Vintage Fishing Tackle
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Antique & Vintage Fishing Lures - Fisheriana
Though the earliest fish hooks date to the Stone and Bronze Ages, with some carved from wood or bone, the modern, recorded history of fishing lures can be said to begin with the mid 17th century publication of The Compleat Angler, describing trout fishing with hand made flies in English brooks and streams. In the two centuries that followed, lures were carved and tied by hand by individual fishermen and craftsmen.By the beginning of the 20th century, enterprising individuals began to manufacture fishing lures. The apocryphal tale is that James Heddon was whittling by a pond and chucked a piece of wood in the water, where it was struck by a bass, giving him the idea to carve a frog as a lure. That may have happened, but the fact that bass have a "strike first, ask questions later" policy when they are hungry should not have been news to any fisherman. In any case, the James Heddon & Sons company began producing lures like the Heddon Minnows and Frogs, beginning a long run of successful and sought after lures that are rare treasures to collectors today.
Around that time, the Creek Chub Bait Company began producing their Wiggler lure. Their success continued with innovative use of screening to create the appearance of scales on their lures, and the use of realistic looking glass eyes. It was a Creek Chub bait that took the world record 22 lb 4 oz largemouth bass in Lake Mongomery, Georgia, a record that was only recently tied in 2009. Their lures and baits from South Bend like the Bass Oreno were the foundation of the commercial manufacturing of American fishing lures in the early 20th century.
In the 1930's and 1940's, Rapala came along with lures designed to swim like wounded fish, and the Bomber Bait Co brought out their first Bomber lure. These joined lures from Pflueger, Minnows from Rebel, Bagley balsa wood lures and many other fishing lures produced in the early to mid 1900s. The rare fishing lure models like hand carved Lazy Ike lures from 1938-1940 have become very collectible today, and you can find them all here, with a new selection of vintage lures appearing daily.
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 | Fresh water tackle Mepps Aglis French spinner lureSeller: trekkieblue  Feedback: 763 100.0% | 0 bids | $0.01 | 16 secs |
 | Heddon Fishing lure MAGNUM Tadpolly. RARE pink back.Seller: pitt58football  Feedback: 3,697 99.8% | 3 bids | $2.75 | 27 secs |
 | LOT OF VINTAGE SPOONSSeller: rickrit52 Feedback: 1,575 99.8% | 0 bids | $4.99 | 36 secs |
 | VINTAGE ICE FISHING DECOY RARE UNFINISHED 1930's MICHSeller: 38fish  Feedback: 200 100.0% |  | $59.00 | 1 min 8 secs |
 | Heddon Fishing lure MAGNUM Tadpolly, blue & pink scaleSeller: pitt58football Feedback: 3,697 99.8% | 3 bids | $2.75 | 2 mins 46 secs |
 | vintage lot of fishing lures in good condition (look)Seller: joekool708 Feedback: 350 99.2% | | $15.00 | 3 mins 12 secs |
 | Heddon Fishing lure Tadpolly. RARE pink back, tackle.Seller: pitt58football Feedback: 3,697 99.8% | 6 bids | $8.87 | 5 mins 6 secs |
 | VINTAGE EGER PIER BAITSSeller: rickrit52 Feedback: 1,575 99.8% | 1 bid | $7.99 | 5 mins 37 secs |
 | Vintage Fishing Lure crystal SpoonerSeller: digitalswitch Feedback: 496 100.0% | 0 bids | $99.99 | 8 mins 13 secs |
 | CREEK CHUB PIKIE WOOD W/ GLASS EYES & BOXSeller: forty4wheeler Feedback: 2,225 100.0% | 7 bids | $13.00 | 14 mins 21 secs |
 | Vintage Fishing Lures spinner baits in Antique EnvelopeSeller: waynes124 Feedback: 516 100.0% | 1 bid | $4.00 | 14 mins 56 secs |
 | Vintage RARE COLOR FRED ARBOGAST JITTERBUG LURE BAITOLD HARDWARE INLINE LIP SCREWS NO PAT# A MUST HAVE 2.5" Seller: 2960becki Feedback: 2,619 100.0% | 7 bids | $11.50 | 17 mins 16 secs |
 | BAGLEY SMOO #3 TOUGH COLOR NEAR MINTSeller: emocno Feedback: 613 98.2% | 6 bids | $8.50 | 17 mins 29 secs |
 | DISCONTINUED RAPALA RATTLIN' FAT RAP RFR-5 PSDSeller: shadrap712 Feedback: 3,009 100.0% | 0 bids | $5.99 | 22 mins 16 secs |
 | USED VINTAGE BAGLEY'S LARGE CRANKBAIT FISHING LURESeller: fdahumada Feedback: 1,258 99.5% | 5 bids | $7.35 | 22 mins 20 secs |
 | 3 VERY VINTAGE FISHING FLIES LURES OR PLUGSSeller: knippen888 Feedback: 993 100.0% | 0 bids | $4.99 | 22 mins 41 secs |
 | DISCONTINUED RAPALA RATTLIN' FAT RAP RFR-5 HMSeller: shadrap712 Feedback: 3,009 100.0% | 1 bid | $5.99 | 23 mins 20 secs |
 | ESTATE PLANO 727 BOX FULL OF LURES & FISHING EQUIPMENTSeller: spkul8 Feedback: 1,537 100.0% | 16 bids | $107.50 | 23 mins 35 secs |
 | VINTAGE WOOD LUCKY STRIKE LURE (LARGE 4.5 INCHES LONG)Seller: oneinthechamber21 Feedback: 119 99.2% | 0 bids | $9.99 | 24 mins 27 secs |
 | Cool color Vintage Heddon Chugger lure bait tackle plugSeller: 2960becki Feedback: 2,619 100.0% | 5 bids | $7.90 | 24 mins 51 secs |
 | DISCONTINUED RAPALA RATTLIN' FAT RAP RFR-5 PRTSeller: shadrap712 Feedback: 3,009 100.0% | 0 bids | $5.99 | 25 mins 1 sec |
 | VINTAGE HEDDON CRAZY CRAWLERSeller: oneinthechamber21 Feedback: 119 99.2% | 0 bids | $9.99 | 25 mins 6 secs |
 | DISCONTINUED RAPALA RATTLIN' FAT RAP RFR-5 SD FINLANDSeller: shadrap712 Feedback: 3,009 100.0% | 1 bid | $5.99 | 26 mins 7 secs |
 | DISCONTINUED RAPALA RATTLIN' FAT RAP RFR-5 CW FINLANDSeller: shadrap712 Feedback: 3,009 100.0% | 2 bids | $8.50 | 27 mins 8 secs |
 | VINTAGE LURE "GYRO" BY CREATIVE LURE CO IN KY., WOODENSeller: particussmarticus Feedback: 280 100.0% | 1 bid | $0.99 | 27 mins 23 secs |
 | VINTAGE FLORIDA PORTERSeller: rickrit52 Feedback: 1,575 99.8% | 0 bids | $4.99 | 28 mins 37 secs |
 | DISCONTINUED RAPALA RATTLIN' FAT RAP RFR-5 FT (GEN 1)Seller: shadrap712 Feedback: 3,009 100.0% | 1 bid | $5.99 | 28 mins 39 secs |
 | DISCONTINUED RAPALA RATTLIN' FAT RAP RFR-5 FT GREEN LIPSeller: shadrap712 Feedback: 3,009 100.0% | 0 bids | $5.99 | 29 mins 59 secs |
 | DISCONTINUED RAPALA RATTLIN' FAT RAP RFR-5 FT (GEN 2)Seller: shadrap712 Feedback: 3,009 100.0% | 0 bids | $5.99 | 31 mins 26 secs |
 | LOT OF MISC. VINTAGE LURESSeller: rickrit52 Feedback: 1,575 99.8% | 4 bids | $10.38 | 32 mins 21 secs |
Collectors of vintage artificial baits should not miss Old Fishing Lure, where you can find lots of pictures and information about collectible antique lures, boxes, and lure company catalogs.
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