Fishing tackle box

Fishing tackle box

  Before we get into the different tackle you will need, you need something to put it all in. So, now you need to buy a tackle box. Most of us start off small. Something to carry a few hooks, weights, a jar of fish eggs and a jar of marshmallows. We get to the sporting goods store and are amazed at all the different types and sizes that are available.

   As you compare all the tackle boxes you finally decide on a small but adequate box. It  is larger then you first planed but looks good. Now you start picking out some of the tackle you may need. You find out you need more hooks the you thought and different types of weight you may need to use. You are amazed to find out how many different kind of weights and hooks there are.

   Now you look around the tackle isles and decide you need a stringer, maybe a bobber (several sizes). You decide to get a couple of lures and see that there is a whole isle with just lures. After looking at all the different kinds you get a couple of spinners, a couple of rooster tails, a few fake worm, frogs and shrimp style. The salesperson says you should have a spool of leader, a couple of different weights and maybe some extra line. After getting everything you think, and your salesperson thinks you may need, you purchase it all and go home.

   You now take your new tackle box and put the tray together with the dividers given with it. You open all your new tackle and put it in different categories and now start putting it all in your tackle box. Now you are amazed at how little your tackle box really holds. You find out your spool of extra line does not fit and only 1 jar of marshmallow will fit in the box and you don't have enough room for all the hooks and weights and lures. You decide you should have bought a bigger tackle box.

   This was my experience the first time I went fishing and needed a tackle box. I have since had several different kinds and now have two different boxes. One for larger fish and one for smaller fish. I am now thing I want a large tackle box that holds several different individual clear trays. That way I can put the thingz I need for trout fishing in one tray and the thing for bass in another and so on. Still using the medium old box for the larger things like extra spools for the reels.