I Am Done Buying New Lures!

[crypt]

it's a process......................that's what my therapist said.......he got fired................

[edfitzvb]

Well, I can probably go without buying new lures, but I still need more storage boxes to finish organizing what I already HAVE. 

[lmbfisherman]

Good luck brother bass fisherman.  

 

I'm doing something the same somewhat.  I promised myself to not buy "new in the market lures".  I went through all my tackle last week and many unopened packages that I realize I probably will never use.  What my plan is from now on is to focus my spending on the tackle I will use daily and not fall for the new shiny things.  ? 

[Dorado]

12 minutes ago, lmbfisherman said:

Good luck brother bass fisherman.  

 

I'm doing something the same somewhat.  I promised myself to not buy "new in the market lures".  I went through all my tackle last week and many unopened packages that I realize I probably will never use.  What my plan is from now on is to focus my spending on the tackle I will use daily and not fall for the new shiny things.  ? 

But those Jackall Pompadours or Megabass PopMax though..........the withdrawals now haha

[Catt]

I Am Done Buying New Lures!

 

Say that every time I walk out a tackle shop

[Kyhokie]

I totally understand your sentiment, and i felt the same way myself, many times. I sat down and tried to understand why, as a grown man, i could literally not stop myself from buying new fishing lures, rods and reels. I rest much easier now that i realized im not buying lures and tackle because it helps me to catch more fish, i buy all this unnecessary gear, because I enjoy fishing, and ALL it entails.  I also enjoy cooking, but i like eating and buying the groceries almost as much. Buying lures and organizing is a part of fishing. It took me getting outfished by an old timer, tossing a manns manipulator, all day, with a zebco 33 to realize this. Upon leaving the water with my old fishing partner, i really felt sorry for him. I found myself questioning "why feel bad for a guy who just outfished you 3 to 1?" I answered myself when i asked internally, "what does he sit around and organize when hes not fishing? Poor old wretched lol" Now....does anyone know who still sells Manipulators in red shad? I really need my fix this morning LOL!

[scaleface]

I have enough lures to easily last me the rest of my life .  But I still purchase new lures if  I feel they will fill a niche . Red Eye Shad for example . I have plenty of other lipless baits , but when I read the RES shimmys on the drop I had to try them .This winter its the Berkely Dredger that I had to get .

[Montanaro]

Its called the bait monkey.  He is always on our backs. 

 

I havent been bad lately.  Im pretty well stocked for a couple years.  I sell unused baits and trash rusted jigs spinnerbaits and hooks.  The items I sell go towards buying higher end lures so I buy less and use it more

 

[king fisher]

My therapist- girlfriend, tried  to help me kick the lure buying habit.  I fired them both.  In the end, the person with the most lures wins.

[Paul Roberts]

You are definitely on the right track. Do you want to catch fish, or be a collector? You can certainly be both, but one's just harder than the other.

[WI_Angler1989]

Hear hear! I wish you luck, sir. Personally, I'm one of the lucky few over whom the "Bait Monkey" has little influence. Now don't get me wrong, I still drool and ogle at stuff plenty, but I limit my new lure buying to tax season/late winter. The rest of the year is all about restocking what's hot. 

[Robeng]

Dorado and all.....I agree.  Same boat, same issues.  I too have sworn off new baits.  May need to replace some tackle, but NO baits.  I want a newer boat and SHE wants the cottage.  A couple more years till retirement so I might have to sell some of the gear to grab some money for a new garden hose.  LOL

[12poundbass]

16 hours ago, wdp said:

? Yep. Luckily I got a pretty understanding wife. 

Does she have a sister? ? 

Just kidding I love my wife and she loves when when I don't buy "fishing crap" her words not mine.

[Oklahoma Mike]

I also am done buying anymore lures... for today.

[12poundbass]

18 hours ago, Dorado said:

Said just about everybody on this forum  Listen, I had a deep realization this morning that I am actually handicapping my progress embarking this exciting new endeavor of being a bass angler. I'm constantly keeping up with the 'Benjamin's'  or convincing myself that this new lure/soft plastic that I read somebody's reviews on (especially soft plastics :/ - thanks Crappies) will be the answer to my riddle. For example, nice try Al Lindner.......you almost had me with the new Storm GT360 yesterday........don't worry, you're still my icon.  What's the irony here?

 

I said that last week when I picked up some new Reins bubbling shaker. I said that the week before when I almost pulled the trigger on a couple of the 60+ colored cranks Norman offers. The week before that, my insecurity drove me to the extreme of picking up more Z-Man TRDs that I didn't have the color of. Guess what? I have WAY more brand new, never been opened, packages that keep getting piled on with new impulsive buys haha! (spoiler alert: I have yet to use any of those aforementioned products sad huh)

 

I'm being a little dramatic here, but me cutting myself off from buying any new lures for the rest of this year will force me to: 1) improve on techniques with the unopened toys I already have 2) save $$$ 3) be more grateful of the arsenal of countless combinations I can muster 4) save $$$ again. And who knows.......maybe Woody doesn't have to be replaced by Buzzlightyear every week......what if what's never been opened yet is the golden ticket to all these waters all along?

 

Sorry marketers, I just ruined your day I know I know. Don't worry though.........plenty other fish in the sea haha.

 

This was not intended to be a rant, actually sharing a huge personal flaw that I need to curb; but more of a way to get this off my chest and bring some humor to the end of a stressful workday. Tight lines!

I can help you out...take only one type of lure and fish it all year. Next year pick another type and repeat. This is what Mike Iaconelli did when he was young. It'll help you through your addiction, you'll get to know every lure inside and out, save you money, and will for sure make you a pro! J/K he did do this though, I'm not sure I'd have the patience to do it. Maybe that's why he's a pro and I'm nowhere close! 

[Dorado]

12 minutes ago, 12poundbass said:

I can help you out...take only one type of lure and fish it all year. Next year pick another type and repeat. This is what Mike Iaconelli did when he was young. It'll help you through your addiction, you'll get to know every lure inside and out, save you money, and will for sure make you a pro! J/K he did do this though, I'm not sure I'd have the patience to do it. Maybe that's why he's a pro and I'm nowhere close! 

Great example and idea. I dig this.

[WIGuide]

Good luck with that, I've said it many times too, but the bait monkey always finds me. He's just too dang good for me to stop him. Maybe I'll be able to resist some day, ha who am I kidding!?

[UPSmallie]

Good luck man.  Just digging through your older lures you might find something special.  Case in point last summer I threw all my proven baits and lures at one of my honey holes for 2 hours and nothing.  Tied on one of those older vintage Little Cleos on that was 2 inches long that I had never fished before.  First cast got me a 31 inch pike and 2nd cast resulted in a 15 inch smallmouth bass.  It turned my day from a skunk into a heck of a fish fry.  Sadly I misplaced the lure somewhere.

[BaitMonkey1984]

I have run out of room in my two boats, and my garage to store any more baits. As my username alludes to, I have an issue with baits. Two years ago I bought 1000s of TRD baits and jig heads. Since then, I have only rarely purchased baits. I have not purchased anything in two months. First time in 10 years I have gone more than 3 days without buying something off TW. I ran out of room to store them and realize that I really don't need any new lures. The whopper plopper intrigued me for a little bit and I almost bough a Plano 3700 full of them, but I realized that I don't need every bait ever created. Once, I came to that mindset I look at what I have and realistically do not need to buy anything, evenly go to baits, for several years. A friends stepbrother who's about 15 likes to fish, and I take him out a few times a year, I have already decided he's getting a tacklebox or two full of baits  to take home next trip out.

 

Let's see who can still fish multiple days a week and not buy any new lures. Anyone want in on this challenge? 

[Dorado]

22 minutes ago, UPSmallie said:

Good luck man.  Just digging through your older lures you might find something special.  Case in point last summer I threw all my proven baits and lures at one of my honey holes for 2 hours and nothing.  Tied on one of those older vintage Little Cleos on that was 2 inches long that I had never fished before.  First cast got me a 31 inch pike and 2nd cast resulted in a 15 inch smallmouth bass.  It turned my day from a skunk into a heck of a fish fry.  Sadly I misplaced the lure somewhere.

That's a great story!

[blckshirt98]

I'm curious what 1000 bags of TRD baits look like!  Someone should start a bait monkey rehabilitation thread, by posting all of their fishing stuff for everyone to see in full shame.

[FryDog62]

I too am a victim of the bait monkey and have too many things that I won't use.  Part of my problem is the emergence of the online retailers.  

 

I'll order plastics that look great on the web and then receive them from the UPS guy (who I've become best friends with now) and the color is not what I thought.  I end up ordering another color I like better and think I'll eventually use the first order but never do...

[NHBull]

I am planning on stopping now friends the season, and finders out what I uses and just look at.  Last yr I was very content with a handful of jig, swimmers, cranks and worms.

What doesn't get used this summer will be g vendors to my kids and I will replace what I have confidence in.......really!

[Mumbly]

Sure wish I had the willpower to stop buying!!

[Deeare]

You mention the reins bubbler shakers.  I just bought 7 packs of them!!   I basically have a bass pro isle worth of stuff hanging on peg boards in my basement.    And 10 rod/reel combos that are $200-$400 each.   Wife doesn't understand until I compare it to shoes or hand bags.