It’s an Addiction

I am fortunate enough to have access to the Rapala VIP program. It’s probably caused me to spend a few thousand dollars more in lures than I’ve needed.

I have a terrible crank bait addiction. It’s a sickness.

What’s yours?

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Jigging raps, it just started last year

For me it used to be plastics, my god I had a large collection of jigs and worms I am talking about an insane amount of plastics.
Then it was Blue Fox Vibrax spinners.
Then it lipless cranks.

Now, well im not sure time will tell.

I get it. I have about a dozen Plano boxes of cranks. 1 box for #5 flicker shads, 1 box for #6, etc.

This covers Storm, Rapalas, Berkeley smash shads. I’ll never use all of them in my lifetime but I’ll be damned if I don’t have the color and size I want when I need it.

Just understand that with the addiction comes storage issues and with storage issues comes bigger & bigger boats.

My addiction other then boats is probably spoons. I have a few.

More tackle=more storage=bigger boat=bigger truck=bigger garage=bigger house.

And this doesn’t even start to cover my cooler obsession.

Lately it’s been swim bait ,spanked the fish all year, they swallow the hell out of them,its really amazing

Tying flies. I have flies that will never get wet. I guess it’s my creative outlet, and it’s something I can do during the long cold off season.

S.R.

Mine is plastics and jig heads run a close second. Ringworms, paddle tails, split tails, and a whole lot more. I am so addicted to the walleye tick when they hit the plastic.

I’m with you, Matt! I hate the idea of not having the one I want when I want it. Plus, when I can’t fish, I love sitting in my boat in the garage … organizing the cranks with a beer next to me.

john23 wrote:

I’m with you, Matt! I hate the idea of not having the one I want when I want it. Plus, when I can’t fish, I love sitting in my boat in the garage … organizing the cranks with a beer next to me.

I just got done doing that. My wife doesn’t understand why I’m constantly organizing my tackle. When I told her it’s cathartic, she rolled her eyes. Of course, she never says a word when packages arrive so I got that going for me.

john23 wrote:

Plus, when I can’t fish, I love sitting in my boat in the garage … organizing the cranks with a beer next to me.

It’s amazing the number of things I can come up with throughout the winter on what in my boat needs a fixing just so I can do that… sit and tinker with random crap. Get some country tunes going and I wont be seen for the rest of the afternoon!

john23 wrote:

I hate the idea of not having one when I want it…a beer next to me.

Right on…

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I remember when I was given a VIP account. I thought to myself “I’m going to save sooo much money!” Then one $400 order later I realized the discount made me buy 20x what I would have . On the other hand it’s nice having every style and color crankbait I’ll ever need.

I made these today.

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Big gap, for meat or plastic ?

This is the only addiction I know of that people look for affirmation from others.
I am a minimalist so I don’t understand. This comes up maybe twice a year.
Don’t get me wrong, I could careless about ones purchases or addictions.

I don’t have an addiction…I don’t have an addiction…I don’t have an addiction…

I just have lots of love to go around…LOL.

1hl&sinker wrote:

This is the only addiction I know of that people look for affirmation from others.
I am a minimalist so I don’t understand. This comes up maybe twice a year.
Don’t get me wrong, I could careless about ones purchases or addictions.

Don’t care about anyone’s affirmations. Just thought it was any fun topic to bring up.

Definitely plastics….whether bass, crappie or walleye doesn’t matter. I see a color I think I’m running out of and buy three more bags. Then get home and realize I still have 5 bags of that same color…..

slipperybob, If you ever need someone to clean and tune up that CH50MG let me know. Sweet little reels.

Crankbaits….Hot Wheels for “grownups”

belletaine wrote:

Crankbaits….Hot Wheels for “grownups”

Every time the kid and I are any where I buy a crank bait and he picks a hotwheel

Well apparently after doing some cleaning in the garage I must have an addiction to Plano 3600 boxes/trays…

Bearcat89 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>belletaine wrote:</div>
Crankbaits….Hot Wheels for “grownups”

Every time the kid and I are any where I buy a crank bait and he picks a hotwheel

That is awesome!

Hey Matt? I’m curious about your cooler addiction… Are you a YETI guy, or?