Fishing Gear

[QUOTE=fisherman0625;391439]"their prices are high because of people like me who shop online?" Please...... prices outrageous??? i havent found a local bait shop with outrageous prices, sure a lil higher becuase they might sell 100 - 200 a year compared to 1000-2000 on tacklewarehouse... soo do the math... they can sell it for a lil less and still come out to the good. The bigger places dont give a crap if they sell anything or not there already rich!!! On the other hand a local boy will have a smile on his face all day because he made some money for him or his family and got to sell some baits to a fellow fisherman. Just my thoughts about! A good example would be Dale hollow one stop.. Family run and operated.... but without customers he couldny stay in buisness.[/QUOTE]

You have to look at what you are calling "local", and to give you a prime example around KY Lake you can get a bag of zoom baby brush hogs for $4.99 at one place, $4.29 at another, $3.99 and $3.79 at others, yet I have bought at BPS for $2.99 or $3.29. So if I am paying $1.70 more for a bag - I can see where it would seem "outrageous pricing", I support local as much as I can and don't mind paying a little more for a single bag of baits as I need them, but, if I am stocking up in the spring I am going to get the most bang for my buck (I spend at least $400-$500 in one whack every spring). It is nothing now to drop $50-60 bucks at a local retailer for a mere hand full of baits, and I do know of a tackle store that literally had a 100% mark-up on baits!!! I own a business and I know the value of supporting local business and I love mom and pop shops! But the root of this post is where to go because there are a lot of baits you just can't find locally and where's the best deals.