I feel like starting this like

AUFred · 09-25-09, 12:23 PM

a member of AA. Instead of an alcoholic I find myself being drawn in. When I have a successful day with a certain lure I try to make sure I have at least one more as a spare in the exact color, usually 2 more. Then I find myself buying a few more of the same lure in different colors & sizes just in case. Do I have a bad monkey or what?

Jim80 · 09-25-09, 07:26 PM

Fred I find myself doing the same thing last year it yum dingers ; weather I needed them or not I seemed to pick up a pack or two before every trip , this year it has been flukes and soft plastic swimbaits much to the same effect .

Jim

AUFred · 09-25-09, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim80

Fred I find myself doing the same thing last year it yum dingers ; weather I needed them or not I seemed to pick up a pack or two before every trip , this year it has been flukes and soft plastic swimbaits much to the same effect .

Jim

glad to know i am not alone

cassidyta · 09-25-09, 10:47 PM

I have found that it also happens even if the lure was not a success. Then I find myself saying maybe it wasn't the lure, perhaps I need a different color.

AUFred · 09-26-09, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by cassidyta

I have found that it also happens even if the lure was not a success. Then I find myself saying maybe it wasn't the lure, perhaps I need a different color.

You may have it worse than I do. I think I have bought like 12 Pop R's since my last fishing trip.

aikenyounggun · 09-26-09, 09:15 AM

the color isnt a big thing with me, but the "what if i lose one, or two, of have to share a couple" ... you are not alone on this on at all

AUFred · 09-26-09, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by aikenyounggun

the color isnt a big thing with me, but the "what if i lose one, or two, of have to share a couple" ... you are not alone on this on at all

This was especially true when my kids were little and fished with me often. I have also handed my fishing partners lures like mine when I was doing well and they did not have the same bait I was having success with.

Abbeysdad · 09-30-09, 10:25 AM

Oh they call it a bait monkey... but really (shhhh, quiet)...it's really the search for the holy grail. The bait that will catch more, bigger fish.

But then there's yet another truth as well...the manufacturers of poles, reels, lines, terminal tackle and baits are all fishing to catch fishermen and boy do they catch the bigguns!!!!!

LOL

09-25-09, 12:23 PM	#1
AUFred BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Prattville, Alabama Posts: 801	I feel like starting this like a member of AA. Instead of an alcoholic I find myself being drawn in. When I have a successful day with a certain lure I try to make sure I have at least one more as a spare in the exact color, usually 2 more. Then I find myself buying a few more of the same lure in different colors & sizes just in case. Do I have a bad monkey or what?

09-25-09, 07:26 PM	#2
Jim80 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Thomaston CT Posts: 3,862	Fred I find myself doing the same thing last year it yum dingers ; weather I needed them or not I seemed to pick up a pack or two before every trip , this year it has been flukes and soft plastic swimbaits much to the same effect . Jim __________________ In memory of Zooker 1/11/73-7/2/2010. You will be sorely missed and never forgotten.

09-25-09, 10:47 PM	#4
cassidyta BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 2,928	I have found that it also happens even if the lure was not a success. Then I find myself saying maybe it wasn't the lure, perhaps I need a different color. __________________ If you have ever wondered if you should retie, the answer is yes.

09-26-09, 09:15 AM	#6
aikenyounggun BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: aiken, SC Posts: 2,051	the color isnt a big thing with me, but the "what if i lose one, or two, of have to share a couple" ... you are not alone on this on at all __________________ <>< Rather be Fishing ><>

09-30-09, 10:25 AM	#8
Abbeysdad BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Central NY - Finger Lakes Posts: 1,307	Oh they call it a bait monkey... but really (shhhh, quiet)...it's really the search for the holy grail. The bait that will catch more, bigger fish. But then there's yet another truth as well...the manufacturers of poles, reels, lines, terminal tackle and baits are all fishing to catch fishermen and boy do they catch the bigguns!!!!! LOL __________________ Fish now, work later

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