I went to the cabelas outside of Milwaukee Wisconsin a couple of weeks ago and it was dead. It was a ghost town.

Yes... I dont think this is going to turn out like they thought... the inventory was one of the biggest attractions.

It has changed for the worse in Fort Worth for sure.

Went there yesterday to the fw store. Its almost like going into walmart now, seriously its bad. I Def won't be back if I don't have to. I also was also in search of the sun guidewear gloves. Not one person in apparel even knew what gloves I was talking about, no joke. Of course they didn't have them. I finally found some nice guide wear winter fishing gloves that the person I asked told me they had no more guide wear gloves at all. I was trying to spend my $100 gift card there without buying tackle and took me two hours to find the stuff and had to end up buying overpriced tackle to get to the $100 mark. They have tons of bass pro brand stuff everywhere. GOOD thing though I found my c rig barrel weights without going to bass pro(also horrible now)! I wanted something for my girlfriend but found nothing to match her style really. They do have lots of guide wear there though, and the new guide wear. Lots of bass pro rain gear as well. TONS of clueless employees(no offense to them working). Manager was running back and forth from registers to customer service shaking his head most of the time with lots of confusing pricing online vs signs in store with lower pricing. Crazy only one or two people can do anything. Tons of money down the drain imo with the improvements and that property... I watched the service bays for about 5 minutes... Do they really sale and service any boats?? Wow what an amazing store nowhere close to its potential. The big game rooms and all the wildlife etc..

I knew it would turn into bps...not the opposite.

Johnny loves China...therefore the rest of the story.

Should clarify - Johnny loves knocking stuff off in China - Guidewear if it is made in China was never a knock off...it was far better than 100mph stuff - I've had both. Thats why its gone...sucks because our selection for the good stuff just got cut in half pretty much.

Look for upscale brands like Patagonia to go away if they even have it. Fly fishing Dept will also suffer big time I would think.

I was fearful that BPS would install their junk in Cabella's. Cabaella's has always had better clothing than BPS in my opinion.

Mine is a Capitol One Silver Master Card now.

They still have the black, something about having to spend $25k annually.

Speaking for the store. I work in the fishing department and can say that we are doing everything we can to finish stocking and rearranging everything. Yes unfortunately some things are gone but other stuff is coming in. We have been told that Cabelas products are NOT going away. Just trying to figure out what is selling where and as of now it is still TBD on what we will carry. Bargain Cave is closed for good but each individual department will have its own clearance section throughout the department. Ours (fishing) and marines will be combined right outside where the bargain cave used to be. We have some rods and a couple reels right now and lots of marine products. Please bare with us, as we are doing our best. Any questions feel free to PM.

I loved Guideware. I didn't know they had stopped producing it. Figures.

All of these places have gone to !@#% in the day of the internet.

I have to agree. Cabelas has went down hill big time. As a black card holder, between mid August & this time of year, I'd have received a dozen 10-20+% coupons by now.
Since BPS---ZERO---NOTHING.
I'm wanting a Humminbird 5 port hub. Both Cabelas & BPS are $5 over MSRP. I'll save my points and buy somewhere else.

I can�t remeber the last time I bought tackle inside a cabelas or BPS. Who cares if they suck, been overpriced for 10 years. Save your money and gas and just order online through TW or go to your local acadmey. Even the revamped Gamder MTNs are 100% better than BPS/Cabelas

It�s pretty simple until y�all carry the stuff people buy at a reasonable price y�all ain�t going to sell jack.