Abstract: A tackle management system for securely organizing fishing tackle or the like. The system comprises a cabinet with a passageway for removing and inserting boxes within the cabinet. Boxes are sized for storage within the cabinet. The cabinet includes a series of access and storage channels mounted along an inner surface of the cabinet. Each box includes a channel engager for interlocking with a channel. The channel engager provides for rearrangement of the boxes within the cabinet without disengagement of the boxes from the channels. A method of drying tackle while contained in a fishing tackle-enclosure by providing the enclosure with at least two openings and forcing air in through one of the openings and out through another opening.