BassPro Shops.....are too crowded!

[JB]

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!