tackle:

1 equipment, apparatus, or gear
2 to fasten or attach as with a tackle; to harness; as to tackle a horse into a coach or wagon
3. to seize; to lay hold of ; to grapple
4 to cause the ball carrier to fall to the ground thus ending the forward motion of the ball

which definition means the same or about the same as tacle as it is used in this sentence
"people will travel for two nights and day to some spot where all unshelled fish ahs once been seen taking 59.99 worth of fishing tackle, marked down from 60.00 for to-day only" rent a canoe hire a guide at more than human life is worth in courts of law, and work with dogged patience from gray dawn till sunset"

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In the sentence provided, the term "tackle" refers to "equipment, apparatus, or gear" used for fishing. Therefore, the definition that means the same or is about the same as "tackle" in this context is:

  1. equipment, apparatus, or gear