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Togfather2530 · #1 01-08-2016, 09:40 PM

Left Pa this morning @ 5am on a 21/2 hour ride to the boat to go on a tog drop. When I got to the tackle box bait store I found it to be closed. When down to atlantic bait and tackle to find the same thing. I then proceeded to Julians and they were open. I go in and they say they have no crabs. He said they were getting some in at 10 am so I said ok Ill be back. I go to breakfast and kill a bunch of time and go back at 10 to find a locked door. Waited there 20 minutes and 4 people came trying to get in while I was there. Its like wtf. I then threw the towel in and drove home lmao. I guess I should pull the boat and go on a party boat lol.

SandsharkPolar · #2 01-08-2016, 10:03 PM

Same thing happened to me. LOL! I probably passed you on the highway.

Joey Dah Fish · #3 01-08-2016, 10:07 PM

The are plenty of bait shops around there google them and call

SandsharkPolar · #4 01-09-2016, 10:49 AM

You got 3 bait shops in a row on the way down to AH Marina and you gonna tell me 2 would be closed and the other bails on you.You would think they would corner the market on guys heading down to the party boats.Guys who drive 2.5 hours are not going way out of their way to search for bait. Like I said, guys going there to give them business and nobodys home. Then they wonder why we buy our gear at Cabelas. I know it's best we always call. We dropped the ball this time. It won't happen again.

Tuna Tales · #5 01-09-2016, 11:54 AM

If you love Cabelas so much how come you didn't buy your crabs there??

Why not contact Julians directly and ask what happened instead of bitching to everyone on here. Maybe something happened out of their control.

Gerry Zagorski · #6 01-09-2016, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by SandsharkPolar

You got 3 bait shops in a row on the way down to AH Marina and you gonna tell me 2 would be closed and the other bails on you.You would think they would corner the market on guys heading down to the party boats.Guys who drive 2.5 hours are not going way out of their way to search for bait. Like I said, guys going there to give them business and nobodys home. Then they wonder why we buy our gear at Cabelas. I know it's best we always call. We dropped the ball this time. It won't happen again.

First of all business is very slow this time of year for local bait shops. Ask yourself this question.... If you owned a shop which you staff yourself would you open up every day at 5 am like you do in the summer when there are no customers? Would you pre buy live bait like crabs on the chance a few people might come in this time of year? I think not, I know I wouldn't.

As far as buying your gear from Cabellas instead... Cabellas is not open at 5am to sell you bait when you need it. They also won't be so quick and trusting to make alternate arrangements for you to pick it up somewhere if they happened to be closed when your are headed down to the boat... They are not going to reserve bait for you either.

It's not like I've never shopped at Cabellas or Bass Pro or I dislike those places. I do however prefer to buy my gear locally when I can because I want those places around when I need bait, a reel serviced, a rod tip or guide replaced etc.

Bottom line is if you want these places to survive you need to support them by buying more then just bait.

frugalfisherman · #7 01-09-2016, 01:35 PM

That's why God created party boats.

Down Deep Sportfishing · #8 01-09-2016, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by frugalfisherman

That's why God created party boats.

And charters that include whites and greens with a paid fare.

Flukenstein · #9 01-09-2016, 03:16 PM

So you went fishing without accounting for bait and it's everybody else's fault you had a bad day? Should these b&t stores be open on a weekday at 5AM just in case some guys drive 2 1/2 hrs? There are not a lot of guys fishing this time of year and it doesn't pay. Bad planning on your part does not mean everyone else is at fault.

Adrenalinerush · #10 01-09-2016, 03:38 PM

I was gonna make all the points made earlier this morning but declined. Thanks to all who responded. If your gonna fish this time of year and you don't call ahead for bait, when crabs are scarce and everyone is scrambling for them then don't complain when you get shut out. You as much as said you should have called but didn't and then still blaimed the shops for not having crabs. If they were ready available don't you think they would have them? Look self in mirror instead of blaming others for lack of dilligence when you should have been diligent planing your trip, enough said