Thumbs Up for an Independent Tackle/Bait Shop

[Pikeslayer]

Last week, I took a rare July/August trip to our home lake south of Parry Sound. As quality bait fish is imperative to catching 10+ pike & 5+ walleye, I was determined to find a bait shop enroute (from Mississauga) without having to extend my drive to PS. After some detective googling, I came across 'True Canadian Outdoors'.

To be honest, their website is somewhat confusing and still references the old hwy 400 location so I went 'old school' and picked up the phone to confirm location and hours. TCO is located @ 3175 Rutherford Road, unit H46 in Vaughan. Directly NW of Bass Pro in one of the perimeter strip malls. Best direction I could give is to enter off of Rutherford Road @ the Husky Gas Station. Go south to the first entrance/left turn into the strip mall directly south of Husky. You'll find TCO tucked into a corner unit. It's worth the adventure of finding LOL.

After meeting and chatting with owner Nick, I ordered 2 dozen large minnows. While Nick was prepping the minnows (including an ice pack in the box for the 2+ hour drive), I perused his shop. I got to tell ya, his prices on rods, reels & terminal tackle were really impressive. I'm sending my SIL there in early September to buy a combo for my B'DAY.

BTW, we lost 4 minnows over 3 1/2 days and the survivors were feisty and caught us some decent fishies.

If you're in the BPS neighborhood or looking to pick up some bait 2 minutes off the highway, it's definitely worth your while to find Nick @ True Canadian Outdoors. As mentioned, he could update & invest a little in his website but now that I know where to find him, I'll be visiting there often over September & October & probably be doing a little Christmas shopping as well.

 

Cheers,

Slayer

[davey buoy]

Drop in often ,quite a selection of minnows,and agreed his pricing is better than OK.

[Christopheraaron]

yup, I don't go there too often but I've always had great experiences

[dhickey]

That place is my go to place for live bait on my way out.

The minnows are a little high price wise but excellent quality.

Service is great.

 

Its not a BPS but they have the stuff BPS doesn't .

[NANUK]

Good to know, I didn't even know that place existed.

Thanks for sharing

[wormdunker]

Thanx for directions to his shop!

[dhickey]

Hey!

Save some minnows for me. Eh!

[Toronto_Angler]

Excellent always love to see support for small business!

[steel&chrome]

These guys are awesome! They have incredible hours...saved me when i was out on some important tackle!