02-03-10, 12:08 AM | #1 |
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Bait Monkey Academy
I went against my better judgment tonight. I am sitting here in Lafayette, LA at a rigger's training course, unassisted and unchaperoned. So I decided to go to Academy's. I had been wanting to look at the H2Os. I found some, or should I say, they found there way in to my little grandma's basket. They have got some nice colors. I picked up a few of them, a couple of DTs in the bream and baby bass, a Bandit 300 in the bream (I finally found that son of a gun BB144). I wanted in the 200, but I will try the deeper one out until I hang it in a top. I also got a couple of other H20 products, a Rat-L-Trap, so clearance items, a ruler and cheap scale, and the new FLW. I was reading in it and it has Aikenyounggun article about winning the Junior National Guard Championship. All that and $80 dollars later.
And now I am bored. I hate hotels.
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You will love the H2O's, they are great baits. I have heard from a reliable source that they are made by Lucky Craft, actually in the same building as Lucky Craft.
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02-03-10, 02:11 AM | #3 |
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Well if that is true, I will buy a 3.79 bait over a 15+ any day. They do look nice though.
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02-03-10, 09:32 AM | #4 |
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Nice haul bubba
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02-03-10, 09:42 AM | #5 |
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nice Bubba, glad you found that bandit. I've got about 6 of em in different sizes.
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Those H20 baits are great, I buy them whenever I can, they are somewhat limited in styles though. Check out the H20 brand paddle tail swimbaits too, they are cheaper than all the rest and have a great action!
I've heard the Lucky Craft rumors too, I can't verify that but I heard from a reliable source that Academy is going to start selling online in March or April. |
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Oh wonderful! Just what my bait monkey needs, online access to a non local store
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Haha. Now I've got that music running through my head. Deet de de de de deet de de de de ...... I'm puttin on my helmet
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Nice haul Bubba, What? No rattlesnakes????...hahahahaha!..Guess you were on a hardbait mission!
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The H2O products do well against the RC/LC crankbaits on the river. Very similar in size and movement and definately a lot cheaper. One of the guys in my club gets them when he travels on business. No Academy's around here.
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I looked for them Waffle, but didn't see them. BB144, all I could find was the Series 300 in the Bandit. I did get a the DT 6 & 10 in the bluegill though. They have about the same scheme.
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Nice haul! I like you color choices. We have no Academies here In NE PA of NY
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For those of you that do have Academy's near, check out Big Bite Baits. I know it has been posted on here before but Academy usually has a good selection. They are good soft plastics on the super cheap!! Like $2 per 10 cheap. Tons of colors and styles.
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Man I wish there was an academy near me.
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I tend to do more collecting of lures than actually using them... but looks liek a pretty good haul.. and I prefer that style scale myself as it is easier to tell the weight than an ever changing digital scale
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I got it because I haven't seen a digital scale last over a year. They get wet and quit working, at least in my case. Hopefully it will pay for itself when I win big bass this year, hahahaha.
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Also like Jrob said, Big Bite softplastics are great baits for the $
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I was in there yesterday and saw a whole wall of the Big Bite plastics, but didn't need anything specific, and kept walking. I might drop by there later on and get some.
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02-08-10, 03:52 PM | #22 |
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The magazine had the Swimbaitkid article for the national championship, not AYG. I just wanted to clear that up, I couldn't find the edit button.
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