I'm looking at the rods, they have new berkley shock and regular for 39.99

falcon bucoo micro guide rods, skeet, kvd microguide tours, vendettas, daiwa jupiters, and other falcon inshore rods on the shelf

Nice being able to buy a decent rod at 3am lol

Must be nice, the best rods our walmarts carry are the berkley shocks lol.

They also have abu pro and silver Max combos as of recent

Walmart had those for a while, check their website, they do have big inventory to choose from but stocking stores is subject to sales

We recently just got an upgrade as descibed. I am excited.

They also have abu pro and silver Max combos as of recent

The website always had good inventory but the store not so much. I saw kvd frogs the other day so maybe they will carry more tackle

Yeah my local wal-mart has stepped it up too, good to see that, they seem to be getting some better tackle as well.

The reason they stepped it up is because they fired the French Guy that they brought on several years ago to revamp the store design. He's the one who got rid of so many tackle and craft/fabric departments in many stores. Well last year Wal-Mart finally realized that their bottom line had been heavily damaged by this Guy so they canned him and hired some "Good Ol Boy" from Alabama. Things should slowly start to look better at Wally World.

My local WM has been a joke tackle and rod/reel wise, so this would be a great change. I don't have a local tackle shop (BPS is 90 minutes away), so it would be great to be able to pick up some decent gear there in a pinch. I did see that they actually had a pack of authentic Senkos the other day... it had one peg mixed in with about 20 Yum pegs on the wall but it's a start. No rods over 39.99 yet.

Are you up in sac also? I noticed yesterday they got some decent stuff in. Also looks like they are going to start carrying senkos instead of flash.

My 2 local Wal-Marts have squat for fishing tackle. Nothing ever goes on sale unless a rod gets damaged. They had 2 Lightnings and one Cherrywood for sale 2 years ago. Only one rod wasn't damaged so I got a Lightning for $17.

I hope my stores start carrying a little better gear. Also hope they have a sale on fishing gear once in awhile.

Fishing depts in Delray and Boynton have shrunk to nothing.

my wal mart has shimano citica's, curado's, pflueger president spinning reels, Skeet reese reels, adrent reels, Falcon rods, berkely lightin shock rods, skeet reese rods, KVD rods, and abu garcia rods.

Their tackle is also starting to get better.

Looks like a better deal that bps to me at the moment.

My wal-mart has Pflueger President reels for 59.99. Made me pretty excited!

Fishing depts in Delray and Boynton have shrunk to nothing.

this was the 441 belvedere location

We're sandwiched between Cabela's, 2 Bass Pro Shops, and a Roger's Sporting Goods, along with 3 Dicks Sporting Goods all within 30 minutes of here. I can't really blame the local wally worlds for not even trying to carry anything but the basics in the sporting goods department.

kinda the same way around here, gander mtn is 20mins one and dicks is 20mins the other way

kinda the same way around here, gander mtn is 2omins one and dicks is 20mins the other way

same scenario, DSG is less than 1 mile away, gander and sports authority are near by also. I like the extra options

Looks like I need to go help the wife with her walmart shopping next time. . I'm such a good husband.

this was the 441 belvedere location

Thanks for the info.

One of the guys I fish with on occasion is a former store manager for Walmart, at present a store manager for Lowe's, he told me it's up to the individual manager on what each Walmart stocks. Maybe the policy has been modified, but see things getting worse not better in my area.

added the pic I took to the 1st post

Thanks for the info.

One of the guys I fish with on occasion is a former store manager for Walmart, at present a store manager for Lowe's, he told me it's up to the individual manager on what each Walmart stocks. Maybe the policy has been modified, but see things getting worse not better in my area.

Unforuately true...... Since i started buying out all the grubs @ mine....they are stocking em' like crazy to keep up with it. They stock up what sells here. What doesn't sell goes "on sale" and never gets restocked again.

Stopped at the one local store tonight. No change.

man i really hope the wal marts in my area step it up, theyre ok but nothin like the ones some of you guys are describing.

Dude there is no way I could see any of the Walmarts in the Chicago area doing this. Every fishing dept. I have seen is in the back, completely unsupervised and every rod on the rack is always damaged in one way or another. I think people just go through the aisle and f*%& up the rods for fun.

Would be cool though because I always end up w/ walmart store credit from returning things.