Fishing Michigan

I had a phone call from a friend of mine this morning.  He had bought a sonar/fish finder unit at a local location.  The timing was perfect,  I was ready for a beverage break since I was in the process of shoveling 5 yds of top soil, dumping it and then spreading it out.

His problem was this:  He had bought the unit, but the power cords included were too short for his boat.  The local store had not picked up the longer feeds as an accessory.  With a tournament coming up the following weekend, he was in a pinch to locate the item.  What he wanted help with was locating the product so he could get it installed and ready to go in time.

I made a call to the manufacturer, and as I thought might be the case, he could purchase the item directly from  the factory.  A special order would have taken 10 to 14 days from the local store.  By ordering direct he should be fishing with his new unit by Saturday, Monday at the latest.

The morale of the story is, if you cannot find the item close by, do not give up hope.  Quite a few of the companies out there will allow you to buy direct,  and you should save a ton of time on the shipping as well.