MO,s newbait an tackle

I now give them a big fat F for not being open. I went by there at 7:30 and they were closed. Come on. Its a 24 hour pier, and you are open for just a few of those hours? Forget that.

I AGREE WITH SNAKE.I SURE WOULD NOT MIND PAYING A LITTLE EXTRA TO GET THEM THERE AND YOU DONT HAVE THAT EXTRA WEIGHT UNTIL YOU GET UPPP THE HILL BUT CMMMON YOU HAVE TO BE OPEN BY 730!TAKE A LESSON FROM J A M !OPEN EARLY AND SELL LOTTTSSS OF BAIT ESPECIALLY TO GOOD FISHERMAN TRYING TO BE THE FIRST ONES THERE!I SURE THEY WILL LEARN AND MAYBE THEY HAVNT EVEN OPENED YET!

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The pier tackle shop is open and their hours are 6AM to 6PM
I stopped in for a look-see and saw a nice and huge Daiwa spinning reel for the low, low price of only $1,400 and the dude said that was just what I need to fight Tarpon on the pier. I said it looked better suited to winch my truck out of the ditch if I got stuck. I walked out never to return.

While I was out on the pier there was a woman fishing with her young (12 ish) son. The boy asked me how to tie his Yo-Zuri to his line. I asked if he had a leader and he handed me a 8” plastic coated silver leader with a big bright and shinny swivel and a big snap to attach to the lure. I rigged him up with SevenStrand and showed him how to work the lure.
After a couple questions I discovered that the mom had given her son $20 to go get a drink. While at the pier house the boy went in the tackle shop and came back with the Yo-Zuri and the leader. HOLY CRAP!!! :evil:

As I was leaving I decided to go back in the store to express my disgust, but it was a little after 6 and the door was locked. Then James walked up and we were talking about the great off shore trip we had, when the door opened and three guys came out of the tackle shop area; well, I started telling them what I thought about selling a kid an expensive lure and the wrong rigging; it was obvious the kid was clueless. They looked at me like I was crazy and said they don’t work there and just arrived from out of town. ???
James had my back though, he explained to them that I had been out in the sun too long. :o
Oh well :-[

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Another 'dumb ole coot' out in the sun too long! :spank: ;) :D

Hopefully, they will get it together soon :-\

It is things like this that makes one thankful they can direct newcomers to an advisory tackle shop called J&M Tackle.

Additionally, if that isn't enough, they can be directed to hire Pier#er for guidance.

THAT'S FUNNY FIN ABOUT THAT TARPON ROD. THOSE FOLKS SHOULD CATER TO BOTH REGULARS AND TOURIST AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY GOING STRICTLY TOURIST!TOO MANY REGULARS THAT NEED AN OCCASIONAL THING FROM TIME TO TIME; MAINLY LIVELY ONES IF FISHING BEFORE OCTI BUT WITH PRICING AND INFO LIKE THAT THEY PROBABLY WANT DO SO WELL!

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It is things like this that makes one thankful they can direct newcomers to an advisory tackle shop called J&M Tackle.

Additionally, if that isn't enough, they can be directed to hire Pier#er for guidance.


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+1 !!!! well said

sounds like these folks are out to rake in the cash and don't care about helping people that need advice. i heard that mo sold his tackle shop a while back. bet he wishes his name weren't still on it. i think i will go to j and m on the way to the pier. they should name that one on the pier the tourist trap tackle shop

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they should name that one on the pier the tourist trap tackle shop
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L O L
;D

ya know, I'm glad that you said something on here about that. My 12 year old would have done the same thing. Sounds like the only thing that we'll be buying out of there is bait.