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Location: Chilton | Does the Sportsman's Wharehouse in DePere carry live bait? I thought I read here that Bob's bait and tackle was going out of business. Is there somewhere else in Green Bay that carries bait?
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Location: Green Bay, WI | I think Sportsman's does, but the new addition to Gander in Green Bay added a live bait area. |
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| When are they going out of business? I didn't hear anything about it.
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Location: Manitowoc, WI | Bobs Bait and Tackle closed thier doors back in October. Good friends that will be missed by the fishing industry. |
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Location: Manitowoc, WI | I called Gander Mountain the other day and the bait shop opens at 6 a.m. Call before you go. Winter hours may be different. |
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Location: Appleton wi | Jerry why did they close? Was the place up for sale at one point? just wondering. |
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Location: Manitowoc, WI | The gentlemen who owned it wanted to retire, plus they were getting beat up by some of their competition, specifically Mills Fleet Farm, Gander Mountain, Sportsman Warehouse, and Wal-Mart. Personally it's beyond me why anyone would choose to shop for fishing or hunting equipment at a Wal-Mart or K-Mart knowing that they're biting the local hand that does more than just sell them goods. Bobs was a great place to talk fishing, get fishing reports, and observe/perform seminars, as I had the pleasure of doing them there the last two years. They were always easy for me to work with and they would go out of their way to help fisherman and hunters out. They will be missed. I wish Tim, Marcus, Darrell, Bob and Tom well in their futures. |
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Location: Green Bay , WI | it was a great place to get walleye baits and spinners and beads nobody else in Green Bay has anything close to what they had |
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Location: Appleton wi | Jerry i agree about Bob's. I have been one of there customers for past 3 years and almost always stopped there either before or after i fished the bay.The guys there were always friendly and helpfull I also agree about supporting locally owned business i also use sportsman on wisc ave in appleton before i go to gander or fleet and buy new poles or reels I often stop at sportsmans and a few times was cut a deal on equipment they beat the big stores prices.After 20 years in biomedical engineering i am ready for a career change and have been looking for business to purchase and want the business to be something i love and thats fishing 
Edited by eye Lunker 11/10/2005 3:53 PM
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Location: Manitowoc, WI | Eye Lunker,
If you are serious about this business I suggest that you contact the realtor that is selling the business. I'm not sure who is showing it, if anyone, but I do know that the 50 storage units come with the building. I also thought about venturing into this business but given today's economic climate I decided to wait and see. Good luck if you decide to try it. |
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| eye lunker,
I've looked into buying a bait and tackle shop some years ago, and what I figured out is that the business will save you money more than make you money because it keeps you from going fishing all the time. Give some serious thought to this. Loving to fish, and owning a bait/tackle shop DO NOT always go hand in hand. Any time people would want to be fishing, you have to be at the store providing them with what they need. You will not get nearly the time to fish that you do working a regular job. I'm not trying to throw a dampner on your fire, but just be certain of what you want. Good luck to you! |
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Location: Rhinelander | A sports shop can be a very tough business anywhere, yet the specialty shops still do pretty well even in a town that has two or more big boxs. It seems that the Hubting shops that also sell fishing do OK against the big box stores, and in some cases specialty fishing shops. Just the cost of heating and keeping the lights on in a store these days is scary... |
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Location: Fremont, Wisconsin | Old guy, along time ago said to me "Don't work in your play ground" |
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| I stopped in at sportsman in depere for the first time and though its a nice store with many diferent outdoor sports stuff its nothing like bob's had for spinner baits. There bead and spinner section is little and has the same stuff that gander or fleet has. Does anyone know who the supplier was for bob's in gb for his spinner blades?Or website fpr the manufacture of them? |
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Location: Kaukauna WI | eyelunker
Give me a call and I can make sume sugguestions |
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| A large selection of BOB's Bead's and colorado Blades came from Xtreme Tackle, Sportsmans in Appleton and Tew Two's carry most of the Blades that Bob's had. The Round beads a Stacker beads also came from Us. The facetted beads were packaged by them (Bob's). Sportsman has the beads we supplied Bob's and Tew's is putting them in before Spring.
Good Luck
Ed Fiore
www.xtackle.com
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Location: Green Bay , WI | Last time I was at the Sportsmen Warehouse they told me that they were going to add a large selection of new walleye tackle [spinners, beads etc...] I agree what they have is really nothning. |
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