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A tackle box for organizing and storing a large quantity of fishing lures in such a way that any particular lure can be rapidly located and retrieved from the box for use. Each lure is stored by placing its depending hooks in one or more slots on a given one of a plurality of plates, the plates exte

A tackle box for organizing and storing a large quantity of fishing lures in such a way that any particular lure can be rapidly located and retrieved from the box for use. Each lure is stored by placing its depending hooks in one or more slots on a given one of a plurality of plates, the plates extending radially outward from a support rod or spindle, and the rod or spindle being mounted within a tackle box for rotation about a longitudinal axis. In the preferred embodiment, the rod's axis of rotation is horizontal when the tackle box is resting horizontally.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A combination of a plurality of fishing lures and a portable apparatus adapted for carrying those fishing lures and making them available for inspection and, when desired, selective removal by a fisherman, and at least some of said lures having a body and at least one tre

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A combination of a plurality of fishing lures and a portable apparatus adapted for carrying those fishing lures and making them available for inspection and, when desired, selective removal by a fisherman, and at least some of said lures having a body and at least one treble hook depending downwardly from the lure's body, comprising:a) a portable box having a top and a bottom, a front and a back, and two spaced-apart endwalls, and the box having a length defined by the distance between the two endwalls, and the box having a width defined by the distance between the front and the back, and the box having a height defined by the distance between the top and the bottom, and the box having an interior and an exterior;b) an elongated element having a length that will permit it to fit within the box's interior with an orientation that is generally parallel to the box's length, and the elongated element being positioned in such a way that it is rotatable within the box about an axis that is generally parallel to the box's length;c) a plurality of thin and generally planar blades supported by and movable with the elongated element, and the blades extending outwardly from the elongated element in a generally radial manner, and each of the blades having a proximal edge that is connected to the elongated element, and each of the blades having a distal edge that is radially outward of and remote from the elongated element, and each of the blades also having first and second generally parallel side surfaces that extend from the proximal edge to the distal edge, and the first and second side surfaces being separated by a finite distance that establishes the thickness of a blade, and at least most of the blades having slots that extend inwardly from a blade's distal edge, and the slots being shaped and sized to receive and support individual ones of a plurality of fishing lures by placing a given lure's body along one side surface of a certain blade while simultaneously placing the depending treble hook of that same lure along the other side surface of said certain blade, and the respective slots in a blade having widths that are large enough to freely receive the shanks of lure hooks but not large enough to pass the treble barbs on those hooks; andd) means affixed to and carried by the blades for securing against unwanted removal those fishing lures that are being supported in given ones of the slots on a given blade, whereby neither a change in position nor a change in orientation of a blade will affect the efficacy of said means for securing fishing lures against unwanted removal from a given slot.