Squiddersbaitandtackle

Knowledgeable, friendly and years of fishing experience! You want to catch quality fish? You must make this your first stop! I have never had anything but excellent experiences dealing with this family owned business.

My personal experience with Squidders Supply Store / Squidders Bait and Tackle + Squidders Lodge

I rented Squidders Overnight Lodge for a weekend, for some friends that were coming into town. We had planned it months in advance. On the day of check-in, the lodge smelled damp and moldy, plus it also smelled like rotting fish. It seems the refrigerator stopped working earlier that week, and it had some leftover food still in it from previous guests. That's where the smell of rotting fish came from. They replaced the old refrigerator that had the rotting food in it, with a dorm-sized model that wouldn't hold much. The building is old concrete that's been flooded multiple times, which I supppose is where the damp and moldy smell comes from.

What food could not be put into the refrigerator got partially eaten by rats. I wish now I had taken photos.

The television remote control was missing, so my guests could not watch TV at all, all weekend.

Squidders Bar next door in the same building was fun at first, but it quickly filled up with alot of really drunk people. They just keep on serving them more, and more, and more… no matter how intoxicated they get. Very loud at night.

One of the bar owner's friends was blackout-level drunk and physically assaulted a disabled veteran while he was trying to leave. When a complaint was made, the owners theatened and blamed it on the victim to try to shut him up.

Local prostitutes coming to the lodge to ensure that none of the fishermen and hunters staying there get lonely while away from home, is a nice benefit I guess... if you're into that sort of thing.

The creepy, duplicitous bar manager is always trying to inject herself into the middle of everyone's conversations, stirring stuff up, and spreading a bunch of false rumors about people. In fact, right now the owners of Squidders actually have Creepy Kelly, their bar manager, slinking around online pretending to be someone she's not (- Hunter R -), so that she can leave fake positive reviews on sites to trick people into thinking that Squidders is more well liked than it actually is. Seems they figure that everyone else is just too stupid to realize she's their employee. This is a highly deceptive business practice that she's been engaging in for several years now. It's not only deceptive, it's outright fraud that they are commtting against their customers. That right there should tell you everything you need to know about these people. Always the scheming.demons.

Not good experiences. I won't be having any more of my guests stay there. It was incredibly embarassing, and really made me look bad. I would strongly suggest that you go somewhere in New Bern, or Oriental, if you want to have a nice, safe time.