Vintage Lures

[vegas679]

I purchased a lot of lures, literaly, off of Ebay. Some are newer than others. I believe some of them our vintage and may be worth a little bit of money. Unfortunatley I dont know that much about the subject or even how to identify them. Is there anyone here that would be able to help me out in identifying them and maybe give me an idea of what they may be worth. If your able to help me I can post pictures.

Thanks,

[Blue Streak]

Do a search for lure collectors and those people can help you

[bigbill]

I search the net for "antique fishing equipment" or "old fishing lures" or "old fishing equipment values" there are many sites that offer this stuff for sale too so you can get an idea about whats worth what. Fact i'm 60yo now and i still have my tackle from the 60's and 70's and its antique now. I like to fish most of the time, but while on vacation i look at the antique shops for old fishing stuff while the wife looks at old stuff that she likes too. My point is to have fun with it. It doesn't cost much to grab the low priced stuff. I still enjoy looking at them anyway.

I purchase older freshwater fishing stuff at flea markets, pawn shops and antique shops when its priced right. I purchase anything wether its a popular hot old item or not. I feel whats not worth anything today at this moment may in the future be sought after. I even have the older steel telescopic rods(fly rods too) and some are casting rods. I even have lures from the 50's and 60's that i never seen before. Some early plastic's that look silly too. I have a big cardboard box that i store everything in. My point is ave your older tackle too for it will be an antique someday. Bill

[rboat]

If you post some pictures of the stuff you question, I am sure myself or one of the many anglers or collectors on here can give you lure names. Lure values vary in different areas and depends on finding the right buyer. I am sure we could give a ballpark value as well.

[wis bang]

I searched antique fishing tackle and the first guy was close by. He went through the stuff I pulled out of my grandfather's tackle boxes. Looked at old rods & reels.

He took every lure w/ a box, every old working reel and hand picked thru showing me what was collectible and what wasn't and offered $250.00 cash for what he wanted. Later one old worn wooden lure showed up on his website for $75.00. It was the only worn wooden lure he wanted. You'll find alot are not worth all that much.

I also moved alot more at the Columbus Flea market & I saved all the stuff we used in Canada, giving a bag containing about 1/3rd of the duplicates to my friends son 'cause he will use them.

I still have my dad's split bamboo casting rod & a few early fiberglass rods Pappy built w/ blanks from Herters. but all my fishing gear is newer & lighter stuff.

[SkilletSizeBass.]

There are some good books on old lures, one I got was Old Fishing lures and Tackle by Carl F. Luckey and Russell E. Lewis 8th edition.

I've bought a bunch of old vintage lures off Ebay to put up for my Grandsons. You can search Ebay for listings, and also do a completed sales search to see what a particular lure actually sold for. Here are some old Bombers, and a few plastic 49'ers that almost drove them out of buisness in 1949.

http://s689.photobucket.com/albums/vv251/SnappinTurtle_photos/Vintage%20lures/

[bear7625]

A lot of older lures are not as rare as you think. You can find many "vintage" lures on eBay. I have found that old lures,in their original box or packaging,are the ones collectors look for.

[SkilletSizeBass.]

A lot of older lures are not as rare as you think. You can find many "vintage" lures on eBay. I have found that old lures,in their original box or packaging,are the ones collectors look for.

Yea, if the lure is in the orignal box, it can about double the cost, and value in most cases, also depending condition, and color also.

Most of the old wood Bombers I got, I also got the boxes for.

The older "yellow" or no eye boxes are more rare, and a Bomber Bomberette in very good condition can get expensive. But, its like anything, some of the old Heddon lures can get way up there, several hundred dollars each, too much for me. I kind of liked the old wood Bombers, and most are not too expensive. http://s689.photobucket.com/albums/vv251/SnappinTurtle_photos/Old%20Timers/?albumview=slideshow

[BILLYsobx]

I bought a top-water lure back in 1993. I cannot remember the name or the maker. It looks like a shad it has a pull-cord that you tie your line to, the mouth is red and is cupped, not to make it pop, when you jerk it t pulls the cord out and the tale goes up and down real fast like a dying bait fish on the surface.I bought it in Pensacola Fla. My buddies thought it was a gimmick until my first was about 2 lbs and then I caught a 7lber. Granted I was fishing a farm pond. I put it away for a while and then went to the same pond and caught a nice 5 lber. I now have it hanging on my gun rack. Does anyone have any clue who made it or if u ever seen it

[BILLYsobx]

If you post some pictures of the stuff you question, I am sure myself or one of the many anglers or collectors on here can give you lure names. Lure values vary in different areas and depends on finding the right buyer. I am sure we could give a ballpark value as well.

rboat,

The attachment is a picture of the lure I'm referring to, it has a string attached with a split ring that you tie your fishing line to, when you jerk the rod the string pulls the internal spring that recoils and makes the lure tail flutter like a wounded minnow. Let me know if you or anyone on this post has seen this lure? If so do they know the manufacture/name of the lure?

BILLYsobx

[rboat]

rboat,

The attachment is a picture of the lure I'm referring to, it has a string attached with a split ring that you tie your fishing line to, when you jerk the rod the string pulls the internal spring that recoils and makes the lure tail flutter like a wounded minnow. Let me know if you or anyone on this post has seen this lure? If so do they know the manufacture/name of the lure?

BILLYsobx

Hit the link in the post above. Chris has it right. It is an older version of the motolure "The motominnow" that is sold an endorsed by Chuck Woolery.

[BILLYsobx]

I looked at that site and those lures are a lot more detailed than mine. Do u know when he endorsed the inventor. Another thing I love about those "novelty" lures they show u all those big bass they have caught, I caught big bass with it too but I was in a private stocked pond in alabama. Each big bass was caught late in the evening after the sun was below the trees. When I fished it on the rivers it never stood out.I did catch fish but it is not magical like they claim. The best story about the lure is when I let a buddy use it ,he called it a joke I had caught 3 fish, one over 7 lbs ,one 5 lbs and a 2lber and I had only thrown it twice. I told him about those 3 fish and said throw it out and let it flop when it stopped wait a few secs and give a little pull , not to hard because u don't want to move it to far. He was jerking it around like a popper and gave up he said that lure was a joke. I swapped him and just as I told him I didn't jerk it around I let it flop and just pull enough to pull out string and boom I caught another 5+ lb bass. He still talks about that,I was 13 yrs old, that evening I learned two of the biggest keys to catching bass, presentation and a little confidence that u can fool em

[BILLYsobx]

I looked at that site. They are way more detailed than mine. Do you know when he bought into them? Did he buy into it and then they modified it. The tail is accurate but the mouth on his looks like skitter pops mine has a sorta pop-r mouth. I don't mind having a novelty lure I was wondering was this an original before someone wanted to make money

[Chris]

The picture posted is the original both work the same but the skitter pop face will blend more with the water and look more like a shiner or shad. I think the reason why it didn't catch on was the draw string. Every pro angler was yelling don't set the hook on a slack line and that draw string made slack line and people thought they would loose fish on it. Under certain conditions like shad kills and and thrown on schoolers busting shad this lure can be killer.