Difficulty Acquiring Fish at Good Prices

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shark.bait

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I just wanted to know if its just me having difficulty finding great fish at a decent price? I am from London Ontario and I just went down to the LFS to see what they have in stock and the only fish I would remotely be interested in was a 11 inch Male Motoro that had a tag of $600. WTF? Then I call big als to see if I can order peacock bass and they tell me that its very rare to find this fish at any LFS, and my best bet would be kijiji or online. Thus my adventure online began, and I found a great price on a 6 inch Motoro for 125$. But by the time they ship to Canada and all the extra hidden across boarder fees were included, the price would sky-rockets back up to $500. I have gone to countless websites (online stores) and adds that offer shipping and great prices, but just to be disappointed with American only shipping (free at that). There must be an easier solution to all this, or do all Canadians who like monster fish just have it bad and are forced to pay outrageous fees? Does anybody else have similar issues or experiences, or am I being unrealistic :irked:? For all I know it could just be my area, any thoughts?
 
shark.bait said:
I just wanted to know if its just me having difficulty finding great fish at a decent price? I am from London Ontario and I just went down to the LFS to see what they have in stock and the only fish I would remotely be interested in was a 11 inch Male Motoro that had a tag of $600. WTF? Then I call big als to see if I can order peacock bass and they tell me that its very rare to find this fish at any LFS, and my best bet would be kijiji or online. Thus my adventure online began, and I found a great price on a 6 inch Motoro for 125$. But by the time they ship to Canada and all the extra hidden across boarder fees were included, the price would sky-rockets back up to $500. I have gone to countless websites (online stores) and adds that offer shipping and great prices, but just to be disappointed with American only shipping (free at that). There must be an easier solution to all this, or do all Canadians who like monster fish just have it bad and are forced to pay outrageous fees? Does anybody else have similar issues or experiences, or am I being unrealistic :irked:? For all I know it could just be my area, any thoughts?
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Move west, Calgary and Vancouver are great for monster fish. I've seen Pbass go for cheap prices as juvies, I've seen motoro's go for just over 100 dollars. It also helps that I can list about 6 LFS here in Calgary that have really good monster stock.


Also, Snakeheads are Ilegal in eastern canada
 
If I were you I would stock up on the snake heads now and sell later someone's all ways looking for them in the U.S.

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shark.bait said:
I just wanted to know if its just me having difficulty finding great fish at a decent price? I am from London Ontario and I just went down to the LFS to see what they have in stock and the only fish I would remotely be interested in was a 11 inch Male Motoro that had a tag of $600. WTF? Then I call big als to see if I can order peacock bass and they tell me that its very rare to find this fish at any LFS, and my best bet would be kijiji or online. Thus my adventure online began, and I found a great price on a 6 inch Motoro for 125$. But by the time they ship to Canada and all the extra hidden across boarder fees were included, the price would sky-rockets back up to $500. I have gone to countless websites (online stores) and adds that offer shipping and great prices, but just to be disappointed with American only shipping (free at that). There must be an easier solution to all this, or do all Canadians who like monster fish just have it bad and are forced to pay outrageous fees? Does anybody else have similar issues or experiences, or am I being unrealistic :irked:? For all I know it could just be my area, any thoughts?
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haha. It depends where you are looking. There are tons of nice fish for good prices if you know where to look. That's why you have MFK relations!
 
jgordon said:
If I were you I would stock up on the snake heads now and sell later someone's all ways looking for them in the U.S.

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A guy that owns a lps near me went to jail because of that! Dumb move.
 
Here is how you solve that issue. You'll need to make the trip to
Dundas strip in Mississauga

Store call rivers to oceans has some WC piquiti

1370 Dundas Street East, Mississauga, ON

there's also many stores along that strip that carry nice fish at decent prices considering it's retail.


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