Rhode Island Tackle Shops

[stripercrazy]

charlie maggs at weekapoug b&t, is another great surfcasting shop.

[rocketman]

Originally Posted by fishfearme61

charlie maggs at weekapoug b&t, is another great surfcasting shop.

Ditto

[Bronko]

Surfacasting-Rhodeisland.com! Joe Lyon's shop is the best I have dealt with, hands down. (cyber rhode island).

[fishweewee]

I have mixed feelings about Rhody tackle shops, when I compare them to stores in CT, Mass, and Queens/Long Island (NY).

I haven't found one Rhody tackle shop that offers everything under one roof. For example, a store that might have a great reel selection might not have such a great rod selection...

... and another store that might have a great rod selection but not have many reels in stock...

...and in both cases it's quite possible that plug selection isn't that great...

...and not all stores sell bait...

...and what if you also wanted to get some quality fly gear ?

I guess being in the retail tackle business is tough. I just wish they stocked more stuff.

This is kinda weird, when you consider how good the fishing in Rhody is.

[Joe]

Rhode Island is a very small market with a very long winter. The season here is significantly shorter than in Jersey and the largest fishing demographic is the subsistence fishermen.
Most of the Rhode Island money is in the summer people - the Rhody natives still work at the fish stick factory for $8 an hour.
The bread and butter of a lot of Rhody shops is the tog and scup fishermen from Lowell. Its just now happening that more affluent people are becoming interested in fishing.
I do very little in Rhode Island sales...

[Notaro]

One thing about the Rhody shops is that one of them sells green crabs and none of the shops sell those crabs in MA and Cape Cod. I need them for togs. Bluecrabs are expensive at Uncle Wilson's supermarket in Chinatown.

[Krispy]

I go to Don @ KingCove. I spend alot of time in SoCo, and its worth the extra 5 min drive to Stonington. Don knows whats what in Rhody.

[mikecc]

Originally Posted by Notaro

One thing about the Rhody shops is that one of them sells green crabs and none of the shops sell those crabs in MA and Cape Cod. I need them for togs. Bluecrabs are expensive at Uncle Wilson's supermarket in Chinatown.

Every shop around my area including myself carries green crabs.

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by fishfearme61

charlie maggs at weekapoug b&t, is another great surfcasting shop.

Weekapaug was one of the shops I went to and they were once a sponsor here on S-B. Things happened that I will no longer go there and things happened that would prevent Weekapaug from being a sponsor again... Not at the fault of S-B ...

Fortunately, Don opened his shop down in Stonington and it is not the far away, and he is a sponsor ....

[ThrowingTimber]

QL if Im in absolute (really really really need something) Dave and Steve there are AWESOME! The young lady is nice too

SWE if Im anywhere in the vacinity Gotta stop in I need sili skin...

Captain Dons The captain and John are both good people...and they have Bernzy's, nice when they're stocked up on Habs and Tatoo's too... South county plug SLAM...

Place in prov. I can call that dude and he'll open up for me to get eels, THAT is service

Old guy on thurbers... lets me pick my eels, DONT let him pick em though :shifty:

Fin and Feather Steve and Byron are both extremely helpful

Rest is from sponsors etc, catalogs, cheap bombers/ fireline from #^&#^&#^&#^&s chain stores etc....

Looking into the locker solution that Charlie Maggs at weekapaug offers where, I can just drop him some dough 20,30, 50 etc and have a key to a locker, call in my order for eels and pick them up at will after the shop closes, with the total then being deducted from what I dropped him for dough.... sounds like it'd come in handy in a pinch I like having that as an option.

Lucky's bait and tackle I toss a mean chunk dude! My uncle John and his wife Olga have been stoppin in there for Ages! I dont think theres a tackle shop in that area that doesnt know them

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