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| I have yet to buy a bait....hmmmmm I better get busy, only three hours left.
I did buy two hot dogs and a few cokes.[:p] |
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| Bought me a muskiefirst sweatshirt. Made JAson hunt through the piles to find me a double x. New clothing line is sweeeeeeet. |
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| I did it again.
2 custom colored dawgs (one I call the fag dawg.lol)
2 ss shads
punisher glider
2 Triple D'd (where's my ripnglide[:(] )
ace flipper
2 ace minnows
small wyde glide
2 lindy bigm's
10" manta
2 custom phantoms
2 widowmaker t-bones
widowmaker deadhead
2 widowmaker shad jerkbaits
several grubs to make spinners.
At the swap I bought a mann's -30 and a Gman 10" minnowbait.
No slammer crankbaits this time but I will have no self control when the customs come out in milwaukee.[:p] |
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| I bought the following...
3 Triple D's
2 doughnuts
1 Pepsi
Spent most of my time in the seminar room listening to Sunday's All-Star lineup of Burns, Lindner, Pearson. The seminars are much easier on the ol' pocket book :) Also enjoyed the lure demo in the swimming pool.
"Jackpot" John Schroeder
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| 2 Triple D's
1 Undertaker
8 Ghost Tails
Drinks at Dooley's. I don't know how many![:knockout:] |
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| 1 All Star Jerkbait Rod
4 6" Phantoms
3 Slidin Shads
2 Triple D's
1 Surface Slider
1 Baby Depth Raider
2 Muskiefirst Hats
Misc Terminal Tackle
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| Congratulations ToddM, I think that this was the first show
which I can remember that you didn't buy one Slammer!
I will ambush you in Milwaukee with all those new custom colors! Get a second job while you can for some extra cash in antisipation of the show![:bigsmile:] [:devil:] [:bigsmile:] |
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| There was lots of good stuff at the show.
I bought 6 new rods:
2 -- All Star 8'6" Extra Heavy
1 -- G Loomis 7'10" Extra Heavy
1 -- Lamiglas "Paul Hartman" 8' Extra Heavy
1 -- G Loomis 7' Medium Bucktail
1 -- St. Croix Premier 8' Med-Heavy
I got good deals on all of them (3 of which I bought at the Swap Meet). Like every year, the guys at Thorne Bros. were cutting some good deals if you talked to their people on the floor.
Lures:
3 -- Beaver Tail Spinnerbaits
1 -- Beaver Tail Magnum -- Wahl copy
4 -- Phantoms
2 -- Mag. Bulldawgs
3 -- Super Mag. Bulldawgs
1 -- Rad Dog Spinnerbait
4 -- CJ Spinnerbaits
1 -- Beavertail Buzz Bait
1 -- 6" Reefhawg
2 -- Guides Pro Choice Custom Suicks
1 -- Guides Pro Choice Custom 10" Believer
2 -- Shallow Invaiders
1 -- Esox Angler Lakewood Monster Box
3 -- Thorne Bros. Titanium 48" Trolling Leader
I think that's it.
I don't like to see people bitching about show prices.....how "in the good ol' days, we used to get stuff for dirt cheap, now everything is so high priced"....today's tackle is 100 times better built than 30 years ago. So it's gonna be more expensive. But anyone who bought something at the show and paid full price either didn't think to try to deal with them, or didn't think it was worth their effort. Believe me, all you had to do was ask for a discount, and they'd give it to you. Sure, I was turned down once....when I asked for a 40% discount on a bunch of lures, but the owner came over and gave me %25. It was worth asking. Saved me $35.
I saved lots of money by purchasing things I needed at the show. All vendors were there. Nothing ever goes on sale at Guides Pro Choice, Rollie and Helen's, or Reed's. But everything at the show could have been purchased at a considerable discount from typical catalog prices.
I had a great time. It was nice seeing everyone again. |
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| I bought 2 DDD Cranks, 2 GLOOMIS from ToddM at the swap, and a Gman crank. The swap was a great success!
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| I made it out pretty clean. Picked up a Pearson Grinder, another Big Game Tackle twitch, and a new Smokey's hat.
Bought a nearly new 6" Bobbie at the swap meet.
Todd, you are the man! |
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| I learned that it IS possible to drive from Palatine to LaCrosse, WI in 3.5 hours. |
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| Zach, did you take the wings back off when you got home?
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| i must be a dud. i only bought 2 slammer
deep divers and a widowmaker deadhead
for lures, and a hot dog, a pretzel,
and two sodas. oh well, that was only
the first show. enjoyed it as always.
Dick Pearson's talk was terrific.
Mark |
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| OMG Jason what didnt I buy, too much to say, but met alot of you guys (didnt get to meet ya, wish I did), at customs they believed I bought under $200 so it was all worth my while. BTW at the trade show PHantoms were $10 a piece brand new
Musk. |
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| Let's see, I'm kind of afraid to take an inventory, I promised I wasn't going to buy much.
1-5.5" Jerko (kicking myself for not buying more)
1-Jerko
2- Triple D's
2- Slowy Slippery Sam's
1-Holoform Grandma
2-Custom Phantoms
1-7'6" St Croix Premier (thanks Treats)
and I came home with five more baits than I left with from the bait swap. |
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| Oh, man. How could I forget?
1 new MuskieFirst hat![:bigsmile:] |
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| Absolutly sweet f*c* all. [:((] |
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| I went to the Show with over six hundred in my pocket and came back with a little over one. The only thing I didn't
get was a Wishmaster. [:(] [:(] |
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| At the show:
2-Undertakers
1-Depthraider (minus the rattles)
Swap:
2-Phantoms
Had a great time at the swap and got rid of some stuff too!!!![:bigsmile:] |
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| I bought a few lures 2 Triple D's, 2 grandma's, a cobb countdown and a small manta. |
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| About 47 million pieces of misc.jerky and/or meat sticks! Amazing what a guy can survive on for 3 days!
MDH |
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| 2-Pacemakers
1-Triple D
1-10"Manta
1-Calcutta 400TE
Had a great time at the show and meeting everyone at the Bait Swap.
Can't wait till open water............ |
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| I bought:
2- MuskieFIRST hats
4- Big Game Crankbaits
3- Hooker G&M Shads
3- Tuff Shads
-Phil |
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| I got myself
1 CJ spinnerbait in Neopolitan color combination
1 Boogerman Buzzbait in classic Black and Orange
1 Phantom in Silver Glitter Crappie
1 Esox Angler Shirt
At the swap I got 2 Phantoms
1 Phantom in Glitter Tiger(dark green glitter back, lime green sides and white glitter belly..it was way cool)
1 Phantom in Irridescent Perch....Thanks Todd for the great baits and I would have made a pig of myself and bought more. But wanted to make sure that everyone had a chance to get some also.
catch ya later,
Krappie |
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| Sorry if you get tired from reading this, but here is my list:
1 8" tuff shad
2 triple d's
1 grinder
1 ace super scud
1 t-bone
1 deadhead
1 boogerman buzzbait
2 bass pro crankbaits
1 muskiefirst hooded sweatshirt
2 big roadrunner style jigheads
Misc. not so soft plastic things (doube tails and shads)
1 squirrley jake
1 squirrley ernie
1 magic maker
castaic swim bait
Frabill Kwik Cradle and muskiefirst hat (thanks to muskiefirst and their contests)
I know I bought 16 lures and there are only 14 listed there. Its pretty pathetic when you buy so much you forget what all you got. |
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| I was got one of the 24 HR Panfish Exciters shipped to Pastikas on Saturday morning. Can't wait to camp on my favorite spot with it. |
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| I bought a few things too:
6" Phantom
Shallow Invader (cool custom color)
Jerko
Pete Maina's new book
I'm sure all will be put to good use in 2003.
jlong |
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| Well, I bought a Black Bird Super Top Raider, 5 sticks of aligator, 5 sticks of I believe caribou, and $5 of both caribou jerky and beef jerky. I also booked a trip to Lake of the Woods up at Bill Sandy's place for July 26-August 2 and one day on the water with Bill. [:bigsmile:] (God, let July 25th come so I can head on up!!)
Let 2003 be the year of my 50"er!!
Chuck Nelson
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| slammer
bulldawg
triple d
8' All star
Ghosttail
Undertaker
as well as a few Guiness at the swap |
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| I managed to grab 2 Triple Ds, one was Purple Daze and the other was Retro Green (both Durst colors).
Other than that and some lunch all I got was a Fishing Hall of Fame Plaque. It's great to be recognized by my peers. Now, does anyone know a good trophy shop where I can have my name corrected, because it says "Joe Bucher" on it...
Later,
Papa Joe |
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