Five Pros Name Their Favorite Mom & Pop Tackle Shops

I’m not only a tackle junkie, but also a tackle store junkie. I like heading into local shops that smell like minnow tanks, where there’s a layer of dust on the cans of Vienna Sausages and pegs and pegs of locally-made jigs, spinnerbaits and discontinued plugs. The pros get to visit many more of them than I do, and their tackle purchases are tax-deductible.

I asked Cliff Pirch, Drew Benton, Matty Wong, Wes Logan and Gerald Swindle where they look forward to swiping their credit cards:

Tackle Shops Mentioned:

• Copperstate Tackle

• Anglers Tackle

• Tackle Shack

• Tackle Addict

• Mark’s Outdoors

• Lake Hartwell Fishing and Marine