BPS Spring Sale

[crankbait2009]

I'm not going either.  Don't need anything.

But where is the love for BPS?  I'm not feeling it from all the responses 

[Gundog]

Not what it once was. Now that BPS took over Cabela's there aren't many real deals. Also it use to be more of an outdoor expo kind of event, now not so much. 

[drew4779]

I stopped by yesterday on my way home from work.  It's not how I remember it.  I ended up saving $2 on $65 worth of tackle.  I didn't see any vendor booths (maybe that's only on weekends). It might be worth it if your looking for something very specific that happens to be one of their sale items. They had bins and bins of discounted rooster tails and everyone on the lake will seemingly be casting a new carbonlite combo. 

[crankbait2009]

I've gone every year since 2009.  I have never seen vendors show up at these events.  At least not at my local BPS.  That would be a cool feature to have

[Bruce424]

We went yesterday. For somthing to do. Was disappointed. Once again. I was told the trilene 100 fluoro was not for the fluoro xl...so I didn't buy any.(it is by the way, at least online) Plus line sizes were not the ones I wanted. They were out of 8 lb. I wish they still had the zoom sale cuz they didn't. I didn't like how they only had select items in certain brands on sale either.

[ohboyitsrobby]

I went and gotta pflueger president 30 some boxes and rod socks. Didn't save much but enough to make it worth it I suppose

[flyfisher]

They usually have decent deals on terminal tackle so I may go in or might just do an online order and save the hassle.  

 

[slonezp]

My son went today to utilize the rod/reel trade in program. Said rod choices were minimal at best. 

[Darren.]

Went to the Hampton, VA store today with one of my sons.

Deals...meh. But I did pick up 5 3600 size boxes for $10.

I like the BPS boxes.

 

Son picked up a sweet Gerber knife, I picked up some hen

hackles for tying jigs. Other than that, was fairly busy, but

nothing like I've seen in several years past.

[scottyboy]

Picked up a new B&M Sam Heaton 10 ft Crappie rod that I hope will be good as it is my first, Seems like it feels good anyway. Also a SOG knife that was on clearance. 

[NorcalBassin]

I had a bunch of gift cards saved up from the past couple+ years and picked up a Curado K and some random non-sale things for the boat. It was less busy than any other Friday Classic I've been to, but they were already out of a number of things as though they didn't even bother increasing the inventory for sale items (tackle). At this point it's more of a social outing tradition with my dad than anything else... sure miss the days of sales you'd be excited to see.

[NHBull]

Underwhelming at best

the Plano type boxes, 5 for 10.00 may be the best deal in the store

[crankbait2009]

well, I decided to drop in to my local BPS.  I was there mainly to get new line to respool.  Trilene was on sale for $6

 

I was walking through the crank section, and I hear a lot of people talking about the whopper plopper.  This is not a new lure.  What has happened recently that has this being so popular?  Yes, it's on sale, but there was buzz about it prior to.  But i definitely heard whispers about it as I was walking past other shoppers.

 

just seems like all of a sudden

[Jaderose]

It's pitiful.  I suppose you could find some stuff at the stores (the storage boxes for example) but I don't see anything on line that trips my trigger.  I've pretty much given up on BPS

 

[lo n slo]

i thought about it but decided to save my gift card for the on-line sale that usually follows this one

[volzfan59]

Medico22733, I got your message and replied. I've never looked at the internals of a Carbonlite reel as I don't use them They, BPS mothership, tell us they are the same. I do use the Carbonlite rods, in addition to the Patriots.

 

I use the Pro Qualifier reels and can tell you that when we sold the p/q combo's, they were identical. I know this is apples and oranges, hope it helps.

Edited February 20, 2018 by volzfan59
I really need to proof read my posts better before hitting enter.

[clark9312]

I was going to try one of the carbon lite combos but they were sold out today. They had the reel and the rod but wouldn’t make a combo to sell for 120. My VIP card runs out in may and I don’t plan on shopping there after that. I did get some of the bass pro brand flourocarbon. Anyone ever tried it? I usually buy red label 

[standman]

2 hours ago, volzfan59 said:

Medico22733, I got your message and replied. I've never looked at the internals of a Carbonlite reel as I don't use them They, BPS membership, tell us they are the same. I do use the Carbonlite rods, in addition to the Patriots.

 

I do use the Pro Qualifier reels and can tell you that when we sold the p/q combo's, they were identical. I know this is apples and oranges, hope it helps.

Any idea if the new BPS Formula BC reels have anything in common with the older PQs? I stopped by the store today to buy the carbonlite combo, but they were out of LH retrieves.  I did pickup the Formula for $40.  Didn’t get a chance to compare them to the PQs (have couple of them), but they look almost identical.

[lmbfisherman]

8 hours ago, standman said:

Any idea if the new BPS Formula BC reels have anything in common with the older PQs? I stopped by the store today to buy the carbonlite combo, but they were out of LH retrieves.  I did pickup the Formula for $40.  Didn’t get a chance to compare them to the PQs (have couple of them), but they look almost identical.

Interesting if that is true, that is an awesome deal!

[volzfan59]

To be completely honest with you, I don't know the answer to your question. The Formulas are 10 bearing reels, all of my old P/Qs are 7 bearing. Those Formulas sure are smooth though. When I left this afternoon, we had sold out of the Formula spinning reels, had six baitcasters, all 6.6:1 righties.

 

Once the classic is over, I'll try to get you an answer.

[CTBassin860]

On 2/11/2018 at 7:16 PM, Fishin' Fool said:

They also have inexpensive reels that can be purchased for like $5 or $10 that are donated to various fishing groups as mentioned above.

Exactly. Buy a zebco 202 for 5$ and trade it. They stock a massive amount for that reason. 

On 2/16/2018 at 1:32 PM, FishDewd said:

So I went, I saw, I conquered... kind of. They kind of pulled a fast one on me. The original ad I saw showed a carbonlite reel and said "buy a reel at $119.97(9?) and receive a carbonlite rod for free". It made it sound like I could choose a reel and then choose a rod. But that's not what it was at all... they had pre-made combos available in 6'6"-7'0" variations of medium to heavy. They did not the medium-lite rod combo that I wanted, in right or left hand (I wanted a left). I showed them the ad I downloaded and printed earlier this week, and while they agreed the wording was misleading and that I was right to think I could pick a rod, they refused to honor it. Also, I wasn't terribly impressed with the reels. I liked how the star wheel and spool knob clicked, but the spool bearing seemed sub-par to me and did not have much free spin to it. Ultimately I turned in one Zebco Mercury pole with a nice little 33 reel on it that I've used to pull many a fish out of creeks with, and got the $20 off for the medium-lite rod that I actually wanted. I also tried to cash in my credit points, but was told I didn't have any points on my card which I've had loaded at customer service 3-4 times now. So I ended up paying the full $100 for the rod (not bad a bad price though, not complaining) and for the red eye chartreuse sexy shad lipless crank I bought with it. Apparently you can combine the discount for an old rod/reel with points on your reward card to get a bigger discount. Too bad I couldn't do that, and I can't get that credit back cause the receipts are too old. I was told that the employee must have not pushed "enter" when my previous points were applied. Well, that's great. Good job! So I made sure the points were applied this time when I bought the rod and crank, so now I have 100 points when I should've had closer to 300 to use for a few extra bucks off. It was just chaotic to say the least! Hardly anyone was working, the people in customer service were really slow and giving this guy a hard time about a return purchase price for a Mossberg shotgun he had bought. Don't think I will mess with Bass Pro's sales events anymore, they just do not have their stuff together. Lol.

 

With that said, I like the rod! I loads at 1/8th easily and I think it will be perfect for throwing weightless plastics. I think I will enjoy it a lot. It has a Fuji first guide with K series mini guides the rest of the way down. It is light, sensitive, and balances perfectly with the reel I put on it. So I"ll be testing it out next week now that temps that stabilized back into the 70's again. I think Spring is finally almost here! At least where I live anyway.

 

Did you ask the store manager (not the fishing stupivosor) to build your own?? My BPS lets you do that if you ask nicely. 

[FishDewd]

I did actually... no go. They were only comboing certain rods with the reels and wouldn't let me just get a reel for it.

[volzfan59]

FishDewd, You are correct. BPS mothership told all stores that sale combos can not be built in store. The only combos that can be purchased at the sale price come to the stores pre-built. The ad states "limited quantities, no rain checks. We started the sale with almost 500 combos, 500. Sold out in 2 1/2 days.

 

Not to say that a store manager couldn't go rouge and do it, but they won't if they like they're job. A report is generated every day tracking those things. 

 

BPS mothership could reverse their decision, that's up to them. At our store, like yours and all others that I know about, we're not building combos at the sales price, no matter how nicely you ask.

[Dirtyeggroll]

@volzfan59 do you know if he stores are going to restock during the Spring Sale? Seems like everything is mostly already picked through. Wondering if it’s worth trying again on a strategic date. Thanks

[volzfan59]

Dirtyeggroll, I'm off today, but one of the guys called me at home. We received 105 more this morning. I don't know what lengths, powers or ratios though. It wouldn't hurt to call your store. I don't know how we ended up getting more?

 

Question for you, how do you get the @name sign?