How much do you spend a month on tackle?

[lynxcat]

$100 spurts and $500-700 when buying new combo. Bought a bunch of JH and trailers last night after losing one yesterday. 

[txchaser]

It's been a bit bursty, mostly when dialing in a new presentation. The a-rig exploration has been the worst of it, different lengths, blade counts, jig head types, trailers. 

 

Mostly though it feels like I...ran out of stuff to buy. Except for I've started on some JDM stuff that has really worked well, so ....

 

[Hammer 4]

Nada, I have enough tackle to last for at least a couple of years..

[Deleted account]

I don't buy tackle that much, and I can stop any time I want...

[MN Fisher]

26 minutes ago, Deleted account said:

I don't buy tackle that much, and I can stop any time I want...

[Bankbeater]

I restocked the baits I was low on over Father's day and my birthday.  Unless I start breaking off baits on every other cast I should be good for a while.

[Jig Man]

I don’t buy often because I buy in bulk.  Last month I restocked my Zman ZinkerZs.  I bought 5 dozen packs.  I just ran out of 12# fluorocarbon and bought a 1000 yd spool.  I can’t think of anything else that I am going to need.

[swhit140]

When your wife ask you about how much tackle you have.   

 

 

[Ohioguy25]

15 hours ago, T-Billy said:

 I've averaged a rod a month this past year. A reel every other, plus, line, baits, teminal tackle. It's shameful really. Oh, and then there's that new boat....

Holy cow what have you been doing to those things man?

[T-Billy]

36 minutes ago, Ohioguy25 said:

Holy cow what have you been doing to those things man?

? It all started when I broke a Dobyns Sierra flippin stick. Dobyns didn't have a replacement in stock so I started looking around for something else while I waited on Dobyns. I decided to give Ark a try. I bought a Tharp Series "King Cobra" 7'6" HF and liked it so much better than the Sierra I ordered a "Money Maker" 7'3" MH F. Long story short, I'm now the happy owner of 14 Ark rods. LOL.  My Abu's are all collecting dust, and the only Dobyns that sees much action is my 744 Kaden.

[Frezzy]

Probably around $100-150 a month.  That's just for "tackle" like conventional baits, soft plastics, terminal tackle, etc.  I buy reels and rods occasionally as well.  Not that bad considering I bank fish and my spots are all within a 15-20 minute drive.  So, the act of "fishing" really only costs me a few dollars in gas for the car.

 

None of that includes my latest habit, which is fishing big expensive swimbaits.  I have spent several thousand on baits in the past few months alone.  I suspect that will slow down a lot though (once I come to realize a Senko works just as well). 

 

 

[SmoothJiveTurkey]

It depends. I try to only but during sales but sometimes if I see something I want, I might pick it up. If it's from tackle warehouse then I try to get at least $50 for free shipping. 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

12 hours ago, txchaser said:

It's been a bit bursty, mostly when dialing in a new presentation. The a-rig exploration has been the worst of it, different lengths, blade counts, jig head types, trailers. 

 

Mostly though it feels like I...ran out of stuff to buy. Except for I've started on some JDM stuff that has really worked well, so ....

 

LOL....bought a 10 buck Japanese frog the other day like an idiot 

[WVU-SCPA]

March was the last time I made an expenditure until some restocking this month.  Plan is replacement mode for the next few years.

 

Basics of soft plastics, line, and terminal tackle.  Line has been my biggest expenditure in 2022 and most likely will be the same in 2023.  I'm compulsive over changing line out several times a year.  Seeing $120 for 1200yds of FC sniper has encouraged me to not change out so often.

[InfantryMP]

I have the 6th Sense subscription. Other than that, I only spend money on replacing specific lures, or line etc.  I did however buy $250 worth of jackhammers and chatterbaits before the season started. 

[padlin]

Roughly $300 a year, 6ish month fishing season for me so $50 a month. Maybe a new reel or rod every 2 years so it would double. Is a boat considered tackle?

[Columbia Craw]

My lack of fiscal discipline is not something to be shared. 
 

 

[Junk Fisherman]

Probably averages out to $60-$75 a month.  Most of my purchases are in the winter and then I just end getting some reinforcements throughout the season. 

[Munkin]

I have finally quit buying a lot of new stuff I don't get a chance to use. The past 2 months I spent $175 on tackle.  Most of that was for a large lot of Gamakatsu hooks for $2 a pack.  Besides the hooks I got a deal on some JDM Reins baits cheap. 

 

Allen 

[DitchPanda]

I can't believe a Mod hasn't shut this down...dudes trying to get us all killed

[Jmilburn76]

I havent bought much of anything this year.Im frugal and have a small stockpile from buying in lots or sales like Black Friday. Im thankful to have a great wife who doesnt care what I buy. We went to Wal-Mart last week and I picked up 1 bag of Creme worms for $1.25 and after I met back up with my wife and put them in the buggy she asked if thats all they had and suggested I buy them all in that color!  I said nah 1 pack is all I need for now.

[thomas15]

Getting back into bass fishing and fishing in general after a 4 year absence.

 

I bought my boat in 2014 and that got me off the bank which kicked up my desire to spend more time fishing. Along with that desire to fish more came the desire to have a well stocked tackle stockpile and a bunch of rods and reels for every conceivable situation and the associated bric-a-brac. From a period between 2014 and 2017, I ordered a lot of stuff, too much stuff actually. Literally thousands of dollars. Online, click click click. It's easy for things to get out of control and I was somewhat out of control to be quite honest.

 

I neglected to properly winterize my outboard winter of 2017/2018 so spring 2018 it ran terrible but I didn't have the time to work on it. As a result I stopped boating and fishing and thus buying tackle. Also, not tackle related but in March of 2018 we decided to get an overall handle on our household finances so from then until now we haven't spent much money on anything except things we need (food and stuff), implementing a general austerity program which we really kicked up into high gear starting January 1, 2022.

 

Now that we achieved zero household debt, and are putting funds into savings and own literally everything we have, we are looking to declutter our lives and actually the boat and our tackle was on the list of things to get rid of but since it (the boat) didn't run properly I didn't want to sell it so long story short I spent the past 6 weeks and about $200 for parts and now the thing runs better than it ever did. So we are keeping the boat and restarting our fishing hobby because we can fish as a couple simply for fun and to have time together and really not spend all that much money. In the process of fixing the outboard I have acquired a much greater understanding of how the motor works and feel confident that I can keep it running without help from a professional mechanic.

 

So now I'm in my shed going over all the tackle and fishing stuff we have and finding it hard to believe how much stuff I have acquired. I have to go through it and do an inventory, I have stuff I don't even know what it is. As an example I have about 10 shoeboxes stuffed with plastics, I don't even know actually what I have and have forgotten what to use and when.

 

I know this is a saga sorry about that but we live literally 1/2 mile from a small lake in NE PA. There are some lunker bass in there but it is very seriously overfished and pressured. So I have been looking into changing species for more success and have decided to try fishing for stripers. The stripers are deep 30-40+ feet so I have purchased 1 entry level downrigger to try out and learn on. I have about $220 spent so far for the downrigger and other related stuff. This is the first fishing related item I have purchased in over 4 years.

 

In summary I don't plan on buying anything new until I organize what I have and I intend to keep it simple and basic and on a budget that will be about $25/month for tackle ($300/year) which I think is plenty. I currently have 4 or 5 large cardboard boxes with brand new lures and tackle still in the original packages that are not in the rotation yet so I need to get a firm handle on that before I buy or do anything else. Although my tackle bags are well organized I have lost track of what is in each of them and so it's like I have all this stuff and no idea where it is and what to use on any particular day. It's like I'm a beginner but I have all this stuff.

 

I'm really excited about getting back into fishing and feel the time away from the hobby was beneficial in that what we do in the future will be within the confines of a firm money/time budget. My goal is to maintain my stuff so that when the pre-spawn hits next year I'm ready for the water not trying to figure out why my boat will not start.

 

I have about 5 years before I retire and I intend to spend some of my time fishing once I retire so I want to pick up better skills and knowledge now and really enjoy my time on the water but do so in an organized way.

 

[Big Rick]

49 minutes ago, Jmilburn76 said:

We went to Wal-Mart last week and I picked up 1 bag of Creme worms for $1.25 and after I met back up with my wife and put them in the buggy she asked if thats all they had and suggested I buy them all in that color!  I said nah 1 pack is all I need for now.

Careful!! She's getting ready to pop you with a major expense SHE wants!! Buttering you up like that is just a setup! Proceed with caution and question EVERYTHING!!!

[KP Duty]

On 8/9/2022 at 11:42 PM, txchaser said:

It's been a bit bursty, mostly when dialing in a new presentation. The a-rig exploration has been the worst of it, different lengths, blade counts, jig head types, trailers. 

 

Mostly though it feels like I...ran out of stuff to buy. Except for I've started on some JDM stuff that has really worked well, so ....

 

The jdm monkey has my numbers up quite a bit this year.  Call it justification or whatever...but I'd have had some major regret if I didn't take advantage of the crazy exchange rate.

[Ohioguy25]

On 8/10/2022 at 2:03 PM, InfantryMP said:

I have an MTB subscription, and the 6th Sense subscription. Other than that, I only spend money on replacing specific lures, or line etc.  I did however buy $250 worth of jackhammers and chatterbaits before the season started. 

Why so many Chatterbaits?