Two shops gone in one month!

[SpringCantComeSoonEnough]

I don't know if there's anyone else from northern NJ here, but D&D Sports and the Country Sportsman are both set to be out of business either by the end of this month, or the end of next.

Two shops gone in one month.

I'm not sure if this will affect anyone else here, but for me it means a much longer ride to get anything for fishing.

[Tin]

I dont understand how bait and tackle stores survive up here anyway. In southern New England we have had Cabelas and Bass Pro go in within a hundred miles of each other and are putting a hurting on all the little stores in between. :-/

[SpringCantComeSoonEnough]

Country Sportsman was such a small shop that I saw it coming, but D&D is owned by the people who used to own Frank's Tackle, before they sold Frank's a few years back. They were doing pretty good, but some guy bought the building, threw them out, and now they're done. D&D's bait business was happening. Try getting a parking space between 5 AM and 6:30 AM on a Saturday or Sunday from the beginning of trout season till mid July. It was very near impossible some days.

What you say about Basspro and Cabelas is true. The sad part is, D&D's prices were always right there with Cabelas and Basspro. About the only thing they couldn't compete with was anything Berkely sold at Walmart. I don't think they got that stuff for as cheap as Walmart sells it for. :

[Dogface]

Cabela's and Bass Pro have a hugh selection compared to the smaller shops around SE PA but their prices are not better and when you factor in the gas they can get expensive.

[boatnik13]

The small tacle shops triangle > Here in South Central Pa. I have Bass Pro just 3 miles down the road , Gander Mountain  1.5 miles , Dicks 1.5 miles, Wal-mart 5 miles and that Cabella's 50 miles. Now that sunk about 4 tackle shops life out and the 4 that are still doing busines have something that makes them diffrent like wholesale or reel repairs or something else solid besides just the shop. True they can't buy in bulk like the big stores and there warehouses but don't forget that the fisherman has learned to buy on line and saves except for local "fresh bait". This also hurts the maw & paw stores.