Steve: Up Front Bait and Tackle.

LPC: Oh, yeah. Fishin’ store?

Steve: Yeah.

LPC: Yeah, hi.

LPC: I'm Reese Baptiste.

LPC: I'm Newentown here, and I was looking for a new fishing store.

Steve: Okay.

LPC: So you guys are close to me here.

Steve: Okay.

LPC: So I need to get a new fish and pole.

LPC: Last place I went to sold me the short one, you know?

LPC: Whenever I reeled it in, I had fish flipping like wild off my hook.

LPC: Oh, they were spinning like wildfire on there.

LPC: And then I went back there and he sold me a rod that was so long.

LPC: I actually hooked some owl out of a tree.

LPC: It was bizarre.

LPC: Real bizarre.

LPC: So I need something that's going to do the job is what I'm trying to say.

Steve: Well, the only way I can figure that out is where you’re fishing and a—and whereabouts you’re going.

LPC: Oh, I wanted to do some brackish fishing primarily.

Steve: That’s not answering my question—is whether you’re going fishing on a pier, a bulkhead, or a beach?

LPC: Hey, guy, I'm up at 2.2.30 in the morning, sorting my worms.

LPC: You know, I got hookworms, round worms, ribbon worms.

LPC: I got worms going wild in my tool shit.

LPC: So I just need something to reduce jigging.

LPC: I don't got time for backlash on my spool.

LPC: Does that answer your question?

Steve: No.

Steve: What I'm looking for is whether you're fishing on the beach, on the pier, or a bulkhead.

LPC: Oh, off a pier.

Steve: On a pier.

Steve: Are you fresh water or salt water?

Steve: You can be doing striped bass fishing, which is salt water, or you can do fresh water fishing, which is largemouth bass bass,

Steve: crop east of town, which you're looking for.

Steve: I don't know where you're going to fish at.

Steve: That's why I'm asking you where are you going.

LPC: Well, brackish.

Steve: So you're fishing a river.

Steve: So you're looking for.

Steve: or something about an eight or nine foot fishing pole.

LPC: Okay.

LPC: Whatever you recommend, I mean.

Steve: Okay.

Steve: Well, the only thing I can tell you to do is stop on by and we'll go from there.

LPC: I wanna look into maybe usin’ some buzzbait or bucktail—

LPC: —You got any o’ that up ‘ere?

Steve: I do.

LPC: Somethin’ where I can do bottom bouncing under my boat, there.

Steve: Well, once again, you have to come down so we can figure it out.

Steve: I can't do anything on phone because you can't see it.

Hook House: Hello, this is Hookhouse Bates and Tackle.

Hook House: Monday through Thursday, we're open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Steve: What the heck?

LPC: What’s the bag limit around here, anyhow—

Steve: What was that in the background that I just heard?

LPC: I thought that was on your end.

Steve: No, that was on your end.

LPC: Hey, I’m the only one here, guy.

Steve: Atlantic P.

Steve: Who is this?

Steve: Atlantic P.

Steve 2: Atlantic B.

Steve 2: Wow.

Steve: Who is this, Pete?

Steve 2: No.

Steve: Who’s on the phone?

Steve 2: I’m Steve.

Steve: I don't know who's doing this.

Steve: Somebody's playing games here.

LPC: What?

Steve: Up front bait and tackle.

LPC: Hey, Guy, I'm sorry we keep getting cut off here.

LPC: I'm just trying to figure out what's going on.

Steve: I keep getting hooked between you and another bait and tackle store.

Steve: I don't know who you're trying to call, but I don't understand this, and I'm not going to deal with

Steve: it any longer.

Steve: So at this point, that's twice it's happening, and other tackle stores are answering in the

Steve: background.

Steve: Either you call them more than one place at one time.

Steve: Well, this is a complete scam.

Steve: Because all of a sudden, there was three people on the phone, one from Atlantic bait, and

Steve: somebody else, say, who are you and what do you want?

LPC: Okay, guy. What time do you open up ‘ere—

LPC: —is the last thing I need to find out.

Steve: Five o'clock in the morning.

LPC: Okay, and if I wanna pick up a shoal, for instance, can I get a downrigger from ya, or a fish finder?

Man 1: Fisherment Supply.

Man 1: Fisherman Supply.

Steve: Hey, fishermen supply.

Steve: Can you hear me?

Man 1: Yes.

Steve: I don't know what this is, but this guy that's calling me is calling you at the same time, and this is ridiculous.

Steve: I mean, I'm not trying to, I did not call you.

Steve: Somebody else did.

Steve: They called me, and then they called you at the same time.

Steve: I don't know if you've got the same phone number coming through your phone numerous times, but I just did.

Steve: You know, I apologize for this.

Steve: I'm a bait-and-tackle store up north, and I know that who you guys are, Fisherman Supply is very popular.

Steve: And I apologize, but I'm not the one doing this.

Man 1: Okay, yeah, I don't know what's going on, but I appreciate it.

Steve: Yep, no problem. Bye.

Steve: Okay, thanks.

Steve: I'm from beating tackle.

LPC: I was lookin’ for some, ah, barbs, or what kind you would recommend.

Steve: What kinda barbs are you lookin’ for?

LPC: Well, that’s what I’m tryin’ to find out, what kind ya got and how much they are.

Steve: What are you trying to do with it?

LPC: I'm trying to fish.

LPC: Here, first thing that's on the morning.

Steve: You know? Who's this?

Steve: I don't know. I can't see it.

Steve: Give me three guesses.

Steve: Who’s this?

Steve: I don't know. Who's on the phone right now?

Steve: Because some guy keeps playing games with my phone over here, and I'm getting a little crazy.

Pete: Now, this is Atlantic bait and tackle.

Pete: Did he bait? I got bait.

Steve: Hey, Pete, how you doing, Pete?

Steve: This is, Steve.

Steve: I'm from up front.

Steve: Hey, listen, I'm from up front bait and tackle.

Steve: I did not call this number.

Steve: Somebody else called this number and then connected to two of them.

Pete: All right.

Pete: No problem.

Pete: All right.

Steve: Have a good day, man. Sorry about that.

Pete: Yeah, you too. Bye now. Right.

Steve: Bye. Bye. Bye.

LPC: [sfx] Yeah, Up Front Bait? Can ya hear me?

Steve: Well, he's walnut farm.

Woman: Yes. Hello. How can I help you?

Steve: Who is this?

Woman: This is the bait and tackle store.

Steve: You know, I'm sorry to say this, but somebody's playing around with our phones.

Steve: —calling me and callin’ somebody else together, and the two of us—for some strange reason, they’re hanging up—

Steve: We're getting connected.

Steve: I don't know what's going on.

Steve: It's driving me crazy.

Steve: I don't know if you're getting the same thing over and over and over and over and over again.

Woman: No, I’m not—

Woman: So the gentleman said that somebody was going to go on the phone that needed to buy some bait or some tackle.

Woman: And then you came on.

Woman: So I...

Steve: I'm sorry.

Steve: They're doing the same thing to me.

Steve: I'm a bait and tackle store myself.

Steve: Okay.

Woman: —Ah! Okay!—

Steve: This is what they're doing.

Steve: They're playing games.

Steve: with the two of us, and they've been doing it now for about a half an hour.

Steve: So every time the guy calls me, he calls me first, then he calls another store, and then when we

Steve: pick up, he hangs up.

Steve: I'm driving me freezing.

Steve: Just letting you know what's going on.

Steve: I don't want you to think it was me calling you, but this is, this is, this is the, about six

Steve: four call in a row that I've gotten.

Woman: Well, I’m glad that we straightened that out.

Steve: I just don't want to see it keep happening to you, too, as well, because this would really be

Steve: in the right of both of us.

Woman: Because the.

Woman: The number comes up unavailable.

Steve: —Right, and it’s comin’ over here as a private number, yes—

Steve: —And I tried calling it back and it won’t go through.

Man 2: Hello?

Woman: All right.

Steve: All right.

Steve: Now we've got a third one.

Steve: I don't know if you heard them.

Steve: Can you hear him in the background?

Woman: Yes, hello.

Man 2: Hi, this is tightline sliding.

Woman: Yes.

Man 2: Hello.

Steve: See, now they did it again.

Steve: They got three of us connected.

Steve: Do you hear that?

Steve: Hello?

LPC: Yeah, hello.

LPC: I'm looking for nice.

LPC: crawlers up here?

Steve: I'm sorry.

Andy: Is Captain Andy Rich Tide bait and tackled?

LPC: Is anybody there?

Man 2: Yeah, I got you now.

Man 2: This is Tightline's fly fishing.

Man 2: We don't have any live bait at all.

Man 2: I'm sorry.

Eric: Hi, this is Captain Eric with Saltwater Therapy Chargers.

Eric: I'm out fishing right now.

Eric: I'll give you a call when I return.

Eric: Have a great day.