Spinners have been used as walleye fishing lures for quite a long time. That does not mean that they are antiquated or no longer effective. Spinners create vibrations in the water that attract fish. They are particularly appropriate for walleye fishing because walleyes do not hunt for food with their eyes; rather, they smell or sense movement in the water to locate food. If you use the following tips for fishing with spinners, you can also find success with this established angling method.

It is imperative to add weight to your line when you are fishing with spinners. If you do not, you......
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For those out there that make your own wooden fishing lures, the question is this:

"Does painting or glueing eyes on my wooden lures improve their fish catching ability?"

Everyone has their own opinion, but many seriously good lure makers argue that having prominent eyes on your wooden fishing lures will always improve catch rates. After all, fish strike at the head of baitfish, right? Fish home in on the eye, don't they?

There are definitely times when having eyes painted on your lures doesn't matter a bit.....

I consider myself a thinking an......
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Time is the trade through which we decide the value of items either created or owned. A classic is something that defies the test of time, and becomes a treasure sought after many years later. It's these old pieces of our past that send a spark of nostalgia to a simpler time, and antique fishing equipment is no exception to this. Whether you're young or old, beginner or professional, collecting antique fishing equipment can develop into a driving passion. Believe me!

Antique fishing equipment can also include a wide variety of items, not just the rod, reel or tackle. Several collectors ......
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I remember years ago fishing for black bream at the mouth of the Hopkins River, Western Victoria. The river was swollen because sand movement had blocked the opening, and the water was a bit colored, which was encouraging large bream onto the flats. In those days not many people realised that bream were genuine lure fishing targets, but a small group of us had been experimenting and were consistently catching good bream on hard baits. These days hard or soft baits are almost the ONLY way to fish for bream, few people bother with smelly natural baits any more!

Anyway, to cut a long story......
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This article will outline the 5 best lures to use when fishing and some tips and techniques for using them. These lures aren't being listed haphazardly either, they are all effective and all have their place in any serious fisherman's repertoire. These lures are great to use when fishing and have proven themselves to be effective through more than fifty years of combined personal fishing experience.

The number of options available to us when it comes to fishing lures is astronomical, but these 5 are certainly, at the very least, among the best 5 lures to use when fishing. There are many......
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What's extreme fishing?

Only the most exciting, most thrilling, most fun water sport ever created - that's what!

a) Extreme fishing is fishing with a shot of adrenaline!

b) Extreme fishing is regular fishing on steroids!

Trout and salmon fishing in small water (such as streams and rivers) is extreme fishing!

Ice fishing is extreme fishing!

Noodling (the practice of fishing for Catfish using only your bare hands) is extreme fishing!

Extreme fishing uses the same techniques and methods as recreational fishing - it simply takes it all one step furt......
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VINTAGE WOOD FISHING LURE 5 TREBLE HOOKS 2 PROPELLERS Click HERE for more Antique Lures.

1 Unkown Make (not marked) - VINTAGE FISHING LURE
Made of Wood - Approx. 5 3/4”including propeller ends - Glass Eyes - Double Propeller

Please View Photos for Condition. I think it is in Good Condition for Age. Please have reasonable expectations as this is a Vintage Item & does shows signs of wear due to age.
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Heddon 740 Punkinseed Lure in Goldfish Scale Shore 9XSK Click HERE for more Antique Lures.

Vintage Heddon 740 Punkinseed Wooden Fishing Lure. This early "under chin line tie" Punkinseed is in the hard to find and elusive Gold-Fish Scale Shore-Minnow. This was never a catalogued color for the Heddon Punkinseed, and is about as hard a color to find as one in Rainbow. It measures about 2 5/8" long and has shiny two-piece hardware, lip and hooks. Condition is excellent-, with one very tiny pointer (behind the left eye), again, some very light (and I mean light!) edge wear around the mouth, and finally...a portion of the belly weight paint has popped. In this case the flaws really do sound worse than they appear, and please remember, the pictures of this bait are about 3 times larger than the bait itself, so features will be accentuated. Please see pics for flaws. It has not been cleaned and is in "as found" condition, but trust me....when this bait is in your hand, the flaws are not as amplified. And what a feeling to hold this extremely rare bait in your hands, all you have to do is be the high bidder ! I believe the official Heddon number for this bait is: 739XSK, or just XSK.
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Old-fashioned fishing lures could be highly collectible, valuable, and tough to locate. If you have an aged tackle box out in the garage or down in the basement, get it out now and check for some of these really rare antique angling lures. The most important lures are produced of wood, painted and completed to a high gloss, with glass eyes.

One of those three-hook wooden minnow vintage angling lure lately offered on eBay for $840, with twenty bids! The obvious glass eyes on this lure were really lifelike, and the hand painted Rainbow paint pattern gives the minnow an appearance that mak......
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In the first article of this series, we covered the very versatile floating/diving style of wooden bibbed minnows. In this, the second article of the series, we will have a look at wooden lures that are designed to sink on a slack line, rather than float on top and dive when the line is pulled. Having a few sinking crankbaits in your tackle box can increase your lure fishing options dramatically, which of course will increase your catch rates.

Sinking wooden lures are essentially just floating lures that have had weight added internally until they no longer float, but there are some oth......
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