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10-14-2003, 11:49 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Mashpee
Posts: 36
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Things you wish were in tackle shops, but arn't
anything not in shops that you would like to see?
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BLACK IS BLACK
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10-14-2003, 12:10 PM
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#2
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#1 Plug Building Supply
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Point Pleasant, NJ
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A great selection of Tin Jigs!  |
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10-14-2003, 12:10 PM
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None
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Newton, MA
Posts: 4,464
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I would like to see stores that actually sell cheap waders and siwash hooks and those with feathers and bucktails. And the stores that have cheap waders like hodges.
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10-14-2003, 12:24 PM
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My brother is bald
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Parts Unknown
Posts: 4,516
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A 75 # fish that I mounted and gave to the shop cause it was my 3rd that year.
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seals + plovers = 
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10-14-2003, 12:30 PM
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#5
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Hooked
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Boston
Posts: 362
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Free lures.
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10-14-2003, 12:32 PM
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#6
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Foxborough, Ma
Posts: 1,191
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Counter clerks that look like the girls from 179's avatar.....   |
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10-14-2003, 12:46 PM
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#7
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Outer Banks NC, Charlestown RI
Posts: 1,053
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I second Steve's suggestion.... 
How about live Herring, Bunker, and Shad.... |
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10-14-2003, 01:23 PM
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DDG-51
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 3,550
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A brothel in the back |
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10-14-2003, 01:27 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Bedford, NH
Posts: 626
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A 24/7 eel vending machine outside the front door.
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10-14-2003, 01:33 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Foxborough, Ma
Posts: 1,191
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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...... |
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10-14-2003, 02:00 PM
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surfcasting is NOT a crime
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 792
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better hours (for fishermen)
eel machine outside
Bassmaster needles
Aquaskins
resident only stickers for parking
johnny "the Ratt Boy" |
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10-14-2003, 02:04 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: S. Yarmouth, MA
Posts: 1,604
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That's what I'm talkin' about Steve! Had exactly that a week ago in Seaside....."Hey buddy, can I get a dozen clams and a pork roll, egg and cheese on a bun? Thanks." I bet ya miss the smell and taste of that Case or Taylor hickory smoked pork way up there in Mass, huh? Mmmmmmmm succulent stuff. Couldn't ya just go for a 3 lb roll of it right now? Is your mouth watering for it, Steve? (This is mean , huh? OK, I'll stop.)
What could I go for in a tackle shop? A road map. At a good one usually there's so much there I get overwhelmed, forget what I came in for and leave with what I don't need. Oh yes, and I like the suggestion about chicks clad only in waders cheerfully waiting for me to come in at 5:00AM for bait.
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10-14-2003, 02:05 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,270
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I think Washrat is talking about "product" .
How about the stuff that the meatheads over at Berkely are pulling from the shelves: 6500CL / CS Mag / Nautil (unless there is a redesign coming).
Good line choice seems tough for conventionals unless you go to a higher end shop.
How about rules & regs in many languages and notices for people to pitch their trash in a receptackle, and bags with the shop's name on it so we can see where the knuckleheads are buying their stuff - Oh Yeh, product...
I'm actually fairly well stocked on what I need and I'm able to find it (usually) in the shops I frequent. Maybe some of the popular surf stuff that no longer hets bought, like those Blurple Bombers that the Saltwater Edge had to order...
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Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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10-14-2003, 02:27 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Foxborough, Ma
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Quote:
Originally posted by JohnR
How about rules & regs in many languages and notices for people to pitch their trash in a receptackle,
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John, that was my next post....in BIG LETTERS, on the door facing you on the way out.......
Jimbo.....no sweat, 22 days and counting, and I'll be eating them most every morning for a week or so.... ....and you can bet a nice big roll of taylor ham is coming back with me.... |
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10-14-2003, 02:38 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: cranston
Posts: 815
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Steve my parents are both from Jersey, taylor ham is the best. I wish you could find it up this way.
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10-14-2003, 02:45 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Foxborough, Ma
Posts: 1,191
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Taylor ham is good!!!..... ...
But back on track....
I saw two posts about an eel machine....just wondering.....just how do you propose that to work?
I mean, I've seen places with bait machines......sand worms, night crawlers, etc. work okay....Chunks, well, from what I hear (never bought chunks from them myself), you get a few measly, sorry looking chunks of pogey or mack, for a whole lot of money....
Eels......since they need to be kept alive in eel tanks......... 
Okay, unless it's just a dream............ |
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10-14-2003, 02:52 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Foxborough, Ma
Posts: 1,191
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Damn.....the engineer in me is coming out......what if?..... .......you got some sort of vacuum system that went inside the shop into the eel tank.....outside, you put your money in the slot, and this vacuum hose searched around the tank, sucked up a live eel, and delivered it out a chute.....of course, ya would also probably get a good soaking from the water it sucked up and delivered to you as well.... 
Hey, I'm an umemployed engineer......but somehow, I think if I designed it and came up with a patent, I'd still be poor.....  .... |
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10-14-2003, 02:52 PM
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Permanently Disconnected
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 12,647
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10-14-2003, 04:08 PM
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Really Old & Really Grumpy
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: not a clue
Posts: 4,860
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products,,,,hmmm! my tackle bag is 3"x3" zip lock with a hook, leader. swivel...eel fishin dosen't take much...the shops would starve if there were more of me around...u can add cheap to grumpy an old.....seem,s this new generation is more into showin off how much gear they have to carry and what their carrying then finding their own honey holes an just enjoying the time spent outside.....o sorry this was about products.....how about just improveing the stuff thats already out there...like hooks that don't rust the first time out,,,reels that work well...etc..etc...  |
BOAT fish do count.
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10-14-2003, 04:13 PM
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viva the plug-o-lution
Join Date: May 2002
Location: notsob
Posts: 3,476
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wendys.
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live to fish. fish to live. rod tips high.
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10-14-2003, 04:15 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Bedford, NH
Posts: 626
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Eels would be nice, but I'd settle for some fat sandworms at 4am to support my tube-n-worm addiction.
http://web.idirect.com/~vendnet/kanes6.html |
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10-14-2003, 04:22 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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10-14-2003, 05:23 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: .
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Well, during the Fall Run, it would be nice to have all-nite tackle shops.
I remember the Red Drum B&T down in Buxton, NC being open 24/7 starting in April. Busy, too, by most accounts! I bought my first Abu 7500C3CT at 3 in the morning or something like that.  |
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10-14-2003, 05:35 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
Posts: 17,125
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A massage therapist.
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10-14-2003, 06:01 PM
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lobster = striper bait
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Popes Island Performing Arts Center
Posts: 5,871
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If any of the shop guys want a graveyard person next year...
24 hour baitshops would be a nice thing.... |
Ski Quicks Hole
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10-14-2003, 06:15 PM
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Below Me
Join Date: May 2003
Location: low
Posts: 2,909
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Spam
Eel skins and rigs
Drive Thru (so there is no way any stories start)
Rods with an easily visible 28" ruler written in Cambodian (sorry).
A Bassmaster/FWW Cape & Islands/English dictionary
A copy of the new book "Cowboy Down". A self help guide for suffering Red Sox fans (and players)
"Charlie Moore is a wanker"t-shirts
Etc.
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10-14-2003, 06:18 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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10-14-2003, 06:37 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2003
Posts: 229
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10-14-2003, 07:15 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,270
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Ahemmm. Family Friendly site please.. we have youngsters here...
Steve, if an eel wants to get out, chances are....
Actually, Weekapaug had a good idea, outdoor lockers, if you are a regular, reserve a locker and if you need eels, call 'em. If you need a SuperStrike, call 'em. Shop might be closed but your stuff will be waiting..
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~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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10-14-2003, 07:21 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 4 hours from my favorite place
Posts: 5,366
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Hmmm..yes longer hours would be nice BUT realistically ...I am sure its a tough thing to do....
More shops with coffee, coffee , coffee.....and yes we would pay good money for it!
I always thought it would be cool to have a "fishermans hotel" out back......you know rent a bunk to crash in for a few in between fishing! (I know its stupid but how many times have you wished you had a warm bed instead of the back of your sand sled???)
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On the serious side, how about some Habs needlefish? Can't find any around here!
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