Academy Sports

[reelbad]

Academy sports has two well known employees, Otto Hough and JR Mundinger. JR is in the freshwater section and Otto is in the saltwater. Otto told me he was only part time so he would still have time to fish. Also ran into Michael Aman while looking through the fishing section.

[mjsigns]

I'm holding of "judgement" until I go into the place and see for myself. Got a flyer in the mail with some generic discount that eluded but anything but "Fishing".

[haliaetus]

ditto to Tide Dancer!

[FHC]

do they have fly tying materials like sw had ?

[silverking]

do they have fly tying materials like sw had ?

Didn't see any, FHC, but I may have missed it.

[FHC]

thanks capt dave

[mjsigns]

Ok - I went there this morning and had trouble finding a parking spot big enough for my truck. Made it inside and found the employees were nice. The store looks small from the outside, but it's almost the size of Wal-Mart. They had a good bit of tackle, and I found personal favorite 1/8oz "Bass Assassin" jig heads that keep your gulp attached. They had a bunch of Gulps and some are on "clearance" for $4.99. They had some Gulps I have never seen before, and even a $45 bucket full of Gulps, kind of like the $20 bucket, but larger. They had a bunch of boating stuff as well as range deep-cycle batteries, fish finders VHS radios and other boating electronics. I did not like being there with 1/2 of Tallahassee in the store. They had an entire isle devoted to just ammo. Their prices were all over the road, some items were over-priced, and others were very reasonable. The jury is still out, will they last, will sales remain strong enough to keep the store in business? Will I go back... It's possible.