What new stuff have you bought this year?

[Sculpin]

I thought it would be good to take our minds off the polictical stuff and freshen the air with tackle talk.

I broke a couple of Convergence rods last year and had enough with them so I picked up a couple of Technium's with the new 4000 GT reels (improved models). I went with one 15-30 lb. and one 15-25 lb. on the rods to try them both out. I sitll have two Convergence for now as well for double stacking etc. when needed. I usually only run two rod's but Sockeye is a different story.

I've been looking into some tuna tackle as well for that fishery. Probably will look South for that stuff but who knows........

What have other folks picked up new this year?

 

[Labman2]

Since Jan. 11/11:
RODS;
2 x Fenwick HMXT 10'6 rods, 2 x Loomis GL2 1286-B.C. 10'6 rods, 2 Quantum 6'6" 6686 Hali. rod.

REELS;
2 x 6" Penn Senators, 1 x 10000i Abu Garcia reel.

LINE;
1320yds of Maxima "Ultra Green" 25lb., 1980yds of Maxima "Ultra Green" 30lb.
300yds of "Spiderwire Stealth" 50lb., 440yds of "SpiderLine MONO" 30lb.,1000yds of "Powerpro Spectra" 150lb. 600yds of "Powerpro Spectra" 65lb.
600yds of Trilene "Professional Grade" 20lb. Fluorocarbon, 400yds. Maxima 20lb. Fluorocarbon line.

RIGGING;
6 x Gibbs HSB-L 20"x8" Spreaders, 6 x Gibbs HSB-S 12"x6" Spreaders, 6 x Mustad HR300 15/0 300lb. Halibut rigs.
100 x Gamakatsu #75315,14,13,12- 5/0, 4/0, 3/0 2/0 RED "Octopus" Barbless, 50 x Gamakatsu #75014,13- 4/0, 3/0 2/0 S.S. "Octopus" Barbless,50 x Gamakatsu #02414,13-4/0,3/0, Black "Octopus", 25 x Gamakatsu #230415,14,13,12- 5/0,4/0,3/0,2/0, Black "Finesse Wide Gap", 50 x Gamakatsu #10015,14,13, S.S. "Siwash Open Eye".

ELECTRONICS;
Navionics "Platinum +" S.D. chip Van. Isle

That's all, until I get to the Island on Mar.19th. I will be looking for Radar, a UHF Radio/Ant. and of course a trip to Pacific Net/Twine for some more Skirts/Hoochies!

When Momma's away Dad and Mastercard will surely play!!!!!!!!

 

[Dogbreath]

I sold a bunch of stuff-time to lighten the load.

 

[Sculpin]

That's a quite the shopping spree Labman2!!!

I need to upgrade my halibut reels this year as well. I'm using the Penn GT's right but want to get into something a bit better.

I usually buy tackle every few weeks or so during the spring whenever I have some spare cash around.

 

[Mighty Sylvan]

I just picked up some crimpless downrigger hooks with fins for my Scotty's. I hope they help keep the spinning cannon balls still. I did just finish installing 9"X18" Bennett trim tabs. I hope to get out this weekend and try them.

 

[porcupine]

Bogdan 00 fly reel

http://www.pattwardlaw.com/bogdan/

 

[nedarb2]

two shimano 4000gt's
amp and 2 x jl 7.7 speakers
2 trophy hali rods
harpoon
tackle odds and ends, scotty clips, blah blah

 

[JAC]

Hey Guys

Here what I have bought

Nautical Creation Radar Arch with 6 rocket launchers
Furno Radar

2 Rapala 10' 6" classic mooching rods

3 North Coast Mooching reels

3 Rapala Hydros 45LC

2 Rapala Magnum Sturgeon rods

1200 Sufix performance 130lbs

3000 yrd Sufix 25lbs

500 bucks in plugs and gear!!!


I think I'm good for this spring anyways!!!

 

[Lipripper]

Hey Guys

Here what I have bought

Nautical Creation Radar Arch with 6 rocket launchers
Furno Radar

2 Rapala 10' 6" classic mooching rods

3 North Coast Mooching reels

3 Rapala Hydros 45LC

2 Rapala Magnum Sturgeon rods

1200 Sufix performance 130lbs

3000 yrd Sufix 25lbs

500 bucks in plugs and gear!!!


I think I'm good for this spring anyways!!!

And a big Rapala sticker for the sides of the boat? that list has sponsorship written all over it.

Well.....
Ummmm...
-12'6" hmx ring seat noodle to mate with the Islander. (Man you have to pick your battles with that shtick)
-Another 10'6" light convergence.... just cause I was at the shop
-I grabbed a couple 9'6" no namer rods to run on the DR (they looked good enough for the girls I go with and am uber impressed with the way they feel/work)
-Anchor set up that will hold me in 10kn tides in a hurricane
I don't wanna get into tackle..... boywonder sees me some what regularly

 

[lorneparker1]

New 16 foot aluminum flat bottom skiff for duck hunting and puts around the strait
30 horse yammi
2 islander reels,
400 in misc spoons hoochie, flashers, etc.
2 prawn traps,

 

[JAC]

looks like the sport fishing people are doing there part and helping keep the economy going!!!!!!!!!!

 

[eriks]

2 x MR3's (blue) was my Christmas present. I also got a spare prop, two prawn traps (Thx Tincan for the nice advice on your rig) and a 8' VHF antenna. I think I'm still going to get a trap puller - Ace Line I guess.

 

[Hit em Hard]

OK bought the last 6 months. 1 large spool of 80 lb. Tufline for backing, new gaff, 2x Penn gt330gt2 with 2 Ugly Sticks for halis, hali spear, 1 large spool of 30 lb. test Mustad mono. All from my favorite tackle shop Harbour Chandler - great deal on all thanks guys. A selection of: a couple of hun assorted sized Mustad open eye hooks, Coyote and Gold star spoons, flashers, bait heads, hootchies. Half a dozen new Tomic plugs to add to my large number of 6" and 7" repaints that turned out fantastic - thanks Tomic painter and crew (please pass along again Holmes tnx). Other stuff too numerous to remember. I am considering therapy for my hoarding fishing gear obsession however I am much to busy buying fishing stuff and getting the boat water ready for next month.

HEH

 

[Hit em Hard]

will do H.E.H....that will make her day im sure.....holmes*

Thanks Holmes - 41 7" and 36 6" in 2 shipments should jog her memory (at least i think those were the numbers)

H.E.H.

 

[Hit em Hard]

holy crap, lmao, ya im sure she will remember that, lol, nice one, and thanks btw....holmes*

As I mentioned I am considering therapy lol.

H.E.H.

 

[haggardscove]

Maybe we could get a group discount on therapy sessions. All of us on this forum could use a little help with our tackle collecting addiction.

 

[Aces]

I havn't bought much fishing gear but i'm going thru a bottle of Crown with every Canucks game

 

[Sculpin]

I havn't bought much fishing gear but i'm going thru a bottle of Crown with every Canucks game

Your probably pretty stocked up on the gear department eh Shawn. No more tuna tackle?

Keep that local liquor store going!!!

Cheers,
Sculpin

 

[Pippen]

I tend to do my "shopping" a bit closer to the season......I usually take advantage of the Berry's Fathers Day Sale to pick up a lot of gear. I am a bit fraudulent being in there as I am not a Dad nor shopping for my Dad......but I sneak in under the radar and spend more money than I should to compensate.

I am in the market for a new rod/reel....will either get another Trophy QR4.5 or may make a splash with a new MR3. Got a great deal on a Trophy/Fenwick set up last year at Berrys which served well last summer. I think it's time to retire my Shimano's into a backup/stacking role.

One "new toy" I am really looking forward to having with me on treks this year is the new Canon D60 DSLR I got for Xmas last year; no more Canon 'point and click'. Last year in Kyuquot my buddy was taking awesome picks with his DSLR and I got 'camera envy'....although my smaller Canon took great shots I am looking forward to capturing some of the trips with this new machine.

 

[tincan]

2 x MR3's (blue) was my Christmas present. I also got a spare prop, two prawn traps (Thx Tincan for the nice advice on your rig) and a 8' VHF antenna. I think I'm still going to get a trap puller - Ace Line I guess.

eriks, hope that prawn trap rig works for you too! I've got the Ace Line Hauler and it's not been my fave toy by any stretch. I used to run 3 traps with 2 buoys on 1 line and the Line Hauler really has a tough time with that set up (included in that was about 15lbs of lead as well). Even with my current 2 trap set up and 15lb of lead (which is the minimum I need to prevent traps from drifting) I find the Ace Line Hauler to struggle quite a bit and I really have to 'help' it out by pulling the line. I realize they aren't meant to be 'heavy duty' pullers but I've recently taken mine back and Nikka agreed to send it back to Ace to put on the new 40% better motor to see how that works. It's not supposed to be a more powerful motor from what I'm told but simply 40% faster so I'd imagine I still won't be totally please with how it works. I've looked at alternatives and may switch to something else if this new motor still doesn't suffice.