Wholesale Fishing Tackle Supplier in Florida

Florida is home water. Florida Tackle Supply is a Sarasota fishing tackle wholesaler, and most of the bait and tackle shops we supply are in this state. We tie the rigs and pour the jigs a few miles from the Gulf, we fish the same passes and beaches your customers do, and we can have an order on your counter faster than any out-of-state distributor.

What Florida dealers get

  • Tackle built for Florida water. Pompano rigs tied for the way pompano feed in the trough on Gulf beaches. Jig heads and colors picked for green post-blow water. Snook and redfish gear for the mangroves. Yellowtail and mutton rigs for the reef. Deep-drop and slow-pitch gear for the ledges.
  • Dealer pricing and low minimums, sized for a single counter or a chain of shops.
  • Pick up in Sarasota or ship ground. Wholesale orders leave 5404 Ashton Ct, Unit D, Sarasota, FL 34233. Ground shipping typically reaches most of the state in one business day.
  • Counter displays that put the whole hook and jig size ladder in front of the customer.
  • A phone answered by people who fish this water. 941-993-8851, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm ET.

Where in Florida we supply

Gulf coast: Tampa Bay, Sarasota, Fort Myers and Naples

Snook, redfish, trout and tarpon inshore; grouper, snapper and kingfish off the ledges. Shops here turn jig heads, popping corks, circle hooks, fluorocarbon leader, sabikis and cast nets for whitebait all year, and pompano rigs when the beaches light up in winter and spring.

The Panhandle and Big Bend: Pensacola to Apalachicola to Crystal River

Pompano and whiting in the surf, redfish and trout on the grass flats, cobia on the spring run, and red snapper season crowding the docks every summer. Stock the surf rigs, the bottom rigs, heavy circle hooks and the ready rigs that sell to weekend snapper crews.

The Keys

Flats gear for bonefish, permit and tarpon; reef and wreck gear for yellowtail, mutton, grouper and amberjack; deep-drop rigs and weights for the swordfish and tilefish grounds. Assist hooks, slow-pitch jigs, ball-bearing swivels and fluorocarbon leader move every week.

Southeast Florida: Miami to Palm Beach

Sailfish and kingfish off the edge, snapper on the reef, snook and tarpon at the inlets. Trolling lures, cedar plugs, mahi feathers, live-bait circle hooks and heavier leader.

The Treasure Coast and Space Coast: Stuart to Daytona

Surf pompano and whiting, snook at the inlets and bridges, redfish and trout in the lagoon, cobia and kings offshore. Pompano rigs, popping corks, jig heads and cast nets.

Northeast Florida: St. Augustine and Jacksonville

Redfish, flounder and sheepshead on the structure, kings and cobia off the beach in season. Sheepshead-sized circle and octopus hooks, jig heads, bottom rigs and shark rigs for the pier crowd.

Open a Florida dealer account

  1. Call 941-993-8851, email us your shop details, or request an account at ftswholesale.com.
  2. Send your Florida Annual Resale Certificate (Form DR-13) so we can sell to you tax-exempt for resale. How to get one.
  3. We suggest an opening assortment for your water, you place the order, and it ships or you pick it up.

Not in Florida? See wholesale for the rest of the United States.