Comments on: The Lure of Fishing

By: Eric Luper

Eric Luper — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:06:33 +0000

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!

By: Sandy

Sandy — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:46:10 +0000

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.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:41:29 +0000

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?