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fishdawg

Posted 1/15/2017 6:43 AM (#846220)
Subject: Dick Gries Baits

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Location: Phoenixville, PA

Anyone know what kind of wood the original Dick Gries baits were made out of? I have always loved their buoyancy. They were very lively baits.

muskie! nut

Posted 1/15/2017 8:59 AM (#846235 - in reply to #846220)
Subject: Re: Dick Gries Baits

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Location: Yahara River Chain

Contact the current owner, Smitty Baits for that answer.

wavridr

Posted 1/16/2017 8:50 AM (#846341 - in reply to #846220)
Subject: RE: Dick Gries Baits

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Location: Not where I want to be!

If you're talking about the Striker, it was made from ironwood. The Topkicks were probably pine or cedar.

Wimuskyfisherman

Posted 1/16/2017 11:38 AM (#846368 - in reply to #846341)
Subject: RE: Dick Gries Baits

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Some of the Phantom Ojibwas(cranks) were made of ironwood, but I do not believe the Striker was.

muskie! nut

Posted 1/16/2017 4:11 PM (#846394 - in reply to #846368)
Subject: RE: Dick Gries Baits

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Location: Yahara River Chain

Wimuskyfisherman - 1/16/2017 11:38 AM

Some of the Phantom Ojibwas(cranks) were made of ironwood, but I do not believe the Striker was.

I believe you are right. I have some original Strikers and they are way too buoyant to be ironwood. I don't think the minnow bait was ironwood either, However Peter Haupt did make a deep diving bait called the Ojibawa from ironwood. He made them one at a time. Ironwood is much too difficult to mass produce baits due to its hardness.
Like I said call Smitty and I'm guessing pine or cedar. I know Smitty knows Dick Gries personally and he know wood.

No mention of it on their packaging. See images.

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Bumper1947

Posted 9/7/2019 7:16 PM (#946501 - in reply to #846220)
Subject: Re: Dick Gries Baits

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I knew Dick back in the day when Gander Mountain had its store in Wilmot Wisconsin, late 80' or 90's. Met him at a Chicago sports show and used him as a guide several times through the 90's. He took a big hit when Gander went bankrupt in the 90's, they paid him pennies on the dollar for the baits they owed him for. He worked for a local casino and then started to do some guiding again, as I recall anyway. I still have a few of his baits I bought from him directly. Topkick super twin has caught some nice muskies, still have a couple that are new or like new. Nice guy and a decent guide, was big into trolling until trolling was outlawed in Vilas and Oneida Counties. Haven't seen him since the 90's however.

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