Early Miscellaneous Lures
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"I really like Expert Minnows and would love to hear about any others that might be available for sale or trade".
A School of "Expert Minnows"
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| F.C. Woods with later style Keeling props. "The Expert" stamped in Green. | Early F.C.Woods in Aluminum with the wood box. "The Expert" stamped in Red. | F.C.Woods with early bowtie props. "The Expert" stamped in Brown. |
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| Clark's 3 hook Expert Minnow in Gold. | Round body Woods Expert with No name on side. Keeling props. | Round thin body 5-hook Woods Expert. Large front prop and small rear prop. |
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| Round thin body Woods 3-hook Expert. Large and small props. No name on side. | Not sure on this one. It appears to be pre Woods, yet uses the drilled Bowtie props. | Round Body F.C. Woods 5-Hook Expert Minnow. |
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| Woods 3-hook. "The Expert" stamped in Green. | Early Flatside Woods 3-hook Expert Minnow. Also known as the patent model for type 1 detachable hooks. | F.C.Woods Round body 5-hook Expert. No name on side. |
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| 3-Hook Clark's Expert Minnow. Tiny model that utilizes the early rounder body Woods body style. |
J.L. Clark 5-Hook Expert Minnow
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F.C. Woods 3-Hook Expert Minnow. Expert printed in Green. Type 2 hooks. |
 F.C.Woods Round body 3-hook Expert. No name on side. |
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| Keeling 5-hook Expert. "The Expert" stamped in Green. |
 Keeling No Eyed 3-hook Expert Minnow. Rockford, Illinois. c. 1916 |
Keeling Expert. Clear eyes and type 2 hooks. |
| Livingston S. Hinckley. Newark, New Jersey. c. 1897 | ||
 L.S. Hinckley Aluminum Fish Phantom and Box. c. 1897, Newark, New Jersey. |
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 L.S. Hinckley Yellow Bird and Box. c. 1897, Newark, New Jersey. |
| L.S. Hinckley Fish Phantoms. c. 1897 | ||
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| Biff Bait Company. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. c. 1925/26 | ||
 Biff Musky Spiral Spinner. c. 1925 |
 2 scarce Aluminum Biff Spiral Baits. Muskie and Pike size. c.1926 |
 Biff Bait Co., Gold Plated All Around Bait and Muskie Special in the box. c. 1926 |
 Size comparison of Biff Muskie Special and standard Biff Muskie Spiral. c. 1926 |
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 Biff Bait Co., Nickel Plated All Around Bait and Muskie Special in the box. c. 1926 |
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Biff Bait Pikie Spiral Spinner Lure and Box.
circa 1925
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 Close up of Aluminum and Copper Master Biff Plug. |
 Master Biff Plug. c. 1926 |
 Color Collection of Master Biff Plugs including a very rare Aluminum and Copper Head. c. 1926 |
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 Biff Bait Surface Double Wobbler Lure and Box. c.1925 |
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| Biff Bait Surface Single Wobbler Lure and Box. c. 1925 | Biff Bait Whoopie Biff Plug and Box. c. 1926 | ||||||||||
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| Fred C. Keeling and Company | |||||||||||
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| Very tiny Keeling Tom in marked box. c. 1920. | |||||||||||
 Keeling Tom Thumb Wiggler and Box. Rockford Illinois. c. 1920 |
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 Keeling Surface Tom. c. 1920 |
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| Early Keeling's Pike Kee-Wig in over labeled Tom Box. c. 1920. | |||||||||||
 Keeling's Tom Thumb in Box. c. 1920. |
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 Keeling's Lure in Hico Box. |
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| Very rare Keeling's Intro Flapper Box with 2 variations of the Flapper. | |||||||||||
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 Keeling's Expert Minnow and Box. Fred C. Keeling and Co. Rockford, Illinois. c. 1914 |
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| Early Keeling's Wiggler in Box. c. 1914 | Keeling's Kee-Wig in Box. c. 1928 | ||||||||||
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| Glass Minnow Tubes and Cages. | |||||||||||
 Detroit Glass Minnow Tube and Picture Box. c. 1916, Detroit, Michigan. |
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 Welch and Graves Glass Minnow Tube. c. 1893 |
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 Welsh & Graves Minnow Tube with Rare German Silver Cap. c. 1893, Natural Bridge, New York. |
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| Welch & Graves, Pfeiffer, and Detroit Glass Minnow Tubes. | |||||||||||
 Detroit Magnifying Glass Minnow Tube with Celluloid Cap and Loop Line Tie. c. 1914 |
 Detroit Live Minnow Cage. Detroit Bait Co. c.1910 |
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| Eureka and Coldwater Bait Companies. Coldwater, Michigan. | |||||||||||
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| Coldwater Finch. Eureka Bait Co. Coldwater, Michigan. c. 1914. | King Wiggler. Coldwater Bait Co. Coldwater, Michigan. c. 1920. | Eureka Wiggler. Eureka Bait Co. Coldwater, Michigan. c. 1914. | ||||||
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| Coldwater Ghost. Coldwater Bait Co. Coldwater, Michigan. c.1920. | Hell Diver. Coldwater Bait Co. Coldwater, Michigan. c.1918. | |||||||
 Turner's Casting Bait. Zachary T. Turner, Coldwater, Michigan. c. 1904 |
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| The Charmer Minnow Company. Springfield, Missouri. | ||||||||
 Blunt nose Charmer Minnow. c. 1910 |
 Charmer Minnow. c. 1910 |
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 Charmer Minnow. c. 1910, Springfield, Missouri. |
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 Charmer Minnow. c. 1910, Springfield, Missouri. |
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Charmer Minnow and Box. c. 1910, Springfield,
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| Immell Bait Company. Blair, Wisconsin. | ||||||||
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 Chippewa Bass Bait. c. 1913 |
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| Chippewa Pike Bait. c. 1913 |
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Chippewa Bass Size Bait and early Box. c. 1910, Blair, Wisconsin. | ||||||
| Musky Chippewa Bait. Immell Bait Co. Blair, Wisconsin. c.1913 | ||||||||
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| A.F. Bingenhiemer. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. | |||||||
 Bing's Weedless Nemahbin Minnow. c. 1905, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. |
 Bings Weedless Nemahbin Minnow. c. 1905 |
 Metalized Bing's Nemahbin Minnow. c. 1905, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. |
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| W.J. Jamison Company. Chicago, Illinois | |||||||
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 Jamison Nemo Bass Bait. c. 1910, Chicago, Illinois. |
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| No. 1 Convertible Coaxer and Box. W.J. Jamison Co., Chicago, Illinois. c. 1905 | No. 2 Coaxer and Box. W.J. Jamison Co., Chicago, Illinois. c. 1905 | ||||||
 Wig-Wag or GEP Bait with original Box. W.J. Jamison Co. Chicago, Illinois. c. 1934. |
 Wig-Wag or GEP Bait with Original Box., W.J. Jamison Bait Co. Chicago, Illinois c.1934 |
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| Jacob Hansen. Muskegon, Michigan. | |||||||
 Muskegon Spoon Jack Minnow. c. 1920, Muskegon, Michigan. |
 Michigan Life-Like Minnow. Jacob Hansen. Muskegon, Michigan. c. 1908. |
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| C.W. Lane Mfg. Co. Madrid, New York. | |||||||
 Lane's Wonder Wagtail Wobbler. c. 1924 |
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 Lanes Baby Wagtail Wobbler. c. 1924 |
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| Lane's Wonder Wagtail Wobbler. c. 1924. | |||||||
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| Jim Donaly Baits. Bloomfield, New Jersey. | |||||||
 Jim Donaly Redfin Minnow. c. 1911, Bloomfield, New Jersey. |
 Jim Donaly Redfin Minnow. c. 1911, Bloomfield, New Jersey. |
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| Some other early miscellaneous fishing lures. | |||||||
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 3 Lockharts and a Eureka Wiggler. c. 1914 |
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| Pontiac Minnow. Pontiac Mfg. Co., Pontiac, Michigan. c. 1909 | Pepper National Minnow, Joseph E. Pepper, Rome, New York. c. 1907 | ||||||
 Kalamazoo Minnow. c. 1904 |
 Lockhart's Wagtail Witch and Box. c. 1909, Galesburg, Michigan. |
 The Freeport Hook. c. 1904 |
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 North Channel Minnow. c. 1903, Detroit, Michigan. |
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 North Channel Minnow. c. 1903 |
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| Jim Dandy Wobbler and Box. c. 1915, Chicago, Illinois. | |||||||
 3 stages of Michigan Ypsilanti Minnows. c. 1909 and newer. |
 Moonlight Floating Bait in Kingfisher Box. c. 1910. |
 Oliver & Gruber Glowurm. c. 1920, Medical Lake, Washington. |
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Paulson's Combination Minnow and Box. Fred Paulson. Geneva, Illinois. c. 1922. |
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| Myers and Spellman. c. 1914. |
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K & K Animated Minnow. K & K Manufacturing Co. Toledo, Ohio. c. 1907. |
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Success Spinner in Fish Stringer Box. Horrocks & Ibbotson Co. Utica, New York, c. 1910. |
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| Walton Speed Bait. Walton Products. Rochester, New York. c.1928. | The Reliance Wood Minnow. An early relative to the Harkauf. c. 1904 | |