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Excellent and Early Wooden Bear Creek Bait Company Ice Spear Fishing Decoy “Pike Form & Finish,” circa 1946-1948. The Bear Creek Bait Company (1946-1983) was formed in Kaleva, Michigan, in 1946, and made fish decoys from wood for the first two years before they switched over to molded plastic. The complete history of this company and an example of this Pike Decoy can be found in Frank Baron’s Commercial Fish Decoys. It measures 7” in length, which was their standard length. The Fish is in Mint Condition with Minor Flaking on the Bottom Weights. (FD418) Click on Photo for larger image. Contact us for additional photos. Price $175 plus shipping
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Classic Ice Spear Fishing “Deluxe Decoy” by the Randall Decoy Company in the Original Box, circa 1960s. An Example of this 8” (R150) Orange Base / Black Dot, which sold for $1.50, is represented in Plate 251 of Frank Baron’s Commercial Fish Decoys. This particular form was their most popular form. As Baron notes, “The four side fins … were made of one piece of molded lead, which also functioned for ballast and had the marketing price molded into it.” An Excellent Commercial Fish with Minor Flaking to the Lead Balast. (FD419) Click on Photo for larger image. Contact us for additional photos. Price $125 plus shipping
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8” Ice Spearing Fish Decoy by Schipper Manufacturing, a company that emerged from the Minnetonka “Tonka” Bait Company, Wayzata, Minnesota, started in 1944. The Larger 8” Fish has a Cut Open Mouth. This is one of the later fish decoys that Darel Schipper produced for the collector Markey and Signed: “D. Schipper.” The Patent was granted in 1951 and is stamped on the fish. See Frank Baron’s Commercial Fish Decoys. Excellent Condition – Signed. (FD421) Click on Photo for larger image. Contact us for additional photos. Price $75 plus shipping |
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6” Attractor Ice Spear Fishing Decoy New in Packaging by Lawrence Bethel (1930-2006), Lake George, Minnesota, circa 2001. Bethel’s work is well-known through the fish decoy world and he was one of a great family of decoys makers. This particular fish shows the classic Bethel style and paint pattern, created in a variety of colors. It is Mint in its Original Packaging and has the “B’ stamp on the bottom and is Signed and Dated. (FD422) Click on Photo for larger image. Contact us for additional photos. Price $75 plus shipping
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