Probably the best thing to happen to tackle warehouse and smaller shops. My friends and I definitely spend less there now that Johnny owns both. Their selection is pretty poor.

Nothing new. Cabelas has sucked for years!

In Waco Cabela's and Academy both suck. Academy was a great place to get fishing stuff until it was sold out to a big corporation, now it's just like Bass Pro and Cabela's. The high profit clothes and shoes is what they want you to buy. A guy at the Waco Academy told me and a friend if he had his way he would only sell gun's and not mess with fishing [censored]. If you want some help good luck on finding someone and most of the time they don't know anything anyway. I get a lot of my baits at Walmart and online in stead for fighting the As****** at Academy. They put in 15 check out stands but most of the time only 2 maybe 3 are open so you must stand in line.

That would get you two 1-0 Wide Gap Worm Hooks and a snap swivel at Bass Pro Prices.

Maybe. Lol. And it would have to be an XPS brand hook.

Total complete ripoff.

I haven't been in either one in a very long time.

^^^ you ain’t missing out.

Seems BP has suffered too. Every time I've been in the GV or Garland stores there are a lot of empty pegs. Wondering if ole' Johnny bit off a bit too much....

I always preferred BPS over Cabellas. Seemed the only thing I could ever afford at Cabellas was in their bargain cave. Cabellas customer service at their Allen store was never good. Guys in the fishing department never wanted to really sit down and help you. They just wanted to hang out behind the counter and chit chat with other employees. At least BPS holds their employees to more accountability in customer service in my opinion. The guys now in Allen have no issue coming out from behind the counter and helping me choose a rod or discussing reel options.

This is why buying on- line has grown so much and will continue to grow-better prices, better selection, free shipping, no sales tax. More and more
of my fishing $ are being spent on-line.

I get what you are saying but I like to put a rod in my hand if I don't already own one of that model. And sometimes with baits I want to see the clor or size myself in order to make a judgement.

I will buy more and more from Tackle Warehouse I suppose. But I will have fewer "experimental" purchases when I can't see it in person before buying.

Oh well.

I try to support local owned shops. Pay a little more than on-line to do it.

If you live around Ft Worth, Try Olsen's Pro Am Fishing Shop in Lake Worth. They don't have a big rod selection, but for the most part they have it all, including the best live bait I've seen anywhere. PLUS 10% Veterans discount.

If I had to guess there are lots of locations that have a Bass Pro and Cabelas and don't need both, and this is the solution.

Cabelas has some big Gar,..and a cool trout pond.

Hot nuts and Power Pro Slick in yellow,...after that I
m ready to go,..

All I know is the guys selling fishing graphs at Bass Pro in Grapevine know a lot more about them after I left than before I got there and that’s not saying a lot.