My wife Christine who just had some surgery (thanks for the prayers on this board btw) on her spine and cord wanted ... well, REALLY wanted to try and go for a drive and get out of the house today. I told her, well, I kind of needed to go out to see a guy who runs Limits Tackle to check out what he has. Weather sucked, but she really hasn't moved much from the comfy recliner we got her before the surgery and she gave me "the look" ... we all know that look. So out of a little bit of fear, I told her to get ready and we'd venture out. Tomorrow's my birthday and well, I just wanted to do something fishing related today. We had a blast on the drive though and just hanging out.

Limits Tackle is owned and run by a gentlemen named Steve (he's on this board as Gonzz). Dang nice dude and you could say he has an infectious passion on what he is doing with his business plus he's a dang good fisherman! We talked shop and we discussed a lot of information on what and why he does it with his jig heads, hook choices (I'm a believer now), and his plastics. He made me a great deal on some plastics to go along with my other brands of plastics made mostly in TX. Guys, his plastics feel like they could last 1000 fish. It's unreal. The colors, ability to do custom orders, it's insane how good these plastics and jig heads are. Cannot wait to do business again with him but I'll tell you this, I better lose a tackle box or just want more colors cause his baits feel like they'll last forever. Gonzz is the real deal guys. You can check him out on FB by doing a search for Limits Tackle.

After that drive, wife and I headed to Hurst ....

Went and talked to the Garmin guys and cannot wait until March to get the Force to pair it with all my other Garmin stuff on the boat. This trolling motor is brushless and SO quiet ... holy smokes ...

Went out to the Fun - n - Sun Boats - n - Tackle show and poked around a little bit. Not much crappie stuff out there but I did run into the guys from Bonehead. They had some baits (which I have a lot of but dang you can't have too many stump bugs), some rods, jig heads, etc. Turned around and there's ol' Tommy Ezell and he introduced himself and I kinda laughed thinkin, do you know how many youtube videos I've seen of you catchin fish? We talked for a while, and he is one of the nicest guys I've met that fishes for a living ... Just a dang nice dude willing to share a host of information. I asked him about his experience with the 12' rods and he politely and emphatically shared so much information that I couldn't help myself so I bought a couple of the 12' rods to check out. Never had a rod longer than 8', so we'll see how that goes. Everyone knows Bonehead has some nice stuff, and I can tell you so far that the rods sure do look beefy and doing a little test I am sure that I'll be able to feel the little nibbles .. it's pretty dang sensitive!

So wifey and I left to make the trek home to get her settled to get some rest. She made note of how nice Steve and Tommy were today, thanked me for taking her out of the house, and asked if I had fun. Are you kidding me? Got to hang out with my best bud, get some killer stuff from Limits Tackle (including The Button, you gotta check that out), eat some awesome food, get some new rods, and check out the Fun - n - Sun show? AWESOME day! Thank you to Limits Tackle and Bonehead for being a part of it!

And as of now, I'm 45 minutes into my birthday! 45 ... dang I'm old now!

Neat story. Sounds like you had a full day of talking crappie with two good guys.

That sounds like a pretty awesome birthday Bud!!!...And with your best Bud...That is exactly what I would have said..LOL!!...Hope Christine heals up well and also Happy Birthday!!!

Awesome story!!! Happy Birthday!

A Happy B-day to ya neighbor!

Happy birthday dude!
I am in that same boat Monday...

Sounds like a fun day.

Sounds like a great birthday. My dad would have been 92 today and mine is next Saturday.

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Nice meeting you the other day. My #1 goal is to spread crappie fishing to everyone with a great product at the best price possible. Enjoy the baits and jig heads. Be sure to send me them slab pics..

Happy birthday.

Awesome story. Happy birthday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you Captn!!! and also wishing a speedy recovery to your best half I have to Agree with you..I also had the pleasure of meeting them and making purchases . Not only are they Great Guy`s they make absolutely KILLER products!I can`t wait to see what Steve has in store for this spring.When I met him one day at the Gas Station ,to pick up my Ax Head jigs, He gave me a little pack of plastics with a funny looking1" split tail bait in that absolutely KILLED the Richland Chambers Black Crappie in the blk forest area one morning!!They just couldn`t leave it along!

Thanks Fishbonz. Wife doing better each day. Appreciate it.

Yep! Steve makes some good stuff man. His plastics seem indestructible. His stuff just plain works!

RIP Billy..

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