Salty Spotlight: Johnny's Sport Shop in Pasadena
- / BY Joe Sarmiento
- / March 3, 2011
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at 5:31 pm
Hey nice job highlighting your local tackle shop! As fishermen we always need to remember to give shout-outs to local tackle shops and even the hole in the wall gas stations that make killer sandwiches. It’s too easy in today’s world to overlook the small businesses that make our fishing trips special!
at 6:54 pm
Thanks FF. I like places that don’t have a weekly flyer inserted in my mailbox or newspaper. I think it’s cool to find little spots that aren’t big chains.
at 8:09 pm
Love seeing articles like this on the local tackle shop. Not sure how they stand on your coast but round here they are a dying breed. It seems we lose one or two each season.
Folks just don’t get that the little they save by going to the Big Box stores is more than offset by the valuable insider info your local shop can dispense 🙂
I wish Johnny’s continued success, good for them!!!!
at 7:59 am
Same thing over here. I’m partial to these places. Someone’s gotta help ’em out, and I can’t support them all by myself! Tight lines Paul
at 5:26 am
I couldn’t agree more. Local shops are also more likely to have the “right” gear for the local waters.
at 12:58 pm
Congratulations SoCal Salty on your beautiful blog. We came across this blog here at Johnny’s Sport Shop and are very appreciative of you support. The independent fishing tackle stores are indeed a dying breed. Johnny’s has been in this same location for 59 years and still owned and ran by the original owner. We are proud to say that we are still going strong. We continue to service rods and reels, sell live bait, electric smokers, smoking chips, and any fishing tips you need. Our customers fish locally, freshwater, saltwater inshore and offshore, and exotic destinations like the Amazon River, Mazatlan, Alaska, Hawaii, Montana, Eastern Sierras, etc…
And yes, when shopping at stores like ours, you may pay a few cents more but come by and compare our prices. We are very conscious of what products our competitors carry. Johnny’s keeps their prices very competitive and in most cases, such as Owner Hooks, we order directly from the company and have the best Owner prices in all of Southern California.
Rock fish season is on and cracking! (Use Johnny’s handtied shrimp flies). Opening day for the Eastern Sierras is the last weekend in April. (Berkely Pinched Crawlers, Hatchery Dust, Sierra Slammers, Buoyants, Kastmasters, Banzai Hooks, Owner Mosquitos.) Santa Ana River Lakes stocked thousands of pounds of their lightening trout last Thursday. (Use Bite-On Fury Powder)
Sorry for being so longwinded but we are very happy to be supported by the fishing community. Keep your lines tight and hope to see you soon.
**Fred Hall Show March7-11**
at 6:25 pm
I am so glad you have highlighted Johnny’s Sports Shop here in Pasadena. I am 56 years old, and I and my dad have come here since I was a little kid. I am also blessed that it is still in business. After being away from Pasadena for almost 30 years, I moved back in 2000. I decided to check out some new reels to go fishing, and the only place in my mind to go was Johnny’s; never occurring to me once that it might be gone.
at 10:05 pm
Glad they were still there for you. Not a lot of places left like them.
at 6:10 pm
Johnny’s sport shop rocks! 95% of all my gear is purchased at Johnny’s! If any of you folks have never been there, give them a try! From in house rod and reel repair to quality fishing products as well as gear for the kids. Check them out!