Vintage tackle?

Cleaned these up and I want to identify them. They both have lightweight aluminum like treble hooks, the lure says “Rapala Ireland”, and the jitterbug bug all I can make out is “Howe”. Thoughts?

Two more. Also aluminum hooks. Bottom one has no writing, and the top one says “Cordell thin spot”.

Vintage?? I’d throw those right in the tackle box Jitterbugs are awesome.

Magnum rapala and jitterbug on top post. As said above.. Just use them. They actually are not old lures.

The hooks are not tin, they are galvanized. Or zinc plated.

All of these lures are common. As suggested, I’d use them since they don’t have a whole lot of collector value….maybe $5.00 to $8.00 apiece.

Evan, the smaller of the two lures is a Berkley Frenzy Rattl’r FR14. Your lure appears to be the 1/4 oz size, although they also come in 1/2 and 3/4 oz sizes. By the way, this is an excellent lure on Pool-4…just sayin…
Good fishing!

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Jitterbugs are awesome.

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Last year I picked up a couple because I wondered how they fell off my tackle radar. As a kid, Hula Poppers and Jitterbug were always in the box and the first lures used in the morning and at the end of the day.

I went shopping for the same stuff Pug, it was a gift for my Moms new fiance. Told him I didn’t know him all that well, but knew my mom and she won’t leave the dock without the essentials. Mepps spinner, daredevil, red eye wiggler, hula, jitter, couldn’t find the lazy ikes but the lindy river rocker looked close enough. Love the classics.

I have some very old Lazy Ikes still with the original box. I have been collecting old tackle for many years. Anything “northwoodsy” Has become very spendy and hard to find. Very fun to find something decent nowadays.

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I have some very old Lazy Ikes still with the original box. I have been collecting old tackle for many years. Anything “northwoodsy” Has become very spendy and hard to find.

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Especially in the original box. There are times that the box will add $45.00 to a $5.00 lure.

Thank you all for the reply! They have been added back to the arsenal. I pull up a lot of tackle from the Mississippi, hard for a newbie to tell the difference between old & new gear.

Tom, here are a few pics. The crippled shad has the lip on the side, kinda neat. It’s a fun hobby and the old artwork is pretty cool. Getting hard to find quality items anymore.

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Tom, here are a few pics. The crippled shad has the lip on the side, kinda neat. It’s a fun hobby and the old artwork is pretty cool. Getting hard to find quality items anymore.

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Belletaine, starting a few years ago, I went on a mission to start using some of these vintage lures to actually catch fish.

Now before the Totally Uptight Fad Police get on my case for implying that NOBODY uses these lures anymore, let me just state that everybody gets that every lure ever made is still used by somebody somewhere, OK Captain Obvious? I’m just saying that a lot of these lures were very common at one time and now it’s much more rare to find them in active use in this part of the country at least.

So I started with the Flatfish. And yeah, yeah, yeah, I know the Salmon/Steelhead guys use this out in the PNW. I’m talking around here. I found them to be really fun on smallmouth, which can’t seem to resist the action. I’ve yet to catch a walleye on one.

Lazy Ikes were next. Then Pulvorizers. I’ve also tried the River Runt, Redeye, Creek Chub, Spook, and other stuff. It’s fun to see how they run and it makes me appreciate the variety of crankbaits we have now.

Grouse

Bell….in your pictures, the bait shown at the top right looks like a Creek Chub Beetle. Its in pretty decent shape….$150.00 for a value.

What is the lure on the bottom row, left side with the side by side treble hooks worth, I have one like that.

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What is the lure on the bottom row, left side with the side by side treble hooks worth, I have one like that.

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It’s a type of Lazy Ike, neat hook configuration.

Tom, I knew they were over a hundred, I have three total but that one is in the best shape.

Grouse, I’ve had some great Bass action as well on Creek Chubs and other top water baits. Very fun!