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Very interesting, last time I was in sportsman's here they some ice fishing gear, not as much as they used to carry. Hope this isn't a sign of things to come.
I usually hit Sportsmans first, Cabelas seems to have more gear but I've always thought they 'favored' more midwest style fishing. They are building out a new Scheels store in town now too- so we will have Sportsmans, Cabelas, and Scheels. I suspect it won't be long before Bass pro closes one or the other of their stores here.
I used 3 rolls drying my eyes today.
We have one Scheels here, and lost our Gander Mtn. (No big loss) So basically we're relegated to Scheels and Fleet Farm. Lost Dicks too (aptly named), but no one went there anyway. Sure hope a Bass Blows doesn't open here. Scheels and the big Fleet Farm have just about all ya ever need.
Dam, your lucky, I'd love to see a Scheels here somewhere, it's a great store, when's it supposed to be done.
Their facebook page says oct 2021. I'm not sure what takes a year, they are occupying the old jc penny space in the mall. Maybe building an addition as well if it's going to take a year.
After running into similar circumstances and not wanting to pay extra for a pop-up that wasnt exactly what i was looking for, I ordered a Thunderbay 3-man popup off Amazon two years ago. It is the same size as the cabelas 4-man which i understand to be Clam with cabelas labels) It was about $150 if I remember correctly and has treated me well thus far. came with 8 nice screws. only downside to it is there is only 1-door but that has posed little issue for me. I've also heard a bunch of places having more and more people ice fishing and talked to lots of new-comers and born-again icefisherman this year. so possibly they are buying up the stuff on the shelves, even if not hopefully it will be bringing more money into the icefishing industry and potentially meaning more supplies in the future. (trying to stay positive)
Lots of weird stuff out of stock...I went three different places today for a new silicone band for my watch.....every place was totally out!!!!!! Never had a prob before!
the closest BPS is an hour away south of me. There's another a little over an hr away west of me. 2 cabelas over an hour away. next store with ice gear is Dicks. Walmarts around here don't carry Ice fishing gear. The Bait shops (if they're still open) carry minimal stuff. lucky if they carry the bait that we're looking for. No one carries mousies. few carry spikes and some carry waxies, shiners and worms
Most places around me sold out of their ice fishing gear before Christmas. About the only place to find stuff is the local bait shops. With the ease of home delivery, its much more convenient to buy/sell ice fishing items online than in a store.
Usually this is true.On line stuff is having stocking issues as well. I ordered a rod kit from mudhole last week sometime, something in the kit is oos until later in January. Ordered a couple sets of icepicks from amazon - oos for a couple more weeks.
Hmmmm.....good time to open a bait shop!
But then you wouldn't have time to go fishing.
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