Stock up on tackle now?

Bloomberg quoted Nomura analyst Ting Lu as stating, “The power curbs will ripple through and impact global markets. Very soon the global markets will feel the pinch of a shortage of supply from textiles and toys to machine parts.”

Nikkei reported that an affiliate of Foxconn, the world’s biggest iPhone assembler and a key supplier of Apple and Tesla, halted production at its facility in Kunshan in Jiangsu Province on Sunday due to lack of electricity supply. Another Apple supplier, Unimicron Technologies, also halted production in Kunshan on Sunday, said Nikkei, citing regulatory filings.

The New York Times reported on power outages in the heart of China’s southern manufacturing belt, in Guandong. Factories in the city of Dongguan have not had electricity since last Wednesday. The Times interviewed a general manager of a Dongguan factory that produces leather shoes for the U.S. market who has kept his operation running with a diesel generator and who said that power outages began this summer.

Power crisis deepens in Asia and Europe: What it means to shipping


Might not affect fishing tackle, but you never know.

Toilet Paper! Everyone should stock up on Toilet paper now. Just like last time

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Toilet Paper! Everyone should stock up on Toilet paper now. Just like last time

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True, but fishing tackle was affected. My local Walmart has had almost no fishing line until very recently. My local Cabela’s is still very low on rods and reels.

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True, but fishing tackle was affected. My local Walmart has had almost no fishing line until very recently. My local Cabela’s is still very low on rods and reels.

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It was shortage of hooks here. Academy had zero hooks in July

When we make our monthly grocery run to Wal Mart etc I make a stroll through the fishing aisle. Never a bad time to buy fishing gear. :biggrinLast spring the shelves were bare and stayed that way well into summer.

Not a bad idea

Never go thru a fishing isle without buying at least one of something. Sometimes it's a small purchase & sometimes not. Whether I need it or not has nothing to do with it. It will get used eventually.

That's what I have always done

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Never go thru a fishing isle without buying at least one of something. Sometimes it's a small purchase & sometimes not. Whether I need it or not has nothing to do with it. It will get used eventually.

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Same here, weights, hooks, etc. My wife actually reminds me to go...

I bought some weighted floats just a bit ago. I only ha one in the boat last night when I was looking for some. Now I just have to get them from the truck to the boat

I keep six trays in my boat. Hooks, floats (2), jig bodies, weights, miscellaneous stuff. I have jars of nibbles and keep spray bottles of G and Slab Sauce handy as well. I have Road Runners hanging on the lid to one of my storage compartments as well. I am slowly building my crankbaits up and will start carrying them once my boat is ready for pulling cranks.

"Energy shortages are providing the starkest illustration of the problem, with increasing numbers of petrol stations in the UK running out of fuel, and cities in northern China having to ration power and force factories in the world’s number one manufacturing nation to shutter just when pre-Christmas demand is reaching a peak in the west."

‘A perfect storm’: supply chain crisis could blow world economy off course | Supply chain crisis | The Guardian

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When we make our monthly grocery run to Wal Mart etc I make a stroll through the fishing aisle. Never a bad time to buy fishing gear. :biggrinLast spring the shelves were bare and stayed that way well into summer.

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I remember that. It was odd seeing all the empty slots, and I’m sure they were selling off old stock.
Bob

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"Energy shortages are providing the starkest illustration of the problem, with increasing numbers of petrol stations in the UK running out of fuel, and cities in northern China having to ration power and force factories in the world’s number one manufacturing nation to shutter just when pre-Christmas demand is reaching a peak in the west."

‘A perfect storm’: supply chain crisis could blow world economy off course | Supply chain crisis | The Guardian

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I have seen some news on that. I read somewhere Costco had container ships just out from port holding them and wouldn't uoad them until Christmas season so they would have things to sale then

just wonderful news , and it rained like heck where I went yesterday , and the fish were really difficult to ketch .....
but there is always a bright spot in all news , if they won't bite I wont need any tackle ....right ....? :Rofl

Always helps to have plenty of tackle

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I have seen some news on that. I read somewhere Costco had container ships just out from port holding them and wouldn't uoad them until Christmas season so they would have things to sale then

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“The Port of Savannah, Ga., the fourth-largest U.S. gateway for seaborne imports, is trying to clear a backlog of more than 20 container ships that has grown in the waters outside the port, in the latest logjam to hit the country’s swamped supply chains.

Between 20 and 26 vessels have been idling at a time in the Atlantic Ocean in recent weeks, including 24 that were waiting for berth space at Savannah on Tuesday, port officials said, while containers have stacked up for extensive periods on docks awaiting inland transport.“

Port Logjams Reach Savannah as Container Ships Idle off Georgia Coast - WSJ


“Dozens of cargo ships anchored off the Los Angeles and New York coasts could be waiting up to four weeks before they can dock, The Daily Mail reported.“

Cargo Ships in LA, NY Face 4-Week Wait to Dock Amid Supply Chain Chaos

Saw where the port in California is also backed up as well

They say its because they cannot get workers to unload them

Cargo ships anchored off NY and LA face 4-WEEK wait to unload amid unprecedented supply chain crisis | Daily Mail Online

I did a little stocking up over the last week just because it was things I needed or wanted to try