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Originally Posted by RWole
I agree with supporting local shops and we have seen quite a bit of shops close
over the years. With that said the shops need to help themselves as well, a good way to do this is to be OPEN !
Some of the shops that have closed were opening 7:00 , 8:00 am, well most fishermen are on the water earlier than that so its lost business.
Dows was mentioned and they are still open but they are also open long hours which accommodates fishermen, plus they are well stocked and prices are not greatly higher than the box stores.
I recently went to a local shop for 2 particular lures and they were $2.50 higher for each lure.
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I’ll be honest with you, my experience working at some shops. Really is a handful of early birds each morning which adds up to nothing or very little in bait sales. There’s a lot behind the scenes anglers don’t know, bait and boat in netcong supplied the whole upper half of the state amd delivered bait at no charge. They closed and now these small shops are forced to look elsewhere and drive and figure out how to transport the bait at their cost now. It’s been a struggle with a bunch of shops. The money is made with rod and reels and not every angler is buying a new rod and reel every trip so they make up for it with the good customer service and terminal tackle. If we don’t support them now when they need it the most, it’s gonna get interesting and everyone will have to catch their own bait I think,
