BassPro Shops.....are too crowded!

JB · 03-05-06, 07:08 PM

Man,
thats a understatement, we went to their classic sale today and
geeesh! what a mess..

I had never been to one and thought I could find most of my 15 items suggested on this forum, but soon discovered Berkely, rapala, strikeking, gary yamamoto, and a few other brands were the driving force behind most of cincinnati's stocked store...plus at about 1 dollar per item higher than Dicks, Walmart, Kmart etc...don't get me wrong, I did find some items, lunker sauce(still haven't figured how to get this garlic scent out of the house..thanks-alot-zooker...lol) plus I was able to stock up on items I had lost last year (cordell red trap, buzzbait, spinnerbait, plastics).
I looked at thier sale items...
rod/reel combos and wasn't impressed at all..
They did have about every Zoom product I needed, got the dead ringer , some split tail trailers, this n that etc... It seemed like the most common item they promoted were tubes.... I always plan on using tubes but more times than not I elect something similiar, a craw, pnj, etc..
I did get a Kreature bait, denny turned me on the the bulbous headed looking warrior, and I have had good luck on them.
I also got the sweet beaver, it reminds me of the reaper with ribs, and moled together claws, I know they work , just never had bought any..
Also saw a giant pack of the ol Gizits, man that brought back memories of flipping pads at Indian lake, its a solid tube with tenticals, but slender in nature...thought they had quit making them...
KVD seemed to dominate the spinnerbait selection, plus afew other brands, I wasn't impressed at all with common size blades..I'll get more homemade ones at fisherman Headquarters in Dayton
One thing that pissed me off was NO SPINNERBAIT SKIRTS!
whats the deaaaaaaaaaaal?
Again I;ll have to go to dayton to a speciality bass shop and find tons of skirts in wooden boxes,
and then get bigger blades for backup situations..everyday someone gets shot in dayton ohio, so that should be fun....huh
The most favorable thing I can comment on at the BPS is the great sales
help..all the guys were old as dirt and really knew the stock and where it was located, I had one dude show me the 4 inch pulse worms and dead ringers(thanks lizards for the idea..light brown)
all in all not a bad deal, I only spent about 45 bucks today and got half the items I was looking for....just a drop in the ol bucket for the bait monkey!

pig n jig · 03-05-06, 07:34 PM

JB, Sounds like you did alright. Our Bass pro shop sucks here in NY.I went to a bass club fishing flea market today. It sucked, all I bout was 2 packs of Picasso scuttle worms( senko knockoff). Man they stink with some sort of bad scent.I drove 40 miles to spend a grand total of $3.00.

The Bait monkey is most likely packing his stuff heading out of town the way we mistreated him today huh ?

P N J

Marty · 03-05-06, 08:24 PM

Quote:

Our Bass pro shop sucks here in NY.

I haven't been there yet. Sounds like the 50-mile drive ain't worth it. How would you say it compares to Gander?

JB · 03-05-06, 08:30 PM

I hear Gander has lots more plastics, I need to go , its only 30 miles away

Denny_K · 03-05-06, 08:32 PM

Ya Jb and myself drove an hour to the BPS.I thought It's Sunday we will get there when they open and no one will be breathing down our necks,WRONG!!! The store opened at 10am we got there at 10:05am by 10:15am JESUS!!!!! couldn't hardly get around.I got a kart to carry my stuff bad idea.Plus I could only find a few things on my list.I picked out all the stuff from the catalog and ended up not finding most of it there.I think the biggest let down was I went there to pick up a baitcaster and the one I wanted they didn't have,So I'm gonna order it outta the book.OH well JB
and I hung out and also went to Dick's sporting good.All in all we had fun just looking at all the tackle.I did get the Extreme BPS 360 Qaulifer.I got all of my gear in there .The BIGGEST prob. was narrowing the plastics selection down

Holy crap didn't realize how much plastics I had

.But I did it. Denny

pig n jig · 03-05-06, 08:39 PM

Marty, I would have said Gander Mountain was alot better, but the last few times I was to Rochester, I didn't see the selection they used to have either. The old Galyans ( now Dicks) had the baby paca craws and Norman thin N's. Other than that I didn't buy anything.It could be I caught them in transition of restocking, because they had cleared several sections and were moving stuff around.

P N J

pig n jig · 03-05-06, 08:52 PM

Denny, I have to order the stuff I want from Bass pro shop as well. The crap they carry isn't what I want to look at that I see in their catalog. I get tired of filling out the what you would like to see here that you didn't find comment form they have there. I don't think they even look at it before they toss it out, because I must have filled the same things out 300+ times and nothing has changed yet.

P N J

bassinbob · 03-05-06, 09:36 PM

One of these days someone is going to open up a chain of stores that carries every other kind of bait that there is. It sucks driving a lot of miles to check a store out and they are limited in their products. I've never been to a BPS but I have been to a Cabelas. They aren't too bad in their selection. Matter of fact they got better a year after they opened. Plus the last time I was there I got 2 Airrus Co/Matrix rods for $59.00 each. Both times I went there they were crowded. I also bought the new Citica when I was there and mounted it on the 6ft6in. Airrus mh. I strung it up with 10lb. Yo-zori. I was practicing with it out in the back street. I love the way it casts. Much more smooth than the old Curados. Can't wait to try it on the water. Matter of fact this coming weekend looks like it. Supposed to be in the 70's.

Bob

bass kicker · 03-05-06, 11:46 PM

the bass pro shops in canada is awsome (ontario) its the only one

Fishie · 03-06-06, 10:37 AM

JB that's why I don't go during that...lol...

JB · 03-06-06, 12:09 PM

The best tackle shops IMO are usually the garage size stores near a BIG lake..I've seen some on ky lake that are lots better than BPS, easier to find stuff, and more selections.

Fishie · 03-06-06, 12:20 PM

yeah I know what you mean....some of those little places have some neat stuff just cost more..

Wishing2BFishing · 03-06-06, 12:54 PM

PnJ, you mentioned those Picasso Scuttle Worms. Every year, I pick up a pack in the same color . . . I think it is called Camo. Anyway, sometimes, when the fish aren't hittin' my standard-beginning-the-day-arsenal, I will throw on the Picasso and get some good bites. I don't know if it is the smell, the color, or both.

By the way, the packaging this year changed. And, for what its worth, this lot doesn't seem to smell as bad as last year's pack.

lovinfishin9 · 03-06-06, 06:47 PM

I have a small store on the lake i fish. Its real small, its only a single wide trailer but they have most everything i need at pretty cheap prices.

lizardsrule · 03-06-06, 06:55 PM

There too crowded because they have more stuff than other places. I will go when I'm around one, but as many of you do, I just order on-line, easier, and even with shipping charges, it can still be a lot cheeper than driving with the gas prices. Plus you get access to ALL of the products.

Lizards

pig n jig · 03-06-06, 08:00 PM

Wishin, I seen the color you mentioned. I got watermelon with Copper flake.I couldn't imagine them smelling any worse than these do. I wish I had bought the whole bin of them for that price. The guy who sold them will be opening his tackle shop in 2 weeks. P N J

crankybait · 03-06-06, 09:32 PM

how lucky... i have plenty of tackle stores around the highschool im going to go to. fishing with friends everyday aferschool... its right on the beach and theres a ponds, so i can choose freshwater or saltwater. what a lucky highschool choice i made

bass kicker · 03-06-06, 10:39 PM

where are you going to school cranky

crankybait · 03-06-06, 10:53 PM

allied health medical

zooker · 03-07-06, 10:26 AM

hands down best time to hit bps is either when they open during the week-7am here- or 2pm mid week..never go to bps on weekends..

zooker

03-05-06, 07:08 PM	#1
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	BassPro Shops.....are too crowded! Man, thats a understatement, we went to their classic sale today and geeesh! what a mess.. I had never been to one and thought I could find most of my 15 items suggested on this forum, but soon discovered Berkely, rapala, strikeking, gary yamamoto, and a few other brands were the driving force behind most of cincinnati's stocked store...plus at about 1 dollar per item higher than Dicks, Walmart, Kmart etc...don't get me wrong, I did find some items, lunker sauce(still haven't figured how to get this garlic scent out of the house..thanks-alot-zooker...lol) plus I was able to stock up on items I had lost last year (cordell red trap, buzzbait, spinnerbait, plastics). I looked at thier sale items... rod/reel combos and wasn't impressed at all.. They did have about every Zoom product I needed, got the dead ringer , some split tail trailers, this n that etc... It seemed like the most common item they promoted were tubes.... I always plan on using tubes but more times than not I elect something similiar, a craw, pnj, etc.. I did get a Kreature bait, denny turned me on the the bulbous headed looking warrior, and I have had good luck on them. I also got the sweet beaver, it reminds me of the reaper with ribs, and moled together claws, I know they work , just never had bought any.. Also saw a giant pack of the ol Gizits, man that brought back memories of flipping pads at Indian lake, its a solid tube with tenticals, but slender in nature...thought they had quit making them... KVD seemed to dominate the spinnerbait selection, plus afew other brands, I wasn't impressed at all with common size blades..I'll get more homemade ones at fisherman Headquarters in Dayton One thing that pissed me off was NO SPINNERBAIT SKIRTS! whats the deaaaaaaaaaaal? Again I;ll have to go to dayton to a speciality bass shop and find tons of skirts in wooden boxes, and then get bigger blades for backup situations..everyday someone gets shot in dayton ohio, so that should be fun....huh The most favorable thing I can comment on at the BPS is the great sales help..all the guys were old as dirt and really knew the stock and where it was located, I had one dude show me the 4 inch pulse worms and dead ringers(thanks lizards for the idea..light brown) all in all not a bad deal, I only spent about 45 bucks today and got half the items I was looking for....just a drop in the ol bucket for the bait monkey!

03-05-06, 08:32 PM	#5
Denny_K BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 324	SUCKED!!!!!never..never again Ya Jb and myself drove an hour to the BPS.I thought It's Sunday we will get there when they open and no one will be breathing down our necks,WRONG!!! The store opened at 10am we got there at 10:05am by 10:15am JESUS!!!!! couldn't hardly get around.I got a kart to carry my stuff bad idea.Plus I could only find a few things on my list.I picked out all the stuff from the catalog and ended up not finding most of it there.I think the biggest let down was I went there to pick up a baitcaster and the one I wanted they didn't have,So I'm gonna order it outta the book.OH well JB and I hung out and also went to Dick's sporting good.All in all we had fun just looking at all the tackle.I did get the Extreme BPS 360 Qaulifer.I got all of my gear in there .The BIGGEST prob. was narrowing the plastics selection down Holy crap didn't realize how much plastics I had .But I did it. Denny

03-05-06, 09:36 PM	#8
bassinbob BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pitts. Pa. Posts: 3,801	One of these days someone is going to open up a chain of stores that carries every other kind of bait that there is. It sucks driving a lot of miles to check a store out and they are limited in their products. I've never been to a BPS but I have been to a Cabelas. They aren't too bad in their selection. Matter of fact they got better a year after they opened. Plus the last time I was there I got 2 Airrus Co/Matrix rods for $59.00 each. Both times I went there they were crowded. I also bought the new Citica when I was there and mounted it on the 6ft6in. Airrus mh. I strung it up with 10lb. Yo-zori. I was practicing with it out in the back street. I love the way it casts. Much more smooth than the old Curados. Can't wait to try it on the water. Matter of fact this coming weekend looks like it. Supposed to be in the 70's. Bob __________________ you can have my fishin rod when ya take it from my cold dead hands

03-05-06, 11:46 PM	#9
bass kicker BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Beamsville,ONTARIO,CANADA Posts: 2,023	the bass pro shops in canada is awsome (ontario) its the only one __________________ Rob Downs St. Catharines BASSMASTERS

03-06-06, 10:37 AM	#10
Fishie BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,145	JB that's why I don't go during that...lol... __________________ Kick some Bass

03-05-06, 07:34 PM	#2
pig n jig BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Avoca, NY Posts: 3,508	JB, Sounds like you did alright. Our Bass pro shop sucks here in NY.I went to a bass club fishing flea market today. It sucked, all I bout was 2 packs of Picasso scuttle worms( senko knockoff). Man they stink with some sort of bad scent.I drove 40 miles to spend a grand total of $3.00. The Bait monkey is most likely packing his stuff heading out of town the way we mistreated him today huh ? P N J

03-05-06, 08:30 PM	#4
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	I hear Gander has lots more plastics, I need to go , its only 30 miles away

03-05-06, 08:39 PM	#6
pig n jig BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Avoca, NY Posts: 3,508	Marty, I would have said Gander Mountain was alot better, but the last few times I was to Rochester, I didn't see the selection they used to have either. The old Galyans ( now Dicks) had the baby paca craws and Norman thin N's. Other than that I didn't buy anything.It could be I caught them in transition of restocking, because they had cleared several sections and were moving stuff around. P N J

03-05-06, 08:52 PM	#7
pig n jig BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Avoca, NY Posts: 3,508	Denny, I have to order the stuff I want from Bass pro shop as well. The crap they carry isn't what I want to look at that I see in their catalog. I get tired of filling out the what you would like to see here that you didn't find comment form they have there. I don't think they even look at it before they toss it out, because I must have filled the same things out 300+ times and nothing has changed yet. P N J

03-06-06, 12:09 PM	#11
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	The best tackle shops IMO are usually the garage size stores near a BIG lake..I've seen some on ky lake that are lots better than BPS, easier to find stuff, and more selections.

03-06-06, 12:20 PM	#12
Fishie BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,145	yeah I know what you mean....some of those little places have some neat stuff just cost more.. __________________ Kick some Bass

03-06-06, 12:54 PM	#13
Wishing2BFishing BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Morgantown, Pa Posts: 1,254	PnJ, you mentioned those Picasso Scuttle Worms. Every year, I pick up a pack in the same color . . . I think it is called Camo. Anyway, sometimes, when the fish aren't hittin' my standard-beginning-the-day-arsenal, I will throw on the Picasso and get some good bites. I don't know if it is the smell, the color, or both. By the way, the packaging this year changed. And, for what its worth, this lot doesn't seem to smell as bad as last year's pack.

03-06-06, 06:47 PM	#14
lovinfishin9 BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Middletown, VA Posts: 566	I have a small store on the lake i fish. Its real small, its only a single wide trailer but they have most everything i need at pretty cheap prices. __________________ Take your caviar and that fish that ain't cooked, take if off a cracker and throw it on a hook. :D :)

03-06-06, 06:55 PM	#15
lizardsrule BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Saint Augustine, FL Posts: 7,374	There too crowded because they have more stuff than other places. I will go when I'm around one, but as many of you do, I just order on-line, easier, and even with shipping charges, it can still be a lot cheeper than driving with the gas prices. Plus you get access to ALL of the products. Lizards __________________ There are three types of Snakes I hate 1. Live Snakes 2. Dead Snakes 3. Sticks that look like Snakes. And Gators too!

03-06-06, 08:00 PM	#16
pig n jig BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Avoca, NY Posts: 3,508	Wishin, I seen the color you mentioned. I got watermelon with Copper flake.I couldn't imagine them smelling any worse than these do. I wish I had bought the whole bin of them for that price. The guy who sold them will be opening his tackle shop in 2 weeks. P N J

03-06-06, 09:32 PM	#17
crankybait BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: marlboro, nj Posts: 3,250	how lucky... i have plenty of tackle stores around the highschool im going to go to. fishing with friends everyday aferschool... its right on the beach and theres a ponds, so i can choose freshwater or saltwater. what a lucky highschool choice i made

03-06-06, 10:39 PM	#18
bass kicker BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Beamsville,ONTARIO,CANADA Posts: 2,023	where are you going to school cranky __________________ Rob Downs St. Catharines BASSMASTERS

03-06-06, 10:53 PM	#19
crankybait BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: marlboro, nj Posts: 3,250	allied health medical

03-07-06, 10:26 AM	#20
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	hands down best time to hit bps is either when they open during the week-7am here- or 2pm mid week..never go to bps on weekends.. zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

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