Academy, thought this was funny

[rtp]

That's possibly because we are reeling too fast and the fish pops then end of the bait. Same thing happens with flounder or trout. You lose the tail of your tout.

Sounds like a pretty good theory yes?

No, I generally work it a slow as you can and keep it buzzing along the top. Not really a retrieve issue but the fish just missing the one single hook when blowing it up, or like mentioned earlier, reacting to fast to the blowup.

[Cuz]

I take everything any acadmey employee in hunting/fishing dept says with a grain of salt. I once asked for some expandable broadheads for a crossbow (for my dad). The guy says "sure, here ya go" and hands me a pack of $40 broad heads that say on the package in big red letters "NOT FOR CROSSBOWS".

[Tmag]

Trailer hooks ^^^^^^^^^^.

[rtp]

Those look like safety chains to me.

[tgil]

Sad. Most box stores won't pay enough to get an employee that really knows the product. If they have one, they are probably part time and just work there for fishin/huntin money or for the discount.

[76truck]

Heck theres bowhunters that dont know what a thermacell is!

Man those are the best batteries ever made. I can run everything off a thermacell......


Just kidding. Best investment I ever made considering I must have pure sugar in my blood.

[kfd82]

Yup, I'd have sent you over to the trailer isle too. Lol

[jgard]

Sad. Most box stores won't pay enough to get an employee that really knows the product. If they have one, they are probably part time and just work there for fishin/huntin money or for the discount.

That's why I work at bass pro to the T the money part

[Fishndude]

Warm bodies that are willing to be available EVERY weekend. That's their only requirement.

[systemnt]

We always called them tandems.. but I've heard them called trailers..

[The Crippler]

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Trailer hooks ^^^^^^^^^^.

first thing that popped into my head...but I'm not a big fisherman either

[Davoh]

I like to play with the gun sales people at Academy. Sadly, when I'm there now, they will ask me when other customers ask a question... its funny.

[jreyna920]

I got called to a plumbing supply warehouse to repair a leaking valve, you would think they would have it covered

[thebomb6_99]

The truth is the guys who really know about the stuff are out fishing and hunting. Or they own stores

[txfireguy2003]

All the box stores are like that. Someone mentioned Home Depot, or Lowes, so I have to tell a story that my Capt. tells every chance he gets. New Lowes store in town, they're still stocking shelves, but it's open for business. Capt. goes in, just to check it out, and runs into a retired fireman that he knows. The retiree asks him, "Hey Steve, you reckon they have any redwood here?" Steve says, "I don't know, let's ask." So they find a guy in the lumber section, pushing one of those big flatbed lumber carts with several sheets of plywood on it and ask him, "Hey man, do y'all have any redwood?" The guy's response was....."Hmmm, redwood, redwood, red wood......THIS IS PLYWOOD!" "Really? You don't say.....Nevermind, we'll check the real lumber yard in town."