Tackle Store in Louisville

[CTFSHWHISKER]

would be nice to see one where you can buy plastics in bulk again like the old smyrna and anything else you needed.the problem with the local baitmakers is quantity if they sell,most can't keep up doin it at home by themselves.Most stores use the huntin stuff to bridge the gap in fishin.I talked to a few wholesale co's when i was looking into it and alot of the hardbaits cost me close to what bass pro and wal mart retail for,at best i could make 30 cents on some baits,rods and reels were even worse a 4600c3 my cost was $47 and at walmart it was 49.95.The companies are not looking for the little man.
they offer very little incentive,you have to buy a buttload to get any kind of price breaks.If you really wanted to do this set up do a lot research,talk to owners of other stores and beat the bushes with some wholesale co's. maybe talk to some plastics manufacturer like prowler,driftwood,cabin creek to see if they'd go for a bulk style sell of their stuff.I set in the mall with my wife many times thinking man i wish they had a fishin store in here,they say most millionaires bulid on this kind a thought so maybe it would fly in the mall..Heck if half the men that are settin bored looking would buy a bait it would be a good day.

[MarkW]

I think the mall would be waaaaayyyyy toooo expensive. I think way back when, there was a Orvis store in "The Mall" and as expensive as their stuff was, it didn't make it---I guess.
I hear ya on the bulk stuff. I remember when Smyrna,Middletown Bass Pro and a few others sold in bulk---it was real nice. Used to buy tubes by the hundred back then. Not now.
Prowler would be good and Sherbert may want his stuff up here--I am sure. He may sell in bulk.

Now, on the rods and reels----I can only answer for Shimano. Dealer cost is real good and a dealer can make some money on their stuff. I have no idea what dealer cost is on any other brand.

Again----just curious--no big plans in the works.