Beginner Tackle Box

Martha’s Vineyard is renown for its fishing spots: inlets, shoals, beaches, and jettys. Here are a few lures and tools to get you started. For more tips and information, visit one of the Island tackle shops.

1. filet knife
2. fishing pliers
3. bait knife
4. spinning reel
5. 6-9’ medium power spinning rod
6. bucktail jig: fishing for striped bass from a beach or jetty
7. fluke fishing rig: drift along bottom on sandy shoals, boat fishing for fluke
8. deadly dick: all around lure for false albacore, bonito, bluefish
9. robert’s ranger: reel along surface for bluefish
10. hogy epoxy jig: similar to a deadly dick but flashier
11. yo-zuri deep diver: for trolling behind a boat or casting into a deep channel
12. squid jig: jig for squid from a jetty, dock, or from the beach