Jul. 24—CEREDO — Maddi Jeffers says she's used to customers asking "where's the owner," when she greets them at a new bait and tackle shop. The 23-year-old's response? "Right here." Breaking into a ...

I used to dream I could quit my job and open a bait and tackle shop instead. Looking back, I am glad I never did it. Owning a tackle shop is darned hard work. Tackle shops are open at the crack of ...

(This column was first published in the Tallahassee Democrat on March 17, 2013.) Sure, it's a familiar story: Longtime mom-and-pop shop closes in the face of competition from big corporate chains and ...

RAVENNA, Ohio (WJW) — Mark Burkey, a welder by trade, said he started selling fishing lures from a table in his garage. That was nearly a quarter-of-a century ago. For eight years, he did that before ...

Benicia >> Lately, Curtis Hayes doesn’t know what to do with himself. “I’m usually out on the boat,” Hayes said. “Now I go back to the store and I have to relearn everything.” Hayes and his wife, Pam, ...

After an October blaze shut down the only local bait and tackle store between Harmar and Kittanning, Allegheny Angler in Tarentum will soon be back in business. The owners, who will be in their 31 st ...

GLEN BURNIE, Md. (AP) -- When Rick Warren and his father opened Warren's Bait Box in 1970, Rick was only 19. Now on the cusp of 60, Warren has spent most of his adult life at the small concrete ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A bad day fishing is better than a good day at work, or so the old saying goes. This summer, the folks at Superior Bait and Tackle may politely disagree. Since the COVID-19 ...

MILFORD, Del. (AP) - The state Fire Marshal's Office says a blaze has destroyed a bait and tackle shop and an adjacent dwelling in Milford. The Cedar Creek Bait & Tackle Shop near Slaughter Beach was ...

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