WOW i cant believe how bad Cabela's sucks!!

[JerryT]

SteveM tried to warn me...I needed two new live well pumps so Tara and I decided to take a ride..If not for the livewell pumps i would have spent a grand total of 4 dollars

If they dont have some wacky sale on rods and reels or something along those lines i cant see myself ever going back..Talk about crap selections

[JeffA]

they do suck, i only go there because its 40mins from me, last time i went, i need some RI beavers, guess what?....they dont carry them.
a ton of hunting stuff though..

[chrispy186]

Bass Pro is no better. I wen there before I went on vacation to stock up for my trip, and they had only one thing i was really looking for-everything else was gone. Shelves were empty. It always happens when I go to that place. Im gonna stick to ordering from the catalog from now on.

[DIXIEDOG]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JerryT &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> SteveM tried to warn me...I needed two new live well pumps so Tara and I decided to take a ride..If not for the livewell pumps i would have spent a grand total of 4 dollars

If they dont have some wacky sale on rods and reels or something along those lines i cant see myself ever going back..Talk about crap selections </TD></TR></TABLE>

The worst part is if they ever do have a decent sale they won't have any of that stuff in stock

[Steve M]

Cabelas is definitley not my kind of store. I doubt I would ever go back

[cyclone70]

I made one trip to check it out.
A waste of time.
BPS was well stocked when I went down this spring,but now,who knows

[Earl320V]

which Cabela's the one in Hartford or in Maine??

[cyclone70]

I'm speaking of the Maine store

[Steve M]

I have only been to the Hartford store.

[red tzx 190]

I'v been in Cabela's two times in Maine and came back out with zip.0

[Jim R]

Yup, they REALLY SUCK...I tried calling them on a Friday night to see if they had a trolling motor in stock...40 minutes of calling; zero minutes of answering. Got through early Saturday morning and the person who answered the phone in the Marine Dept had NO IDEA what I was talking about..called Dover Marine, had an answer in 10 seconds and drove there...no more Cabela's for me

[Big Al]

Yup,

Went to Maine back in the spring to look for a specific rod. I couldn't believe the mess of rods they had in the racks. No organization at all. The only organized rods were the Cabelas label rods and some Carrot Stixs. I started to look through all the rods and gave up after a half hour. Then I told a woman at the customer service that serious fishermen want to see this tackle in some sort of organization.
I was also looking for Slider heads and 2 guys working at the reel counter couldn't tell me if they had them. They didn't know what they were and took 15 minutes to find them in the computer and still couldn't tell me if they were in the store.
I left there with 0.

[hsb]

Think of Cabelas as a hunting store that sells fishing stuff, where as Bass Pro is a fishing store that sells hunting stuff. Ive been to the one in Hartford, I think out of the 4 times Ive been there I have spent about $20 tops. Def. like BPS for sure.

[DropShot374V]

It's funny to see this post, since I actually like Cabela's a lot better. I was THRILLED when BPS opened up in Foxboro. Every time I've been there (BPS), I've either dealt with a douchebag behind the reel counter who thinks they are god's gift to fishermen because they get to man the reel counters, or some moron who couldn't tell you the difference between a crankbait and a spinnerbait. "Flourocarbon? Whats flourocarbon? If you need fishing line, we have mono over in that aisle," said the BPS employee carelessly pointing towards one entire corner of the bottom floor.

If I had my choice, I'd only order from Tackle Warehouse. They have treated me extremely well since I started ordering from them. Northern Bass Supply is also a great place for mail order, but not very convenient if you prefer a "retail" experience.