Latest Tackle Purchase Thread (Bait Monkey Victim Support Group)

[Aaron_H]

My TW order. Only placed it because I needed more trebles and they were super cheap during the last sale.

 

4 packs of size 6 Mustad KVD short shank EWGs

2 packs of Gamakatsu Superline split rings (usually more expensive than the Owner HyperWires but sale had them cheaper)

Owner oval split rings (can never have too many, at least until all hard baits come stock with them)

3/4 oz Thunderhawk Sergeant lipless to replace one that a toothy critter cut off a couple of weeks ago. If you like throwing a lipless and haven't tried this one out, get your hands on one asap.

And rounding out my spinnerbait purchases with 3 Strike King compact spinnerbaits, one in white/silver, one in golden shiner, and one in mouse, which I think will be a great combo shad/baby bluegill imitation in my waters. This model is white/silver is what I caught my biggest spinnerbait fish on last year so I have good confidence in it already, and I love the compact frame in a 1/2oz size.

[gim]

Birthday gifts.  Check out the color of the MB jerk bait @NorthernBasser.  Its a limited release version.  If it gets stolen by a pike, I might have a stroke.  Looking forward to using the giftcard later this month at the annual Spring Sale.

[NorthernBasser]

9 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Birthday gifts.  Check out the color of the MB jerk bait @NorthernBasser.  Its a limited release version.  If it gets stolen by a pike, I might have a stroke.  Looking forward to using the giftcard later this month at the annual Spring Sale.

Nice! You pulled the trigger hey? Spend as much time with that thing now while you have the chance. The pike can't steal your memories at least. ?

[nhpleasantlakebass]

Just a few new items I recently picked up.  Not typically a fan of lews, but one of there higher end rods for $79 I couldn’t pass it up. Paired with the pflueger supreme Xt and it passes the look and balance test.

 

 

[Derek1]

13 minutes ago, nhpleasantlakebass said:

Just a few new items I recently picked up.  Not typically a fan of lews, but one of there higher end rods for $79 I couldn’t pass it up. Paired with the pflueger supreme Xt and it passes the look and balance test.

 

 

Nice haul. 

[Eric 26]

46 minutes ago, nhpleasantlakebass said:

 

 

 

So a few questions and an observation. Which Lews rod is that and curious about the ambassador and swim bait pairing? As for the observation I can’t help but notice that you’re quite all over the place with the fishing lines. I like it?

[nhpleasantlakebass]

1 minute ago, Eric 26 said:

So a few questions and an observation. Which Lews rod is that and curious about the ambassador and swim bait pairing? As for the observation I can’t help but notice that you’re quite all over the place with the fishing lines. I like it??

It’s a team lews custom pro. 6’11 m-xf. I’m definitely all over the place with line.  I like both suffix and power pro and buy either when

on sale. The J braid is 8# , also found that at Sierra for 3.99. Going to try it on an alphas sv TW for ned rigs. The invizex is for chatter bait /spinnerbait rod.  I use the 12# yo zuri for topwater spooks and poppers. And 8# as leader.  The old ambassador’s are where I started with baitcasters, and I still like them as cheaper swimbait reels. 

[Eric 26]

@nhpleasantlakebass I also use the Daiwa J-Braid X8 (grey) for Ned rigs although mine is on a spinning reel. Also found my spool at “Sierra” although don’t remember what I paid? I’m absolutely loving it. I appreciate the feedback and best of luck with the kick butt haul and lastly I love the look of that ambassador.

[PhishLI]

Matt Lures Surface Glide 10" 6.3oz. Gantarel Jr for comparison.

 

[MontclairDave]

The new Shimano SLX A Swimbait rod 7’ 3”MH F rated 1-4 ounces. Went for the smaller rod cause I fish out of a kayak most of the time. I am getting it mostly for throwing glide baits up to 2 ounces like the S Waiver 168 and Gantarel Jr but hoping it will be stout enough to do double duty for single-hook soft-plastic swimbaits like the 6” or even 8” Megabass Freestyle on Beast Hook. Backordered from TW till June.

[Mbirdsley]

Latest eBay score 3 200 yard spoils of 7lbs suffix invisiline. 4 spool of 8 lbs Yamamoto sugoi flouro carbon.  Picked it all up for $60 shipped.  Both 7lbs and 8 lbs are going on spinning reels.  If this doesn’t work I’m going braid to flouro. Decided to down size line a bit.  Atleast if it still knots up I have enough flouro to probably get through the year. 
 

2nd photo is float and fly stuff that came in. 2 adjusta bubble floats one in 1/4 and another in 3/8. Lastly spro 1/16 flies.  Talking that winter will drag into April.  The float and fly might be a bigger player. 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

12 hours ago, PhishLI said:

Matt Lures Surface Glide 10" 6.3oz. Gantarel Jr for comparison.

 

Mother of God, we must see that swimbait collection in the background!

 

You win! ?

[Triptych]

Corvette yellow! .. and 106F bent minnow. Thanks hookup tackle. 

[gim]

2 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Mother of God, we must see that swimbait collection in the background!

 

You win! ?

Lol I'm sure that's at a retail store.  If its his personal collection...?

[AlabamaSpothunter]

6 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Lol I'm sure that's at a retail store.  If its his personal collection...?

It's his, it's glorious and magnificent ?

[NorthernBasser]

5 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Mother of God, we must see that swimbait collection in the background!

 

You win! ?

Yes! If this is his own collection we need more pics!

 

Not tackle, but I bought this print a few years ago and just recently got around to getting it framed. It has a really cool sheen/finish to it that you can't see in the pictures. The frame is decent size (27x23) so now I just have to figure out here I wanna hang it.

 

 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

13 minutes ago, NorthernBasser said:

Yes! If this is his own collection we need more pics!

 

Not tackle, but I bought this print a few years ago and just recently got around to getting it framed. It has a really cool sheen/finish to it that you can't see in the pictures. The frame is decent size (27x23) so now I just have to figure out here I wanna hang it.

 

 

On rainy days I always run out of emotes lol. 

 

That picture is really cool, love to hang that besides an antique lure I got this year as Xmas gift.

 

@PhishLI  is like my big Swimbait crackdealer/mentor ?, and sent me a pic of it.    I hope he posts it here as it's something to be admired and proud of.    You, him and KP Duty have some epic collections.   The stuff you dreamed about as a kid especially, peg board walls full of baits.    My mentor had his entire garage lined with peg board, and it was maxed out with baits.    He'd occasionally tell me to go in there and pick out any lure I wanted.    Some of my fondest memories.  

 

 

[Eric 26]

1 hour ago, NorthernBasser said:

Yes! If this is his own collection we need more pics!

 

Not tackle, but I bought this print a few years ago and just recently got around to getting it framed. It has a really cool sheen/finish to it that you can't see in the pictures. The frame is decent size (27x23) so now I just have to figure out here I wanna hang it.

 

 

That picture almost looks 3-dimensional on my phone. I can only imagine how cool it is in person.

[TheBaitMonkey]

Got this bad boy in the mail today. Excited to give it a try this spring! 
 

[Team9nine]

Guess it’s no surprise that on the rare occasion I do get tackle in the mail, it’s likely somehow tied to Ned fishing ?

 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

10 minutes ago, TheBaitMonkey said:

Got this bad boy in the mail today. Excited to give it a try this spring! 
 

Way up on my want list.  

 

That's an awesome looking bait, flashboost makes a ton of sense on glides and jerks.

[KP Duty]

Had a $100 TW gift card burning a hole in my pocket, so I took advantage of extra 25% off the clearance.  Picked up several Greenfish tackle balsa baits (GT6/big g-flat/squarebill), couple PH customs 'lil guys', a LC bds 6, and sime flashy swimmers.  I also purchased the last 10 bags of crash craws, which have been discontinued.  

 

 

 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

18 hours ago, TheBaitMonkey said:

Got this bad boy in the mail today. Excited to give it a try this spring! 
 

LOLOLOLOL.....never has somebody had a more appropriate screen name, what's the address that I send the bill to ?

 

The Flashboost WM below it has been dynamite, Shimano earned my money, hopefully I catch a toad off it to justify the cost.

 

 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

I wanted to update about the Armajoint 190SF above after just throwing about 50 casts with it in 25mph winds and hours after two days of straight ran and murky water.

 

Skunked which I counted on but I had to see what 50 bones bought me.   I got to say, I thought I was impressed with Flashboost and how it was such game changing tech on a suspending Jerkbait, but ArmaJoint is just incredible!!!

 

ArmaJoint tech is basically a small magnet that locks the 7.5" bait perfectly straight while it's in flight......after watching things like S-Waver168s helicopter in and have significantly reduced cast/more effort to achieve same distance cast, I was stupefied the first time I launched the thing.    I never have launched a big swimbait as effortlessly and as far as this bait.  

 

Imagine a big hard swimbait that casts like a Vision 110, I kid you not, this bait is that.   

 

Action + Flashboost the action on this bait is quite unique based on the several hundred bucks I've got into big hard swimbaits, the reason it's unique is because when you hit your hard reel turns or twitch the rod tip to make it 180 left and right.....this bait does so, but has the most deadly looking body roll over all the baits I own in the category.   

 

Now when you combine that body roll on the jerks with the inch plus long piece of flashboost, there can't be another bait that throws as much light and flash as this one.    In murky water you can see it flash like a giant shad from 25-30yds out, granted it was sunny.   

 

I thought I was buying more of a glide bait, but realized at the store it had a second joint, however it's very minimal in terms of movement.   Even still, the bait has a very tight S swim to it like a BD Shad, 6th Sense Trace, Storm Arashi 18, Jackall Gantarels, etc.    

 

It's a slow float that darn near suspends, really digging this aspect of the bait, however it's also a 0-1ft subsurface running bait which I'm not really digging.   On a bomb cast with heavier Fluoro I was getting it down to about 2.5 ft maybe.     Gonna play around with some suspend dots on it.   It's worth the time, I just hope it doesn't screw up the body roll which again is incredible in combo with the flashboost.  

 

Hooks/hardware has the same silverish type hooks that came on the flashboost WM, and ones that I really like.   Plenty of strength, and super sticky sharp.   No Split ring on the nose, and sadly no rotating rings on the hooks, however this bait employs a third unique technology "hook-hold wires" which pin the hooks against the bait to ensure they don't get tangled up.   The thought and overall high tech feel to this bait is unique, same on the flashboost WMs.   

 

Outside finish unlike a bait like the R2S Swaver168 that has hook rash after a dozen casts, this bait had not a single scratch after close to 50 casts I'd say, and the finish is exquisite.   Pics don't really translate the flashy scale pattern to them.   

 

At close to 50bucks with tax I felt others might like a review from a newb swimbaiter.    It's a very neat bait, and the tech is very much real in usage.   For right now, $50 is about the most I'd ever spend on a bait, and I actually think this bait merits it's cost.   Lots of thought, tech, and refinement in it.    Heck it's a great bait to just collect I'm sure.   

 

 

[NorthernBasser]

12 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

I wanted to update about the Armajoint 190SF above after just throwing about 50 casts with it in 25mph winds and hours after two days of straight ran and murky water.

 

Skunked which I counted on but I had to see what 50 bones bought me.   I got to say, I thought I was impressed with Flashboost and how it was such game changing tech on a suspending Jerkbait, but ArmaJoint is just incredible!!!

 

ArmaJoint tech is basically a small magnet that locks the 7.5" bait perfectly straight while it's in flight......after watching things like S-Waver168s helicopter in and have significantly reduced cast/more effort to achieve same distance cast, I was stupefied the first time I launched the thing.    I never have launched a big swimbait as effortlessly and as far as this bait.  

 

Imagine a big hard swimbait that casts like a Vision 110, I kid you not, this bait is that.   

 

Action + Flashboost the action on this bait is quite unique based on the several hundred bucks I've got into big hard swimbaits, the reason it's unique is because when you hit your hard reel turns or twitch the rod tip to make it 180 left and right.....this bait does so, but has the most deadly looking body roll over all the baits I own in the category.   

 

Now when you combine that body roll on the jerks with the inch plus long piece of flashboost, there can't be another bait that throws as much light and flash as this one.    In murky water you can see it flash like a giant shad from 25-30yds out, granted it was sunny.   

 

I thought I was buying more of a glide bait, but realized at the store it had a second joint, however it's very minimal in terms of movement.   Even still, the bait has a very tight S swim to it like a BD Shad, 6th Sense Trace, Storm Arashi 18, Jackall Gantarels, etc.    

 

It's a slow float that darn near suspends, really digging this aspect of the bait, however it's also a 0-1ft subsurface running bait which I'm not really digging.   On a bomb cast with heavier Fluoro I was getting it down to about 2.5 ft maybe.     Gonna play around with some suspend dots on it.   It's worth the time, I just hope it doesn't screw up the body roll which again is incredible in combo with the flashboost.  

 

Hooks/hardware has the same silverish type hooks that came on the flashboost WM, and ones that I really like.   Plenty of strength, and super sticky sharp.   No Split ring on the nose, and sadly no rotating rings on the hooks, however this bait employs a third unique technology "hook-hold wires" which pin the hooks against the bait to ensure they don't get tangled up.   The thought and overall high tech feel to this bait is unique, same on the flashboost WMs.   

 

Outside finish unlike a bait like the R2S Swaver168 that has hook rash after a dozen casts, this bait had not a single scratch after close to 50 casts I'd say, and the finish is exquisite.   Pics don't really translate the translate flashy scale pattern to them.   

 

At close to 50bucks with tax I felt others might like a review from a newb swimbaiter.    It's a very neat bait, and the tech is very much real in usage.   For right now, $50 is about the most I'd ever spend on a bait, and I actually think this bait merits it's cost.   Lots of thought, tech, and refinement in it.    Heck it's a great bait to just collect I'm sure.   

 

 

Nice write-up.