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Creek Chub Cray-Z-Fish

Crazy for the Creek Chub Cray-Z-Fish

One of these shorter life cycle baits is the Creek Chub Cray-Z-Fish. The Cray-Z-Fish was meant as a smaller plastic replacement for the traditional heavier...

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1957 Ad for Tony Burmek Secret Bait

Tony Burmek Secret Bait

In 1955 national and local outdoor magazines were full of articles and advertisements that vaulted two Wisconsin brothers to fame. They had caught “42 muskies...

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Musky Sized Catch All Lure

Catch-All Inc.

Being from Wisconsin, I have a soft spot for collecting Wisconsin fishing lures. Wisconsin has a strong and diverse history in the fishing tackle industry....

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1954 Hinkle Lizard Ad

Joe Hinkle and His Traveling Lizard

One of my favorite parts of collecting old fishing lures is discovering all the old designs that have been tried out through the years. We...

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A 1957 ad for the new Flex Ike.

It All Started With A Flex Ike

The Flex Ike was first introduced in 1957 by Kautzky Lazy Ike and produced in wood. It originally came in two sizes and six different...

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