As we noted here a few weeks ago, Travel Tender of Goshen is closing its doors.
On Saturday (March 30) it will conduct a huge auction of all types of fishing gear.
You will find thousands of lures, both new and antique, being auctioned off. Also, there are old trolling motor parts, old fishfinders, ice fishing gear, lanterns, new hard baits still in boxes and who knows what else the store has had in its back room.
The auction will be at the Elkhart County Fairgrounds from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Heres a link to the auctioneer who has listed a lot of the stuff being sold:
www.ellenbergerbros.com/auction_detail.php?id=198039.
Its sad to see the Travel Tender go out of business after serving anglers for 34 years. Ernie Bontrager carried a lot of quality tackle and had become one of this regions best sources for hard-to-get bass lures and top of the line rods and reels.