Wal-Mart improving quality of their fishing tackle??

[Altro Cat]

Stopped by the local Wal-Mart today and happened to notice they are now carrying Falcon Bucoo Micro Guides, Skeet Reese Rods, Abu Vendettas and a couple other rods in the 80$ to 125$ range. Have they finally made the step up to carrying some good quality stuff? I was hoping to see some nice reels but no improvement there, still just the same old 60$ and 70$ and under stuff.

Had a buddy who is a pharmacist at Wal-Mart tell me they were bringing back the FLW sponsored stuff this year but haven't seen it yet.

[Rangerman30]

Not in the stores around here same old crap

[Neilslure]

I havent paid the rods at walmart any mind in a long time. They did have a fair amount of mark downs when I was in there today though.

[Mike_z71]

Not here. They used to sell All-Star rods here a few years ago, but quit.

[11pounder]

I was in one of ours here(we have three in our town)this weekend and it had the falcons and the Skeet Reese's.

[boogerbuttbaits]

Same old crap here.

[cldaniel]

the one here used to carry nice daiwa stuff, shimano stuff like curado and calcutta. then they dropped their product quality wayyyyyyyyy down. now they are building back up ever so slightly, they have nice lures just waiting on the rods and reels to get better. ours carries kvd squarebills, war eagle spinners, tungsten weights just to name a few. not that i enjoy walmart shopping its just the only place between my house and the lake that sells tackle.

[senko89]

Not in my local store, same stuff. I actually think they have more for pan fish and trout. And as for my local Dick's Sporting Goods, it seems to me they only order fishing gear/stock once a year.

[Beast]

Depends where the Walmart is located, I talked to the sporting good manager at out local Walmart, I asked him why is it Walmart is a proud sponsor of the FLW and they didn't have squat for bass tackle? He told me the district managers didn't feel it would sell in our area, a area that has a bass tourney about every weekend in a 30 mile radius.He also said he begged them direct and they turned him down.

[krainium]

The walmart in my area has a couple of nice reels curados and citicas but no decent rods.

[racefan]

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Same here just old crap here

[Matt1212]

Our's carrying Yum, Powerbait, Bandit now. Gettin' better

[corybyrum]

I went to the one in guntersville last year and wow!!! Looked like bass pro in the fishing section

[nsane]

I've noticed that too! It may have something to do with them and the FLW

[Jim R]

won't give them a penny to buy fishing gear...hate that place.

[Cajun Skeeter]

Not happening around here yet.

[GhostComanche]

Wish mine did. My local walmart has a dang good assortment of bream hooks, floaters and stinkbait.....................and 3 202 snoopy combos.........................RR

[mark-o]

It wouldn't take much to improve the 3 within 6 miles of me. You can still buy the old trusty Banjo Minnows I do believe

[Wreck_em_AU]

Same old stuff here too. I'll stick with Academy for now

[sandbarDan]

two wally world within 10 miles of me havent even looked at their fishing crap lately....thanks now I'll have to check it out