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CopanoCruisin · Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2020 5:49 pm Post subject: The good ol' days.......

I can remember the days of Jerry B's kayak shop. We once had a TKF -vs- Corpus Fishing tourney to benifit the food bank. What a blast! Jerry B and Debbie and others went all out. Great commradieship for a great cause. .......cC

bulldog1935 · Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2020 7:07 pm Post subject:

I bought a Carlisle kid's paddle at Jerry B's when we forgot one at home.

then later sold that on TKF and gave the better A/T kids paddle to my buddy for his daughter.

Also bought a dashboard bar at Jerry B's, first used in my T160 sternwell to make a cockpit for my 9-y-o daughter to tandem -
- worked out really well - she learned how to paddle without me saying a word

then on her Redfish 10

I've since put permanent rigging on her Redfish, and stole the dashboard for rigging on my Kestrel

there are some other good old day factors related to kayak shops.
Used to go into ACK, chat with any of their knowledgeable people about rigging, he'd go to the back and hand you whatever hardware you needed gratis.
Now they're staffed with 20-somethings who want to sell you something and boats come all rigged, right?
They also used to ship anywhere in Texas overnight by Fed-Ex ground, now they use Surepost and it takes a week.
I can't believe they're saving money with what they lose in customer relations.

TexasJim · Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2020 10:19 pm Post subject:

yeah, bulldog: After ACK merged with Summit Sports, they became a "marketing" company, rather than a watersports supplier. Similar to when Academy was overtaken by the holding company that ran Toys'R'Us into bankruptcy. We all miss the Mom n Pop stores, but they're history. And they blame their demise on the Internet!
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bd0202 · Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2020 11:32 pm Post subject:

Nice rig! I love you even put in a compass. Great idea.
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bulldog1935 · Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2020 4:42 am Post subject:

Jim, when I lived in Austin, used to visit the very first Academy store, under the 35 upper deck at 45th street - it was Army Surplus then, with an isle of cheap fishing tackle.
Of course Austin was a sleepy college town then, a decade before the California invasion.

Neumie · Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2020 7:05 pm Post subject: Re: The good ol' days.......

CopanoCruisin · Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 6:22 pm Post subject:

You are absolutely correct Neumie, it was Team Oso instead of Corpus Fishing. It was still a blast and lots of good fishing folks. Oh well, see how you are going to get,when you get old! LOL..........cC

Tombo · Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 7:49 am Post subject:

Team OSO is back in business. Maybe just for fun could meet and greet.

Tombo · Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 7:50 am Post subject:

Russel Bradley used to help at Jerry B's. Me, bought a Native Mariner and Ultimate from there.