JC’s Bait & Tackle Shop, Inc.

508 Main Street

Gouldsboro, PA  18424

(570) 846-9366

(570) 846-5340

The Bait Shop Story:  The Home Bait Shop - Steps to Success

Pocono Bait Shop was a live bait retailer in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania. The shop was founded as Woehrle's Bait Shop in 1975 by Jeff Woehrle, who was a teenager at the time. While originally focused on worms and live minnows for the retail market in the Poconos, the business expanded into wholesale sales in 1978. Woehrle's worms were eventually shipped to all 50 states and five overseas countries. Locally, the shop focused on hard to find baits such as Hellgrammites and Stone Catfish. Jeff Woehrle retired in 2024, and the business closed for good after nearly a half-century of selling bait. The remaining stock and fixtures were purchased by JC's live bait in Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania. The Mount Pocono shop is now permanently closed.