Stocking up and planing for a new tackle shop on Lake St. Clair

[Firefighter Jeff]

I can guarantee I'll be in the first week of May. 

[robeng53]

to add or second the motion:  Brians Gobies, Extreme, Nemesis, NetBait, Mangler, basic tubes, senkos, Northland products?, Zoom Baits.  Keeping it local (Michigan made) and USA would be great.  Thanks for asking.  Keep pricing reasonable and to make yourself a good margin.  Best of Luck and will definitely stop by the brick store and peruse the website.

[raisinrat]

How about spinner baits guys would you be ok with a good selection of brands like Strike King and Booyeah. I have been looking at some of the smaller makers and not finding the margins we need.

Also give me some feed back on crankbaits.

Lipless
Shallow divers
Deep
Stickbaits
Suspending

Right now I have a line of cranks and Frogs from Jack-It Products. I have thrown a few of his and he is based here in Michigan and they have all ran true and his frog looks just like the Spro frogs.

[grneyemonstr]

Venom, crooked creek and Poor boy. 

[1morecast]

Zipper Worm Company. Drop shot baits.... www.zipperwormcompany.com

[raisinrat]

Zipper Worm Company. Drop shot baits.... www.zipperwormcompany.com

Talk to me

[1morecast]

Hi, I just sent you an email.

[raisinrat]

Hi, I just sent you an email.

Got it thanks.

[raisinrat]

Looking for thoughts on Crankbaits guys .

Right now we are looking at Strike King,X-CALIBUR, Spro, Lucky Craft, Rapala and some loca guys.

Would like to hear your guys thoughts on these lines and any others you might have in mind.

[t-bone]

The Jack-it cranks are local and looked really nice at the Novi show. Cheetam's custom crankbaits are awesome!

[Waterfoul]

C-Flash and RAM Custom Baits (local the GR area)

[ROI Outdoors]

Looking for thoughts on Crankbaits guys .

Right now we are looking at Strike King,X-CALIBUR, Spro, Lucky Craft, Rapala and some loca guys.

Would like to hear your guys thoughts on these lines and any others you might have in mind.

Sent you a PM........

[LGMOUTH]

C-Flash for sure. Made in Fremont Indiana.

Also PoorBoys baits, definitely the darter.

[customfishn]

Darters and C-flash crankbaits don't work

[Waterfoul]

C-Flash for sure. Made in Fremont Indiana.

Also PoorBoys baits, definitely the darter.

Nope.  Not worth having in the boat, especially that silly darter.   

[LGMOUTH]

Darters and C-flash crankbaits don't work

I actually like to hear that. Just helps me out more.

[LennyB]

What brand of rods are you carrying. I recently picked up a Dodyns Savvy and found it to a great rod. They may be worth checking out since locals like Scott Dobson and Gerry Gostenik are using them. Gerry does well over 200 guide trips a year on St. Clair and exposes a lot of different people to the product and Dobson has been ruling on the LSC tournament scene for the last few seasons. I don't think any other local retailers are selling them either.

[fiker]

"The Jack-it cranks are local and looked really nice at the Novi show. Cheetam's custom crank baits are awesome!"

Ditto on both counts. 

The Jack it lures are:  "Japanese technology at half the price". 
At least that's what the guy told me when I bought 2 and won 3 in the raffle.  Have yet to try them in water, but they come with VMC hooks and the paint and finish look really great.

[raisinrat]

What brand of rods are you carrying. I recently picked up a Dodyns Savvy and found it to a great rod. They may be worth checking out since locals like Scott Dobson and Gerry Gostenik are using them. Gerry does well over 200 guide trips a year on St. Clair and exposes a lot of different people to the product and Dobson has been ruling on the LSC tournament scene for the last few seasons. I don't think any other local retailers are selling them either.

As of right now we are able to special order any St. Croix rod for you guys. If there is any other rod brand your looking for just shot me a message and I can see what I can do. We are setup with some very good companies and are able to special order many other brands of rods. Same goes for reels if your looking for something let me know and I can see what I can do for you.

I am checking into ordering some Abu reels for a guy on Monday.

[raisinrat]

We will be stocking site sponsor Garneau baits in our store and on our website.We are hoping to have these in stock soon. Along with many other soft plastics brands. The openwater products are going to be coming in pretty steadily for the few weeks