re: Salt Strong Gimmick or Legit?

I've been a Salt Strong member for a few years. Considering they are 7 years old and have 30,000 paying members (including me), it's definitely not a scam.

From what I've seen, anglers join for a couple of different reasons.

Some join for the fishing spots and real-time trends (their coaches fish a new spot every single day and report back everything).

Some join for the tackle discounts (anywhere from 20%-30% off pretty much all tackle).

And some join because they love their online community and software that does a pretty decent job at predicting the best day, tide, and time of day to catch inshore fish.

All in all, it's a no-brainer if you're serious about inshore saltwater fishing. Not so helpful for freshwater or trolling offshore.