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And the winner is....Scotty J!!




We will vote for the best answers next Friday/Saturday and end voting on Sunday, July 10th at 10 AM. Winning answer by vote will win a 6" Baby Bass Lunker Punker. One answer only per person.

I''ll start:
You know it's time to upgrade your tackle when...

...when you have to stop reeling so you can hear your partner talking to you.

You know it's time to upgrade your tackle when...

3 out of every 5 reels are screaming so loud on yer casts, ya gotta use the Bill Dance quick lube technique and shove the reel in the water, JUST as that 5 pounder grabs yer PUNKER! HAR!

Your beloved best friend max the dog either knocks them overboard or chews them up. Yup happened to me twice. He loved to chase buzzbaits also.

You know it's tie o upgrade your tackle when :
That 10 pounder you've been sight fishing pops her head out & yells " C'Mon man !!.. REALLY ??"

When you take your father in-law fishing and he snaps your BRAND SPANKING NEW carrot stick in half while trying to boat swing a 6 pounder with 10 pounds of grass.

When you are fishing in a tournament on the delta and you set the hook on a biggun and that's when your daiwa procaster decides to jam up along with the reel seat coming undone from the rod blank on your Kmart purchased bassmaster rod.Needless to say I was so pist, I through the whole setup out into the middle of the chanel. To add insult to injury, my buddy was casting out where I threw it and was trying to snag it. I calmly told him do not bring that f@#%in pole back in the boat. Leave it.

when... you accidently leave the garage door open all night with all your tackles and rods in plain view only to wake up tomorrow and find out the only thing someone took was they wifey's begonias she was gonna plant tomorrow... whheewww!!! i got an earful, but took it like a champ..

thukidad wrote:when... you accidently leave the garage door open all night with all your tackles and rods in plain view only to wake up tomorrow and find out the only thing someone took was they wifey's begonias she was gonna plant tomorrow... whheewww!!! i got an earful, but took it like a champ..

Great one thukidad! I think robbers at my home would leave me a couple of reels out of sympathy. Even Dan Isaac at Reel-Ex sent some of my curados back a couple years ago because the replacement parts weren't available any longer.

that would be Its all broke wont work anymore,

Kap

You know it's time to upgrade your tackle when your thumb is the drag or if you struggle to keep a buzzbait on the surface due to your reel's 1:1 direct drive gear ratio.

You know it's time to upgrade your tackle your dad asks you to return the antenna to his '65 Impala (remember steel antenna rods?)

You know it's time to upgrade your tackle when the line on your knuckle buster is made of black Dacron.

It's a trick question. It's always time to upgrade!

You know it is time to upgrade your tackle when you are getting ready for a tournament and you have to borrow your wifes rods and reels because it would be too embarrassing to be seen with yours.

When there's nothing left in the Wal-Mart fishing department that you already haven't bought at least once.

...whenever you're at any tackle shop

You know it's time to upgrade your tackle when...

When you reach for your cane pole to flip in the early morning, but instead you grab your zebco 202 upon your first flip with it the rod guides all come out rod breaks in 4 pieces reel explodes into a your hand and falls in the water and you stay with the motion and keep flipping and pitching like you still have a rod and reel in your hand and only on your 3rd cast to you notice what happen 3 cast ago................lol and sad thing it was all caught on cam to be broadcast on Westernbass.com for years to come...

When you get a tax return

You know it's time to upgrade your tackle when...

Everything you see while walking through the fishing dept. at Wal-Mart looks to be an improvement!

SA

When your dog chews up your BD Shell Cracker and A.C. Minnow and some how doesnt get him self hooked. Then when your reel seat is broke and you hold your reel on with 2 S.S. clamps.

When Cooch says, "Hey I used to use that setup when I was a kid."

ScottyJ wrote:When Cooch says, "Hey I used to use that setup when I was a kid."

Contest over we have a winner

PS Cooch STILL uses the tackle he had when he was a kid - sticks and stones

The contest continues...keep 'em coming!

Note to Dan Isaac: This thread is a great source of leads, eh?

When you run out of excuses for why you can't catch fish.

When the wife says maybe you should buy some new tackle.

True story. The cat was trying to play with one of my lures so I went to hit it with one of my most expensive rod and reel set ups. He was faster than me and I missed him. With my follow through I caught the corner of a cabinet and broke 6" off the tip of the rod. I was so mad I went to hit the rod on the corner of my work bench, to finish the job. I hit the bench so hard, nothing happened to rod, that the reel seat exploded off the reel. My wife, who saw the whole thing, suggested anger management classes, I said, "No it's time for some better gear"!

When your co-angler draws "recommend" these new fangled on-line tackle stores to ya and remind you that they deliver it to your house! Who knew?

biteme wrote:When the wife says maybe you should buy some new tackle.

Oh lordie, we all need ta upgrade ta one of those! HAR!

Your two best topwater baits are a Hulapopper and a Jitterbug

ACRon wrote:It's a trick question. It's always time to upgrade!

+1

your efforts to not have to fail...

Having coated my two year old 6" bass pattern Punker for the third time with epoxy recently (they get dinged off rocks and start taking water) it quit working properly right due to excess heaviness. It still worked but was a beeecth to toss all day. I was complaining to the wife about it, when she finally said 'why don't you just buy a new one!"? Bingo. True story. (I lost my back up one, a trout pattern, to a lunker on Falcon last fall).

Sooo, I saw and bid on one over on eBay a few days ago, and won. BUT yesterday I rec'd it, he'd sent me a new one two inches longer than he advertised for, and worth $10 more! ($23, listed under 'pLunker').

Here is the eBay page:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... K:MEWNX:IT

Can't wait to toss this one around over on DVL, and back up at the Delta on my next trip up.

when your pulling out 3 old Abu Ambassadeurs from an old drawer for parts to repair the ones on your sun faded pistol grip uglysticks. Then when you get to fishing your scrambling around the boat for 2 stroke oil to quiet the grinding sounds spewing from the reels as your crankin that bomber. The hatch to get into the battery compartmet to snag some 2 stroke oil won't open. In a hurry you settle for the globs of smelly jelly that your partner smeared on the back seat swivel eze to quiet the squeek everytime he turned in the seat last trip out. You get the Jelly applied just before the currents take your boat up on the rocks. Good thing the troll motor battieres are charged cause you know that outboard will take 5 minutes to get cranked up. Reel still makes terrible sounds.

True story right there. (truth stretched a bit)

When the guys at Tackle Tour and Ms. Casey says it's time!

Duh!!!

You know its time to upgrade your tackle when......

One of the elite series clowns wins a tourney on some sh*t you've never even heard of!!

your right Cawdaug. When I can't fix em' it's time to upgrade! That seldom happens unless you have antiques! Circa 75'.


Dan

when the only fish in your livewell a 13" squeeker cough's up a hook sharpener in your livewell instead of crawdads

all your rods were originally 3-6" longer before you accidentally broke the tips off and purchased new rod tips to fit the "new" larger size tip O.D.

Stratos278 wrote:Your two best topwater baits are a Hulapopper and a Jitterbug

Whats wrong with Hullpopper and a Jitterbug,love those baits, sometimes can still find them at the local drug store

When the only photos the insurance company has of your current tackle are black and white.

When you see an add for lunker punkers, and you think it's a concert.

its time to upgrade your tackle when you realize the snoopy and barbie sticker have half peeled off your rigs. and the hooks are rusted to the bottom of your plastic boxes. Scott

You know you need new tackle when...you set the hook on
a fish and your reel goes flyin off the reel seat and into the water and you find yourself hand reelin in a fish over 7 lbs with your hands!

When the younger guys see your rods/reels and say,

"That **** is old school!"

it's tome to upgrade your tackle when you finally break your ugly stick by breaking the tip off leaving it hang out of your trunk and shut
ing the lid on it

You know it's time to upgrade your tackle when...
You have the money to do so.

when the "B" wears off your Bass Pro rod...

You know it's time to upgrade your tackle when...

You cash a check at a Derby, and the wife does not know that you have the CASH!

You know it's time to upgrade when:

You see the "what it's worth" section of the Bassmaster magazine and it's the same tackle that you currently have on/in your boat...

It's been used by clients for the last two years for guide fishing! Can you say worn out.

You know it's time to upgrade your tackle when you have to separate your plastics with a scissor.

BTW Whats a Punker? I guess I do need to upgrade my tackle.

Its time to upgrade when:

You think Curado CU 200s, Castaic Ca 200s, Camron rods and AC PLUGs are still top of the line in bassin equipment

BAWAHAHAHAHA!!!!