I met a guy at a fishing flea market.  He mentioned having once had over 34K lures in his garage.  He said he didn't have that many now but,  Still had 1000s.  He said he had hundreds and hundreds of rods and reels,  some new,  mostly used.  I told him I'd love to see it and he gave me his address.  Super nice guy whose life is fishing.   I wish I'd have know my cell phone pictures were some not so good but,  you'll get the gist.   Some really cool old stuff too,  like a Garcia spinning reel with a spring bail.  One Mitchell with no bail.  He had just sold a bunch of St. Croix  and Loomis rods but,  still had a few.  A decent number of older St. Croix ProGlass as well as a Powell,  Carrot Stick and so on.  From crappie to perch to bass to boat to surf,  he has some of everything.  He sells to anyone that would like to come over and browse.   He said the downside is that he is 70 and has no idea what will happen to his "treasure",  as no one in his family has a real idea of what is in that garage.  The plan is that one of his good friends will sell it off and give the proceeds to his wife.  The pictures hardly do the spectacle any justice.

Wow, very impressive collection! Looks like he enjoyed his passion, good for him.

He has guys coming from up and down the east coast to shop his "store".

If he was indeed a collector for decades, kudos to whoever inherits his lures. Guy might be sitting on a mint.

From pan to fresh to salt,  new, custom, old, antique,  you have to see it to believe it.

Holy crap!! That's a lot of tackle!

Wow! Impressive collection there, for sure. 

34, 000 lures?     That's probably more than I've owned in my entire life!

Tom

And my wife gives me hell. 

I keep going back and forth between being impressed and saddened...

I had to make myself leave.  

I told him I may be needing a key...

All I'd need is provisions to last a couple of days.

that's insane!  i'd love to see it!

Impressive collection but makes me want to sell stuff off so I don't end up like that one day (even if I cap out at 5% of what he has)!

My worst nightmare is my wife selling my stuff after I die for what I said I paid for it.

1 hour ago, buzzed bait said:

that's insane!  i'd love to see it!

If you're ever near Baltimore.

57 minutes ago, dave said:

If you're ever near Baltimore.

i hope not!!!!!    sorta just kidding.....

How much did he want for the Megabass Destroyer rod?  BTW from the look of your pic, it is the X7 Super Elseil

I'm impressed with how organized it is. My handful of rods and tackle isn't even that organized.

We now know the bait monkey has been around a looonnnggg time. We also know he will not let up no matter how much you purchase. 

I don't feel sad for the guy unless it cost him family or he deprived his family over his addiction. If he provided for his family and did so responsibly I'm glad he got to do what he wanted. 

All very well taken care of and adjusted.

Wow that's a lot of fishing stuff....my bro lives in Baltimore, might be time for a road trip. 

2 hours ago, dave said:

If you're ever near Baltimore.

Hmmmm. Bout a 45 minute drive.

48 minutes ago, Burtonxj said:

Hmmmm. Bout a 45 minute drive.

Let me know and I'll try to set it up.

1 hour ago, EvanT123 said:

Wow that's a lot of fishing stuff....my bro lives in Baltimore, might be time for a road trip. 

Same,  let me know and I'll try to set it up.