Recently DSG's SE stores had all clearance stuff (ending with .47 or .97) on at 25% off.  Some perfectly good baits, terminal tackle, line, etc are included in the sale.  My experience has been that they will further reduce prices (typically to 50% off clearance) later in January, just not exactly sure when.  Please sound the bait monkey alert when the time comes...

Welcome aboard, Snake!

DSG has a lot of great sales, depending on
which store you go to...

Found a few xCalibur squarebills for $2 today.

My local DSG had all their Lucky Craft SR squarebills and mid divers on sale for 6.97 + 25% off. I got em all. They had a few 25 and 50 size 1 knockers left which was odd but I got those as well for 2$ a piece. 

Huh. I witnessed none of these magical happenings at the DSG closest to me last week.

I'll have to stop by the one DSG in the area on the way back from trout fishing this weekend.

Thanks for the reminder, I normally pick up bags of trick worms & Senkos during this time of year..

Thanks guys.  I got into bass fishing after I walked into a DSG late in January last year and discovered prices on tackle were rock-bottom, stocked up, and since that time have been tossing baits into trees and rocks every few day for 12 months straight.  Before then, I had no clue what a "bait monkey" was.  They've been reducing stuff at our southern stores, and have had either buy two get one, or the 25% extra basically since Thanksgiving.  Still nothing as crazy cheap as I saw later in Jan last year so I figure they might get lower still toward the middle of the month.

About this time last year, I got some GREAT deals at the local DSG (St Croix Rage rod and Quantum Smoke reel less than $80/ea, as well as other stuff.)  Stopped by there on Sun and found absolutely nothing that interested me.  I'll drop by again in coming days, because they used to spread their clearance stuff around to different stores at 'random' times in Jan, but I'm not too optimistic.

I picked up some twitch sticks for 3 bucks a piece over the weekend. The soft plastics they had on clearance wasn't anything I was interested in. It just depends on the store. I've seen some good stuff people on here have picked up for cheap, but not in my local dsg.

Tungsten weights (bullet and drop shot) for less than $3 a pack up here.  It does vary from store to store though.  Not sure why really.

They had some scatter raps and some rattling raps at the one closest to my work. Picked up a handful of them in the colors I use. 

Thanks for the heads up! Will be checking it out this week for sure.

If i see sales in Detroit area i'll post.  

if i remember correctly it was like the last week of january/first week of february last year.... i found quite a few great deals.  my last few trips around here have not been very good though.  i'll have to do another sweep soon and see if anything has changed!

there was a three for ten deal on some soft plastics around Christmas time. I'll keep an eye out near the end of this month 

Also noticed that Senkos, at least in my area, went from 7.99 to 8.59 a bag....

4 minutes ago, iabass8 said:

Also noticed that Senkos, at least in my area, went from 7.99 to 8.59 a bag....

Matching BPS's full retail pricing.

Will have to check our local DSG to see
if the bad news is true.

I'll have to check DSG next week, maybe sooner if I get some extra cash. Gander Mountain has been a bust lately and haven't seen much at Academy either.

Inside source let me know it will stay 25% off and not go to 50% off this year.

Lots of good stuff to be had though. I paid $11 for some nanofil just to give it a try next year.

 

Last year I paid 75$ for a pflueger patriarch. 

On 1/12/2016 at 8:51 PM, iabass8 said:

My local DSG had all their Lucky Craft SR squarebills and mid divers on sale for 6.97 + 25% off. I got em all. They had a few 25 and 50 size 1 knockers left which was odd but I got those as well for 2$ a piece. 

Score! I was just commenting in another thread that I cleared most of the pegs at Ten bucks a pop for some LC stuff. At that price every peg would of been ghost!

11 hours ago, DaleGribble said:

Last year I paid 75$ for a pflueger patriarch. 

i did too... last year's offerings were incredible.  i've yet to see anything this year that catches my eye as too good to pass up....

Just did a check-in at DSG today.  No changes as of mid-week.  Stuff is pretty sparse at the stores in N. GA at this point.  Not a lot to hold out for.  Will keep looking and updating.

I just hit some tackle stores today as well... Dick's, Academy Sports, Gander Mountain and a local bait shop that makes their own soft baits.

Dick's does not have a large selection of anything. They did have a few clearance items, and discounted those clearance priced items another 25% on top of that for anything with a price that ends in a 7, like $2.97 would get another 25% off that. So I picked up some lures for a good price but no rods.

Academy Sports was horrid! Prices are through the roof, and no sales! I did not spend a penny there.

Gander Mountain had some good clearance items and I spent some dough in there. But my local bait and tackle store was where I found the real deals with bags of rubber worms, swimbaits, craws, etc. for a $1 per bag including Rage Tails, Strike King, Berkley powerbaits, Havoc, etc. all $1 per bag. I plan on going back there soon.

Even if Dick's has a great sale coming, they simply do not have no where near the size or variety of fishing tackle as other stores do. Dick's is either downsizing or has downsized to a minimum. I have just about reached the point of writing them off.

By the way, is this 25% off chainwide across the country or is it certain regions/stores?  I'd hate to drive out to the two DSG's around here and not find the extra 25% off!