A LE officer is not going to look in your tackle box unless you give him a reason to. The livewell perhaps, but not a tackle box. Alone on a ramp late at night, the cavalry is not coming to your rescue.

I solo backpack in some very remote hollows in KY and sleep a whole lot better with a firearm in the tent. There's an old adage that asks, "Would you rather face twelve jurors or six pall bearers"?