MyFishFinder.com Just like iceshanty but warmer
I always buy the bait because I live the closest, I give it or share it with friends.I'm not a cheap person.But my point is I'm fed up with tight a## bait shops,24 waxy's 1.30 plus tax, always 1 or 2 dead ones,never got 24 in cup all winter,spikes"mag" some cup look great other all saw dust,1.30 plus tax, crappie minnows 1.25 a dozen and THEY MEAN A DOZEN "12".I asked for 12 dozen fat heads last week and it took the owners girl 20min. to count to 144. I buy more bait at this dive than most people,there are two other bait shops that are 15 miles round trip away that give you a fair deal with minnows and there grubs are bigger and alive.Any other anglers run into CHEAP A## BAIT THIEVES.
CrayfishBob,I'm not asking for 24 minnows when I buy a Dozen but it would be nice to get 3 or 4 extra per dozen.( and I've never bought a dozen in my life,more 5 dozen or more)Do you sell dead waxy's and spikes to your customers? Are you a tight a## bait dealer too? As from as me thanking him for being there,your something else! Put the shoe on the other foot Bob.Would you like drop $20 or more a week for bait and get treated sooooo well.I never complained to the bait shop owner ever once, plus he OPENS at 9 o'clock and is closed on sunday. Probable the same hours you keep.
I gotta take the bait shop owners side. I think selling dead bait or less than a person paid for is BS... BUT!!! You try making a living selling grubs and minnows for $1.39. What do you think his profit on it is? 30 cents maybe? Local bait and tackle shops face pressure today that they never faced in the past. For one thing, there's walmart, for another there is this thing, the internet. Do you buy all your tackle at the tackle shop? Or do you buy your tackle elsewhere and rely on the local guy for bait only? Be honest.. you know you buy your big ticket items elsewhere like everyone else does, usually on the internet or some big bargain place like Walmart, Kmart or The Sports Authority. Point is, local guys are drying up and going out of business, or barely hanging on and probably running into debt as they do so. Cough up the buck and change, talk to the guy, let them know your concerns, dont be surprised if they tell you their problems, and be prepared to listen to how they have a lot bigger problems then your 3 dead grubs... All that said, I support my local shops. Try and hit them all and buy the big ticket items from them too. I find i fyou tell them you need a deal to fit your budget, they will work with you. And sure, sometimes you get burned, thats the nature of the business when people sell small live animals. Same thing happens in pet stores. Its just the way it is with little animals kept in small places for long periods of time. But the other side is worse. If you had no local bait shop, had to order everything from the internet, ... AND!! Good luck getting any advice on local fishing at Walmart of Ebay...
ALWAYS support local businesses of ALL types !!!
bless you buttlesdog !!i couldn't have said it better myself !!i get my bait at a place where guys have said for years they get ripped off.i always get a bucket full of minnows- but i always buy a couple jigs, or sinkers, or bobbers, i'll pick up a rapala or a sutton spoon on occasion, and i've bought several rods and reels there over the years, and my merc. outboard. i buy my bullets there,too.and i talk to the guy about what his neighbor, walmart, is doing to small businesses like his all across the country.his prices on lures are very close to walmart, and he has what the local fish are hitting, not what some weinie in corporate purchasing thinks looks cool.ALWAYS support local businesses of ALL types !!!
Lol i wasnt going to post on this but i'm a jerk so here it goes. When you goto the butcher and ask for 3 lbs NY strip do you get 3.5lbs or 3lbs? When you go and buy sandwhich meat and ask for 1lb turkey, .5lbs of roast beef and a pound of provolone do you get any extra in their??Before i moved i went to the same local bait shop in NY and you know what once in a while a dozen was 16 or 5 dozen was 70 but would I ever think less of the shop because she actually gave me the 5 dozen i asked for??This has got to win an award for dumbest thread of the year.