Staff is always helpful. Plenty of selection and great ideas for Christmas gifts and stocking stuffers!

I love this shop. They have almost everything you need for fishing but the thing is that their live baits preservation technic is not good. They keep the live bait on wet recyclable paper which makes the the worms alive but the worms become weaker. They could have kept them on soil so that the baits could feed on soil and become lively. I purchased Belgian red worms and night crawlers but the quality of those live baits were not good and hard to hook fish. I believe they will improvise this sector. Rest everything is awesome. Friendly staff, excellent location and amazing collection of fishing gears.

End of August and they have ice fishing equipment out. Outstanding. If you are looking for anything to do with fishing this is your store. Employees extremely helpful.

Always fair prices ..friendly staff... only thing is sometimes they are out of what I need... always recommend

My favorite place in the Cedar Valley. You will never meet a greater staff! Knowledgeable. Conversational. Brilliant!

Fire bait shop good selection and friendly staff.

Awesome baits really friendly place

Friendly helpful staff and everything you need for a great fishing experience.

Please stop selling me dead minnows out of the vending machine.

Great products for fishing. Always a friendly and helpful staff.

Great bait shop.

This place is everything a tackle shop should be. It reminds me of the tackle shops that were around when I was a kid only much bigger, cleaner, better organized and with the absence of the grumpy old men who act like youre bothering them when you ask for help. They have a wide assortment of bait, tackle and gear. In the back there is an ever changing clearance section that I look through every time Im there. Last week I picked up a brand new two-piece catfish rod for twelve bucks. And if youre hard up for bait in the middle of the night they have a bait vending machine out front. If youre in Waterloo, this is a must stop!

Very knowledgeable. Help you find what your looking for. Give you other useful tips

Can always find what Im lookimg for. Very friendly people.

Absolutely one of the finest bait and tackle shops in the midwest. Knowledgeable and friendly staff. They let you know theyre there if you need them which results in a very relaxing shopping experience

Its a great place for fishing rods and tackle.

Very Helpful, GREAT Place

Great place to buy your Fishing needs. Great proffesional staff working there and good prices on All there fishing equipment..

Thanks for all your help

Professional sales ppl that know their stuff what ever you need they will get it for you. Love their give aways and fish tournaments.

Terrific local business. Excellent advice, great selection. They have a terrific selection of high quality fishing gear to suit most any budget.

Its a good place to catch up on whats biting and where an there agood place to gather with good folks to catch up on the gossip around town.

Treats you heck alot better than Walmart ! Love Hanks for my fishing needs and wants!

They have a little bit of everything there very friendly people working there

Good place good people!

They can help with pretty much anything fishing.

The place is amazing has a lot of stuff a lot of rods reels tackle there’s a lot of good deals I would recommend stopping by he has everything

Awesome service again!

Get what u need to catch em

Great selection and fair prices

Been there for years. Great selection of everything needed to fish.

Great customer service and friendly and helpful staff

Being a person that tries to support local I find myself being partial to locations such as these. However this place is above and beyond most tackle/bait shops. I cannot say enough good things. Shame it is SO far away but worth the trip.

Great place, always Support local business

Had exactly what I wanted at the best price I could find

Great advice and tips on where to go. Anything you need for freshwater fishing they have.

Friendly employee and vary knowledgeable as well

Had all the bait I could want, but when I asked where some good spots are to fish, I got a bunch of young kids who seemed to think it was funny I even asked. As someone whos just new to the area, didnt appreciate it.

Friendly staff, very helpful, ordered a reel from them.

This is the best bait and tackle shop in the area

Its a bait and tackle shop its awesome

The best place in town for fishing supplies. Staff is very knowledgeable and prices are cheap!

Hanks is a fantastic store plain and simple. Im from the Kawartha Lakes area in Canada and make it a point to visit the store a few times each year when in Iowa. Mike and the crew are extremely knowledgeable, helpful and have provided a great experience every time Ive been in the store. Forget the box stores and come over to Hanks...you wont be disappointed.

This place has everything you need from plastics to live bait. If you cant find it here it might not be available.

A dream bait shop.

HANKS IS THE PLACE FOR CUSTOMIZED PERSONAL SERVICE. FORGET THE BIG BOX STORES. THIS IS A STORE THAT IS LOCALLY OWNED. ALL THE MONEY STAYS IN WATERLOO! THIS IS A FRIENDLY PLACE THAT KNOWS FISHING AND HAS ALL THE GEAR YOU WILL EVER WANT. IF THEY DONT HAVE IT, THEY CAN GET IT! I BUY ALL MY GEAR AT HANKS. IF YOU LIVE IN THE WATERLOO / CEDAR FALLS AREA, YOU SHOULD TOO.

Very helpful staff, pleasant atmosphere always enjoy shopping, looking around at all the different fishing lures. pretty neat stuff they have.

Thay help me out so much. Great customer support

Best place for fishing tackle in N E Iowa. Good prices too.

Great place. Answers all the questions. Has great gear.

Always the livelyest bait anywhere

They have almost everything youd need to put fish in the boat

First time there and cant wait to go back!

Very knowledgeable staff. They are very friendly. Great selection of gear and live bait.

Like shoppin there. A small business that knows fishin better then any chain store.

Great place to get all of your fishing needs and questions answered.. locally owned and operated...

Very knowledgeable staff. It seem like they are always open. Great variety of baits and they always check your worms!

One of the only bait shops left around great staff

Personable staff, largest variety and amount of tackle around the Cedar Falls and Waterloo area. Will definitely be returning for future fishing supplies!

Hanks is the spot as far as im concered. Fair prices, large selection, only place i go for bait, they have an ice fishing tournament every year, and several bass tourneys on summer weeknights. Better selection of ice tents and overal ice gear than what ive seen @ most big box outfitters. Mike knows what hes doing down there.

Best place In Iowa to buy your fishing equipment . The staff is awesome and very helpful :-)

Great service, great selection and an extremely knowledgeable staff. If you are fishing in the cedar valley this is the place for what you need.

Great place to get your fishing gear and bait at, from a friendly and knowledgeable staff.

Great

Knowledgeable staff. If they dont have what your looking for, ask. They can get it.

Always treats you good, has some really good help that works there...

Best place for fishing In cedar valley Area

Its awesome and has been around forever. Staff are always friendly and will answer any & all your fishing questions you may have!

Awesome and knowledgeable staff! Lots of fishing equipment and more for very reasonable pricess!!

Oldest and by far the BEST bait shop and n town. Band for your buck every day.

I dont shop anywhere else for fishing gear. My sons get so excited when I mention Hanks. Im not sure if its fishing with me or going to the bait shop.

Get place to get what you need and the staff is always very helpful. Support local

Good selection of product, good people & lots of info on local fishing

Everything you need

I have always had wonderful experiences at Hanks!!! GREAT and friendly service! !

Friendly staff.

Friendly service, they always have healthy bait, but a little heavy on the bass fishing gear. All in all, its my regular bait shop.

Great selection, quality, and service.

Prices are a little high, great service nicely staffed conveniently located downtown Waterloo

Great prices, selection, and very knowledgeable staff.

Super helpful! Always clean!

Mike and his staff are AWESOME

Great people, and a great locally owned bait shop!

Excellent staff!

He loves this place for all his fishing needs

Nice lovely and respectful always go there have the crashes bait and etc in waterloo.

Its the best place in town for anything you need

Friendly people, great supply of fishing gear, tackle, and bait!

BEST Bait shop...BEST service

Friendly, fast fishing experts.

Time to go fishing

Always have what I need if you should go anywhere its there

Love Hanks, but !!! Most of the tackle is so over priced !

Love this place

Awesome

Amazing

Friendly and helpful staff

Helpful

Has everything you could possibly need for fishing.

Got my bait and fishing shortly after words. Did not do well.