Boondocks N.Stonington - Closing?
 

Somebody told me Boondocks Outfitters near Foxwoods is closing.....that true?
That was a pretty big shop....

Nice shop, crappy location...

Yep....

Location, location, location

Their website was not so good.....

heard the same thing. Also heard they are unloading some serious stock for dirt cheap.

Cabelas, Cabelas, Cabelas.:smash:

More like a poor choice of business - why open a tackle shop on the way to Foxwoods?
I would have opened "Crazy Joe's World O' Vice," sell smokes, booze, books on card counting, have a pawn counter, do payday loans, sell condoms, porno....The stuff people really want.

Online or in person?

my fishing partner went down there and bought a new rod and saved $150. Not sure what the online deals are

It's pretty much cleaned out... still a lot of soft plastics and some plugs... you can really tell what plugs people like/don;t like by what's left. :laughs:

There are quite a few rods left too... it was worth a 170$ trip for me the other day :)

That was too nice a building to carry as a startup fishing tackle store. And what did they do in the winter?

:cheers:
:jump:

I got some great deals from them a few weeks ago on Loomis Fly Rod. Cross Current GLX 10 weight for $450.

Went today. Still some good deals. Spent some to save some.

the location was bad,however there cheap price on eels will be the one thing I will miss.Used them to restock my eel tank once a month.

Wasn't he looking for a business partner to expand? I thought I read in the fishermen or some other mag of this guy looking to expand up the east coast and was looking for an investor.... I think the ad is still in there.

The fishing business is a tough business to make a buck in. I know of few shop owners driving around 60' bertam's on the weekends. Most guys get into because the love the field and hope they can make a living at doing something they love (IMO) and hang out with guys that feel the same way.

Scale has been the key to making big money but that scale puts a lot of pressure on the local B&T guy who deals with "joe sixpack" on a daily basis who wants a dozen worms a few hooks and a handful of sinkers or maybe one plug . Most fisherman will not pay 20+ bucks for a plug, ever. Hardcore guys like yourself will but most guys just won't.

Scotty - could be called screw your supplier................:eek:

I stopped there twice in the last couple weeks and spent some money. The first time there was a going out of business sale sign and it looked it. The second time they had cut the going out business out of the sign and it read only store sale. I asked and they said they were trying to restructure the business.

F-in A Man!I was on my way home tonight and I was thinking exactly the same thing.I think he has been running the going out of buisness sale since August.
I feel for anyone trying to make a go of thier buisness [I was self employed 15 years] but this going out of buisness sale is begining to look silly.

I stopped there in early august and it was already picked through... few wooden plugs left, I picked up a big jointed metal lip fpr 12$... but VERY few plugs left... thought i could get a cheap VS but the reels were wiped out... the guy told me he would be slowly going out of bussiness until the building sold...

Now that's funny
 

Like that will happen sometime soon.

I have some first hand stories I could tell. But, like Salty, it's a small community and there's no sense :deadhorse:. Some folks are their own worst enemies.

Saw on the RISAA list last week owner said they were not closing but would be "bigger and better"

I'm thinking not at that location

Lord have mercy for the boys down in the .....:faga:

I guess the $50 gift cert. I have for there is junk now.......

He's had a "going out of business sale" sign out on the road for almost a year now.