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Location: St Paul, Minnesota | Hey Guys,
I'm doing a bit of research on lure companies that used to produce good and well known lures that have since ceased to exist, sold out, or died off for whatever reason.
So think back, does anyone know of any and what the reason was for the lure/company's exit from the industry?
Thanks,
C7
Edited by Cloud7 6/10/2015 2:12 PM
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | So curious to see the answers to this one.
*and yes, Worrall on vaca at Spring Bay so it's just me moderating. With my usual iron fist (grr). |
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Location: MN | Hi-fin comes to mind. |
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Location: West Chester, OH | Slamr - 6/10/2015 3:09 PM
So curious to see the answers to this one.
*and yes, Worrall on vaca at Spring Bay so it's just me moderating. With my usual iron fist (grr).
This should spur lots of response....  |
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Location: central Wisconsin | Mouldys, CCBC, Heddon, Bagley to name a few. Maybe still around in a diluted form.
People get old and have noone to pass their skills down, hard to compete with Mexico and China, Taiwan wages. |
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| Interesting undertaking.....woulda thot Musky and intellectualism an oxymoron.
Is your focus on consumer change...technical advances or business management failure or neither? In contrast...what about the companies that have survived the times?
Edited by wall i 6/10/2015 8:46 PM
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| Howdy,
Haase Crazy Glider.... I still catch a TON of big pike on them every time I do a fly-in.
Take care,
Ruddiger |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | Old Wooden Bait Co. Coburg Ontario |
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Location: new richmond, wi. & isle, mn | Worth, Grassel's and Renegade....... |
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| the hardbait section of dunwright tackle |
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Location: oswego, il | Would be interesting to see how popular the jointed odysee pig crankbaits would be on LSC.
Teek Neek gliders. |
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Location: Cave Run Lake KY. | Eddie Bait Co. "Frenchy" LA May Le-lure, Billy finn Baits Radtke Tackle
Wayne Gutsch Peter Haupt Charles Gustafson Zinkie Brothers ( Wisc.) W.H.Hobbs(Bon-net five hooker }Just a few If I had a week or two,Then Id need a nother two weeks, no end to them. |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | Tacklemaster Lures of Barneveld WI. Grant Manhart made them and then when to IN University to get his masters in music and last I heard he was music professor in Aberdeen SD. |
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| south bend vacuum |
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Location: NE Ohio | the SLEDGE, randy shutt version. |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | Blackburn Bucktails I caught a midget muskie on one tonight. there a lot easier on a 72 year old body than Johnny's. |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | pklingen - 6/11/2015 8:44 PM
the SLEDGE, randy shutt version.
My understanding is that the guy doing them now molded Randy's as well as molded and painted for other well known makers |
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Location: In the slop! | Slammer top water. I don't know how the current Sledges run but when the change first happened they were not the same as Randy's. Glad I've got a lifetime supply of the originals. |
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| Interested to see what a Charles Gustafson lure looks like if anyone has one. |
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Location: NE Ohio | horsehunter - 6/11/2015 8:59 PM
pklingen - 6/11/2015 8:44 PM
the SLEDGE, randy shutt version.
My understanding is that the guy doing them now molded Randy's as well as molded and painted for other well known makers
thats what he told me also at the shows, but i'm telling you they don't run the same. i also have a lifetime supply of randy's models of the colors that have done great for me and glad i do. i've tried the new ones and they don't do what my shutt models will. one thing is that the new model has much heavier hooks on it, but i never had a problem with shutt's hooks. |
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Location: Michigan | Land o' Lakes tackle. Still have some of their Bucktails. |
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| Latiano - "Ready Eddie" jerkbaits. These still fetch a hefty price tag when I see them.
How did no one mention "Wishmaster" yet? |
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| Big Chimney aka water wolf out of W.VA
His balsa baits did the job, get chewed up fast, but who's complaining. |
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Location: Central Wisconsin | Marathon Bait Company from Wausau Wi, they made the Musk-E-Munk topwater and the Big Slim bucktail. I used to catch a lot of musky on the Big Slim. You hardly ever see them around anymore, but then with the more recent popularity of musky fishing there was a pretty big revolution in the bucktail industry. A lot more choices I think now days. I know I have some of the Musk-E-Munks from my grandpa's old tackle box. |
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| Bon-Tail spinners. The squid ones. Frist time I ever seen a split ring inside a split ring. |
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Location: oswego, il | tndoug - 6/12/2015 7:23 PM
Big Chimney aka water wolf out of W.VA
His balsa baits did the job, get chewed up fast, but who's complaining.
Still makes them but not on the scale he used to. Lure X! |
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Location: Indiana | Musky Nut Tackle Company! |
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| Magna Strike lures - M9, M6, 7 1/2 jointed, Equalizer, Predator. llungen lures- Krusher, Krave & jnr, Krisco & jnr. Bet no one wants to see the big foot Depth raider or especially the Big foot shallow raiders back any time soon ! |
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| Legend lures, Sunny, and MeeNee |
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