Originally Posted by
huntinslabs
Unfortunately I think saltwater is the answer for retail $$$$. Go take a look at the cost of a nice trolling setup. Take a peek at a 50' pack of 80lb flourocarbon leader material, an EPIRB, radar, outriggers, trolling lures, teaser rigs, flashers etc. I was at the reel counter in Orlando and saw a man count out $12,000.00 in hundred dollar bills for a set of 8 trolling rods, shimsno tld reels, spooled up, set of outriggers and some lures. Bout had heart failure myself but the guy helping me said it was a daily occurance. And thats just the beginning. Go to a ramp close to an inlet on a saturday and list what boats you see launching and go look at prices. You would shake your head at the $$$$ them things cost and the high number of them. And tourney day for a governors cup will really get ya spinnin. So i bet loosing 10 sales to some of us lowly crappie guys vs loosing 1 sale to them makes perfect sense to calculator jockeys.