Okay, a bit more seriously......
Better hours.....I know a lot of you fish at midnight, but I've always been an early morning (3-4 AM) guy thru sun-up.....
And I always try to plan ahead, cause up here in NE at least, most shops don't open till after I'm DONE....which is okay, if I'm jigging the canal or throwing plugs elsewhere.....I can easily plan ahead for that.
But since I STILL have that little bit of chunking in my heart and soul, and I live in Foxboro, which is at least a good half hour from a decent bait shop (though now I hear of one in Norton), it's not easy to plan to get fresh chunk bait ahead of time.
When I go to Jersey, (granted, where I go is a shore town), most of the B&T's open at about 4 AM.....always been that way....I remember stopping with Charlie (Pop) at a B&T at 4:30 in the morning back in the 60's.....and where I go down there now, it's the same still today.....in fact, at times, they are open 24 hours......
Oh, the other thing about Jersey shore tackle shops....they all have grills for that breakfast sandwich/and or coffee you might want.......pork roll, egg and cheese to go, please.....
..okay, okay, you New England guys have no clue about pork roll......
, um, your loss......
