Here is one for you guys. What do you expect when you walk into a bait shop. Whether its local or out of town. I may be off, but I fell like when I walk into one a good one, I will ask for advise on whats working, maybe general areas, colors, techniques, and I mean general. I.e. "I hear they have been catching them off points on chartruse cranks." At this point after Im told I feel like by getting that knowledge I will repay the owner by purchasing his products, that he claims have been working. Dont get me wrong I dont walk in expecting all the local honey holes, or do I feel like I come off as a jerk, but advice is nice. I have been in baitshops all over Ky and the south, I have been in good ones and some bad. If I get good advise I will go back, and spend more money. If i feel like I get bad advise I may not got back, or if I do only get the essentials.

Reason for the rant, I frequent a shop 1.5 hours from my house in Richmond, on a 45,000 acre lake, I go there because it is convenient. However depending on who is working, I would be better off asking the local PETA chapter for advice. On a lake that big I will most likley not fish your spot. Seems like the places I have been down south seem to be a little more helpful, but maybe its just me.