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I'm just trying to get a general idea of where you guys do most of your shopping for fishing tackle. We have some great sponsors on this site & I am hoping to get their products into the stores that you guys are going to. If you have the specific contact info of the store or if you know the manager/owner of the shop, that info would be very helpful too.

I look forward to your responses.

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Order of frequency:

1. Wal-Mart
2. Academy
3. Lake Charles Tackle

Unfortunately, once again the big chain always is able to offer lower prices than the other guys. As well, Wal-Mart has a wide enough selection to where one can find something there that is going to catch fish.

I quit buying tackle at walmart, the stock is mostly crap, but on occasion you can find things. I am from the lafayette area and shop the country station in broussard, small tackle shop but very much loaded, decent prices

LCT, Cormies and Academy.
Depending on what I am looking for.
I won't go out of my way to get Sand Eels, so I get them on the way to the lake at Cormies.
I get most of my offshore, topwater and hard jerk baits at LCT.
Jigheads from Academy when they are on sale.
I get my Jerk Jr's. from a guy on another fishing site. He gave me a buttload when he first went into business and
I also won 2 gallon bags of soft plastics in a fishing tournament last year. And I got a few free samples of some
TTF lures at the Houston Boat Show and the Houston Fishing Show from HR&G.

I HATE Walmart. I don't go there unless it is the only place that has something I am looking for. Traffic is bad,
parking sucks, lot of what they have is cheap and breaks easy. I hate that place. I live close to it too. But I hate it.

I also stop at Cabelas in Gonzelas on my way home from work. I work out of Venice and Cabelas is half way home.
It is my pit stop. I use their bathrooms cause they are clean, I eat a sandwich upstairs and I walk and stretch my
legs for 30 minutes or so looking at what's new. Their prices are usually kinda high, I don't buy much there, except
in the summer when they have a big clearance sale.
I get my 8mm Mauser bullets from there. I can get 100 bullets for around $100. Anywhere else I pay $25 for 20 bullets.

1) Academy
2) The Tackle Box
3) Lake Charles Tackle
4) Wally-World

I'm from jennings but my order is academy and sometimes wal-mart here but they don't stock much at this one other than some gulp.

1) The Tackle Box
2) Academy
3) Bass Pro Shop Online

If I could find everything I wanted online I would order that way so I would never leave the house to fight traffic. I can not say how much I hate Wal-Mart due to several things my top or rude employee, 50 regester line and two open and traffic sucks. All tackle and rods and reels or from The Tackle Box.

I have Billy Stix rods and my reels come from a couple of fellers I know who can get me Shimano's for a lot less than any store.
Just have to wait a week or so for them to come in.