Latest Tackle Purchase Thread (Bait Monkey Victim Support Group)

[gim]

Just now, NorthernBasser said:

No, just on my own. Would've felt too guilty keeping it. Tho some friends said I was nuts. 

Well, the high moral road would be to send it back.  I was just wondering.  Did you ask them before you sent it back or just send it back?  I'm surprised they didn't just say "keep it."

[NorthernBasser]

6 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Well, the high moral road would be to send it back.  I was just wondering.  Did you ask them before you sent it back or just send it back?  I'm surprised they didn't just say "keep it."

I just sent it back. I thought I'd maybe get a 'thank you' or maybe a one time 15% off offer or something (not that I expected it or think I deserved it...not at all). But nope.

[Jmurphy87]

9 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Love that reel . I have the 4600c4 

Thanks, I am sure that I will like it. I have been meaning to get another round reel for a while now. My last one I had was a Calcutta 400 on a musky rod, that started my appreciation of round reels.

[TnRiver46]

2 minutes ago, Jmurphy87 said:

Thanks, I am sure that I will like it. I have been meaning to get another round reel for a while now. My last one I had was a Calcutta 400 on a musky rod, that started my appreciation of round reels.

Well, I’ve used 99% round abu reels for all my bait casting my whole life so I’m biased. I will say the worm gears wear out on them quick, but easily replaced 

[Jmurphy87]

3 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Well, I’ve used 99% round abu reels for all my bait casting my whole life so I’m biased. I will say the worm gears wear out on them quick, but easily replaced 

That's understandable. Yeah I have taken my low profile reels apart to service them and have found out the hard way that you need a space that's flat and well lit with no holes in the floor lol. First time doing it on a reel my friend gave me and I lost a washer in between the deck boards. I stole some parts from a reel I wasn't using and now it works. Thanks for the heads up on the worm gears.

[ThatFishingGuy]

34 minutes ago, NorthernBasser said:

You messed up or they messed up?

 

Last year I had a $500 or so TW order arrive. Few days later another box arrives of the same stuff. TW had accidentally sent me my order twice (but wasn't charged for the duplicate order). I ended up sending it back.

A bit of both? I thought I had updated my shipping address but I guess it didn't save (I distinctly remember pressing the "same as billing address" check mark), so it ended up getting shipped to my old address. When it was marked as delivered but I didn't get anything I filed a claim to get it replaced, but didn't realize my mistake until after. Replacement was in the mail but I reached out to the people who currently live at my old address and was able to get the package that got sent there + the one that I was actually supposed to get. I felt like an idiot ?‍♂️

[zpelletier]

7 hours ago, EWREX said:

what’s your budget for a reel? 

Right now, like $0 haha both rods were what I have set a side for fishing stuff. I feel like the Tatula rod has to have a Tatula (or at least Daiwa) reel on it so that’s the goal to save up, maybe that new tw 80 will be reasonable

[FishinBuck07]

Ordered 16 DT series cranks today from Midway Usa, can't beat their price on the DT series of cranks.  Needed backup baits!  Some DT 6, 10, and 16.  One more order of baits before the season and I should be good to go!

[rtwvumtneer6]

4 hours ago, NorthernBasser said:

No, just on my own.

Good form. ??

[Bluebasser86]

Got some sweet new line through swimbaits in just in time for winter to finally get here ?‍♂️

 

[Basseditor]

Just came today: Daiwa Steez HLC 8.1 R from Japan. My first major purchase in 60 days or more. (I just sold my house and had to get a 14X40' storage unit for my boat and tackle. It is plumb full.) My sons bought me a new Kistler ZBone but it hasn't arrived yet. They are having it engraved with my retirement date. Dec 31, 2021.

[NorthernBasser]

23 minutes ago, basseditor said:

My sons bought me a new Kistler ZBone but it hasn't arrived yet. They are having it engraved with my retirement date. Dec 31, 2021.

 

How awesome is that? Congrats on your retirement! 

[hokiehunter373]

My latest haul. Ready for ice out!

[bulldog1935]

the last of my winter lure collecting, first, all big balsa for bass - a few propellers in there, Reptop has a prop in the back (or is it Leptop?). 

 

 

salt lures - everything on the left glows and sinks for night fishing.  The two lures on the bottom right are both tiny wakebaits for salt finesse - they'll get single plug hooks. We've caught over-slot redfish in back lakes on size 6 poppers, and the clear Ima Quoop 45 ought to be as shrimpy as anything. 

 

[fishballer06]

Someone spent a good chunk of coin. Nice haul!!

[TnRiver46]

11 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Got some sweet new line through swimbaits in just in time for winter to finally get here ?‍♂️

 

Fishy 

[bulldog1935]

10 minutes ago, fishballer06 said:

Someone spent a good chunk of coin. Nice haul!!

I put a lure cart together at Asian Portal for most of these - they've done the math and figured out it now takes $175 to get their gratis FedEx. 

[nhpleasantlakebass]

Made my weekly the water is frozen in New Hampshire, so might as well buy tackle trip to BPS. Cool idea on these box’s. Wonder how long the sticky will last.  Mostly jerkbaits this round , one of my go to baits year round up here. 

[NorthernBasser]

I had been wanting to get another Orochi Diablo Spec R. They haven't be real easy to come by lately, so I kind of stopped looking. 

 

Then Megabass announced the $50 price hike on their rods. I decided to check out some sites to see if their prices reflected the new increase. Sure enough. Everywhere I looked had the Orochi's at $350 now. 

 

But then I come across Midway USA. Not only did they still have theirs listed at $300, but they had 2 Diablo Spec R's in stock! 

 

So I ordered one, and when it came via USPS, the tube and rod were snapped in half. I'm sure some may remember my post here about it. I called Midway, and they were great. They asked me what I wanted to do. Since they only had 1 rod left, I just placed an order over the phone, and decided to send the rod back the next day for the refund. Midway USA offers free shipping on orders over $49 (USPS). Or I could've spent $13 extra for UPS (which I didn't know until I called about my broken rod). The lady I talked to was nice enough to add UPS at no cost for the 2nd rod.

 

So I got my email confirmation the next day. About 4-5 days go by and still no update on my UPS tracking, which is odd. It still only said "label created". So I called Midway and they said it was definitely shipped out and I should have had it by now. She said it likely got lost along the way and that a lot of times the product never shows up anywhere. As in, someone takes/steals it. Great. So now I just assume it wasn't meant to be. Anyways, out of the blue 3 days later it shows up to my doorstep. 

 

So after that long story, which I just realized wasn't really necessary (sorry), here it is along with a few Shad Rap-5's I grabbed while at Cabela's. 

 

 

[roadwarrior]

[FishinBuck07]

Some how 16 new DT series cranks showed up at the house today.  Don't know who would have ordered those but I put them in a safe place!

[LrgmouthShad]

@Siebert Outdoors, these jigs are incredible. 

 

A few things stood out to me. 

1. The head. All of these are the G2 football head. The head seems like it is a mix between a standard football and a stand-up arky. It's incredible, and the recessed line tie is a great touch too. 

2. The hook. Never seen a trokar hook on a jig but it just spoils it. I very much like the hook diameter and the dark finish to it. It's just perfect.

3. And the colors. Really vibrant combinations of the colors I picked. Awesome! 

 

These are Mike's living rubber jigs, which I was more than a little excited for.

 

Thank you Mike!!

[roadwarrior]

I just orders some of the living rubber jigs, too!

 

[casts_by_fly]

18 hours ago, FishinBuck07 said:

Some how 16 new DT series cranks showed up at the house today.  Don't know who would have ordered those but I put them in a safe place!

apparently there is something in the water as a bunch showed up here too and brought some dt fat and OG slim friends. 

[papajoe222]

I bit the bullet last night and placed an order with Scheels. Mostly terminal tackle, but I just couldn't resist picking up a couple of jerkbaits as I'm in need of some that run deeper than 6ft. It sure didn't take much to drop $100. I told the wife a few days ago that I didn't need much of anything. $100 isn't much, is it?