Ive picked up a few old tackle boxes the past few months and have lots of questions!

[Wes Davault]

I've picked up a few "old" tackle boxes over the past few weekends and had a few questions on some of them.

 

I have 2 of the King Bingo's that are black. I cant seem to find any info on that color of them.

 

Then i have 2 of the ones where it looks to have a spot to rest the hook on the lure itself. These 2 are rubbery. 

 

The rest of the lures in the first picture dont have anything written on them that I  can see to help identify. 

 

Then the other  pictures I  posted are in case someone is bored and wants to point out anything awesome to fish with and/or possible rare stuff I  skipped.

 

Picture number/row/column should work for the most part

 

The problem I  have is a dad that has a million lures but I  always find him digging in my box. He's good about returning them for the most part but it always seems that my favorite ones come up missing...?

He likes that I got a lot of old school stuff so i wanna be able to put him on blast when he loses one. Example:

"Hey Pop's!  That was a 1913 Purple Headed Creeping Water Crawler!" 

 

He gets a little flustered when i pick at him because he has no idea how to use Google. Even tho he carries an iPhone 7 for some reason. He needs a flip phone still. 

 

 

Also need an idea on a reasonably priced bulk buy of replacement hooks. 

 

Thanks for looking and any help is appreciated.

 

 

[Scott F]

Quite an assortment there. If I had those, I'd make a decorative shadow box display with the oldest wooden lures. I don't know much about old lures, but they are part of the history of fishing and I wouldn't fish them, I'd be too afraid of losing them.

In the second picture from the bottom, you have some inline spinners, Abu Reflex, the first lures I ever owned. I learned how to fish using those over 50 years ago. 

[Wes Davault]

Its funny that you say that about the shadow box! My dads birthday is in November and I was looking to send some of the old school ones his way depending on what everyone says here. I havent just thought it over on how to display them but a shadow box would be pretty cool! I also thought about like a "live scene" display but I'm just  not real artistic haha!

[scaleface]

There are some real good lures there . The Pico Pops make a lot of noise . They are not spitters but chuggers . I love them .

[Fishes in trees]

They are your lures, you get to decide what is fishable and what ain't. ...  me, I wouldn't fish any of the wooden lures.  You've got some old Bomber Water Dogs that are pretty  collectable . ... I wouldn't fish the older Heddon plastic lures . .. some of the poppers are just old lures and not particularly collectable, I'd put new hooks on them prior to fishing them.    The Lazy Ike baits were very common and popular at one time - not so much these days.

 

Really, outside of a few of the poppers, I wouldn't fish any of them.   There are some lure collector web sites where much more information is available.  Some rainy/snowy day I'd sit down at the computer with a 6 pack and start researching.  I wouldn't be letting my dad or anyone else for that matter start throwing these lures and losing them until I had a reasonable knowledge of what I had.

[Wes Davault]

I sat down for a few hours trying to research these. A lot  of them don't  have any info and I just dont know enough about lures and such to go based on what I see. I wish I did know more. I can't  even find a picture the black king bingo. Im sure it's color pattern is referred to something else.

[bigbill]

I collect old fishing lures and old fishing rods too. Some stuff has no value like the early plastics and steel telescopic fly fishing rods but theses a unique story about the steel rods. But I collect everything.

 Even the old early steel tackle boxes. Watch your local VFW for tag sales.

[WRB]

You have a mix of vintage wooden lures, and most are the 60's & 70's and few newer lures from the 90's.

Most of the Waterdogs are actually Whopper Stopper Hellbenders, the rounded bill indicates a Bomber Waterdog.

I could take the time to identify most of the lures, but why not make the effort to do your own search. Heddon, Creek Chub, Bomder, Whopper Stopper, Pico Perch, Smithwick, Eppinger, LS Mirrow lure, Lazy Ike, Helin flatfish, Rapala, Bill Lewis, Cotton Cordell, Manns, etc, etc.

Tom

[Wes Davault]

Most of the basics  I can identify. They are stamped with legible  info . The 6 in the first picture and the frog are the ones  I need help with. I can't find any info on the black king bingo. The others were posted just for people to look at and tell me which ones they've had success with. Im new to identifying and can't just look at a lure and know what make/model/year  it is even tho it's missing markings. I'm working  on it tho.

[WRB]

3 hours ago, Wes Davault said:

Most of the basics  I can identify. They are stamped with legible  info . The 6 in the first picture and the frog are the ones  I need help with. I can't find any info on the black king bingo. The others were posted just for people to look at and tell me which ones they've had success with. Im new to identifying and can't just look at a lure and know what make/model/year  it is even tho it's missing markings. I'm working  on it tho.

I how nothing about the lures you are asking about, a quick search brings up Doug English Bingo lures in 3 sizes Bingo, Bingo Qween and Bingo King.

Tom

[BASS302]

@Wes Davault,

The one with the spring and weight inside is a Whopper Stopper Throbber.  The spring and weight was supposed to make the lure quiver on the surface when you paused the lure.  I don't know if it worked because I never had one (I just remember reading about it in a fishing magazine). 

The frog in the second to last picture might be a Bill Plumber frog (not sure of the correct name).

[Wes Davault]

correct on both! Bill Plummer frog but close enough! lol message me your address and I'll send you one of the Whopper Stopper Throbber if you want one. Thanks for the info!

[Catt]

Top picture

Is those Doug English Bingo or early Paul Brown lures?

Here's a link to Doug English Bingo color chart

 

http://www.fishinglurecollecting.com/site/mobile?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fishinglurecollecting.com%2FBingo_Color_Charts.html

[Wes Davault]

I'd say Doug English. I guess not too many people were fond of the OSX color.

That link is pretty awesome!  Thanks alot!   

[Catt]

1 hour ago, Wes Davault said:

I'd say Doug English. I guess not too many people were fond of the OSX color.

That link is pretty awesome!  Thanks alot!   

 

Put Doug English & Paul Brown lures side by side & 8 out of 10 anglers can't tell em apart!

[Wes Davault]

good chance Im 1 thru 8 lol. what should i look for that seperates the 2?

 

[WRB]

1 hour ago, Wes Davault said:

good chance Im 1 thru 8 lol. what should i look for that seperates the 2?

 

King Bingo is printed on the side of the black lures, the similar lures a few photos down look like Paul Brown Corky lures. The top water are Whopper Stopper Throbber, the top Row?

Tom

[Catt]

1 hour ago, Wes Davault said:

good chance Im 1 thru 8 lol. what should i look for that seperates the 2?

 

 

 

Doug English Lure Company, makers of the original Bingo lures; the lure was famous for a reflector in its eye. 

 

The name "Corky" comes from the cork cylinder that surrounds a stainless steel wire, encased in soft plastic. This cork cylinder gives the lure buoyancy & allows you to fish the lure slowly. Brown made dozens of other lures besides the Corky.

 

You are aware both English & Brown made saltwater lures. English was from San Antonio & Brown was from southeast Houston.

[Wes Davault]

BASS302 got that covered for the Whopper Stopper Throbbers. It was the middle row of the first picture. 

 

Now I'm down to the Top row of the first picture. One of the lures actually has info on it but no luck with searches.

 

it says BURKE 2019 SA-MON PLUG. 

 

 

I'm aware now! Im just going to have to get a lure collecting book and get to reading

 

 

[BASS302]

@Wes Davault,

I just did a search on Burke and there's something called a Burke Hunchbak 2021 for sale.  Looks similar to your photos.  Good luck with your searching/research/etc.  (Yours has 2019, the one for sale has 2021 - my guess is that isn't the year! LOL)