I've seen those exact deals at Ollie's in Alabama. Ollie's is hit, or miss for fishing stuff. Ours also had a lot of Yamamoto stuff, but the price for those was not much lower than it is anywhere else.

On 2/5/2026 at 11:20 AM, bishoptf said:

Dicks is really gotten to be the worse for me, they have stores everywhere near me but have removed the fishing section out of all of them except one that is way further out...seems like at some point they are not going to do any fishing. Now I need to decide if I want to drive an hour...ugh

Yeah their stores aren’t good around here either. We had one that had an awesome fishing section. Even had high end baits. That one is gone now and the other one near me has a fishing “corner”.

I recently went to one in Polaris,OH and they actually had a good selection. They had metaniums in the showcase. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one of those at a brick and mortar store.

52 minutes ago, bwillis said:

25 ct packs of Big Bite Baits Cane Thumpers for $1.99

If you play broker and grab me at least 4 bags [but really as many as they have] I'll pay you 😁

@bwillis just saw you said NH is it technically a Big Lots store?

And how many 25 pack bags did you see there?

2 hours ago, Banned User said:

If you play broker and grab me at least 4 bags [but really as many as they have] I'll pay you 😁

@bwillis just saw you said NH is it technically a Big Lots store?

And how many 25 pack bags did you see there?

There were 4, I bought 3. It was a Big Lots before. Ollies bought up a lot of their locations when they went out of business. Ill swing by again this weekend and see if there are more. I believe they just had 5 inch watermelon red

11 hours ago, bwillis said:

was a Big Lots before. Ollies bought up a lot of their locations when they went out of business

Didn't know this was the case, I'll give them a call, but if there was only one left when you left that's probably it.

Didn't realize we were getting more snow over night, thought i might head there today if they had a bunch in stock, but maybe not haha

Thanks

55 minutes ago, Banned User said:

Didn't know this was the case, I'll give them a call, but if there was only one left when you left that's probably it.

Didn't realize we were getting more snow over night, thought i might head there today if they had a bunch in stock, but maybe not haha

Thanks

This was at the Belmont location, I didnt see them when I swung by the nashua location last week

bladed jig evo vs tungsten evo? I got about 100/120 bucks to spend. Would yall get a ton of the regulars evo half and half or tungsten evo only? I’ve never fished chatterbaits before. I’m referring to the dicks sale buy 3 get 3. I could get like 12 tungsten, 24 of the regular evo or 6 tungsten and 12 evo regular for around the same price.

4 hours ago, bwillis said:

last week

Thanks for saving me a trip... or at least a phone call

@jitterbug127 if you want to feed your curiosity grab a couple tungsten, but your best bet is to buy cheaper and throw them directly into places you'll definitely get stuck with less concern because you got such a great deal.

I can't see the tungsten making much of a difference to need that many

I bought pretty much everything they had in store. Think I bought 30 chatterbaits. 15 mini max 15 evo or so.

9 minutes ago, jitterbug127 said:

I bought pretty much everything they had in store. Think I bought 30 chatterbaits. 15 mini max 15 evo or so.

I like the cut of your jib, never thrown a bladed jig before but buys 30… I throw the regular evos, have about 60 but ordered 18 more. Just a heads up you may end up needing to invest in a bladed jig specific rod. I know people that can catch fish on a bladed jig using anything, I needed a specific rod before finding success.

41 minutes ago, TheSwearingAngler said:

I like the cut of your jib, never thrown a bladed jig before but buys 30… I throw the regular evos, have about 60 but ordered 18 more. Just a heads up you may end up needing to invest in a bladed jig specific rod. I know people that can catch fish on a bladed jig using anything, I needed a specific rod before finding success.

I bought an about 1 of every color and weight 3/8 And 1/2 oz they had in the evo and 2 of each of the 3/8 mini max lures. No 1/2 mini max in store.

My combo I bought is a Shimano slx composite 7’2” medium heavy moderate and a Shimano slx dc 6.3:1 spooled up with p line cx 15 lb copoly. It I don’t like they like I’ll swap to invizx.

5 hours ago, Banned User said:

Thanks for saving me a trip... or at least a phone call

I got the cane thumper yesterday in belmont. I was in nashua last week, but didn't see any there on that trip

2 hours ago, jitterbug127 said:

I bought an about 1 of every color and weight 3/8 And 1/2 oz they had in the evo and 2 of each of the 3/8 mini max lures. No 1/2 mini max in store.

My combo I bought is a Shimano slx composite 7’2” medium heavy moderate and a Shimano slx dc 6.3:1 spooled up with p line cx 15 lb copoly. It I don’t like they like I’ll swap to invizx.

Just fyi, the 3/8 mini max acts like a 1/2 normal blade due to the smaller blade, so 1/2 mini max would be like a 3/4 normal blade.

Copper State Tackle 25% off hard and soft swimbaits, no code.

Wandered thru my local Walmart fishing section, left with 9 bags of Green Pumpkin Rage Craws for $3/each. Ollies has Rapala OG Rocco 5s, Slim 6s, and Tiny 4s in a couple colors each for $6.99 as well

Yes Walmart has both Rage craws and bugs for 3 bucks stock up time

15 minutes ago, bowhunter63 said:

Yes Walmart has both Rage craws and bugs for 3 bucks stock up time

Not in my neck of the woods, most of the ones near me have nothing much on clearance at all...they did last year but not so much this year....

8 hours ago, bowhunter63 said:

Yes Walmart has both Rage craws and bugs for 3 bucks stock up time

My local Walmart have fairly small fishing sections. The only color on sale was the green pumpkin, so I grabbed every pack they had.

On 2/7/2026 at 9:30 AM, jitterbug127 said:

bladed jig evo vs tungsten evo? I got about 100/120 bucks to spend. Would yall get a ton of the regulars evo half and half or tungsten evo only? I’ve never fished chatterbaits before. I’m referring to the dicks sale buy 3 get 3. I could get like 12 tungsten, 24 of the regular evo or 6 tungsten and 12 evo regular for around the same price.

I fish bladed jigs a lot and don't see a need for tungsten.

6 hours ago, bwillis said:

My local Walmart have fairly small fishing sections. The only color on sale was the green pumpkin, so I grabbed every pack they had.

That is how it’s done 👍 So will the bass this year

Tackle Warehouse spring sale is up, select items only.

7 hours ago, Peacedivision said:

Tackle Warehouse spring sale is up, select items only.

Didn't see much of interest. Looks more like a clearance than a sale. Anyone finding stuff I skimmed over?

1 hour ago, Daniel Hedrick said:

Didn't see much of interest. Looks more like a clearance than a sale. Anyone finding stuff I skimmed over?

Lot of Rage stuff on sale, and some missile baits.

There are always Bucca Trick Shad on Amazon for $20 off, which means they are marked down to around $20 depending on the paint scheme. Make sure to look at the sizes cause some are less than 3¨ long made for BFS fishing. They have a stable, chopping action and sink slowly. Just please dont buy them all, I'm still planning on picking one up. I'm talking to you, swimbaitstud.

11 hours ago, Daniel Hedrick said:

Didn't see much of interest. Looks more like a clearance than a sale. Anyone finding stuff I skimmed over?

I grabbed some tungsten i was in need/want of, a couple packs of baits, and some other stuff id had my eye on but wasnt on sale. Had to get to the $50