Latest Tackle Purchase Thread (Bait Monkey Victim Support Group)

[whitwolf]

Balsa crankbaits....

 

 

[treble hook]

Hit up Palmetto State Armory and Sportsmans Warehouse today. Got in on some sales…

[AlabamaSpothunter]

29 minutes ago, treble hook said:

Hit up Palmetto State Armory and Sportsmans Warehouse today. Got in on some sales…

Wow I'd be in trouble if I lived by PSA as gun guy....didn't even know they had fishing stuff 

[Jmurphy87]

1 pack chompers salty sinker huckleberry color

1 pack speed senko in green weenie

1 pack max scent flat worm gobyashi 

1 pack 4” zako chartreuse/electric blue 

1 evergreen swim jig chartreuse shad

1 dirty jig bluegill swim jig 

1 Picasso tungsten dredger carbon fiber chatter bait sexy bluegill

1 pack rage chunks hard candy 

1 pack jackall archelon jl craw

1 pack 4’ spark shad lemon shad

2 packs lindy hook keeper.

 

just a few things lol.

[treble hook]

19 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Wow I'd be in trouble if I lived by PSA as gun guy....didn't even know they had fishing stuff 

The one on Fernandina Road in Columbia has a whole separate building for fishing stuff. They’ve got a lot of cool stuff and sometimes good sales. We go in the gun shop too. They had 9mm brass cased FMJ for $9.99 a box today. It’s good to see that.

[AlabamaSpothunter]

Just now, treble hook said:

The one on Fernandina Road in Columbia has a whole separate building for fishing stuff. They’ve got a lot of cool stuff and sometimes good sales. We go in the gun shop too. They had 9mm brass cased FMJ for $9.99 a box today. It’s good to see that.

per 50rds?   Academy is the best local at about 18.99 for brass fmj 50rd boxes 

[treble hook]

44 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

per 50rds?   Academy is the best local at about 18.99 for brass fmj 50rd boxes 

Yes it was 50 rounds. I was surprised. I want to see the 556 come back down.

[NavyToad]

16 minutes ago, treble hook said:

 I want to see the 556 come back down.

The IRS cornered the market.

[KP Duty]

15 hours ago, whitwolf said:

Balsa crankbaits....

 

 

Nice.  Don't have any of those, which translates to 'I need some of those'.  What is the standout model(s)?

[Cgolf]

I think this is a good price. Half of BPS. That said this box is 1.38” tall and TW says the one they offer is 1”5” tall. Tried to do some research but couldn’t find that they offered two 3700 terminal boxes. You get this picture because the wife  put the box away for a gift to me. 

[Texas Flood]

I’m very excited to try the Tournament Pro  

[J._Bricker]

I ordered another Vanford C3000XG from asianportal on Saturday and it arrived yesterday afternoon. I’m gonna pair it with a sweet Zodias 7’ medium which I bought from @Hawgfinder through the BR Fishing Flea Market….

[Cbump]

Very nice

[LrgmouthShad]

Well as I mentioned in the latest sale thread I suddenly got locked in mortal combat with the bait monkey over JDM Zillion and bait monkey won. I guess he’s allowed to win once in a while. 
 

So I have a JDM Zillion SV TW 1000PL on the way. A few ideas on how to use it but I feel it will hold decent value regardless

[Jar11591]

Had to get more KVD L&L, and obviously had to throw in some more stuff to get that free shipping. 
 

[Jmurphy87]

4 packs of 4.25” max scent flat worms, brown back, mango magic, natural shad, black shiner

 

1 pack 4.5” max scent hit worm in pumpkin seed

 

1 pack 6th sense clout 5.4” in electric shiner

 

1 pack net bait 7” flex worm Alabama craw

 

1 pack 7” power bait fatty bottom hopper in watermelon red magic

 

1 pack 7” max scent king tails in plum apple

1 pack beast coast tackle creep 65 in dope gill

 

3 packs fin-tec title shot jig heads, 3/8oz with a 4/0, 1/8 oz with a 3/0, 3/8oz  with a 8/0 for the swim baits. 
 

I have been struggling to find a 8/0 hook around where I live so it’s not ideal but I figured it’s worth a shot. I almost forgot the last ***” Ned senko floater’s in b bug grinder. 

[LrgmouthShad]

The infamous JDM Zillion 

 

This reel is much different than anything else I have. I will try hard not to make judgements until I try it with something but ridiculously light and palms pretty small. Handle is small and I might want to switch that out. It is interesting. I definitely think I would prefer this on a lighter power rod 

[PhishLI]

7 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said:

I definitely think I would prefer this on a lighter power rod 

Fish it like you stole it, Holmes. It isn't a delicate thing at all.

[LrgmouthShad]

1 minute ago, PhishLI said:

Fish it like you stole it, Holmes. It isn't a delicate thing at all.

I have been oogling and caressing it for ten minutes straight now. It’s a beauty. Love the “Made in Japan” and the feel of it. Everything is so smooth. 
 

I think I am going to go the route of using it for light moving baits. I’ll give it a shot at displacing my REVO Winch on regular spinnerbait duty but functionally, that does not make sense to me and I love the Winch. 

[LrgmouthShad]

Y’all will see over next few days what bait monkey did to me and it ain’t pretty. He’s been banned from the household for months. Don’t tell the wife…. Oh wait I don’t have one ?
 

Next up skirts from Picasso for clear water spinnerbaits.
 

A lot of this is going to be centered around spinnerbait building supplies

[Cbump]

On 9/7/2022 at 11:33 AM, LrgmouthShad said:

Don’t tell the wife…. Oh wait I don’t have one ?

Lucky!

[Cbump]

Pics to come but in the past few days I’ve ordered 3 siebert fogys, a bunch of siebert tungsten, a Tat Elite Brent Ehrler 7’1” MMH-XF rod with AGS guides, a Daiwa Rebellion 7’3” MH-F rod, and a Tat Elite Randy Howell M-XF spinning rod. 
 

Pretty excited about It all. Want to see how the Fogys compare to jackhammers. Big savings there if they are good. 
The two casting rods will replace a Falcon Lowrider (big step up in quality) and a Megabass Destroyer, which was super nice but I didn’t like It. 
The Tatula spinning rod will be my first nicer quality spinning rod. Currently using an academy H2O or an AirdX for spinning. 
 

Need help on a reel to pair It with though. Original plan was to get the Tatula spinning reel from digitaka but I don’t like that it’s made in China. 

[Drawdown]

Getting ready for the topwater bite at the end of the month and beyond (and all the creek fishing in the meantime).

[LrgmouthShad]

10 minutes ago, Drawdown said:

Getting ready for the topwater bite at the end of the month and beyond (and all the creek fishing in the meantime).

SCUM FROG

 

[Drawdown]

1 hour ago, LrgmouthShad said:

SCUM FROG

Did quick research of sub-$10 frogs on the rack at Cabela’s, and these seemed to have some of the better reviews. Can’t wait to use them!