Latest Tackle Purchase Thread (Bait Monkey Victim Support Group)

[volzfan59]

On 12/24/2022 at 8:19 AM, KP Duty said:

My pure fishing orders....

 

 

 

I stand in awe Sir, well done. 

[MN Fisher]

2 minutes ago, NorthernBasser said:

Guided trip? To where? 

I got a thread on it - it's 4 hours of guided fishing on Minnetonka.

[NorthernBasser]

3 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

I got a thread on it - it's 4 hours of guided fishing on Minnetonka.

Oh, cool! I must've missed that. 

[Columbia Craw]

On 12/24/2022 at 6:19 AM, KP Duty said:

My pure fishing orders....

 

 

 

 

[MN Fisher]

3 minutes ago, Columbia Craw said:

 

Probably the best pic of you ever taken.

[FishTank]

This is most of the stuff I ordered but not all. My wife confiscated some of my orders as they arrived. She wrapped each piece individually, including the hooks and split rings. I could have killed her. It took a good long time to open them all.

 

[Masaccio]

I feel so much better after seeing that photo. 

[RichF]

16 hours ago, Columbia Craw said:

I’m sorry but what series of rods are those??

Disregard, Fantanistas

Those are the new Zenons, I believe.

[GreenPig]

On 12/24/2022 at 9:19 AM, KP Duty said:

My pure fishing orders....

 

 

 

Nice. But now you know what the OOE button means. One of Each

[Scott804]

On 12/24/2022 at 9:19 AM, KP Duty said:

My pure fishing orders....

 

I was wondering why it said everything was low stock...

[KP Duty]

14 hours ago, Scott804 said:

I was wondering why it said everything was low stock...

I think we were late to the party.  There were only 3 colors of money badgers and crash craws when I ordered, and only 1 color of the bullet pop. 

[FishTank]

So this guy arrived today.  To be honest,  in hand it's hard to totally distinguish it from the Zillion.  We will see how it performs when spring comes.

 

[Bankbeater]

I put my Christmas gift cards to good use and decided to see what the deal was with the Chatterbait Mini Max.  Also stocked up on some trailers and craws.

[AlabamaSpothunter]

7 hours ago, Bankbeater said:

I put my Christmas gift cards to good use and decided to see what the deal was with the Chatterbait Mini Max.  Also stocked up on some trailers and craws.

They are dynamite.   they are picky on trailers, and I've found the 3" Armor Shads are perfect for them.   The ones I bought earlier would be perfect for it. 

 

My local store had a crazy deal today......buy any fullsize 110 which I was going in to buy anyways, get a free Sleeper Gill.    Basically 110s for $15.

 

The problem is that both 110 models don't come anywhere close to suspending.   They both rose a bit slower than traditional floating bait.  My 110 and 110Jr from before suspend perfectly nose down.   Guess I'll ask MegaBass about them, very disappointing but I'm already hooked on them to the Nth degree.  

 

[MN Fisher]

3 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

The problem is that both 110 models don't come anywhere close to suspending.   They both rose a bit slower than traditional floating bait. 

Know what the temp of your fishing spot is...like down where the lure is running?

 

Water temperature will affect the characteristics of suspending lures. The colder the water, the more dense it is, and the lure will rise slowly. The suspending balance is tuned to a specific water temp...could be 45, could be 55.

 

Also, the deeper you run it, the denser the water - so if it's tuned for 55 degrees at 4' - running in 45 degree water at 6' is going make it want to rise.

[AlabamaSpothunter]

37 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

Know what the temp of your fishing spot is...like down where the lure is running?

 

Water temperature will affect the characteristics of suspending lures. The colder the water, the more dense it is, and the lure will rise slowly. The suspending balance is tuned to a specific water temp...could be 45, could be 55.

 

Also, the deeper you run it, the denser the water - so if it's tuned for 55 degrees at 4' - running in 45 degree water at 6' is going make it want to rise.

Thanks, out of emotions lol. 

 

Yeah I made note of that in the email I sent to Megabass just now.   My temps were 46-48degrees today.     The 110jr +1 has suspends just as well today as it did when the water was 56-58degrees.    The 110jr model was suspending perfectly in 64 degree water.    

 

This caught me off guard, maybe that's why they were giving away a free Sleeper Gill ?

edit:  I'm testing them all the same......I run them about two feet below the surface where I can barely see them, and then observe.     I have no idea what they are doing at 7-9ft.....send me FFS lol.   

 

I imagine it's warmer down there, but by how much I'm not sure.  

[MN Fisher]

8 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

send me FFS lol.   

Dude - I'm running a Garmin Striker cause that's the best I could afford.

 

8 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

I imagine it's warmer down there, but by how much I'm not sure.  

Actually - the deeper you go, the colder it gets...long as the water is above 39 degrees, the warmer it is, the higher in the column it is...so your warmest water is on the surface.

[AlabamaSpothunter]

15 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

Dude - I'm running a Garmin Striker cause that's the best I could afford.

 

Actually - the deeper you go, the colder it gets...long as the water is above 39 degrees, the warmer it is, the higher in the column it is...so your warmest water is on the surface.

Thanks, that's weird because in the deepest parts of my homelake it's the highest temps on my sonar, whereas the shallower I go the colder it gets.    I know I'm only reading surface temps, but on like a flat in 10ft of water it will be 46.5, and then in 32ft of main body water it was 48.8 IIrc.

 

I'm confused, I just want my expensive JDM baits to suspend ?     

[NorthernBasser]

1 hour ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Thanks, that's weird because in the deepest parts of my homelake it's the highest temps on my sonar, whereas the shallower I go the colder it gets.    I know I'm only reading surface temps, but on like a flat in 10ft of water it will be 46.5, and then in 32ft of main body water it was 48.8 IIrc.

 

I'm confused, I just want my expensive JDM baits to suspend ?     

You can always try suspend dots. 

[Smells like fish]

55 minutes ago, NorthernBasser said:

You can always try suspend dots. 

What glue are you using on dots and strips? I don’t wanna use anything that may react to the plastic of the lure.

[MN Fisher]

9 hours ago, Smells like fish said:

What glue are you using on dots and strips? I don’t wanna use anything that may react to the plastic of the lure.

They're pre-loaded with a glue on back. Peel of from backing and apply...so no need to carry separate glue.

 

Designed specifically for lures - so no worries there.

[Smells like fish]

Mine are suffering from AD, adhesive dysfunction ? 

[Darth-Baiter]

I went in to buy replacement hooks for my Vision 110, but the Sirens song for a couple of new colors…that’s how they got me!

 

got a few Mat colored ones.    

 

have they always been $25?!

[Jrob78]

A few more Christmas sale items came in today. I’m hoping the 743 will be good for 1/4oz swimjigs and these small finesse jigs. This is my first non cranking Dobyns but it feels great and balances well with the Steez.
Also had to get a couple of Rozantes and Nanahans from the small jerkbait thread ?

[Cgolf]

So thanks to a couple of purchases this year the bait monkey had lure parts online and Barlows send me catalogs to arrive on the same day to tempt me to stock up on stuff I need and also stuff I didn’t know I need!

 

I know paper catalogs are old school, but for me I can see everything they have much easier and faster than the website.