PHOTO ARCHIVES

In the 1960's, Charles Clark and Doug Cutts began the practice of photographing the good catches brought in to their East Gainesville store, The Tackle Box. They couldn't have known at the time that these would be the beginnings of the greatest and most complete archive in existence of North Florida fishing. The anglers, their catches, the site of their catch, and, in some cases, the baits they used-thousands of shots recorded for future generations.

If you have a favorite Gainesville-area angler who might have brought a catch in for a picture between 1965 and 1990, just send us their name via email to tacklebox01@bellsouth.net or call us at 352-372-1791. We'll locate any photos of them and let you know what we have. 

Tuffy Wheeler with one of his many Rodman Reservoir bass. This 9 1/2# was caught 6/30/75.

Buddy Smith with a nice 8 1/2 # bass from Kingpin Lake, 6/25/65

Elwood Smyth and his son Robin got this nice bass from the Oklawaha River on 1/20/68.

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John "Catfish" Clark with a big 17 3/4# "Cat", 5/28/75.	David Webb and Davey with an incredible stringer of bass from Newnan's Lake. Largest was 9 1/4#, 5/5/71.	Orville Prickett with another amazing stringer from Newnan's Lake, 5/31/70.

How to reach us:

5902 SE Hawthorne Road

Gainesville, FL 32641

352-372-1791

tacklebox01@bellsouth.net