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. :D:D

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.

[Fishtofino]

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. :p

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. :cool:

[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.

[eriks]

Thx For the advice on the trap pulled Tincan. I searched the forums for trap pullers, and everyone seems to have a different opinion on which ones work or not. Seems like the guys who build their own ones love them! I'll keep searching for info on what seems to be the best one to buy over the counter. Let me know how your repaired one works out, guess I'll be hand hauling for a while yet!

[JDR]

bought another inflatable life vest at the van boat show great price, 2 on boat and to reg ones,dont need no more gear too much already

[winephart]

Ive been a good boy up until 2 weeks ago. Then I found a 10ft, 6wt, 4 piece TFO that I had to have and a 7wt, 4 piece Echo Switch rod that started to call my name. Needless to say there are some other goodies that work with these two rods that I will no doubt have to have.

[albernifisher]

So far a new deep cycle 8D battery,blue sea acr,lowrance structure scan,2 stainless clamp on rod holders and a new prop

[burnsy22]

I got my first boat in October to fish my a$$ off...and since then my wife seems to be giving me the permanent stink eye whenever I walk through the door with something new...which is every second day....I started from scratch with my gear...
So...
2 10'6 HMX
1 10'6 Talora
2 4000GT
1 TDR levelwind
2 more cheaper shakespeare levelwinds
2 Okuma Hali Rods.
4 tomic plugs...
40 or so coyote/tomic/zurtro/silverhorde spoons
15-20 or so packs of hoochies
crap load of siwash hooks
2 tackle boxes
peets spear
scotty gaff
and many other things i can't remember...

Did i already say my wife is pissed.....i think i should mention it again =)

[dwflyrod]

jdr i was out fishing i.the only thing he came up with was about then barrard inlet and the police pulled up and checked me out inflatable life vest must be worn at all time s. versus the non inflatables.so heads up on that one gents

[burnsy22]

Make that 5...stopped by PNT in parksville....and he manage to talk me into one....I am going to be fishing almost primarily around the central inside coast and plugs don't seem to be used all that much. If you know of any that work well as far as plugs go for the inside let me know, just let me know when to use em....I have the 602 6" classic, a 232 6" tubby, a custom 5" red with plaid reflective interior. Any other suggestions would be great.

[Hit em Hard]

Make that 5...stopped by PNT in parksville....and he manage to talk me into one....I am going to be fishing almost primarily around the central inside coast and plugs don't seem to be used all that much. If you know of any that work well as far as plugs go for the inside let me know, just let me know when to use em....I have the 602 6" classic, a 232 6" tubby, a custom 5" red with plaid reflective interior. Any other suggestions would be great.


Hi Burnsy
My long time favorites for ECVI - 156, 156PS, 500RE. Hope this helps.
H.E.H.

[KCW]

Spey rod and reel,just forgot to get a helmet. Big flys hurt

[burnsy22]

In what lengths ?...And sorry for being a noob but the PS and RE mean?

[rsj1]

pink sides and red eye splash . All this is explained on the Tomic site - plugs - all colors

[kermit]

Other than a new 20' thunderjet falcon c/w 150 and 9.9 Yamahas, things have been pretty slow around here. Oh yeah, I also bought a uv green pharr better flasher. Ha Ha, I win!

[Merrittboy]

New to me 24' Trophy WA (1995) Came with 2 elec. riggers, 2 gps systems, 2 radios, assorted crab annd prawn traps and puller, bumpers,(07) 9.9 Merc. kicker, with remote lift. Can't wait to get out in it this season. Soon, should be fun.
Anyone want to buy 19' Maxum cuddy with 3L merc. will make a good deal. lol.
Also getting a new grandchild. That will be the best.

[kermit]

Actually, you win! Pretty hard to beat grandchildren. I have a couple, and would agree, they are even more special than boats. I hope that by the time they are old enough, there is still some salmon for them to catch! Congrats and enjoy both.

[tincan]

2 new MR3's were my big purchase for the year. Great retrieve but I hate how they slowly 'slip' while in the rodholders unlike their MR2 brothers. I've noticed it on all MR3's I've seen and it seems like you really have to crank the drag tight for it not to do so. Also got 2 Shimano TLD20 reels and some stumpy hali rods as I'll be exploring the southern gulf islands (mostly in the straight of georgia) for hali's. Fished around these parts for 30 years but I've heard rumours that recently there may be some around. Should be fun to explore/kill time.

[finaddict]

Big focus on safety this year, New Icom 422 VHF (other VHF is a p.o.s), 2 immersion suits, ACR EPIRB and a 6 person Viking Lift raft.

Ka-Ching

[salmonkiller01]

new to me grady white seafarer and in 2 weeks I am getting a pair of the new scotty high performance downriggers

[Yak]

8 weight sage fly rod with a ross CLA reel. Havent caught a fish with it yet, but it sure looks pretty and casts like a dream.

Thinking about setting up to run a third and possibly a 4th rod this year, so probably gonna buy another shimano convergence rod and outfit it with another M1 moocher.

The big purchase may come in the fall. My fishing partner wants a bigger boat, were looking at picking up a 22 foot c dory.

Good luck this year guys!

Yak

[Northof49]

This will be our fourth season with our boat.

Spent lots o' cash the last couple of years outfitting it so was glad to not have to put out too much this year.

Did put braid on our riggers, hope that works out good.

Biggest expense was our new place, second driveway for the boat and truck, excellent!

[Mighty Sylvan]

Big focus on safety this year, New Icom 422 VHF (other VHF is a p.o.s), 2 immersion suits, ACR EPIRB and a 6 person Viking Lift raft.

Ka-Ching

Very cool stuff. Epirb and life raft will come for me soon. I plan on getting out to the Albacore one day but I want to be over prepared. "prepare for the worst but expect the best".

[finaddict]

Very cool stuff. Epirb and life raft will come for me soon. I plan on getting out to the Albacore one day but I want to be over prepared. "prepare for the worst but expect the best".Yeah I am pretty happy to have it on board. I thought about what would happen if I was 25-30 miles offshore and all alone, and I ran into serious trouble. My conclusion was I would probably die and I've decided that I plan on doing that in 40 years or so. All in it was just shy of 3 g's. Its 3 grand I hope I never use.

[salmonkiller01]

well picked up my new scotty downriggers today at the marine products show in campbell, pretty good deal 20% off. I like the look of the new style but not sure how proven the digital counter is, now to mount !!

[trophywife]

icom radar:cool:, and new high pressure fuel pump:mad:

[Bassblaster]

well picked up my new scotty downriggers today at the marine products show in campbell, pretty good deal 20% off. I like the look of the new style but not sure how proven the digital counter is, now to mount !!

SK01,

was there a Marine show in Campbell river today? I never hear or saw any advertising about it. Is it a one day affair or a weekend thing?

[salmonkiller01]

Ocean Pacifac has an annual sale with factory reps here, advertised in all the papers for the last few weeks. Not sure if it is a one day sale or not.

[Rip Tide]

i am getting a new shimano 4000 with a new fenwick mooching rod. it will replace the one i lost out of the rod holder when i hooked bottom at the trap shack and ripped the downrigger off the mount.grabed it just in time but the rod fell in. I loved that rod and reel

[theJohnD]

New Shimano jigging rods and reels and new device to release bottom fish at depth, if it works will post info.

[Dirty Oar]

Blew a bit of dough this year so far! Got a 23 hourston, a lowrance hds 10, a shimano 8 ft Technium Hali rod, Penn torque 300 international reel, some striker rod holders and the new stainless Scotty rocket launchers for the riggers, and have a hardy Zane 2 fly reel on order going to pack it with mono and mount on mooching rod.

[Labman2]

Added a few things last month. 30' Scotsman, 300' of 1/2 rope, 4 S.S. Quick Releases, 100 size 5 knurled swivels, HDS 8, Lowrance Broadband Radar, Lowrance StructureScan, Standard Horizon Matrix AIS Radio, 8' Shakespere Antena, 6 TKO Blk/Wht 3 1/2" spoons, 35 Big Shooter Flashers, 200 mixed Hootchie/needle fish, TeleFlex Seastar,TeleStar 2nd Helm, 16' # 10 x 2 wire (tinned),6 circuit breaker box,Perko 24" All around light, High Back Capt. chair, Low back Pilots chair,Mounts and slider/swivels for seats, 2 Igloo 165 qt. coolers, + a couple of Charter trips!
S.V.O.P., MBFA, Med A3..........about an $9500.00 month!