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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | Im kinda taking a poll here. We sit down at the end of every season and discuss what stuff we sold a ton of and what stuff we could have sold, but didn't have.
Please be honest and make some suggestions on what Gander should be carrying, but dont currently. If there was a product we did and dont any longer, add that to the list as well. Oh, suggestions dont have to be strictly Musky related.
My suggestions as of now...
1) Flourocarbon trolling leaders
2) Bradrock Baits
3) Abu Morrums
4) Triple D's
5) Down East Rods Holders
Thanks in advance for any suggestions,
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Location: Hartland, WI | Triple D's,
Big Joe's
Mag Bull Dawgs
Pacemakers
Edited by muskie_man1 9/29/2004 12:38 PM
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| After hearing so much about Weagles I think I'll have to try and track one down. Sounds like most of you guys smoke the fish on these things. When Drifter/Mania gets there new sizes out, 14" Jake and 13" Beleiver especially, I'll pick up a couple. (We're getting Canada's first BPS down the road from me next month, should carry them). My local shop has started stcoking Fig-Rigs, their 8'0 x-heavy Toothy Series stick feels great. |
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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | Large Spools of Power Pro (500 + yards)
Weagles and Wabulls
Tica Reels
Pacemakers
Grey Ghost Hounders
That's it for now... |
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Location: Hugo, MN | Weagles
Bulk Power Pro in the 80# spools (my local gander had a ton of 30# spools. What the hell do I want with that?)
Edited by marine_1 9/29/2004 12:27 PM
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| T'd treble Hooks
Triple D's
Kid Size 8-10 real hunting gear: Brush pants, raingear etc. not just camo'd out yuppie stuff. |
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Location: Black Creek, WI | One more vote for ERC's stuff... TripleD's, Grinders, etc.
Also, if you can get the Drifter Tackle paint jobs on the Maina Tackle products.... you'd sell a TON more Jakes and Ernies. Maybe make that an exclusive Gander Mountain line-up???? Seriously, now that they are the SAME company, why can't we get the SAME paint jobs on their stuff???? A copper sucker colored Jake would be GOLDEN!!!!
25 packs of musky sized HOOKS!!!! Eagle Claw 774's would be a bonus in 3/0 and 4/0.
jlong
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| I think youir wish is coming true, jlong. In their e-newsletter I thought I read that they were adding Mania colours to the Drifter line. |
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Location: Contrarian Island | 2nd the Musky sized trebles in 25 packs...I like VMC's
2nd the Gander Exclusive colors..
More Dawgs!
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| I agree with everyone who has posted on this so far.
What I don't need to see is any more friggin" Berkley fish billy clubs hanging right with the muskie tackle. Or anywhere in the store for that matter. My local GM store had them in with the Mania and Drifter stuff. What kind of message does that send? I hope that this is just an error on the local fishing managers part and not store wide. Needless to say I relocated them to the camping department for him.
Good luck out there!
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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | Good move Ice, I took ours (germantown wi) and moved them to the hunting area, after all you need a good club to knock out all those Turkeys right? |
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Location: CENTRAL WISCONSIN | Better selection of Crane Baits.....wausau store |
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Location: Rockford Il 61108 | Leaders are a must. In Illinois here ours dont carry leaders. I buy the lures and need to order the leaders. Kind of a pain. |
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| Some St Croix Tidemaster In-Shore rods.
They are the best lighter action muskie rods out there. I use the 8'ers for early in the season throwing smaller lures, and for trolling.
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Location: Monee, Illinois | This is my take...
SS Shad and more golf stuff...............:)
But seriously the SS Shad
pgaschulz AKA SS Bob
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Location: oswego, il | I have to go with zalt, zams, lip rippers, tuff shads and everything the H20 takcle makes. |
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| BERKLEY DOES NOT MAKE A BILLY CLUB! OK, maybe some of there saltwater rods might be considered billy clubs but I don't think this is what you are talking about. |
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Location: ft wayne, IN | FT WAYNE, IN
Lowrance x-15's--19's
Lowrance I-finder pro handhelds
Navionics MMC cards
Powerpro line 80 & 100# test in 500 & 1500yd spools
Fluoro leader line--80 & 100#
Stringease locking snaps #3, 4, 5
super heavy ball bearing swivels
Frabill power catch nets
knipex cutters
simply fishing--extractor
Eagle claw 4-0 & 5-0 laser sharp hooks
gamakatsu 4-0 & 5-0 hooks--black and silver
abu garcia workhorse spinning rods
st croix premier ps70hf & vhf rods
Shimano stradic 4000-6000, stella reels 4000
bucher super split rings, 50 pack, larger size
hughes river baits
many more types of musky baits! |
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| How about leader making materials.
Our store didn't have any single strand, high pound flouro or musky sized 7 strand. Need to get snaps and swivels of comparable size as well. Stringease snaps are da bomb.
Hunting department needs to get some coyote hunting supplies as well.
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| Sorry reelman! No need to shout. I was wrong. It was a Shakesphear Fish Billy Club. I realy don't thing name brand matters anyway. It is the point that a fish billy club should not be hanging with muskie tackle. That sends a BAD message and that's why they are now in the camping section of my local GM store. They may work ok for driving tent stakes but not knots in a muskies head.
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Location: Waukesha, WI | Iceman's post reminds me that this summer the Gander Mt. store in Wausau had single hook killer rigs on sale. Not surprisingly, I think it was a South Bend product with Tony Rizzo's name on it. I told the saleperson that they should ship it back to the manufacturer rather than sell them. He said that Gander couldn't send them back. Does Bucher tackle company still sell these? Since Gander has formed an alliance with Muskies Inc., will Gander stop selling the killers? |
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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | The Rizzo single hook rigs are on clearance for $1.97...as soon as they're gone....they'll never be back.
Do what I did, buy a bunch and toss them out. I forked out about 25.00 for a bunch and put them right in the garbage can. If everybody here buys 1 or 2, they'll be gone before you know it. |
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Location: Waukesha, WI | Good news, Gander Mt. Guide. Glad to hear that Gander is not going to stock them anymore. Do you know if the big stores up north, like Rollie's, the mail order store in Hayward and Eagle River are getting out of the single hook rigs? Keep up the good work. |
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| Leaders/leader materials
Larger selection of spinnerbaits....Grinders, CJ's, Rad Dogs...something more than just the Northland Tackle stuff.
Wabulls/Weagles (gotta support the Shady Moon)
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Location: Minneapolis,Minnesota | hehehehehehe....I want to see Shady filling a huge Gander order of Weagels!!!!!
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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | The only problem with the hand crafted baits like Weagles/Wabulls, Grey Ghost Hounders even Slammers, is demand and supply. With about 20 stores just in Wisconsin and Minnesota Cady would be up all night, all week making baits just for us!
My store and Wausau carry Cranes, I dont know who else does, but even it was 10 stores out of 70, I'd have no clue how they keep up with production. |
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| I'll bet that if you asked his wife, those hours sound about right as repayment for his time on the water.... |
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