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Now that the daylight lasts longer and the weather is more pleasant, it’s time to confront the big decision: should I mow the lawn or go fishing?
Field and Stream published a list of the 50 Best Fishing Lures. Just the names made me curious: Swedish Pimple, Pencil-Popper, Pork Frog- those terms probably make perfect sense to a fisherman. But not to me. So I went looking for strangeness in the world of fishing lures.
What is this Talking Frog Lure for? Does the frog talk to the fish? In fish language or frog language? Or is it to keep the fisherman from getting lonely? I found another version on eBay, issued by Budweiser.
This lure is for fishermen who want to use live bait, but don’t want your live bait to die. Or if you are too cheap to buy more than one minnow… ever.
More strange and wonderful fishing lures, after the jump.
These are labeled Japanese punk rock fishing lures. I’m not sure what makes them punk rock, but they are kinda strange. You can buy them here, if you can read Japanese.
The Bottle Cap Lure Company recycles bottle caps by making fishing lures out of them. Hey, if those bottle caps are going into the lake, it’s better to have them attached to a line, isn’t it?
Some fishing lures are so realistic, such works of art, that it seems a shame to throw them in a lake. If you have one you are particularly find of, you can make a necklace out of it!
Mac Daddy’s million-dollar fishing lure is an exotic big game lure encrusted with 100 carats of diamonds and rubies in 14karat gold! Personally, I wouldn’t have the nerve to throw that one in the lake!
There are more fishing links and humor today at Miss Cellania.
I don’t have an image of it (I’m sure my dad has it stashed away somewhere) but when I was about 10 and we were headed down to Florida for a vacation, my dad took us to Plains, Georgia, the hometown of then-president Jimmy Carter. We each got one souvenir from a shop in town, and I remember mine was a plastic “peanut” fishing lure.
Now, I wanted to use the lure on our lake, and while he rolled his eyes at me, he relented.
I caught a six-pound bass that afternoon, the largest one I’d ever caught. My dad came up empty after three hours on the boat.
Thank God for small victories, eh?
posted by Sandy on 4-5-2007 at 8:41 am
I found photos of the Jimmy Carter “peanut” lure on eBay in a couple spots, in case it’s worth seeing… items 160102133455 and 320100095856.
posted by Sandy on 4-5-2007 at 8:46 am
When my grandfather passed away, I inherited his tackle box. Inside I found dozens of really cool lures, one of which looks like a bare-breasted woman. I’m not sure how that is supposed to attract fish, but we have to remember that the lure was made long before Internet porn. And fishing trips can get lonely!
posted by Eric Luper on 12-21-2007 at 2:06 pm