Bait buying compulsive disorder.....

[flyphisher #]

What buttons the bait monkey been pushing lately??????

;D

Lately its been soft plastics and jigs for me.... $10 is all it takes and I can buy 2-4 packs of some sort of soft plastics that i "need", really its been tryin new stuff .last few weeks it been craws...now its jig trailers.....sometimes i make it a game to see how much stuff i can get for $20.....This is how I buy most of my baits and terminal tackle unless I am restocking the usual stuff i need. Problem is that since foot surgery in feb, I have only been fishing 5 or 6 times, but i cant stop myself....

Another positive is if you spend you cash on fishing stuff, its too much trouble to pull out the plastic to buy junk food at the bait shop etc....good for your health...

[grimlin]

You can add me to the list of complusive buying fishing gear victims on the weekends...baitmonkey likes to visit quite offen.If i ain't fishing,i'm at a tackle store asking my 2 year old what looks good..his answer is "Everything"...he quite right alot of times too.Good thing i only bring a limit amount of money...gotta make sure i have money left over for a ice cream treat for the little guy for helping daddy out.

[Alpster]

Yes I have suffered with BBCD for many years. There is no known cure and you can only get temporary relief from spending $ at a large tackle venue. I got a package in the mail today from BPS. Some Terminator Jigs and some drop shot weights & hooks. I don't have to have it! It's just really nice! I can quit anytime I want!

Ronnie

[Raul]

I don't have to have it! It's just really nice! I can quit anytime I want!

Ronnie

Famous last words.  :

[justfishin]

:'( Hi, my name is Jim and I am a tackleholic. It all started...............................

[Munkin]

My habit has turned to hardbaits from Japan that I usually cannot pronounce the color or read anything on the box? :-[ Since I have been fishing lately is has not been that bad and I have only spent about $75 in the past 2 months.

Allen

[.ghoti.]

The only relief from this affliction; and it's a temporary respite, not a cure, is to go fishing. I find it very difficult to buy new stuff while I'm on the water, rod in hand. The long, cold Illinois winters are very hard on me and my credit cards.

Cheers,

GK

[kayl.]

For me it's random baits that just "look cool" (Like the Daiwa Dead or Alive, Bettencourt Rodent...) and Lucky Crafts...luckily, Dick's has lots of $10 off of $25 coupons that make my addiction a little more affordable (and to think, if I worked one shift a weekend there, I'd get 25% off!  I'd be broke!)

[hi_steel_basser]

I consider myself an honest man, but I know better than to seek employment at a tackle retailer. The bait monkey has been on hold since I spent about 300 on swimbaits recently. He will be back. I already know of a few more swimbaits I need, not to mention the fact that my jig box is getting ugly. And I really need more roboworms. And tungsten weights, brass beads, tube jigs, a c-rig combo, a good topwater rod would be nice, still haven't found the right line for my jig casting rod, etc. But I got that durn monkey under check.

[aggiebassin]

i totally understand.  i mostly fish plastics.  but in the past i usually only bought stuff i had confidence in....brush hogs, lizards, 1 type of craw, and a couple styles of worms

then this past year i got in with a bad crowd....a tourney fisherman.. ;D..and now i can't go to academy or wal mart w/o buying $10-15 worth of plastics.  

i went from having 2 3700's and a 3600 full of plastics to having a complete bag full of plastic packages

now i have beaver tails, all sorts of creature baits, tubes, 3-4 different types of craws, paddle tailed worms, and not to mention i have probably bought 200 senko knockoffs lately...including a 100 pack from my buddy's sponsor

my goal is to not buy anything else until i catch enough fish to tear up some of these plastics....but that stupid monkey is always whispering in my ear

[largemouthslayer]

I told myself no more! I was going to be simple. Senkos, LC Pointers, Zoom trick worm ,Spinnerbaits,Rattle Traps,Zara Spooks,Jigs and Trailers. Put I can't stop I'll see something new and BOOM $50.00 later what's up do I need to seek help from a head shrinker.I can't stop someone please help. OH and needless to say BassProshop is 45min from my house now.I nicknamed it  Bass Crack House.

[Raul]

Some of you should look at it on the bright side ..... 10 packs of worms, what, 60 bucks at the most ? 6-10 lures @ lets say Rapala price ( 6-7 bucks ) = 70 bones tops  :, you ain 't got the "enthusiast" monkey, ask me how hefty a bait monkey attack can be ..... it ain 't pretty !  :-X

[JigNBig]

Yall have it good, when I have a hot bait I go to Dicks and Academy and buy every single one that they have.  Ill get home and have 130 bucks worth of trick worms or flukes or ikas.  SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!!!! haha

[RoLo]

Yep...Guilty as charged :-[

But No Big Sweat, I've got it under wraps and can quit ANNNYTIME I choose

Roger

[Raul]

Yep...Guilty as charged :-[

But No Big Sweat, I've got it under wraps and can quit ANNNYTIME I choose

Roger

And you got it twice as bad Roger, fresh & saltwater, oh my !  

[RoLo]

And you got it twice as bad Roger, fresh & saltwater, oh my !

Raul, I realize that you claim that you did not invent the Bait Monkey, that you merely gave him a name.

For some reason......I'm having trouble buying into to that notion >

Roger

[David P]

My gf and mom both get on me every day about spending money on bait...

Today I went and got out with spending only $15, it was the worst store I've ever seen. It was at a sports authority, they didn't have anything of interest, I got 2 frogs, and XRAP trout colored, and a Rat-L-trap, that was all they had..

I feel sad when I don't get a bunch of new fishing stuff!

[lubina]

Yep...Guilty as charged :-[

I'm so happy I saw this one.....I don't feel that guilty anymore!!!!!

[llPa1nll]

:'( Hi, my name is Jim and I am a tackleholic. It all started...............................

Hahaha

Hi Jim, my name is Eric and I am here for you I have been down that road...

[wickyman]

You know how you fix this, "disorder"?  You take your money out of your wallet, except maybe 20-25 bucks.  You give the rest to the wife.  And tell her that no matter what, not to let you have any more!  haha  I do that, so I don't go overboard!  I too have this over erratic tendency to spend more than I can afford on a specific thing.  I don't get myself in too much trouble, as I set my limits, according to my amount in hand...  Which is usually $15 bucks.  You have to stay within your limits, or just don't bring any money with you!  This also keeps your amount of gear down...  Eventually, that little bait monkey will shrivel up and die!  

[BaitMS]

Oh Man!!! I thought this thread was going to say a CURE had been found :'(.

Don't play with my emotions like this. This was definitely a plot by the bait monkey.  >

[Raul]

Oh Man!!! I thought this thread was going to say a CURE had been found

Keep on dreamin, it don 't cost anything.

[sal669]

Oh Man!!! I thought this thread was going to say a CURE had been found :'(.

Don't play with my emotions like this. This was definitely a plot by the bait monkey. >

No cure, thanx God...I hope those bio -chemists keep working on cancer, HIV and other deadly deseases. "Monkitis" is not deadly, as far as I know... :

There is some "medication" to keep this "monkitis baitis"  under some control.

One of them is "significant other" gel tablets (acts fast)

I preffer to keep only one $20 bill in my walet (and some $10,$5,$1) when I'm roaming close to "monkey territory". I sometimes use "plastic", but I'm trying realy hard to cut down on this bad, bad habit.

I have no doubpt I can quit sometime in the next 137 years!!!

[Bankbeater]

I can go for several weeks without seeing the baitmonkey, but when he comes knocking look out.  

By the way I just got the new BPS flyer in the mail today.  I have no self control :'(.

[Guest avid]

I went through the Japanese hardbait phase last year

Right now it's swimbaits, God help me.

I've bought a 4 pack of Javellons, a new hud, a mattlure ultimate bluegill, 3 colors of swim senko's.

I love the look of those Bettencourts.  

We need a 12 step program of  tackle buyers anonymous.