32 minutes ago, bulldog1935 said:

It doesn't take much math from the economics of pro bass fishing to get to pro bass fishers aren't working in tackle stores.  

 

The best 30-something fisherman I know comments that all his fishing friends are 60-somethings.  

Reading tides, wind and water isn't something you can do on Lowrance.  

Lol...this looks like a crew I would go out on the water with any day of the week and probably get my butt handed to me.

I went in BPS at Myrtle Beach to get some artificial inshore baits. I had my basket filled with about $35 worth of soft plastics, shrimp baits, etc. The salesman walked away and I put it all back. I went to Pauly's Island bait & Tackle and they hooked me up with white Gulp Mullet, jigheads, a Johnson Spoon and Trout Tricks all for under $20 and I caught fish. I still have that spoon and use it for bass over the lilies. I ended up using up the Trout Tricks on a finesse C rig for bass.

 

My rambling point is not to believe the big box store salesperson. 

Thanks for the feedback and comments. I appreciate it.