Bait Monkey stole my $$$

Bubba_Bruiser · 03-29-09, 02:44 AM

Well, me and the wife have been shut in for a while now and she made the suggestion to get out today before I go back to work Wednesday. And with my Momma passing earlier in the week, I just wanted to get my mind out of a rut. We were going to take the boys to see Monsters vs. Aliens 3D (Which happens to be a pretty good effects movie, at least to me it was). She wanted to go to a children's store to look for clothes before we went to the movie, so I suggested she go and to drop me, "Freddy", & "Mr. Tootles" (my boys) off at Gander Mountain. We looked at all the trophies on the wall. Freddy is always intrigued by the 8' gar, but I told him he needed to focus on the 10#+ big mouths next to it. Mr. Tootles was pissed because I put him in the buggy, but his mood changed when I put the sale paper in there with him and told him to find us some stiff. We looked at the deer and other game and finally made it to the fishing isle. I ended up with 4 Spro Frogs (2 poppers, 1 regular, & 1 Jr), 2 Zorro rattlin' spinners with colorado blades, and a Flambeau storage box (I have been really impressed with these boxes for 3.99) . I think it tallied around $50. Well we went to the movie and Flea, my wife, wanted to go to Old Navy and some other odds and ends. I told her to drop us back off at GM, but the boys wanted to go with her. This is where the damage happened. I searched for a spinning rod high and low and finally settled on a GM 6'6" on sale. I picked up a spool of Suffix braid 30lb and vanish 10lb, another Spro frog, 5 packs of horny toads, Owner 3/0 & 5/0 frog hooks, 4 Mann's mini ghost ($1 a piece), some peg its and bobber stoppers, VanDam's line conditioner, a bad of Culprit 7.5 junebug worms, and a couple of Zoom lizards. Final damage, 196 and some change. So much for tucking away a few bennies in the wallet. And we topped off the day by stopping at Books-a-Million and I bought Mike Ike's book, and I am about halfway finished with it. But we had a great day. Just hate I gave in.

MallenManson · 03-29-09, 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Bubba_Bruiser

Well, me and the wife have been shut in for a while now and she made the suggestion to get out today before I go back to work Wednesday. And with my Momma passing earlier in the week, I just wanted to get my mind out of a rut. We were going to take the boys to see Monsters vs. Aliens 3D (Which happens to be a pretty good effects movie, at least to me it was). She wanted to go to a children's store to look for clothes before we went to the movie, so I suggested she go and to drop me, "Freddy", & "Mr. Tootles" (my boys) off at Gander Mountain. We looked at all the trophies on the wall. Freddy is always intrigued by the 8' gar, but I told him he needed to focus on the 10#+ big mouths next to it. Mr. Tootles was pissed because I put him in the buggy, but his mood changed when I put the sale paper in there with him and told him to find us some stiff. We looked at the deer and other game and finally made it to the fishing isle. I ended up with 4 Spro Frogs (2 poppers, 1 regular, & 1 Jr), 2 Zorro rattlin' spinners with colorado blades, and a Flambeau storage box (I have been really impressed with these boxes for 3.99) . I think it tallied around $50. Well we went to the movie and Flea, my wife, wanted to go to Old Navy and some other odds and ends. I told her to drop us back off at GM, but the boys wanted to go with her. This is where the damage happened. I searched for a spinning rod high and low and finally settled on a GM 6'6" on sale. I picked up a spool of Suffix braid 30lb and vanish 10lb, another Spro frog, 5 packs of horny toads, Owner 3/0 & 5/0 frog hooks, 4 Mann's mini ghost ($1 a piece), some peg its and bobber stoppers, VanDam's line conditioner, a bad of Culprit 7.5 junebug worms, and a couple of Zoom lizards. Final damage, 196 and some change. So much for tucking away a few bennies in the wallet. And we topped off the day by stopping at Books-a-Million and I bought Mike Ike's book, and I am about halfway finished with it. But we had a great day. Just hate I gave in.

Father of the year, in my book!

Bassboss · 03-29-09, 08:31 AM

Sounds like real fun! It's good to get your mind off of hard stuff that way!

You sure got a lot of frogs, tell me how you like the popping spros, been wanting to get some, but the every time I see one I've already spent all my cash on other stuff!

aikenyounggun · 03-29-09, 08:56 AM

yeah sounds fun.... you can take me shoppin anytime

..... glad you took the kids... i remember that age and beggin my dad to buy some more fishin stuff ......

Jim80 · 03-29-09, 09:33 AM

good haul man , I would just return the vanish it is crap and not made for bass fishing but was designed for trolling for walleyes , it doesn't withstand hooksets well at all .

Jim

abu4600 · 03-29-09, 09:56 AM

Sounds like a good time.

bamabassman · 03-29-09, 10:13 AM

gald ya got out pal. and yes i agreee you win the father of the year taking the fellow future fishermen with ya pal. nice haul indeed.

zooker · 03-29-09, 11:23 AM

hope the monkey did not get ya too many cranks i sent the box saturday

...same box btw i caught hell for getting -turn about is fair play i figure..

zooker

The Doc · 03-30-09, 07:21 AM

If your Gander Mountain has the Sufix flouro, I would really really really recommend that. I've never had any issues with it, and I've gone through about 7 or 8 different types of flouro in the last 6 months. The only one I have used that compares is some high dollar japanese stuff called Toray, which is like $40 for 110 meters ( Damn metric system) It beat the Berkley Pro Grade on castability and has no memory, IMHO...

lowrider · 03-30-09, 06:57 PM

KVD conditioner at GM????? wish mine would get with the program and stock some!

BigBassin144 · 03-30-09, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Bubba_Bruiser

Well, me and the wife have been shut in for a while now and she made the suggestion to get out today before I go back to work Wednesday. And with my Momma passing earlier in the week, I just wanted to get my mind out of a rut. We were going to take the boys to see Monsters vs. Aliens 3D (Which happens to be a pretty good effects movie, at least to me it was). She wanted to go to a children's store to look for clothes before we went to the movie, so I suggested she go and to drop me, "Freddy", & "Mr. Tootles" (my boys) off at Gander Mountain. We looked at all the trophies on the wall. Freddy is always intrigued by the 8' gar, but I told him he needed to focus on the 10#+ big mouths next to it. Mr. Tootles was pissed because I put him in the buggy, but his mood changed when I put the sale paper in there with him and told him to find us some stiff. We looked at the deer and other game and finally made it to the fishing isle. I ended up with 4 Spro Frogs (2 poppers, 1 regular, & 1 Jr), 2 Zorro rattlin' spinners with colorado blades, and a Flambeau storage box (I have been really impressed with these boxes for 3.99) . I think it tallied around $50. Well we went to the movie and Flea, my wife, wanted to go to Old Navy and some other odds and ends. I told her to drop us back off at GM, but the boys wanted to go with her. This is where the damage happened. I searched for a spinning rod high and low and finally settled on a GM 6'6" on sale. I picked up a spool of Suffix braid 30lb and vanish 10lb, another Spro frog, 5 packs of horny toads, Owner 3/0 & 5/0 frog hooks, 4 Mann's mini ghost ($1 a piece), some peg its and bobber stoppers, VanDam's line conditioner, a bad of Culprit 7.5 junebug worms, and a couple of Zoom lizards. Final damage, 196 and some change. So much for tucking away a few bennies in the wallet. And we topped off the day by stopping at Books-a-Million and I bought Mike Ike's book, and I am about halfway finished with it. But we had a great day. Just hate I gave in.

Great story except one thing... the vanish.

Seriously, I though people would have learned by now. My advice, take it back before it has a chance to piss you off!

BB

Bubba_Bruiser · 03-31-09, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by lowrider

KVD conditioner at GM????? wish mine would get with the program and stock some!

I asked the guy if they had it and he said no, I have never seen it. And then I glanced down and it was on an end cap by my ankle. So don't take their word on it.

I have been fishing with some vanish 17lb on my Calcutta for about 8 or 10 months now. It is a little stiff, but I haven't had much of any problem with it. I broke off a big drum on it, but that is it. I put some of the line conditioner on it last night and it was flinging the Assassin in the wind like a champ today. But I will give some of the other stuff a shot on my next buy though by y'alls recommendation.

lowrider · 03-31-09, 04:33 PM

i was gonna ask but couldn't find anybody...go figure. i really looked all over the fishing line section, next time i'm there i'll look at floor level

MississippiBoy · 03-31-09, 04:39 PM

You better take somebody with you to help you back up, lowrider...them knees don't work like they used to...

lowrider · 03-31-09, 05:42 PM

%$^# post too short.

bamabassman · 03-31-09, 05:43 PM

lmao at mb and low.

carolina-rig-01 · 04-01-09, 06:07 PM

you should buy all the zorro spinnerbaits you can find. in my opinion they are the best spinnerbaits out there and since stan sloan passed away they closed up shop. i heard rumors that jewel bought out the rights to the spinnerbaits but i really doubt they will be the same.

sounds like you had a great trip.

hookset on 3 · 04-02-09, 10:26 PM

Hey Bubba, sorry for your loss. It was good to feed the Monk,you deserve it.

Hookset

03-29-09, 02:44 AM	#1
Bubba_Bruiser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South MS Posts: 3,659	Bait Monkey stole my $$$ Well, me and the wife have been shut in for a while now and she made the suggestion to get out today before I go back to work Wednesday. And with my Momma passing earlier in the week, I just wanted to get my mind out of a rut. We were going to take the boys to see Monsters vs. Aliens 3D (Which happens to be a pretty good effects movie, at least to me it was). She wanted to go to a children's store to look for clothes before we went to the movie, so I suggested she go and to drop me, "Freddy", & "Mr. Tootles" (my boys) off at Gander Mountain. We looked at all the trophies on the wall. Freddy is always intrigued by the 8' gar, but I told him he needed to focus on the 10#+ big mouths next to it. Mr. Tootles was pissed because I put him in the buggy, but his mood changed when I put the sale paper in there with him and told him to find us some stiff. We looked at the deer and other game and finally made it to the fishing isle. I ended up with 4 Spro Frogs (2 poppers, 1 regular, & 1 Jr), 2 Zorro rattlin' spinners with colorado blades, and a Flambeau storage box (I have been really impressed with these boxes for 3.99) . I think it tallied around $50. Well we went to the movie and Flea, my wife, wanted to go to Old Navy and some other odds and ends. I told her to drop us back off at GM, but the boys wanted to go with her. This is where the damage happened. I searched for a spinning rod high and low and finally settled on a GM 6'6" on sale. I picked up a spool of Suffix braid 30lb and vanish 10lb, another Spro frog, 5 packs of horny toads, Owner 3/0 & 5/0 frog hooks, 4 Mann's mini ghost ($1 a piece), some peg its and bobber stoppers, VanDam's line conditioner, a bad of Culprit 7.5 junebug worms, and a couple of Zoom lizards. Final damage, 196 and some change. So much for tucking away a few bennies in the wallet. And we topped off the day by stopping at Books-a-Million and I bought Mike Ike's book, and I am about halfway finished with it. But we had a great day. Just hate I gave in. __________________ \,,,,/ ROCK ON! HRN4L!

03-29-09, 08:31 AM	#3
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	Sounds like real fun! It's good to get your mind off of hard stuff that way! You sure got a lot of frogs, tell me how you like the popping spros, been wanting to get some, but the every time I see one I've already spent all my cash on other stuff! __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die.

03-29-09, 08:56 AM	#4
aikenyounggun BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: aiken, SC Posts: 2,051	yeah sounds fun.... you can take me shoppin anytime ..... glad you took the kids... i remember that age and beggin my dad to buy some more fishin stuff ...... __________________ <>< Rather be Fishing ><>

03-29-09, 09:33 AM	#5
Jim80 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Thomaston CT Posts: 3,862	good haul man , I would just return the vanish it is crap and not made for bass fishing but was designed for trolling for walleyes , it doesn't withstand hooksets well at all . Jim __________________ In memory of Zooker 1/11/73-7/2/2010. You will be sorely missed and never forgotten.

03-29-09, 10:13 AM	#7
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	gald ya got out pal. and yes i agreee you win the father of the year taking the fellow future fishermen with ya pal. nice haul indeed. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

03-29-09, 09:56 AM	#6
abu4600 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brandon Mississippi Posts: 480	Sounds like a good time.

03-29-09, 11:23 AM	#8
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	hope the monkey did not get ya too many cranks i sent the box saturday ...same box btw i caught hell for getting -turn about is fair play i figure.. zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

03-30-09, 07:21 AM	#9
The Doc BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Ft. Bragg, NC Posts: 270	If your Gander Mountain has the Sufix flouro, I would really really really recommend that. I've never had any issues with it, and I've gone through about 7 or 8 different types of flouro in the last 6 months. The only one I have used that compares is some high dollar japanese stuff called Toray, which is like $40 for 110 meters ( Damn metric system) It beat the Berkley Pro Grade on castability and has no memory, IMHO... __________________ In the absence of orders, find something and kill it. Unk, 82nd ABN WWII

03-30-09, 06:57 PM	#10
lowrider BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 937	KVD conditioner at GM????? wish mine would get with the program and stock some!

03-31-09, 04:33 PM	#13
lowrider BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 937	i was gonna ask but couldn't find anybody...go figure. i really looked all over the fishing line section, next time i'm there i'll look at floor level

03-31-09, 04:39 PM	#14
MississippiBoy BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ridgeland MS Posts: 3,923	You better take somebody with you to help you back up, lowrider...them knees don't work like they used to... __________________ I smell smoke, and I hear sirens. Do you think that's a problem?

03-31-09, 05:42 PM	#15
lowrider BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 937	%$^# post too short.

03-31-09, 05:43 PM	#16
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	lmao at mb and low. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

04-01-09, 06:07 PM	#17
carolina-rig-01 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Webb City, MO Posts: 6,387	you should buy all the zorro spinnerbaits you can find. in my opinion they are the best spinnerbaits out there and since stan sloan passed away they closed up shop. i heard rumors that jewel bought out the rights to the spinnerbaits but i really doubt they will be the same. sounds like you had a great trip. __________________ You only live once. But if you do it right, once is enough.

04-02-09, 10:26 PM	#18
hookset on 3 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: North Kingstown, R.I. Posts: 135	Hey Bubba, sorry for your loss. It was good to feed the Monk,you deserve it. Hookset

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