Mid-Summer Bait Monkey Report

For Fathers Day Sales I went with Tackle Warehouse and the 20% discount they had on Berkley Havoc Baits and I picked up a bunch more Lane Grass Pigs.For the 4th of the July I just couldn't resist the temptation of $4 Mad Maxx frogs. How is it that BTD has any left at that price? They must have bought everything Tru-Tungsten had when they went out of business. Maybe people just don't like those

Sweet Mother of Ebayt Monkey!

53 handtied swimjigs - Top quality heads (the vast majority are Brovarney heads) - Top quality hooks - Hand tied skirts in various colors - 27 3/8oz & 26 1/4oz jigsI got this lot for $21 shipped.Looks like I'm gonna need a 3rd swim jig box. Also at this price I can forego messing with wire leader on at least 1 swim jig rod.SCORE!!!

In The Mail- Bait Monkey Edition

UPS Man!!!So I waited and waited for Tackle Warehouse to have a 20% off sale, but the best they were going to give was 10% off on their Tax Rebate/Easter Sale. I know Bass Tackle Depot was at 15% off, but they don't carry any of my must haves so Tackle Warehouse it was. Here is the Bait Monkey's Packing list:Think Tank Triggerfish Silver ShadThink Tank Triggerfish Baby Bass (Backordered) I Have

All Terrain Tackle Skip-N-Jig

Now this is a good idea.I will probably buy a few if Gander or Reeds carries them.

In the Mail Today!

UPS man pulls into the driveway today and I wondered what this might be as I wasn't expecting anything. Sure enough he pulls out this little package for me.Inside was a Big Bite Baits Dean Rojas Fighting Frog.I vaguely remember Dean Rojas having some deal on Facebook about getting a free pack of the frogs.Unexpected Surprise!

In the Mail: Bass Zone.com Stuff

The package arrived as I was watching Bass Zone.com Wide Open this morning.Here is the SCORE!Bass Zone.Com hat6 Pack Lazer Trokar 3/0 EWG Worm hooks5 Pack Lazer Trokar 4/0 EWG Worm hooks5 Pack Lazer Trokar 4/0 EWG HD Worm hooksLazor Trokar sticker and PR literature1/2 White/black/red Booyah Blade Spinnerbait30lb 75yrd sample Spiderwire Stealth Braid4 Pack of 5" Yum Money MinnowPack Yum Live Prey

A Unique Spinner

This is a unique bait and not many fish have probably seen it. Clicking on the banner will take you to their website.

Winner! Winner! Winner!!!

The blog FHC Outdoors is running a series of River2Sea lure contests and I won a River2Sea Larry Dahlberg WideGlide Surface, I think it's the smaller size. I would have preferred to win a Clackin' Craw or a Diver Frog, but when you have a shot to win you have to take it. To win the contest you have to be the first to answer a question. I found the answer to the question, what product did Larry

Someone Don't Know Fishing!!!

A spinnerbait below a big ole round bobber, Really!!???

Tackle Warehouse has Think Tank Lures Triggerfish

I first blogged about the Think Tank Lures Triggerfish in March of 2009. It was like the lure fell off the face of the earth and it got to the point where I thought I would never here about it again. But lo and behold Tackle Warehouse has them and they only run $12.99.Think Tank has a website.I can almost guarantee I will have a few of these in the box come May. When does Tackle Warehouse have

Bass Pundit's Bait Hatin’

Bait Hatin’ is a blog post over at Bass Parade by Jason that is a rant on baits/techniques he loathes fishing. So naturally this got me to thinking about lures that I loathe. The problem is when it comes to bass fishing there really are not any lures or techniques that I despise. Yes there are things I don't use much if at all and there are things I prefer over other things, but really there

Mercer Says Use Loop Knot For Slop Frogs

Can't say I've ever heard this tip before, but it does make some sense. I may give it a try, but I wonder about the knot slipping with braid.The vid is good.Update: Asked about this on several different message boards. One guy said loop knots are weak, another said this is a common tip for topwater lures. I Googled it and there were lots of results for "Loop Knot topwater." Yes, there were

A Little Mad Maxxtion

I gave the Mad Maxx a try this year, thanks to an incredible deal at Bass Tackle Depot and I was pleased with them. I wonder how much cha-ching it took to convert Boom Boom to Maxx?All my Mad Maxx Posts...

This Ain't Right

It's been a while since my last "This Ain't Right" Post.Behold:Moreau Baits 3" Topwater Frog - $61.00"the Moreau Baits 3” Topwater Walking Frog looks and swims just like the real thing"I can't imagine how something like that "swims just like the real thing"

2011 Bass Pro Shops Catalog Day

Today was the day the 2011 Bass Pro Shops Master Catalog 2011 arrived at my door.I can still remember the wonder I had in receiving my first Bass Pro Shops Catalog back in the early 80's. On one of the fishing shows I watched there was a 1-800 number given to order the catalog and after seeing the add many times I finally called. I think I was in 5th or 6th grade at the time and it took me a

Ebayt Monkey Goes Banana's for Topwater

I basically bid on this lot of lures for the Spro Frogs and the Jackall Dagored which is the jointed minnow with the propeller. I am not sure what kind of popper that is, maybe when I get it I will be able to figure it out.I think I will probably be donating some of these lures to GEM. If you have any extra lures that you don't use and would be willing to give to a good cause, Great

In the Mail: Berkley Frenzy Poppers

When these came up for auction on Ebay, I couldn't help myself and put in a bid. Much to my surprise my bid held, but just barely. What I really wanted was the rainbow trout one as that I don't have that one in my collection yet. Now that I have two clown's and two shad, I will put one of each in my tackle box.

Bait Monkey Monday

So is everybody stocking up Online today? I will be putting in an order with Tackle Warehouse because they are the only one's with bluegill color Lucky Craft Kelly J topwaters. I think I will get a couple of those and another Paycheck Baits Repo Man. I will have to get at least 1 more thing to get me over $50 for free shipping.

Ebayt Monkey Crawtube Shootdown

This week on Ebay 3 lots (6packs, 6packs, 8packs) of Lake Fork Craw Tube's came up for auction. When I became aware of the auction 1 lot had a bid on it and the other two did not. I decided to bid on the two that didn't have any bids and then I was going to wait and see what happened with the other auction and probably bid on that. When I bid on one of the lots with 6 packs I made the mistake

DNF

Have elected not to fish today. The weather is a little cool, but pretty nice today. However after a full tournament day I could use the break. The weather looks to be awesome this week, so I should be getting out a lot.Yesterday I got my 21 (modern) Herb's Dilly Buzzbaits in the mail. With shipping I paid $1.44 per lure. I have seen (modern) Herb's Dilly's with competitive Ebay auctions