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— From the Wheelhouse —
"I won't sell you gear I wouldn't run on my own boat"
"Forty years chasing salmon, halibut, and lingcod from Port Angeles and the San Juan Islands to the Washington Coast and Alaska has taught me one thing: most online tackle shops are run by people who've never set a downrigger in their life. Every item in this shop is gear I've used, broken, replaced, or watched a buddy swear by — no filler, no fluff, no cheap Amazon-grade junk."
Joel Elliott - Port Angeles, WA
Field Notes & Rigging Tips
Why I started Elliott's Tackle & Rigging
Forty years on the salt taught me one thing: most online tackle shops are run by people who've never set a downrigger. Here's why that needed to change.
Why I started Elliott's Tackle & Rigging
|Joel Elliott
Salt Kills Everything: A 5-Minute Post-Trip Routine
If you're not doing this when you back into the driveway, you're buying new reels every two seasons. The fix takes a hose and 300 seconds.
Salt Kills Everything: A 5-Minute Post-Trip Routine
|Joel Elliott
Cannon vs Scotty: A Captain's Honest Take
Both brands have earned their reputations. After running both on my boat for years, here's the honest breakdown — strengths, weaknesses, and which one fits your kind of fishing
Cannon vs Scotty: A Captain's Honest Take
|Joel Elliott
Coho Speed: Why 2.8 Knots Is the Magic Number
Twenty seasons of GPS data, one stubborn lesson. Here's the trolling speed curve that turns a slow morning into a four-fish limit by 9am.
Coho Speed: Why 2.8 Knots Is the Magic Number
|Joel Elliott