2016 B P S Catalog Observations 2024
ghost reply :
The 2016 catalog is smaller in size from previous years.
I noticed the Lew's reels are now being offered and Daiwa is nowhere seen in reels or rods. Also the BPS Extreme reels are missing. But a new baitcast reel is available, forgot the name.
And minimal specs for reels, rods and lures. You have to got to website to get specs.
Don't like changes.
Kevinator1 reply :
On 1/5/2016 at 4:09 AM, ghost said:The 2016 catalog is smaller in size from previous years.
I noticed the Lew's reels are now being offered and Daiwa is nowhere seen in reels or rods. Also the BPS Extreme reels are missing. But a new baitcast reel is available, forgot the name.
And minimal specs for reels, rods and lures. You have to got to website to get specs.
Don't like changes.
Yeah, seems like they are pushing people to the website more and more.....I love those catalogs....hopefully they won't go away totally. I think if T W would put one out that would be interesting.
BigMoneyGrip reply :
I think it's stupid to go to all the trouble to print a catalog with limited information. Whats the point? It couldn't cost that much more to make a complete description of models and colors.
K_Mac reply :
On 1/5/2016 at 7:17 AM, BigMoneyGrip said:I think it's stupid to go to all the trouble to print a catalog with limited information. Whats the point? It couldn't cost that much more to make a complete description of models and colors.
I agree. While I think paper and ink catalogs are going the way of pork trailers, if they are going to print them they ought to give all the details of the limited items in them.
smallie.mike reply :
The only observations of the bass pro catalog I've made in the past three years are of it going directly in the garbage. They should just send out a postcard that says "please visit our website".
It sucks too because I used to really look forward to getting the master catalog each year.
buzzed bait reply :
you'd be surprised the amount of time, money and effort it takes to collect product information from 100's or 1000's of vendors. let alone having it all ready to go and clean with photos at one time to print, very difficult. couple that with the fact that very few people receive and read the paper versions anymore and it's destined for dirt.
for one, i'd prefer they do away with them. if not, offer me $5 or $10 store credit for NOT taking one (saving them money).
smallie.mike reply :
On 1/5/2016 at 8:53 AM, buzzed bait said:you'd be surprised the amount of time, money and effort it takes to collect product information from 100's or 1000's of vendors. let alone having it all ready to go and clean with photos at one time to print, very difficult. couple that with the fact that very few people receive and read the paper versions anymore and it's destined for dirt.
for one, i'd prefer they do away with them. if not, offer me $5 or $10 store credit for NOT taking one (saving them money).
Nah doesn't cost anymore, they already have all the information. It's just a way for them to lure you to the website.
Evan K reply :
I too wish that if they do release catalogs, they would include detailed specs! I have many fond memories of poring over giant BPS and Cabela's catalogs as a boy and still like sitting down and browsing a paper-and-ink catalog.
flyfisher reply :
I think i saw this same thread last year.....
KDW96 reply :
Used to really look forward to getten them. Made for good reading or planning a early spring order. Over the years,they have taken the cheap way out, and their website has alot to be desired.
K_Mac reply :
On 1/5/2016 at 9:23 AM, flyfisher said:I think i saw this same thread last year.....
And the year before...
buzzed bait reply :
On 1/5/2016 at 8:57 AM, smallie.mike said:Nah doesn't cost anymore, they already have all the information. It's just a way for them to lure you to the website.
Fairly certain it costs a great deal of money. It's been my line of work since about late '09.
To simply print and ship the catalogs would be a mind numbing amount of money. It's why fewer and fewer places have a paper catalog anymore.
5fishlimit reply :
On 1/5/2016 at 9:33 AM, K_Mac said:And the year before...
And the year before that...
smallie.mike reply :
On 1/5/2016 at 9:56 AM, buzzed bait said:Fairly certain it costs a great deal of money. It's been my line of work since about late '09.
To simply print and ship the catalogs would be a mind numbing amount of money. It's why fewer and fewer places have a paper catalog anymore.
I'm sure it cost a great deal of money for them to print the master catalog. I'm just saying the reason they leave out the specs on most stuff is so you have to go to thier site. I haven't ordered a thing from bass pro since they started doing that to the master catalog.
A fisher reply :
Did the catalog have any good casting rods on sale for under 100?
A-Jay reply :
I'm both Surprised & Impressed that Mr J Morris could find the time to actually put out a 2016 Master Catalog.
He's been a very busy man recently . . . .
A-Jay
smallie.mike reply :
On 1/5/2016 at 10:54 AM, A fisher said:Did the catalog have any good casting rods on sale for under 100?
It did but you have to visit the website for all the details. Lol
ww2farmer reply :
I noticed I got one in the mail a week or so ago.................I hope it's not much thinner than last years, that one is doing a bang up job of leveling a wobbly end table leg. Oh well, if it is I guess I could shim it with the other useless waste of paper I get every month...........AKA Bassmaster magazine.
Jrob78 reply :
On 1/5/2016 at 9:56 AM, buzzed bait said:Fairly certain it costs a great deal of money. It's been my line of work since about late '09.
To simply print and ship the catalogs would be a mind numbing amount of money. It's why fewer and fewer places have a paper catalog anymore.
I am loosely in that line of work as well. The amount of time, money and energy it takes to produce a giant catalog is stunning.
I, for one, wish they would stop producing catalogs, it a massive waste of paper. I enjoy looking through them too but who buys stuff through the mail anymore? It's easier to get online and find exactly what you need.
Fishes in trees reply :
I view the catalogs that BPS and Cabelas put out as reference material, stuff to be read and digested at my leisure, not necessarily when I'm at my computer desk. I wish that they had better stats in them.. . . .. . Next complaint, As I'm getting older I wish that they had larger type. It is a challenge to keep one magnifying glass by my Lazy Boy, another by my porcelain throne, a third and fourth in my garage and shed and a fifth by my computer desk. As I've just typed this I realize what a disconcerting first world problem this is.
Anyway, that catalog is what it is and I'm glad Johnny Morris sent me one, so that I could look at pictures and wonder about what lures I might get next. I am very concerned that Timber Tigers haven't been pictures for a few years now and in the 2016 Master Catalog, they don't show the Jewel Eakins jig anymore. They were a Missouri company and I thought that Johnny was doing them a favor by showing their wares in his catalog. Guess he isn't doing them a favor any more. That is too bad, comes off as kind of greedy. Anyway, JMO
. . . . .moments later, just visited the Jewel Baits web site, regional pros Jim Eakins and his son Troy Eakins aren't listed as being on the pro staff any more. Eakins jigs aren't listed in their catalog. Finesse jigs are but they don't call them Eakins jigs anymore. Go bigger. They were kind of buds with Johnny Morris, maybe that is why Jewel Baits aren't listed in the catalog anymore. I'd go the the website and look further, but that is more trouble than I want to mess with currently at 3:10 AM.
Bankbeater reply :
They should either cancel the catalog all together, or put out a decent one that gives some information on the products.
KDW96 reply :
On 1/5/2016 at 12:58 PM, ww2farmer said:I noticed I got one in the mail a week or so ago.................I hope it's not much thinner than last years, that one is doing a bang up job of leveling a wobbly end table leg. Oh well, if it is I guess I could shim it with the other useless waste of paper I get every month...........AKA Bassmaster magazine.
Yep! As a life member BASS use to be something. Now not so much. Thanks ESPN!
WIGuide reply :
The BPS catalog as been shrinking little by little every year. Although I don't like that it's happening I do understand it. The cost it takes to produce and ship them must be very high and there are a minimal number of people who actually order by phone using the catalog anymore. Even before they started doing that, I might find what I want in the catalog, but I'd still order it online. That being said, I still miss the old ones with all the info in them. I have fond childhood memories as a little kid getting excited when they'd come in the mail. I'd look through them for hours upon hours haha
Raul reply :
BPS Master Catalog, man's best friend and finest literature you could find to make you company while going to where the king goes by himself, so many purchases were decided in that holy place. 
senile1 reply :
On 1/5/2016 at 9:23 AM, flyfisher said:I think i saw this same thread last year.....
I think so too. We could probably say that about 99 percent of the threads.
tander reply :
I can remember getting that catalog back in the 70's and 80's. Seems like I wore everyone out looking at it. Of course back then, it was all mail order and I assume Springfield was the only store. Couldn't wait to order and also ordered a cap, seems special back then, I am really surprised that they even have a catalog now.
A-Jay reply :
On 1/5/2016 at 10:47 PM, tander said:I can remember getting that catalog back in the 70's and 80's. Seems like I wore everyone out looking at it. Of course back then, it was all mail order and I assume Springfield was the only store. Couldn't wait to order and also ordeedr a cap, seems special back then, I am really surprised that they even have a catalog now.
Me too.
But there was no interweb, snapface or TW website to use & abuse either.
Still, getting that Master catalog was a much anticipated event in my house no doubt.
A-Jay
Jaw1 reply :
Seems I get less of a master catalog but more literature in all. Ex: the spring catalog,the fall catalog, the marine catalog and so on. I wish they would work on their website I'm no fan but cabelas is no better
*Hootie reply :
There are those that do, and there those who tell those that do, that they did it wrong...."bah humbug".
Hootie
ghost reply :
I do like getting the master catalog, it's like something to look forward to for the beginning of the year.
I see the current BPS Extreme reel is on clearance and there is no new model. Normally a new model would be out when the master catalog comes out. The new Titanium 8, is that what is taking over the Extreme baitcast reel.
I wonder what happened with Daiwa, why BPS to me seems to have parted ways.
Happy to see the Lew's is there again, after so many years not being offered by BPS. I hope they carry Lew's at the store out here in Southern California.
Also, I hope they get in the Shimano Casitas in store, I am interested in that reel for the classic sale.
Maxximus Redneckus reply :
Back in the day thats all we had cabelas,gander,bps, kinda weird how something so important 30 yrs ago is bein made fun of now.i love them i used to save them to have something to look at i think i had 1984 thru 1995 cabelas,bps,gander .the memories of abu round reels for 39.99 to the morrums for 199.99. Curados for 109.99 calcuttas for 139.99. I think back then the most exspensive rods were fenwicks about $80 lightning rods were $50. Rapalas 2$ 4 pages of lures thats all we needed.all made in usa.same with line.
Flukeman reply :
I still enjoy getting the catalog and browsing, no matter how I order my items. I get gift cards every Christmas, browse the catalog, and use them when the Spring Sale starts.
This thread is always funny every year and reminds me of when they built a couple Bass Pro stores near me. I'm lucky, I have one 45 minutes east and another 1 hour west. When they built the first people said it was nice, but small compared to the one at city "X" that they visited while on vacation. Then 10 years later or so, they built the second and made it an Outpost Store (smaller). Now people said that one sucked because they did not have enough stuff compared to the other one.
I've got news for you, I've lived here most of my life, the small store is better than anything we have ever had for outdoor gear! Not to mention, you can order whatever you want- however you want, and have it sent to the store for pick up at no charge. I have traveled to a lot of nice outdoor stores, they all had something I wish I could have found.
People just like to complain. Some of you guys would find a $10 bill on the sidewalk, and them complain it was not a $20 bill.
Steveo-1969 reply :
I've worked in the printing industry for 25 years and the company I work for prints BPS catalogs. Catalogs in general are getting thinner because of paper and postage costs. They use thinner/cheaper paper or reduce the number of pages (or even reduce the page height/width) to make it lighter and reduce postage costs.
But catalogs are still an important part of marketing strategy and there are companies that eliminated print, saw their sales go down, and started printing again. Even "internet-only" stores (like Amazon) are starting to print catalogs because they help sales.
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