Tackle Shops Across Washington

10 shops — hours, live bait, and directions.

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Washington's saltwater fishing splits into three very different worlds, and its tackle shops stock accordingly. On the outer coast, Westport and Ilwaco are the big charter ports — bottomfish and lingcod over the reefs, Buoy 10 and ocean salmon at the Columbia mouth, and an August albacore tuna run that pulls the fleet offshore. Inside, Puget Sound and the South Sound are a year-round salmon, lingcod, and crab fishery worked from Everett, Tacoma, and the marinas in between. Out west, the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Sekiu and Neah Bay ports are the state's premier salmon and halibut grounds. White sturgeon add a heavy-tackle fishery on the lower Columbia.

What that means for gear: most of these shops are full-line sporting-goods stores or marine-supply houses that cover salmon trolling (downriggers, flashers, spoons), bottomfish, and the heavy crab-and-shrimp-pot side of Puget Sound fishing. Live bait is uncommon here — a couple of shops keep seasonal live herring or worms, but most of the coast and Sound runs on frozen and cured bait, so call ahead if you need live. Several of the larger stores also run reel-repair counters.

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