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| Owner of Wayzata bait and tackle was on channel 5 news in support of bill sf3319. Never knew he was anti muskie. They have a Facebook page. You know what to do. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | i'm sure that will continue to spread the message ...
what is the goal for how the musky special interest group would like to be considered? i'm sensing that it could backfire on the hopeful purpose and feed the general population exactly what some folks would like to see happen. |
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| Not sure exactly what you're trying to say or maybe my post wasn't clear. I just wanted to let everyone know as a lot of people go there for suckers in the fall. Also you can leave a rating and comment on Facebook to let more people know. Don't see the harm in that? |
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Location: Minnesota | Yea seen that on the news tonight I'll go elsewhere |
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| The guy just sank his business. I only ever went ther for suckers in an emergency because the guy is a jerk and plays favorites. What I mean by that is he had plenty of tanks and suckers in the back that he was saving for other people. A fool and his money soon will part. Won't miss that store one bit. |
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| completely agree. calling him a jerk was generous. |
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| Their Facebook page is getting savaged by everyone right now. It really is a magical sight to behold. I gave the shop a scathing review but a five star rating so it would appear front and center on the page. |
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| Ravaged so badly that he must have taken down his Facebook page |
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| I can't find the page either... I bet he is wishing he would have considered thee consequences of that statement
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| If you are not satisfied with his facebook page, you can always write a review on YELP as well. Plenty of people use that website to find information, and his business has a review-able page. |
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| He has been a closet musky hater for a long time. It has never made sense to me, he certainly doesn't mind taking our money. The stupidity to go public like this is really impressive given that his competition isn't that far away. All you can do is let him know your views via your wallets. Patronize other stores, it isn't like he offers anything unique other than location.
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| I wonder what other non Muskie anglers think when they read some of the yelp reviews calling him a jerk because he supports this bill.
I have never shopped there and would not know about this business w/o this thread. In addition to suckers in the fall does he have a lot of other Muskie tackle? If everyone who reads this post stopped buying from him he may get tired of looking at it after a few years. |
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Location: MN | Very disappointing - this is basically my neighborhood bait shop. I've bought bait, maps, misc tackle there several times and had them repair three rods. Left negative reviews on FB, Google, and Yelp. Will never go there again.
Reviews can make a difference. Most people use google to find places of business. Also, not their customer base is not the general public, and not every muskie person visits M1 or the muskie flea market.
It is important is that every muskie fisherman who searches for a bait shop in the area (1) sees a low rating that causes concern and (2) when they look at the reviews because of the low overall rating, they see it is because he is anti-muskie.
It is also important that other anglers who do the same are aware of the larger significance of this fight - that he sided with political pressure from home owners over the judgment of the DNR.
In my mind, Google > Yelp > Facebook as far as review significance goes. The FB page is down now anyway. |
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Location: The desert | It'd be more fun to go load up a sizable amount of tackle on the counter, have him ring it all up, then suddenly "remember" his words. Put him on the spot, then walk out. |
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| Pointerpride102 - 3/27/2018 10:13 AM
It'd be more fun to go load up a sizable amount of tackle on the counter, have him ring it all up, then suddenly "remember" his words. Put him on the spot, then walk out.
I like the way you think |
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| I'll truly miss spending $50 for suckers this fall only to watch them die in 30 minutes because they grab the side-floaters first and refuse to let you pick your bait.... Good riddance |
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Location: Aurora | Boy-O-Boy are you guys gonna feel bad when you find out that muskies kilt his family or sumfin. I think that's him.. back left with the captain's hat..
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| Pointerpride102 - 3/27/2018 10:13 AM
It'd be more fun to go load up a sizable amount of tackle on the counter, have him ring it all up, then suddenly "remember" his words. Put him on the spot, then walk out.
funny stuff right there! |
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Location: deephaven mn | I know Thorne Bothers used to send the reels the got dropped off a their place for repair to Wayzata Bait to do the work.
So if Thornes still offers that service you may want to ask who does the repairs.
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| Thorne Bros. does their own repairs on reels now. I was in there about a month ago and asked them if W.B. still did the repairs because I wasn't impressed the one time I had W.B. work on my reels. I was told Thorne Bros. has their own employee who is certified from Shimano who does all the reel repairs now.
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Location: oswego, il | You could also call them in a lengthy phone call looking for a lure info ect and then end the call, sorry i have to go now. |
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Location: Smith Creek | Looks like Thornes has weighed in on the issue.
Capra's, Joe's, Reed's, Blue Ribbon, Mike's Bait have not. If I lived in MN I'd be curious to know where they stand on the issue before I patronized them.
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| Flambeauski - 3/28/2018 8:50 AM
Looks like Thornes has weighed in on the issue.
Capra's, Joe's, Reed's, Blue Ribbon, Mike's Bait have not. If I lived in MN I'd be curious to know where they stand on the issue before I patronized them.
I can't speak for the rest but I can almost guarantee Blue Ribbon is opposed to the bill... |
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| How did Thorne Bros. weigh in? I doubt any vendors that were at the Muskie Expo could be for this bill. Question is what are they doing about it? My guess is Reed's carries more weight in their neck of the woods than the other do in the Cities. |
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| Pepper - 3/28/2018 9:42 AM
How did Thorne Bros. weigh in? I doubt any vendors that were at the Muskie Expo could be for this bill. Question is what are they doing about it? My guess is Reed's carries more weight in their neck of the woods than the other do in the Cities.
Curious about that too; did Thorne put out a statement somewhere? |
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Location: Almond, WI | Thorne Bros Facebook page "Please help our Minnesota Musky fishery! Contact your Senator and State Representative to stop this anti-musky law. This goes deeper than Muskies and will open up a path for policies to be dictated by fear mongering and not sound science and research."--followed with links to find/contact your representative and a link to the Star Tribune article. |
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Location: Smith Creek | What Tyler said.
As far as I'm concerned if these bait shops that profit off the muskie fishery aren't publicly against these bills they are for them.
They all have a platform, they need to use it. |
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Location: Minnesota. | Baby Mallard - 3/27/2018 8:09 PM
Thorne Bros. does their own repairs on reels now. I was in there about a month ago and asked them if W.B. still did the repairs because I wasn't impressed the one time I had W.B. work on my reels. I was told Thorne Bros. has their own employee who is certified from Shimano who does all the reel repairs now.
Last time I was in Thornes for some reel repair (over a year, plus now) they had an Asian fellow who was behind the counter and he was very polite and straight-forward about trying to help me and he tried his best but my reel was not to be fixed! Something was not replaceable and he told me that. Did a good job of trying though even so and I'd take my stuff to him if not for Richard here on the forum.
Don't know who does the repair-work now. |
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| Thorne brothers message is the right one: Don't bash the opposition, stress that science and research should determine fishery policy, not emotions. |
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Location: Madison, WI | Aaron from MTO has come out strongly supporting the science and opposing the bill |
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