Super User Goose52 Posted July 20, 2015 Super User Posted July 20, 2015 My Walmart is typical - one aisle, with the usual stuff. Not a big selection of any one thing but enough to go fishing. Like most of us, I purchase quantity items on-line but have to use Walmart for items that I need immediately. For me, it's the only tackle outlet within about 40 miles (there are pros and cons of living in the sticks... ) My Walmart rarely has any clearance items, and when it does, it's like only .50 cents off. Also, with all of Walmart's purchasing power, they seem to sell many items, espescially crankbaits, at full list price with no discounting. 1 Quote
Super User Senko lover Posted July 20, 2015 Super User Posted July 20, 2015 Mine is pretty awesome.....great selection, lots of deals, and a big clearance section. I rarely walk out without a purchase. Quote
junyer357 Posted July 20, 2015 Posted July 20, 2015 I go to wallyworld for very few things fishing wise. Mostly just stuff for other than bass like bream n crappie. Bass gear acadamy is the place to go. Better prices and huge selection. I order from them online as well. Shipping is free after $25 right now. Btw. Those like me who like the columbia pfg gear ahould check out their magellan line. I have both brand shirts and only diffrence i can feel is in my wallet.... 2 Quote
Super User the reel ess Posted July 20, 2015 Super User Posted July 20, 2015 I go to wallyworld for very few things fishing wise. Mostly just stuff for other than bass like bream n crappie. Bass gear acadamy is the place to go. Better prices and huge selection. I order from them online as well. Shipping is free after $25 right now. Btw. Those like me who like the columbia pfg gear ahould check out their magellan line. I have both brand shirts and only diffrence i can feel is in my wallet.... My buddy told me if you put things in your cart online but don't order, they, BPS and Cabela's will email you offering free shipping. I haven't tried yet. I get what I can off Amazon because we have PRIME (no shipping charges ever). You pay a small fee once a year. $25 I think. The wife paid it because that's how we do most shopping for gifts. Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted July 20, 2015 Super User Posted July 20, 2015 It's not all bad - last fall my WM had the Mustad KVD Elite Trebles in a "Bargain Bin" for $1.99 - I cleaned them out. A-Jay 2 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted July 20, 2015 Global Moderator Posted July 20, 2015 It's not all bad - last fall my WM had the Mustad KVD Elite Trebles in a "Bargain Bin" for $1.99 - I cleaned them out. A-Jay As a responsible, bait monkey obeying fisherman should! 1 Quote
Super User flyfisher Posted July 20, 2015 Super User Posted July 20, 2015 http://www.peopleofwalmart.com Enough said..... Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted July 20, 2015 Super User Posted July 20, 2015 As a responsible, bait monkey obeying fisherman should! LOL ~ Might even be in the Hypnotize Slave category ~ A-Jay Quote
Super User the reel ess Posted July 20, 2015 Super User Posted July 20, 2015 It's not all bad - last fall my WM had the Mustad KVD Elite Trebles in a "Bargain Bin" for $1.99 - I cleaned them out. A-Jay Just like Big Lots...you can find something you want there. But you can't go there with a shopping list. Quote
jdl2425 Posted July 20, 2015 Posted July 20, 2015 There is a trout stream that runs behind the Walmart I go to, so the fishing section caters more to trout anglers than bass. But I've been to ones in NY and NC that have a large selection of bass gear. But Walmart is having a price war with Amazon right now. Unfortunately it seems like the fishing stuff is not being affected by it. Quote
Allen Der Posted July 20, 2015 Posted July 20, 2015 My buddy told me if you put things in your cart online but don't order, they, BPS and Cabela's will email you offering free shipping. I haven't tried yet. I get what I can off Amazon because we have PRIME (no shipping charges ever). You pay a small fee once a year. $25 I think. The wife paid it because that's how we do most shopping for gifts. I get $20 off coupons from BPS all the time. Just log in, add items to your cart and dont buy them. After a day or two you'll start getting the $20 coupons emailed to you. also, Amazon prime is $99 per year unless you are a student, then it is $49. anybody can get a student email by signing up at their local community college even if you never take a class. it also gives you free 2 day shipping. overnight shipping you still have to pay extra for. 1 Quote
Super User the reel ess Posted July 20, 2015 Super User Posted July 20, 2015 I get $20 off coupons from BPS all the time. Just log in, add items to your cart and dont buy them. After a day or two you'll start getting the $20 coupons emailed to you. also, Amazon prime is $99 per year unless you are a student, then it is $49. anybody can get a student email by signing up at their local community college even if you never take a class. it also gives you free 2 day shipping. overnight shipping you still have to pay extra for. I wonder if it's also cheaper for a teacher. The wife's an educator. You'd be surprised the discounts out there for them. 1 Quote
Preytorien Posted July 20, 2015 Posted July 20, 2015 My local Wal-Mart is stale. They have the usual 300 pegs of Zoom stuff that apparently no one buys since it's always in stock, then the Yum and SK stuff is always out and never re-stocked. The selection is always the same....always I could've really stuck it to their policy of items being priced right....there were 4 Lews Speed Stick Carbon rods all in the wrong section....marked at $34.99 I just played it honest and let the mgr know he was about to have a bad time if someone less honest than me took advantage of their mistake However....I went back last week and they're all still there....oh what to do...a moral dilemma 1 Quote
Super User the reel ess Posted July 20, 2015 Super User Posted July 20, 2015 However....I went back last week and they're all still there....oh what to do...a moral dilemma Buy them. He doesn't care. He's the problem, not you. I worked at Wally World for a year when I was a teen. My buddy worked in the sporting goods/automotive dept before the days of the Super Walmarts. He always had a list of what was going on clearance. I would ask him to take the rods I wanted off the rack when he put them on clearance and put them with the damaged goods. Since I had to wait for payday, I couldn't just go get them. I got three nice ones on clearance minus my employee discount that way and used them for years. Still have one and just sold 2 5'6" pistol grip "96% graphite" rods at a yard sale. To be clear, I wasn't asking him to make them damaged to cheat the company. I just had him hide them for me until I could buy them. Quote
Super User OkobojiEagle Posted July 20, 2015 Super User Posted July 20, 2015 hmmm... three pages (so far) of "I never buy at Walmart because their selection is so slim". Chicken or the egg folks? oe Quote
hoosierbass07 Posted July 20, 2015 Posted July 20, 2015 My local Walmart stopped carrying bass hooks a few years ago. When I got into fishign three years ago they carried Gamakatsu and Eagle Claw, extra wide gap hooks and other bass hooks. But the last two years they got rid of the Gamakatsu and extra wide gap hooks. Also had Z-Man soft plastics three years ago but the last two years no Z-Man products. The big super Walmart has a good selection though. Quote
Super User HoosierHawgs Posted July 20, 2015 Super User Posted July 20, 2015 My local Wal-Mart is stale. They have the usual 300 pegs of Zoom stuff that apparently no one buys since it's always in stock, then the Yum and SK stuff is always out and never re-stocked. The selection is always the same....always I could've really stuck it to their policy of items being priced right....there were 4 Lews Speed Stick Carbon rods all in the wrong section....marked at $34.99 I just played it honest and let the mgr know he was about to have a bad time if someone less honest than me took advantage of their mistake However....I went back last week and they're all still there....oh what to do...a moral dilemma Buy them. I hate Walmart, and don't mind sticking it too them. The manufacturer already got their money. I find stuff in the bargain bin regularly that ain't supposed to be there, and I know the Wally World employees don't care, so neither do I. 1 Quote
jamey1e Posted July 20, 2015 Posted July 20, 2015 every now and then the clearance racks will have some good stuff- picked up yamamoto grubs for 1.40 a pack, tungsten weights for .75, some owner hooks for 1.00. as far as the usual stuff ill pick up some zoom stuff from time to time but academy is pretty much my go to store now I cleaned up on those S/K tungsten weights myself. They were a $1.00 a pack and I bought over $20 dollars worth. Quote
southernson1989 Posted July 21, 2015 Posted July 21, 2015 Can't never ever have enough bubble gum trick worms, I guarantee. I never leave home without them! I agree. My advice is to go to a Walmart in the ghetto where you won't find alot of avid fisherman. There was a drive by on a drug dealers car six houses up from me where they shot almost thirty rounds of .223 two weeks ago and a guy was killed behind my house last night. The Walmart a mile from my house always has my zoom bubblegum worms and my favorite old school rapalas. 1 Quote
Weld's Largemouth Posted July 21, 2015 Posted July 21, 2015 In the northeast walmart carries barely any fishing stuff. The walmarts here on Long Island don't carry anything except a few combo rods. You need to go down south to Florida walmarts to get some lures. Quote
Super User tcbass Posted July 21, 2015 Super User Posted July 21, 2015 Most here in central MN are still pretty good. You can order from Walmart too and get free shipping after a certain price. Quote
*Hank Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 I know it really sucks First it was the good rods and reels and now it`s the baits! Quote
Super User SirSnookalot Posted July 22, 2015 Super User Posted July 22, 2015 In the northeast walmart carries barely any fishing stuff. The walmarts here on Long Island don't carry anything except a few combo rods. You need to go down south to Florida walmarts to get some lures. Yes you can in South Florida. If Walmart was the only place to shop here there is enough stock to catch fish. A small selection yes but I can buy xraps, bomber lures, mirrorlure, spoons, bucktails, plastics and jig heads. Power pro and decent enough rods and reels. Quote
stkbassn Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 My Walmart isn't the greatest either but they do carry War Eagle spinnerbaits and they have good prices on plastics. Dicks here isn't great but I always leave with something when I go. I just go to Sportsmans Warehouse 90% of the time or order online. Quote
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