The trip would mostly be for pleasure, and the city in itself. We don't get to go places like that much, so we try to enjoy it as much as possible when we do. Does Gander Mountain generally have a lot of tackle as well? Like I said, I've never been, but have heard about them (mostly from reloading friends).

First year ive fished soft plastics. Texas rigged Craw Papis are deadly up here in NY. Green Pumpkin and PBJ colors especially. Sometimes it takes me 6 minutes to reel a cast in lol. But thats how ive caught the 2 biggest bass of the year (really slow)