Denny G. Loc: Located in Central Michigan

I agree with you totally. I once owned a small bait and tackle store and needless to say I have been out of business for some time now. While owning my store I also worked for GM/Delphi and one would think my shop was a hobby. Guess what? It is very unlikely nowadays that the little guy stays in business long. One of the greatest things for me during the time I had the shop was dealing with good people loving the same past time as myself. Made many friends over the years and some are still friends and some have gone on to the happy fishing grounds. Final word. Support all your local businesses. They are all your neighbors in one way or another. Sorry for the rambling.

GillsDeep916 Loc: Elk Grove, CA

Walmart has the really good prices on fishing gear. Now most terminal gear I will get at Fisherman's Warehouse or Turner's but Walmart has a good supply of lures and equipment, cheap!

I use those green worms too. The Walmart here in Elk Grove has those also, they call em Chartreuse worms and they are almost fluorescent green. Panfish love em here. Can't find the panfish anymore though lol.

Tight Lines 🎣

Cleemartin Loc: Hampton, Virginia

Why go cheap to start with?

Reel Livin Loc: US Army (everywhere)

Not cheap, economical instead! Don’t give more for a product or service than what it’s valued

Chuuck Loc: Ga.Alabama,Florida Gulf Coast and rivers

Hello,
I need some help re-stocking ALL my destroyed fishing gear.
I lost everything I owned when Hurricane Katrina pushed 27 feet of water over my 1-month old new house in Biloxi, Ms. Hurricane Katrina did not hit New Orleans. It passed over Pass Christian and Biloxi / and Gulfport. Google Katrina and see what the hurricane did to Biloxi. We also lost around 1300 people. New Orleans was slowly flooded by a slow rising leak from a broke levy. Everyone at the Superdome needed to walk about 1/4 mile to a flotilla of busses and transporters above ground level. They could have then been transported to north La. and Mississippi. The city was not able to police the hordes of looters. The hospitals were run over by gangs for drugs etc. Only a very small number of people participated in the anarchy of stores left unattended.
Google Hurricane Katrina and you will see the real destruction we survived in Biloxi Mississippi compared to the 5-foot mudline left on houses of the neighbor hoods of the 9th Ward.
Sorry for my digression. We lost everything. I am now ready to restock my 50-year collections of rods, reels, lures and anything you have in your tackle box.
Please, no sympathy needed. There were/are many others still financially devasted. My wife and I were college professors, so our jobs returned about 1 year later. We have just retired this year. God has restored my wife and me to a great place to live and now have a new boat ...but no tackle of any kind.
We moved to Brunswick Ga. to a relatively small compound/farm/to be with my 6 grand kids (under the age of 9) along with the daughter and son in laws, other in-laws and "outlaws". My relatives do not fish so there is no tackle I can pilfer from. I am finally healing up enough that we now have a boat. The 2 boats I had in Mississippi are in some land fill in south Mississippi a long with my tackle accumulated over 50 years.
Knowing I must start with a box and a hook and build from there, are there any online discount tackle merchandise places besides Walmart that I could by at a reduced price. Please do not get me wrong, about 50% of all we own comes from The Walmart.
We like to troll and of course fish the bays and creeks for reds, flounder, and trout.
I am new to the Brunswick area. I also will take any advice about offshore trolling from Savannah to the Florida line. I grew up in the Gulf shores area so perhaps Atlantic trolling and Gulf trolling are pretty much the same.
Thank you in advance for any help about where, when, how and what to fish for in the Atlantic. Also thank you for any web sites or local tackle shops that might give me a discount if I purchased everything from a specialty store tackle store. I have never been to Bass Pro or Cabela’s. How are there prices?
Fishing Regards, Chuuuck from Alabama / now Brunswick
PS - Am I a "Brunswickean"?

Chuuck Loc: Ga.Alabama,Florida Gulf Coast and rivers

Hello,
I always go most inexpensive and thrifty. I try not to use the word "cheap" but I know what you mean.
Chuuuck from Alabama

ghaynes1 Loc: Strawberry Plains, TN

When I lived in WI, we had a hardware store called Fleet Farm. Pretty good variety and reasonable prices. I think Fleet Farm is a midwest chain. I'm going to BPS but their prices aren't cheap.

Chuuck Loc: Ga.Alabama,Florida Gulf Coast and rivers

Thanks Denny G. for the info. I also believe in supporting all local buisnesses when possible. Brunswick is small and I may be forced to a large store like Walmart.
Chuuck fom Alabama

Elefantdude Loc: Oxnard, CA

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Overstock bait.com!!! When fishing tackle that I use are listed there, I buy them in bulk!
Otherwise, I Google the product I'm looking for and select the cheapest price including shipping. Most of the time, the best prices are:
Tackle Warehouse
Sportsman's Warehouse
Fish USA
WalMart
Amazon
And Overstock Bait

Hope this helps!!!

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

Elefantdude, thanks, Overstock Bait is a new one for me. I'll have to check it out.

JR okie Loc: Central OK

I have found the bait shops where we go often have some great deals on the popular gear for their location. Only problem now is pandemic fisherman have bought everything and still sold out in lots of places.

nicstr28

I'm in fla. There is nowhere cheaper than walmart. Example...a rapala skitter v 7.00 at the mart but 13.00 at the tackle shop.
But I'll buy from whoever has what I need......EXCEPT West Marine. They are robbers......RIDICULOUS robbers.

sun bum Loc: Sarasota, FL

Totally agree. Shelves are barren. They blame it on China which maybe makes sense.

sun bum Loc: Sarasota, FL

Great tip FS! (If all goes well). I took your suggestion and found the cast net I've been researching on about a 100 sites. Found it on SR mail for half the price.

ZoeyC2000 Loc: Charlotte, N.C.

Good Morning Mr Steve57,
That can very well be, Mom sent us to pick up a few things she needed
a couple days ago. Of course we got lost and found ourselves in the
fishing section :)

We noticed they did stock up on some things. soft plastics, things like
fish bites and lures. That was it, no hooks, weights, leader line, regular
line. No hard or soft tackle boxes or the containers for them.

I could keep going, it also looks like people bought things that have been
there for a long time and never sold until now. Yesterday morning after
fishing. We bought weights, hooks and small bags of 3/8 & 1/4 oz jig heads.

We seem to lose 1 or 2 of them when pier fishing. I think we have enough of
everything to last us through the summer & Fall which we hope to try
freshwater fishing for the first time. It's always been only surf fishing nothing
else.

Zoey :)