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Look for a survey in the November-December issue of Pond Boss, but here's a short, targeted shopping version for a start.
Tell me, where do you shop for:
Fishing gear;
Fish food;
Products for your land;
Would you prefer to shop at:
Local Farm Store?
Big Box store?
BassPro?
Cabela's?
Tractor Supply?
Name your store--
Lastly, what products do you buy in a store?
Second, what do you buy online?
What percentage of your shopping is done online?
Teach a man to grow fish...
He can teach to catch fish...
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Bob, would you like us to give you answers here as well?
Brian
The one thing is the one thing
A dry fly catches no fish
Try not to be THAT 10%
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Fishing gear (except fly rod stuff) - TackleWarehouse.com
Fish food - Pott's Feed Store in Emory TX
Farm stuff including most chemicals - TSC and Northern Tool
Hard to find Chemicals - DoMyOwnPestControl.com
All game fish and forage - Overton's and Tyler Fish Farm
I really try to buy as much local as I can. It's tough for a lot of the smaller mom and pop places to fight the box stores, so I try to keep every dollar I can in the local community. Sometimes though, that's just hard to do.
My percentages change a lot, but right now I'd say 70% walk in, and 30% on line.
Good survey Bob.
AL
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Teach a man to grow fish...
He can teach to catch fish...
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Fishing gear; Dick's Sporting Goods
Fish food; Herman Bros and local feed store
Products for your land; TSC/Farm and Fleet
Fish; Herman Bros
Pond wise I try to first check with Nate @ Herman Bros and support him as much as I can. I value his knowledge and expertise and appreciate his support.
Online Purchases: I shop online 70%, versus 30% locally. For example: we feed freeze dried meal worms to our Bluebirds. We go through a 3.5 ounce packet @ 7.95 every week. I now buy in the bulk, online for the equivalent of $2.36 a week. Huge savings over the course of a summer.
Free shipping plays an important role in my decision making as well.
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Okay, I 'll work on my answer!! It will be a rather large post 
Brian
The one thing is the one thing
A dry fly catches no fish
Try not to be THAT 10%
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Fishing gear: Depends on what I'm looking for.
Fish Food: Feed store in Napoleon, Ohio or a local elevator
Gardening and Yard products: Home Depot, Menards, Wally World, and sometimes TSC though they don't have a very good selection.
Fish: Tried a couple area hatcheries but I'm not satisfied with either thus far.
Online, I shop on Ebay now and then but usually don't buy much online.
Dan
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Fishing gear:Wal-Mart
Products for land: Rural King
I try to buy almost everything online because of the prices. I like to use Amazon when I can because it's usually one-stop shopping and they have reviews for almost every product they sell. I would say 75% of my shopping is done online. We are currently building a new home and I purchased door knobs/locks all electrical fixtures,garage heater all online.
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Well, I'm with FireIsHot. I try to buy as much from the local stores as I can. Since I live about 30mins from the nearest big stores it's a shorter drive to the local bait and tackle shop to pick up odds and ends fishing gear. On occasion I will hit wal-mart or Dicks for rods and reels etc.
I buy all my fish food from a small local store. They always have it in stock and I enjoy walking in and shootin the breeze with them.
As for any fish we stock we have used Jones fish for GS and a small local hatchery for BG.
Land products I generally hit up TSC for spray and gardening tools but sometimes lowes.
So, I would say 90% of my business goes to the small local businesses, the rest to bigger stores. I would also say 90% of my purchasing is done in person with 10% online.
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Fishing gear; Bass Pro Shops, Cabelas, Brovarney Baits, Lure Parts Online
Fish food; I don’t buy fish food though if I did it would be at the local farm store
Products for your land; local Ace hardware, local farm store, TSC, Amazon
Would you prefer to shop at:
Local Farm Store?
Big Box store?
BassPro?
Cabela's?
Tractor Supply?
Name your store—all of the above
Lastly, what products do you buy in a store? building supplies, yard and garden supplies, steel, hardware, beer.
Second, what do you buy online? everything else
What percentage of your shopping is done online? 80%
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Tell me, where do you shop for:
Fishing gear: (Academy, Bass Pro, Dick's, Walmart, e-bay)
Fish food: (No feeder yet)
Products for your land: Local Ace Hardware, Walmart, Tractor Store
Would you prefer to shop at:
Local Farm Store?
Big Box store?
BassPro?
Cabela's?
Tractor Supply?
Name your store-- All of the above (but Cabela's is too far)
Lastly, what products do you buy in a store?
When I am in a hurry...cant wait for shipping.
when I want to touch/see product in person
where shipping would be too costly
shoes/boots so I get exact right fit
Second, what do you buy online?
some lures, rods, reels, No Trespass signs, ect...
What percentage of your shopping is done online? 40%-50%
Fishing has never been about the fish....
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Fishing gear; Online, from a variety of retailers.
Fish food; Local feed store.
Products for your land; Rural King, local farm store.
Would you prefer to shop at:
Local Farm Store?
Big Box store?
BassPro?
Cabela's?
Tractor Supply?
Name your store-- I would prefer a Basspro, or Cabela's. Unfortunately, the closest one of either is over 100 miles away. I have a very hard time finding the gear and products that I want, at least in a local, brick and mortar location.
Lastly, what products do you buy in a store? Not very much these days.
Second, what do you buy online? Nearly all of my fishing gear, some pond chemicals.
What percentage of your shopping is done online? 60-70%
"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"
If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1)
And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1)
Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT?
PB answer: It depends.
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Fishing gear: Academy, Cabelas
Fish food: Various Feed stores. AMAX is tough to find
Products for land: TSC, Larger Feed stores, Hardware
Prefer to shop at Cabelas, Tractor Supply, Academy, Local Farm stores I have no real loyalty to any of them.
I buy in the store: fish food, building materials, fishing and hunting gear, farm products, chemicals
I buy almost nothing online
It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.
Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done.
Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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Fishing gear; (Cabelas)
Fish food; (don't feed)
Products for your land; (Local Hardware store, Local Feed Mill, TSC, Welters Seed Company, Various online distributors (no real loyalties)
I prefer to shop at:
1) Tractor Supply Company
2) Cabela's
3) Local Farm/ Hardware Stores
Products that I buy in a store?
(Anything I can't find online especially if I can't wait for shipping)
Second, what do you buy online?
(all else)
What percentage of your shopping is done online?
(80%-90%)
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Fishing gear: Haven't shopped for this in years - the old stuff is still in good condition.
Products for your land:
Depends on the product.
If soil/soil product: whoever is local and has the best price at the time.
Nursery products are through the top 30 companies over at Dave's Garden except for Oak trees (Oikos only)
Greenhouse supplies through Greenhouse Megastore.
Fencing: Premier One
We prefer to shop at the local family-run farm store for non-internet purchases listed above.
Lastly, what products do you buy in a store? Just the groceries (though we often order online) and the occasional odd piece of hardware (at Franklin's - the local "we have one of everything somewhere here if it was manufactured in the last 50 years" family-run hardware store)
Second, what do you buy online? Just about everything else - better selection with cost comparison.
What percentage of your shopping is done online? 95%+
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Tell me, where do you shop for:
Fishing gear;
Cabelas, Bass Pro, Wal-Mart, e-bay
Fish food;
Local Mom & Pop Feed Store. Bar MM Feed for AM pellets.
Products for your land;
Farm Fertilizer, Hamlet - Fertilizer and Pesticides/Herbicides. TSC, Rural King, Lowes, Menards, the local hardware store.
Would you prefer to shop at:
Local Farm Store?
Big Box store?
BassPro?
Cabela's?
Tractor Supply?
Name your store--
All of the above. Prefer to shop local mom & pop stores if price is comparable. Cabelas has more of a hunting section than BP.
Lastly, what products do you buy in a store?
Groceries, shoes, gunpowder, primers, shot, wads, some auto parts. Anything where shipping bumps the price up over local store prices.
Second, what do you buy online?
I go in spurts, but just about everything except most food items (bought protein gel, protein bars and freeze dried meals on-line from REI)
What percentage of your shopping is done online?
It varies, but roughly 50%
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Basically I make purchases based upon what is the most convenient at the time of need.
Probably 10% online
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Fishing gear; Tackle Warehouse.com, Gander Mountain, Dicks, Bass Pro in that order
Fish food; Local Purina feed store
Products for your land; Heritage Coop (grainery)
Would you prefer to shop at:
Local Farm Store? Yes, Heritage Coop or the Purina feed store. TSC is convenient but prices are 35% higher than the other two and it's starting to look like a flee market.
Big Box store? I wouldn't want to have to load feed onto a cart push it a 1/4 mile then load it into my vehicle then unload it and haul it to the feeder. I prefer to pull up and have it loaded.
BassPro? Too far, visit once a year.
Cabela's? Way too far, visit every three years or so, BPS seems to have better selection of fishing gear and I don't hunt much anymore.
Tractor Supply? Prices 40% above other sources on pond products but would if they were close in price as it's convenient...it would help if they carried Aquamax products too.
Name your store--Meijer, Petsmart, TSC last choice...Local TSC is starting to look like a flee market.
Lastly, what products do you buy in a store?
Second, what do you buy online? Fishing tackle, tires, car products
What percentage of your shopping is done online? As far as fishing/land I'd say 10% online, 80% local, 10% chain retail.
 "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge." Stephen W. Hawking
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Fishing gear;Cabela's, bass pro, Walmart, buchiett
Fish food; local farm supply purina dealer
Products for your land;FS, TSC, buchiett, Rural King
Would you prefer to shop at:
Local Farm Store?
Big Box store?
BassPro?
Cabela's?
Tractor Supply?
Name your store--ALL OF THE ABOVE
Lastly, what products do you buy in a store? GROCERIES
Second, what do you buy online?check the prices of everything first online
What percentage of your shopping is done online?80-90%
I believe in catch and release. I catch then release to the grease.. BG. CSBG. LMB. HSB. RES. ![[Linked Image from i90.photobucket.com]](http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/jmilczski/Fish/PBSubscribe.gif)
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I do not have much experience buying feed as I just started down the feeder route but I bought mine at a local store known as Tri County Feeds, their price was great but they only had AM600 and I wanted AM400, the AM600 seems to be working though. For tackle there is only one place to shop: www.tacklewarehouse.com Free ground shipping on any order over $50 and $5 2-day shipping. Spectacular selection and the best customer service I have ever experienced. They ship the same day you place your order (unlike bass pro who waits 10 days to send it out) and if there are any problems just call them and they will make it right. I rarely have the self control to NOT stop into a tackle store if I drive by one and I have been known to buy rods/reels/lures etc on a whim inside a brick and mortar tackle shop, but if I have an outing coming up and know exactly what I need I always go to tacklewarehouse.com. Probably 75% of my tackle shopping is done online.
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Fishing gear: Academy (walk-in) or Bass-pro(web)
Fish food; amax 500
Products for your land; Lumberton Farm/Feed, Tractor supply, Home Depot
Would you prefer to shop at:
Local Farm Store?
Big Box store?
BassPro?
Cabela's?
Tractor Supply?
Name your store--
Local Farm store (Lumberton Farm/Feed) surprisingly has good prices compared to Home Depot on building supplies (lumber, pvc, irrigation supplies, etc.), fertilizer and lime. NOTE: but not herbicides)
Lastly, what products do you buy in a store? Only things I need immediately (irrigation supplies), or not feasible to ship(building supplies, fertilizer, and lime)
Second, what do you buy online? Everything else including 2.5 gallon herbicides (pond and terrestial)
What percentage of your shopping is done online?80%
1 ac pond LMB, BG, RES, CC 
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