WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE DO &
GIVING BACK
Woman and Veteran owned and Customer focused
As a small business we believe in keeping it local and made in the USA as much as possible. We also believe that Fishing is the best way to spend a day. Our business partners are veterans. To All Veterans who served, whether at home or abroad, We thank you for your service to our great country!
Tom’s Tackle supports giving back to the community. Tom’s Tackle donates to Take a Kid Fishing and the Walleye Masters Pay it Forward Veterans program and supports local community programs such as Scouts.
- Take A Kid Fishing
- Walleye Masters Pay it Forward
- School Fishing Programs
HISTORY OF TOM’S TACKLE
From humble beginnings, nestled in the north woods near the south shore of Lake of the Woods, Tom’s Tackle began in the living room of Tom Nichol, a Baudette, MN resident, in 1959. Since then, four other families have owned, run and expanded Tom’s Tackle. Adolph Marhula and his two sons, operated the business from 1961 to 1969. Adolph then sold the business to Henry Sindelir who kept it going until 1998 when Dean, Shirley and Dave Wiersma took over. In November of 2020 Tom’s was sold to the May family.
Tom’s Tackle is best known for utilizing 24K gold plating and the best, most durable paint in the industry. Having a reputation synonymous with quality and responsiveness, Tom’s Tackle has a reaction time unlike any other lure company for custom products, unique paint colors, or modifications, such as gold-plated bottom bouncers.
Tom’s Tackle is the proud designer and manufacturer of “the Pink Charmer”, “the River Dancer” and “the sturgeon rig”, as well as other originals. The uniqueness and variety of Tom’s Tackle’s lures does not stop with just winter tackle; Tom’s is well known for gold and ‘superglow’ spinner blades’, custom blade colors available on their 1-Hook; 2-Hook, 3-Hook, Leech, Float and Slow Death hook spinners. Tom’s also produces custom logo spinner blades, casting spoons, depth finders, stop signs and custom gift boxes.
Tom’s Tackle is also a distributor for a variety of fishing products and accessories produced by such nationally and internationally known companies as Frabil, HT Enterprise, Eagle Claw, Clam and many more. Working with guides across the midwest, Tom’s Tackle contiuously updates our products to provide our customers with the best products for all your winter and summer fishing needs. Get hooked on Tom’s Tackle.
Your passion; our tackle!
Sharon & Todd May
OUR MISSION
Tom’s Tackle, Inc. is a humble, authentic, customer focused company. We embraces innovative, progressive product ideas. We make tackle for anglers who demand premium quality products with a desire to catch fish.
TESTIMONIALS
My name is Mike Upgren, Reel Fishing Guides, LLC in Bismarck, ND. I asked Tom’s Tackle if they could send some of their ¼ ounce Round Headed jigs to fish with on the Missouri River this spring, of course as expected from a family owned business I got great service and had some jigs in my mailbox in just a couple of days-
The Missouri River is primarily sandbars, timber with some rock rip rap from Bismarck north- I just got done with a few guide trips and was able to try some of these bad boys out! The quality of the hooks was the first thing that stood out to me! There strength and durability is top notch! We do a lot of pitching and dragging of jigs so snags can be very common in some areas- I also noticed the durability of the paint. This holds up incredibly well for the wear and tear of hitting rock rip rap, sand etc…I would highly recommend this product, you won’t be disappointed! I know my clients weren’t! Thanks Tom’s Tackle!
MIKEUPGREN