Tackle Shops in Bellingham

Bellingham sits on the North Sound near the San Juan Islands and the Canadian border, and it is the jumping-off point for salmon, lingcod, and Dungeness crab fishing across the northern reaches of Puget Sound. Its two long-running tackle stores are general sporting-goods and marine shops rather than bait specialists, which fits a fishery built on downrigger salmon trolling, bottomfish, and crab-and-shrimp pots rather than live bait.

LFS Marine & Outdoor, on Coho Way near the waterfront, has run since 1967 and leans toward the marine and crab-and-shrimp-pot side along with sport-fishing tackle and terminal gear. Yeager's Sporting Goods & Marine, family-owned since 1921, is the broad outfitter — fishing gear from lakes to streams to salt water, per its own site. Between them they cover the rods, reels, downriggers, terminal tackle, and pot gear the North Sound runs on. Neither advertises live bait, so plan on frozen or cured and call ahead if you need it.

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Shops in Bellingham

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