J & J bait and tackle, 8339 US-19 S
Port Richey, FL 34668,…read moremy worst fishing tackle experience ever in my life - I am not kidding. Enter the store with my twins and we all said hello to the gentleman and got no answer. Looking around what they sell, i picked up 2 fish grips for my children, 2 packs of frozen shrimp and floats. While doing so the guy said "don't touch this" to my son as he wanted to touch a lure on the wall, and "hey! Leave that" to my daughter touching a tackle box, already irritating me by his tone to my children, who in fact are extremely used with tackle and fishing. I then paid my stuff, and once done i asked him who does he buy from. He said Stanley and Big Rock wholesalers. I then gave him a pack of my nat shrimp, telling him that's the stuff I do and we do work with both, and that I m telling him this is a free sample for him to give it a try and asking him if he have a business card so I'll be able to send him a catalog, and see if he'll be interested into carrying any of my stuff. He refused to take my free sample, and say if interested he will buy from the wholesalers, no need of sample or catalog. Felt like a slap in my face, never seen at least the politeness of taking my sample and giving me his card. I then told him I never experienced such unwelcoming behavior from start to end, gave him back my stuff and asked for refund. As we left, a gentleman entered and say hello. The 3 of us answered him back, but no sound from the tackle store owner... i never wrote a bad experience and shared it like this, but this one being so bad and at the opposite of what the majority of fishing tackle retailers behavior is, that I found it worth to share to warn people about going to this place. 1st ever for me, but not happy i had to do it. But clearly this was needed. Patrick Sebile