msmllm Loc: Huntington, WV

that looks like a pretty big lure = is it a deep runner or shallow. I'm just wondering if the record breaking fish from Dale Hollow was in deeper water or shallow water.?

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What's the weedless witch,who made it? Ken

Geomike Loc: Forest Ranch, CA

Winner winner chicken dinner! BongsonBob got the tougher ones right.
If memory serves me well, then this is what they are. The minnow bucket is an Old Pal, spinning reel is an old Garcia 300 that my Dad gave me, the rod is a Shakespeare, the landing net is an aluminum frame Sears-Roebuck, the plastic box behind the rod has old line spools and a practice casting plug, the creel is a modern reproduction and the reel on top is an Ocean City model 1520 level-wind with bakelite end plates and old Dacron line. Most of the lures are plastic starting with the one nearest the Garcia reel going left to right: Southbend Fin-dingo, Heddon Crazy Crawler, Wright-McGill (Eagle Claw) Bug-A-Boo, Chicago Tackle Co. King Chub (rare), Wood Manufacturing Co. Spot-tail Minnow, Buckeye Bait Corp. Bug-N-Bass. Inside the net going clockwise from front: Worth Tackle Co. Stevens Point, WI Flutter-Fin, Bomber Bait Co. Bomber (wood with red/white paint), Hawk Fish Lure Co. Bayou Boogie 5000 series (the Pico Perch is similar but made by Pico Perch and Tackle Co. later sold under the Heddon name), Arbogast Hula Popper, Heddon midget Pumkinseed, Creek Chub Bait Co. Baby Pikie (just the nose showing but the shape of the diving bill is CCBC), and a Heddon Sonic copy, the one above right with just the nose showing is a Wallsten Co. Cisco Kid 204 yellow, above between the rod sections is an Arbogast midget Jitter Bug. The upper row starting with the one in front of the bucket is a Whopper-Stopper Hellbender with original box, on the creel from left to right is a Dalton Special copy (note slits down sides), Millsite Wig-Wag (obscured by leaf), Wright-McGill (Eagle Claw) Miracle Minnow, and on top an early No. 4 Mepps spinner. Hope you had fun - more to come.