One of my neighbors, Hank, was doing some cleanup of some old tackle and was kind enough to pass some my way. He gave me A LOT of different kinds of very old crankbaits, jerkbaits and spoons. I found these in there and have never seen anything like them and want to know what they are and what sort of application they would be useful in.

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looks like I am having trouble attaching pictures from my phone. I'll upload them later when i get home.

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wally divers, flat fish, or lazy ikes.

-gk

Let me start by saying that I am by no means knowledgeable on this subject so theres a good chance I'm wrong here. They look similar to an older lure I was given that was made by a company called Brooks Reefer. I've tried to find something about them on the internet with no luck so I'm fairly certain they're out of business. At any rate the one I have runs about a foot or 2 below the surface when retrieved and I really like the side to side motion it has. IMO it looks much more relistic than other more moden crankbaits I have. I haven't really fished crankbaits much so I couldn't really say what situations to use them in. Thats my 2 cents but like I said, take it with a grain of salt. Im interested to hear what others have to say about this.

I had those when I was a boy back in late 70's. My guess is those were originally made to fish something other than bass(?). Probably Flat Fish was the original and other company made something similar (?) The original one was too expensive for me and I bought 'look-a-likes'. Used it like crank baits or minnow.

The one on the left is either a LazyIke or a FlatFish, the other two are spin offs of those likely made by the same company that makes Believers for muskie fishing. They're basically crankbaits designed before the first metal lipped cranks came out. The have a wider woble than today's cranks and don't run very deep when cast, but are real killers when trolled, expecially for walleye, pike, and the occasional smallie up on Delavan.

I have a few that go eight inches in length and a couple that are less than two inches(they're great for river smallies).

the split ring on those things look pretty thick! are they as heavy duty as they look?? i have no idea what they are, so i cant chime in on that, sorry. however, im interested in whether or not they are hollow with a rattle inside or solid body, or what?

The lure on the left is def. a Lazy Ike, Flatfish or a knock-off of one of these. The two on the right somewhat resemble a Heddon Tadpolly.

Tom

the split ring on those things look pretty thick! are they as heavy duty as they look?? i have no idea what they are, so i cant chime in on that, sorry. however, im interested in whether or not they are hollow with a rattle inside or solid body, or what?

They do have rattles and they seem very solid.

The ones that are still in production are nothing like the old ones, I would fish the crap out of the Lazy Ike in the pic, it will catch fish and lots of them

The lazy ikes are still in production. Can get them at lurenet. Fish them slow

The ones that are still in production are nothing like the old ones, I would fish the crap out of the Lazy Ike in the pic, it will catch fish and lots of them

Awesome. There are a bunch in the box he gave me, all sorts of colors and sizes.

The lazy ikes are still in production. Can get them at lurenet. Fish them slow

Most important thing about fishing them. If you try to fish them at a normal crankbait retrieve speed they'll spin out, at least any I've ever fished will. The little ones are a killer on trout though.