Sporting goods stores

[eelgrass]

We got a new Sportsman's Warehouse here about 8 months ago. I went in and bought a box of ammo for the .300 Win Mag. A nice store.

I was running low on fishing gear and thought I'd stop in and check prices and availability today. I talked to a guy in the fishing department and asked him if they had Herring Dodgers? Flashers? They had a few light weight girly man flashers for trout or something.

Then I asked about Berkely Gulp sand worms in camo color? Nope. No Berkely Gulp anything.

I need some inline single hooks to replace the trebles on a couple lures. No inline hooks. Okay.

I need a few 2oz. banana weights for trolling. Nope, never heard of them.

Do you have frozen bait? I need some anchovies. Nope.

Well, WTF? Why are they even here?

Hardly anyone in the store. More employees than customers.

I did notice they had a great price on Whitetail grunt tubes. I bet those sell like hot cakes here on the west coast.

Back to my regular local stores where they are fishermen and cater to fishermen.

 

[DW]

Sounds like you need to come out of retirement eel? Little part time work, get em straightened out


#livelikezac

 

[dirtclod Az.]

Sportsmans here in Phoenix has all that and more,can't walk in there without breaking the bank.And very knowledgable employees.The Mom and Pop store shut down,so its that or Cabelas...?

 

[BeanMan]

Yep, the majority of the blackpowder bullets in the Grand Junction Sportsmans are sabots which are illegal in Colorado. A fair amount of their powder is in pellets, also illegal here. I asked an employee about it and he told me they lots of people come up from Utah to shop. I imagine they get tons of people from Green River, Moab, Monticello etc who drive here just to shop for blackpowder stuff

Hasbean

 

[justr_86]

It's a corporation... cabelas and wal mart are the same way.