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Never seen anything like this. Local Walmart fishing tackle shelves are bare. I noticed Amazon is showing unavailable for certain fishing items too.
Bait and tackle shortage reportedly hits as fishing soars in popularity due to social distancing | Fox News
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It had to happen, sign of the times, sad!
My wife went to Academy several days ago to pick up a filet glove, and said their lure aisles were really bare.
She said we had more tackle than they did, but then added that we did before all this happened, too.
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Wow, I’m glad I stocked up at the beginning of the season. What with COVID-19, I have been staying away from the stores as much as possible. Those aisles did look picked clean.
Same at my local Walmart. All was good until about two weekends ago. Since that, the shelves have been mostly bare.
No shortages at my local Walmart. Last time I checked, a few items were low but nothing drastic.
We were in Springfield,MO at BPS a couple weekends ago on our way to Table Rock and why it wasn't bare there was a lot of empty spaces.
Same way here
Walmarts and Academy ain't restocking here in Wichita. Glad I'm stocked up on everything.
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Local Sportsman’s Warehouse has very slim pickin’s lately. I’m guessing shipping issues due to the virus. Some of the Japanese sites say no shipping to the U.S. and they don’t know when it will open back up.
Southern pro.com has all you need . lol :ThumbsUp
At this time of year you should have everything you need any way!
Most of us have enough stuff to fish for 10 more years without buying anything else:Rofl
Tackle shops around central Arkansas still have most things but are starting to run a little thin. The bait shop guy close to my office told me that they can’t get any more night crawlers because their Canadian night crawler farmer went out of business.
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Oh, I do. But I like to shop. Nuthin' else to do right now.Quote:
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Same here, we went to Wally World Wednesday and they were out out of a lot of stuff
My local Wal-Mart is BARE..Sad times indeed.
Went to local bait stores and Cabela’s and academy sports and they out of lots of stuff said been waiting on supplies for weeks and weeks .
I wont even pull into a walmart parking lot. Where I do shop have plenty of stock of things I use and don't use.
I think more people are fishing as well as the shipping issues. I have a bunch of places in the bottoms I drive to and make a few cast and rarely see people. Seems lately there is some one at every spot i used to stop at.
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I think with the COVID-19 If not fishing then hiking with the kids, throwing rocks in the water, etc. on my small state park stream I have to hike a bit to get away from the crowd. I never use to see that. Oh well, I try not to be a grumpy old man and move on. I got off topic here. I bought a lot of stuff in February and March before things fell apart.
I've been wondering if that's why I've seen increased sales on my Web site.
My local Walmart is still well stocked. My local Academy is thin on a lot of items. I pour and tie my own baits so no big deal to me. I have a lifetime worth of equipment.
Was told that rapala has been closed down since April and the shelves show it. Almost vacant around here of their stuff. Still finding other stuff I need.
Our Walmart’s are really bare,I’m betting when folks tire of this nonsense,yard sales are Gonna be Full of supplies :fish
Happy I learned to make my own Rapalas, lol!
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Bob
we all have enough jigs and tackle to out last this nonsense but we go shopping just in case there is a new color we missed.
Same problem here in Northern ohio - our local walmarts are picked clean, as is the Fishermans Central in Portage Lakes -- Guy there said they had a 30,000 backorder with their suppliers
Was in Cabelas in Avon the other day - didnt look too bad on lures and bait but there was maybe 3 spinning reels and NONE on the display handles -- only baitcasters
TIM
I was at a Bass Pro shops last Friday. Though not bare the shelves were noticeably lacking stock, especially in terminal tackle. Rod selection was getting thin too.