hooked up.  I don't think I'd ever get rid of it.

 

scott   

 

[Jmurphy87]

1 pack shaking squirrel watermelon red

2 packs trick worms watermelon slice

1 pack magnum finesse pumpkin 

3 20 packs of tubes, jc watermelon, wtrmrose, cprcan

1 pack 6" roboworms morning dawn 

1 pack 4.5 roboworms baitball 

1 pack 3" Ned worm Aaron's morning dawn

1 creek chub jointed pikie perch

2 packs tro Kar hooks.

[Finessegenics]

Picked up quite a few things during the sales. I needed a reel with a higher gear ratio and did not want to break the bank, so I purchased the CR80. For such a cheap reel it feels solid! 
 

Im also really excited to try out the Gillys. I’ve taken a look them but they won’t get used until next spring. 

[gim]

Berkley Maxscent Tubes have arrived.  Won't be using them until next May.

[TnRiver46]

On 11/30/2021 at 11:08 AM, Jmurphy87 said:

1 pack shaking squirrel watermelon red

2 packs trick worms watermelon slice

1 pack magnum finesse pumpkin 

3 20 packs of tubes, jc watermelon, wtrmrose, cprcan

1 pack 6" roboworms morning dawn 

1 pack 4.5 roboworms baitball 

1 pack 3" Ned worm Aaron's morning dawn

1 creek chub jointed pikie perch

2 packs tro Kar hooks.

Are you opening a fishing store? ? 

4 hours ago, gimruis said:

Berkley Maxscent Tubes have arrived.  Won't be using them until next May.

I would be shocked if those didn’t catch the heck out of them 

[gim]

I honestly didn't even know Berkley made a maxscent tube until @FryDog62 told me about it this fall.  Obviously anything maxscent has been hard to come by so when the local retailer had some, I pounced even though I won't be fishing again until next May.