The Bait Monkey..myth.. 2025
Crookedneck reply :
I don't think there is such a thing as a Bait Monkey.
Winter is getting a little old...
I'm not even close to getting every thing on my list.
Just from the last couple weeks. Not pictured is the 4 LC Pointers....3 more rod builds (fiberglass cranking rod, drop shot rod, and another MH/F) ...3 more reels, and the two Plano boxes of hair jigs. LOL!
I think I am set on cranks...220 finesse drop shot weights from 1/4 oz to 1/2 oz should last me a while.
I paid for the wife to get her hair done today...so that makes it easier.
Darren. reply :
Maybe you only have a bait ferret. I definitely have a bait monkey. 
deaknh03 reply :
If you saw the stuff I bought this winter you would call me Fay Wray.
slonezp reply :
Bait slacker more like it.
BradGuenette reply :
Oh boy! I'm in the same boat, spring is coming and I'm no where near all stocked up with what I "need" haha on the bright side I just scored a new job at one of Canada's biggest outdoor/fishing stores, problem with that is I can already see my paycheck wasting away on gear! Good thing it's a second job 
Jig Meister reply :
trebles and towels are a frustrating mixture
rippin-lips reply :
I just think you are more in control of your bait monkey then some of us are. Over the past 3wks I've spent $1,200 on fishing supplies.
aavery2 reply :
On 2/5/2013 at 10:40 AM, Crookedneck said:I don't think there is such a thing as a Bait Monkey.
Oh yea, so who is this guy?
slonezp reply :
On 2/5/2013 at 11:30 AM, aavery2 said:Oh yea, so who is this guy?
ICP Monkey
aavery2 reply :
On 2/5/2013 at 11:33 AM, slonezp said:ICP Monkey
He does kinda have that F.T.W. look to him.
kickerfish1 reply :
Looks more like a reject from the Wizard of Oz...
Sam reply :
On 2/5/2013 at 10:40 AM, Crookedneck said:I don't think there is such a thing as a Bait Monkey.
Winter is getting a little old...
I'm not even close to getting every thing on my list.
Just from the last couple weeks. Not pictured is the 4 LC Pointers....3 more rod builds (fiberglass cranking rod, drop shot rod, and another MH/F) ...3 more reels, and the two Plano boxes of hair jigs. LOL!
I think I am set on cranks...220 finesse drop shot weights from 1/4 oz to 1/2 oz should last me a while.
I paid for the wife to get her hair done today...so that makes it easier.
Don't tell me this is all the tackle you have?
Where are your other rods and reels? All your other baits? Where are your 100 pounds of plastics?
The Bait Monkey is real. It lives among us and comes out when there are fishing tackle sales, you are looking at the fishing catalogs or you are walking around a tackle/sporting goods store.
He is watching you. You don't know it, but the Bait Monkey is watching you and your every move.
It is bad luck to get the Bait Monkey angry at you. If you walk out of a store without any fishing equipment the Bait Monkey needs another sacrafice from someone else to satisfy his taste for blood and cash register receipts.
Don't play around with the Bait Monkey.
Take him seriously. Very seriously.
Just remember, he is watching us all and making notes. When the time is right he will jump out and bite us on our fannies to make us buy more tackle. His teeth are sharp. You will only feel his pain in your wallet.
Now go out and satisfy the Bait Monkey or we all will have to pay for your deliquencies.
*Hootie reply :
On 2/5/2013 at 10:40 AM, Crookedneck said:I don't think there is such a thing as a Bait Monkey.
I hate to dispute you, but yes, there is a bait monkey. You see, I work part time at BPS, and I can assure you, I have seen the bait monkey leading guys around by the hand. Heck, I even seen him leading one guy around by the ears. They usually have lists 2 pages long in their hot little hands. Kinda like the wife's grocery list. And believe me, that darned monkey wont let them out of the store until that list is filled.
They will start with a basket, and usually end up with a cart, They, and the monkey will sometimes get irate, if we don't have something on that list. I gotta tell ya, it is truly a sight to behold, watching the bait monkey do his thing.....love it!!
You must believe in the bait monkey, if you ever expect to grow in this wonderful sport of Bass Fihing.
Hootie
LgMouthGambler reply :
I wish I had a monkey. Anybody want to trade for my Silverback Gorilla?
je1946 reply :
Surprised no one has come up with the quote "My wife says if I buy one more fishing rod she's going to leave me, I'm sure gonna miss her) 
So far only about $650 on new rods and baits, not done yet though.
5fishlimit reply :
Newsflash: The bait monkey is alive a well!
Jmrichardson2011 reply :
I have managed to avoid the dreaded monkey for the most part this winter - I keep feeling his eyes on me though. Finally gave in and bought the only fishing tackle I have purchased since last October at the sports show in Schaumberg, IL last week. Got a couple of custom in-line spinners mostly for northern pike but will make good bass baits too.
I would love some of those Strikeback spinnerbaits I have seen on here though....
Oh crap! That's him! Get the monkey away now!
plumworm reply :
Living 30 mi. south of you, It looks like you have been going through the dump bins at Gander in Green Bay with all the Havoc plastics.
Maico1 reply :
You mean to tell after all these years of paying "Bait Monkey Support"he is not real.............
Maico1 reply :
On 2/5/2013 at 11:30 AM, aavery2 said:Oh yea, so who is this guy?
Either way I think you have the coolest BM I have ever seen.......Now one question , did you dress him or did he dress himself.
LuckyHandsINC. reply :
The bait monkey is most certainly not a myth. If I'm home on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon with nothing to do there is a good chance I go to dicks or gander mountain just to buy some stuff I KNOW I don't need.
When it comes to rods and reels I know my next four to five purchases before I even have money for the first one.
B@ssCrzy reply :
I don't doubt the existence of the bait monkey. The only question I have about the bait monkey is.....Is the bait monkey responsible for me buying a trolling motor this winter?? or is that the boat baboon??
aavery2 reply :
On 2/6/2013 at 7:38 AM, Maico1 said:Either way I think you have the coolest BM I have ever seen.......Now one question , did you dress him or did he dress himself.
Can't take credit for his atire, I found him this way.
flippin and pitchin reply :
Looks like a member of the Clown Posse to me.
Jake P reply :
He is very alive. He takes over my soul whenever I am browsing TW online or I enter any store that sells tackle.
He only allows me to buy in 4's. He tells me that I have to do this because if I get on a hot pattern and get snagged up or lose 3 in a row, I will still have 1 left. Even though I have 3 of the previous 4 same lures I bought last week. Same with soft plastics and terminal as well. 4 packs of 4/0 EWG hooks. 4 1/2 packs of tungstens. 4 bags of Rage Recon worms. He is a sick monkey.
I went to walmart with a 5 item grocery list and spent 113$. KVD 1.5'S & 2.5'S in Gizzard Shad and Chart/ Blk back were on sale for 3.96$ a piece. I bought 4 of each color in 1.5 and 4 of each in 2.5. Then saw the RES were marked down to 4.76$ so i had to buy 8 as well. Then the monkey told my wife milk and air filters sky rocketed to 44.99$ a piece.
SudburyBasser reply :
If he isn't real someone will have to explain why I drove in the middle of a severe winter storm warning last Wednesday to buy a new rod that won't be used until June and a reel I didn't need. Then on Saturday drove back to buy another new rod for that reel.
Then on Sunday drove back to buy some PPro for that reel. And some plastic. And a lipless crank.
He's no myth.
rippin-lips reply :
He's real I swear! d**n monkey just made me order $190 worth of strike king cranks. You can't take it with you so might as well make yourself happy while you can.
bassinKS reply :
he hit me this past weekend when i was home from college walked into bass pro for one thing walked out with $100 worth of cranks plastics and other random stuff i didnt need and to top it all off i have no where to store my fishing stuff in my dorm so i cant even bring it back to college with me i also have my eye on about 20 jigs from siebert outdoors and i need more jig heads to tie some jigs......the itch is getting bad and the monkey has my debit card.
TheKingFisher reply :
Yeah, that all seems about right. No signs of the bait monkey here. 
On 2/5/2013 at 10:40 AM, Crookedneck said:I don't think there is such a thing as a Bait Monkey. Winter is getting a little old... I'm not even close to getting every thing on my list. Just from the last couple weeks. Not pictured is the 4 LC Pointers....3 more rod builds (fiberglass cranking rod, drop shot rod, and another MH/F) ...3 more reels, and the two Plano boxes of hair jigs. LOL! I think I am set on cranks...220 finesse drop shot weights from 1/4 oz to 1/2 oz should last me a while. I paid for the wife to get her hair done today...so that makes it easier.
A-Jay reply :
He's tried to move in with me a couple of times ~
A-Jay
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