Vicious line and lures low-priced at Wal-Mart

[split handle]

I'm not a fan of Wal-Mart, but I went to one recently to check for fishing clearance items. The store had two new four-sided kiosks about five feet high and filled with Vicious-branded tackle for panfish and bass. That includes hooks, split shot, and so on, but what caught my eye were these items, all for a buck apiece:

100-yard spools of their Panfish line (fluorescent yellow) in strengths of 4 lb. and up
10-packs of chenille-bodied marabou-tail jigs in various color combos
10-packs of 2" curl-tailed grubs in some unusual hues
8-packs of solid-body tubes in some unusual hues

I know there are fans of the Panfish line here. It's not as strong for diameter as Gamma gold, but at $1.00 a spool, the Panfish line is an easy buy. A word of caution: the 4 lb. Panfish line I bought averages about .0088" in diameter, which is thick for 4 lb. line, and the 6 averages .0098"--really thick for casting light lures, but useful if fishing in cover, under docks, or in dim light when it's hard to see the line. I had previously bought a spool of 2 lb. Panfish (not available at Wal-Mart) that measures .0072" and has an average knotted break strength of 4.2 lbs., which should be plenty strong enough for crappies in open water.

Obviously, chenille/marabou jigs that sell for .10 apiece are being tied at a very fast speed. It appears that each bag contains jigs from one human tier; the packages vary widely in the quality of jig ties they contain, and in things like the length of the tails. I wanted my brothers at Crappie.com to get an early heads-up on this, so if you'd be interested in this stuff, you can get there before the initial stock is picked through.

[slabsrus]

Thanks for the tip. I have been using Vicious Fishing line and baits for 4 years now. All my bass and panfish reels are spooled with Vicious and several of my go to bass tournament soft plastics are from Vicious. Thinks I might just be heading to Wally World on my lunch break.

[RCC]

They've done the same thing down here. A step in the right direction.

[crappie_newb88]

I wasn't too sure about vicious but i am sure about the price, made the wife get me 10 bucks worth of goods! Thanks for the info split handle!

[RBeav]

I was there today Stocked up on the jigs and weighted bobbers. I was surprised to see the price. Our walmart did not carry the line though would like to try some if I can find it.

[jimfish]

Monks has the panfish line $7.98 1500 yd spools.