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The listing, VERY OLD WOODEN FISHING LURE has ended.

Another priceless bit of Antiquity courtesy of my wandering Grandfather, Honorious.
I believe this wonderful old Lure, was from his time visiting the Great Lakes region. Yep, he was a Fisherman too!
Since he was blessed with 6 Daughters, he often would get the "Call of the Wild" & disappear for weeks, sometimes months, at a time, in order to do "Manly" things that he never got to do at home. Thus, we find him Fishing in the rough, Lake Michigan waters, after some Pike. They put up a Great fight & that's just what Grandpa Honorious wanted.

His lure of choice, on this day was a wooden, Paw Paw.
Treble Hook, & he knew how to use it.
It has 3 , 3 pronged hooks & a diving "spoon" at the mouth area. It measures 5.25" long , with a tapered body. & about an inch at it's widest part.
There are nicks & crazing on the body & the tack eyes have been bitten by many fish teeth, to be sure~~ I approximate it's age to be pre- 1940's.

Please look at all the photos & ask any questions prior to bidding. All Listia rules apply & I only ship to Listia verified addresses.

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Thanks for looking & listening to my story & please visit my other Auctions as well. You really never know, just what you will find.

Questions & Comments

Ok i was board it may be an old Heddon creek chub i originally was thinking of the C.C.B Co. (Creek chub bait co.)But the bill was wrong the Heddon is much closer

Mar 15th, 2014 at 11:02:34 AM PDT by

Chris, It's a Paw Paw lure, circa 1930's you can tell by the tack eyes. Prior to it getting chomped on by many a Pike & Muskie, the eyes were painted.

Mar 16th, 2014 at 10:57:50 AM PDT by

I'm already your Fan, Thanks for visiting!

Mar 5th, 2014 at 3:30:57 AM PST by

How purely awesome!

Mar 7th, 2014 at 7:51:11 PM PST by

I agree! I have many more & some are jointed & sort of wiggle! Lol!!

Mar 8th, 2014 at 6:38:27 AM PST by

maybe its just me looking at it wrong but have days been added on to it? lol

Mar 8th, 2014 at 3:12:27 PM PST by

Nope! Started out at 21~~ Thanks for watching ;0)

Mar 9th, 2014 at 5:26:40 AM PDT by

You can be my friend

Mar 9th, 2014 at 4:09:30 PM PDT by

Who me??? OK!

Mar 10th, 2014 at 9:30:50 AM PDT by

Love this and the story behind it.Thanks for offering it . Fanned&watching

Mar 4th, 2014 at 10:10:32 PM PST by

It certainly has character & probably could tell some wild stories of it's own!

Mar 6th, 2014 at 5:24:43 AM PST by

It looks like a creek chub crank bait but the bill isn't quit right a little research might increase the bids nice old lure anyway im definitely watching it

Mar 15th, 2014 at 10:46:29 AM PDT by

Chris, Paw Paw lures were made by the Moonlight Bait Co, later known as the Paw Paw Bait Co, This Paw Paw lure has a classic white body(used to, anyway) & red hood, & tack eyes, it's circa, 1930's
similar to a Dreadnaught but longer. This is a rare "groove face" model.

Mar 16th, 2014 at 11:01:38 AM PDT by

Fanned and watching.

Mar 22nd, 2014 at 10:26:43 AM PDT by

Thanks so much for visiting, I will be listing more old lures soon!

Mar 23rd, 2014 at 3:49:53 AM PDT by

Definately Paw Paw

Mar 22nd, 2014 at 6:57:42 AM PDT by

Yeppers!!!

Mar 23rd, 2014 at 3:51:08 AM PDT by

who is that movie star on your profile ?...just wondering....still waiting for you to list that dime on Listia....lol

Mar 21st, 2014 at 9:11:00 PM PDT by

not sure??

Mar 22nd, 2014 at 5:26:12 AM PDT by

Watching...already a fan....If you put that dime you have in the picture up for bids
you will get lots of bids on it also. I like your lures....good luck

Mar 20th, 2014 at 7:47:27 PM PDT by

Ha, ha! Good eye ;0)

Mar 21st, 2014 at 7:07:31 AM PDT by

Great vintage Paw paw- thank you for being willing to put such a treasure up for auction!

Mar 19th, 2014 at 12:48:29 PM PDT by

Thank YOU, for looking! Hope you also bid ;0)

Mar 20th, 2014 at 4:55:20 AM PDT by

Dude wtf is up with your picture?

Mar 16th, 2014 at 9:28:10 PM PDT by

Pardon me?

Mar 17th, 2014 at 3:01:34 AM PDT by

Thank you very much i hadn't heard of that one i own a few antique lures but im not a true collector i used to run a sporting goods shop and always like to learn new things .

Mar 16th, 2014 at 5:31:32 PM PDT by

I agree, Chris. I'm thankful each day for learning new things. Knowledge is Power ;0)

Mar 17th, 2014 at 5:39:40 AM PDT by

My husbands grandpa made the first revolving color lures. This is so neat!

Mar 14th, 2014 at 5:21:12 PM PDT by

WoW!! Very cool ;0)

Mar 15th, 2014 at 3:56:14 AM PDT by

F&W

Mar 13th, 2014 at 7:04:59 AM PDT by

Thanks for visiting, Steven!

Mar 13th, 2014 at 10:02:26 AM PDT by

You said you have more lures will you be putting more up for auction

Mar 12th, 2014 at 10:30:29 PM PDT by

Most likely. I have a couple of Fabulous Oldies that really do need a new home ;0)

Mar 13th, 2014 at 10:03:35 AM PDT by

I have used lures like this before. They work great! F&W

Mar 11th, 2014 at 2:39:32 PM PDT by

As you can see, this one has been around the block with a few Big Fish, too!!

Mar 12th, 2014 at 3:42:21 AM PDT by

I can do that :)

Mar 10th, 2014 at 12:01:58 AM PDT by

Thank You!

Mar 10th, 2014 at 9:23:30 AM PDT by

VERY OLD WOODEN FISHING LURE is in the Antiques category