Tampa to get a Bass Pro

restlessnative

Somewhat mixed emotions as I feel bad for the small guys, but also convenient for things they tend not to carry:

http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/news/2012/11/30/bass-pro-shops-inks-deal-for-brandon.html?ana=e_tbay_bn

How do you guys feel?

9-Lives

As an offshore guy, BPS doesn't really do anything for me.

nuclearfishn

They get way too much of my business down here in Fort Myers.

SonOfAGunnin

I love the big lake out back.

Popeye

BPS is like Wally to the small mom pop bait shops.

Fff BPS, dont let them pull you in.

Gary S. Colecchio

Just say no to $8M in taxpayer dollars to build a road to an out of state owned barn full of overpriced knock offs run by kids who don't know which side of a reel is up working for minimum wage and competing with local Mom and Pop's in a limited and economically impacted market.

Support your local independent tackle retailer and American small business.

FishEyez

I don't believe it'll have that big of an effect on the local shops. It'll be geared towards the tourist. Just like here in Destin.

JesseJames

Gary S. Colecchio wrote: »

Just say no to $8M in taxpayer dollars to build a road to an out of state owned barn full of overpriced knock offs run by kids who don't know which side of a reel is up working for minimum wage and competing with local Mom and Pop's in a limited and economically impacted market.

Support your local independent tackle retailer and American small business.

Same tired diatribe complete with incomplete and inaccurate facts Gary...

Also, Tallahassee is getting one too. A new smaller store footprint called Bass Pro Shops Outpost...

pointerDixie214

Gary S. Colecchio wrote: »

Just say no to $8M in taxpayer dollars to build a road to an out of state owned barn full of overpriced knock offs run by kids who don't know which side of a reel is up working for minimum wage and competing with local Mom and Pop's in a limited and economically impacted market.

So you won't be going? :grin

BP is overrated, but it is hard to find a local tackle shop too... (although not in Tampa... or Ft. Meyers/Sanibel for that matter)

davedirt

I'm there.......hurry up and get it going.

badbullgator

Most of the time I go there I don't buy anything. Pretty much all I ever but there are duck loads because they carry far more than the few local shops that carry hunting shot.
Their Redhead gear sucks. Every item of clothing I have gotten from the has failed with one exception. It is not so bad when your gloves rip or waders leek or seep while hunting here, but when this happens in Arkansas while you are standing in water that you had to break ice on to hunt it makes a big difference.

INTREPID377

Decent place to buy clothes....never have much in the way of tackle that I use and what they do have is overpriced.

rock_fish

Only took five years of talks to get it built. I also bet the same people that complain about big bps shop at wally

Mango Man

I've never stopped in a BPS and don't plan on it any time soon. The greater Tampa Bay area has lost alot of their local shops in the last 8 years. My hope is that fisher people will support the ones that remain.

team getterdun

I don't know anyone that ever travels to Brandon, except those that work there and live there. If they were smarter, they'd put that someb!tch right there at the SR54/56 apex, just west of the SR56 & I75 intersection.

AllenR

team getterdun wrote: »

I don't know anyone that ever travels to Brandon, except those that work there and live there. If they were smarter, they'd put that someb!tch right there at the SR54/56 apex, just west of the SR56 & I75 intersection.

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That's where it was rumored to go the first time, about 15 years ago

T Top

AllenR wrote: »

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That's where it was rumored to go the first time, about 15 years ago

The Gopher tortoise killed that one.

Mackeral Snatcher

One of my favorite shops, T A Mahoney is right over that way at 50th and Adamo dr.
Sure hope they make it.

Mister-Jr

Gary S. Colecchio wrote: »

Just say no to $8M in taxpayer dollars to build a road to an out of state owned barn full of overpriced knock offs run by kids who don't know which side of a reel is up working for minimum wage and competing with local Mom and Pop's in a limited and economically impacted market.

Support your local independent tackle retailer and American small business.

When the local shops with local knowledge close it will be sad day for many of you. Why would anyone believe local taxpayer should pay BPS to build a road. 95% of every dollar I spend on fishing equipment was at Ace Hardware in Naples, even though the local BPS was a 15 minutes from my home.

Ol Mucky

badbullgator wrote: »

Their Redhead gear sucks. Every item of clothing I have gotten from the has failed

Thats true for sure.

OVerall Tampa really doesn't have anything even close for outdoor/hunting supplies, and one tackle shop. For me it will give me another option instead of Amazon.com. Sometimes you actually like to hold a product before buying it.
The 8 million is a pittance compared to other things the tax payers in Hills have funded (see Ray Jay)

JesseJames

Mister-Jr wrote: »

When the local shops with local knowledge close it will be sad day for many of you. Why would anyone believe local taxpayer should pay BPS to build a road. 95% of every dollar I spend on fishing equipment was at Ace Hardware in Naples, even though the local BPS was a 15 minutes from my home.

They won't be importing migrants to work in this store. It will be locals, with local knowledge. Probably some of your neighbors.

Mango Man

Bo, see my post in WC.

Mister, as a kid I remember being able to shop Eckerd's for fishing tackle or Webb City and we still had alot of local shops that we used.

capt.nate

Gary S. Colecchio wrote: »

Just say no to $8M in taxpayer dollars to build a road to an out of state owned barn full of overpriced knock offs run by kids who don't know which side of a reel is up working for minimum wage and competing with local Mom and Pop's in a limited and economically impacted market.

Support your local independent tackle retailer and American small business.

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restlessnative

Ol Mucky wrote: »

Thats true for sure.

OVerall Tampa really doesn't have anything even close for outdoor/hunting supplies, and one tackle shop. For me it will give me another option instead of Amazon.com. Sometimes you actually like to hold a product before buying it.
The 8 million is a pittance compared to other things the tax payers in Hills have funded (see Ray Jay)

I was going to touch on this, still gonna go to my local stores for tackle, but in the way of outdoor and hunting there isn't much to choose from here in Tampa. If there is, I would love to know about it.

Mister-Jr

JesseJames wrote: »

They won't be importing migrants to work in this store. It will be locals, with local knowledge. Probably some of your neighbors.

Bass Pro can build where ever they wish, but getting $8M in taxpayer funds is ridiculous.

Caribbean Soul

i go there like a kid in a candy store... then I start looking at the things I need and see how overpriced they are, leave dissapointed, wind up going shoping local.

Germ

team getterdun wrote: »

I don't know anyone that ever travels to Brandon, except those that work there and live there. If they were smarter, they'd put that someb!tch right there at the SR54/56 apex, just west of the SR56 & I75 intersection.

isnt that the piece still slated for a mall ? Or do you mean across the street?

restlessnative

Other side of the crosstown, to the north

amigho

If it's any consolation, you guys on the WC have some of the finest local tackle stores in the country, they have everything you could ever need for any type of fishing. Bass pro sucks nutz! We have one in Orlando on I-drive, you will pay 25-40% more for the same items there, the items you need are always out of stock and their corporate policy dictates that only get what the managers deem necessary for stock. The one in O-town is quite a hike for me, it was a treat to shoot over there for the day and try to pick up a few items. I have not been back in 2 years, the lack of availability on items I needed pushed me over the edge, stick with your local tackle stores.

Mango Man

I wonder how much support and $$$$ BPS is going to render to the recreational salt water fishing sector??

JesseJames

amigho wrote: »

If it's any consolation, you guys on the WC have some of the finest local tackle stores in the country, they have everything you could ever need for any type of fishing. Bass pro sucks nutz! We have one in Orlando on I-drive, you will pay 25-40% more for the same items there, the items you need are always out of stock and their corporate policy dictates that only get what the managers deem necessary for stock. The one in O-town is quite a hike for me, it was a treat to shoot over there for the day and try to pick up a few items. I have not been back in 2 years, the lack of availability on items I needed pushed me over the edge, stick with your local tackle stores.

Basically everything you've stated above is untrue and wildly inaccurate. Just an FYI.