Quote Originally Posted by artcarney_agr View Post
No proof needed, and no apologies needed. As displayed in your post here, particularly "I will quit dealing with any store that charges more for a watermelon/purple timber pup than a junebug one just because it is in my fishing report" it is clear that you think you run the bait shops. The clerk I talked to was not fond of your attitude, especially with your "I can help you or hurt you" attitude that apparently you made very clear to him at some point and he was not happy about it. He didn't like you telling him how to run his business, which I can understand.
You made the statement that there were stores here charging more for a bait in my or other folks fishing reports than they do for another bait...I simply stated what I did because I know for a fact that is not true. Your reply has nothing to do with your original statement or my reply.

As for the "clerk" you talked to...I have no idea what you are talking about...probably about as true as your original statement. By the way, as far as the tackle shops I have a business relationship with here, I deal with the owners, not the clerks that work there. I don't think I "own" any tackle shop here, I do have a mutual business relationship here with some tackle shops..it is called sponsorship...which is an integral part of the fishing and guiding business. We support one another via clients, lures, etc...that is called networking....if you ever get into a business of your own rather than working for someone else you will come to understand that. You can bet the company you work with does networking also with businesses that they have relationships with....and just because they do, it is not necessarily a "good ol boy" thing.

Still waiting your proof that someone here is charging more for a lure here because it was in my report or another report, which is the statement you made in the first place.