Rhode Island Tackle Shops

[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.

[Pete_G]

If you think about it there are actually a LOT of shops in RI and I think that's part of the reason not everyone carries everything. Look at Aquidneck Island alone; there's Sam's, Edward's, the new shop that is supposedly opening and the Edge. Then there's West Marine and Wal-Mart all in relatively close proximity. It's amazing that the Island even supports them all. Then over the bridges you have Quaker Lane and now Wildwood. That's a lot of options within maybe 20 miles of each other.

[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.

[Notaro]

Originally Posted by mikecc

Every shop around my area including myself carries green crabs.

Mike, what time are you going to be at the shop this friday? i need the green crabs for saturday togging.