Old School Lures

[scaleface]

I sold a whole tackle box full of lures at a garage sale . That was stupid .

[MGF]

20 hours ago, Catt said:

 

Most guys here have no idea what that is!

 

I did it with a 2' long paddle in one hand & worked a Hula Popper with the other.

Anybody who's spent much time in a canoe should know.

[the reel ess]

4 hours ago, scaleface said:

I sold a whole tackle box full of lures at a garage sale . That was stupid .

The guy I got that Johnny Rattler (and a Spook) from was trying to sell me his entire collection. I picked through it looking for gems, but it was mostly run of the mill stuff. He had a lot of Spooks so I bought one in the bass pattern.

[QED]

Fishing has been tough at the local pond since summer started as the fish don't seem to be in the shallows as often (bank fishing only because no boats, kayaks, float tubes, etc. allowed).  Caught this one on a 40(+) year old bait that I bought off ebay.  But I swapped in a modern ball bearing swivel and larger colorado blade, so think of it as a finesse swim jig on a safety pin type spinner assembly.  Heck of a fight on 4 lb. test because finesse stuff is the only thing working,

[Captain Phil]

Our area of Florida was once known as the old fishing lure capital of the world.  James Heddon Sr. once lived in Clermont about 10 miles from our home. About twenty years ago I had a friend who owned a fishing tackle repair shop in the area.  Widows would often drop by to give him their husband's old tackle boxes full of lures which he happily accepted.  He sold many of those lures on EBay for hundreds of dollars each. When old fishing lures became investments, people started to believe they had a $10,000 lure in their closet.   Very few fishing lures are old enough, rare enough and perfect enough to have significant value. The oldest lure in my collection is a Buel Arrowhead Spinner from the 1800s.  I found it in the bottom on a coffee can in that tackle shop.  I'm not a big time lure collector.  I collect lures that I fished with as a kid.  Each one brings back a memory.

[SC53]

14 minutes ago, Captain Phil said:

Our area of Florida was once known as the old fishing lure capital of the world.  James Heddon Sr. once lived in Clermont about 10 miles from our home. About twenty years ago I had a friend who owned a fishing tackle repair shop in the area.  Widows would often drop by to give him their husband's old tackle boxes full of lures which he happily accepted.  He sold many of those lures on EBay for hundreds of dollars each. When old fishing lures became investments, people started to believe they had a $10,000 lure in their closet.   Very few fishing lures are old enough, rare enough and perfect enough to have significant value. The oldest lure in my collection is a Buel Arrowhead Spinner from the 1800s.  I found it in the bottom on a coffee can in that tackle shop.  I'm not a big time lure collector.  I collect lures that I fished with as a kid.  Each one brings back a memory.

.  I'm not a big time lure collector.  I collect lures that I fished with as a kid.  Each one brings back a memory.
Same for me Phil. 

Edited June 25, 2021 by SC53

[the reel ess]

On 6/25/2021 at 4:07 PM, SC53 said:

.  I'm not a big time lure collector.  I collect lures that I fished with as a kid.  Each one brings back a memory.
Same for me Phil. 

I see a few Johnny Rattlers in that pic.