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| Vintage Lures At the request of many members, a new S-B forum for the discussion of Vintage Lures |
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11-20-2011, 02:27 PM
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Eels
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Cape Cod,MA.
Posts: 3,336
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NIB Gibbs
Hey Guys,thought I'd post something I thought was pretty cool,one of the Guys I work with (Stan D)grew up on the Cape.He use to hang out with one of Stan Gibbs's son's.Well the story goes like this,Stan use to cut Stan Gibbs lawn and after a weeks worth of lawn cutting he would ask Stan for payment,well Stan G asked if he could pay in plugs?
Well Stan accepted even thou he wasn't a fishermen,he saved them and never used them.He brought them into work last week and showed me and told the story.
Over all they are in great shape and never seen water.
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Live bait sharp hooks and timing is all you need
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11-20-2011, 02:32 PM
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Eels
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Cape Cod,MA.
Posts: 3,336
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couple more
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Live bait sharp hooks and timing is all you need
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11-20-2011, 04:12 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 3,596
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was it around 1976 ?
any red / white/ blue
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11-20-2011, 04:17 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
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NICE  |
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11-20-2011, 05:27 PM
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Eels
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Cape Cod,MA.
Posts: 3,336
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I didn't see any red,white and blue ones.....This Guy has got to be in his fifty's,so I would guess these plugs where made earlier than the 70's.
I'll give him a call on Monday and get the time line.
It was pretty neat to see them old plugs in there original box's,to see something that old and never used...Just awesome
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Live bait sharp hooks and timing is all you need
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11-20-2011, 05:36 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 3,596
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I was kind of fooling around 
The holy grail to the Stan Gibbs collector is the Bicentenial Pencil Popper.
Made in 76 |
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11-20-2011, 06:43 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2010
Location: South Central
Posts: 1,280
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SCORE i kinda like that pencil color
 sorry i wasnt at your party again by the way!!! long story but my brother ended up having emergency surgery in boston and I needed to pick him up and take care of him ect... (poor dude)
See you on the ice soon i hope! |
something clever and related to fishing
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11-20-2011, 06:57 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Pembroke
Posts: 3,343
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Cool stuff. Amazing he hung onto them all this time.
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
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11-20-2011, 08:08 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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nice Bobby.
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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11-21-2011, 07:46 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Buxton, Maine
Posts: 1,727
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Very nice . the red white an blue pencil ic up there with the no paint polaris with the sticker in the package.
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11-21-2011, 05:29 PM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,892
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Couple more old Gibbs and a couple of old Atoms I never saw in this color.
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No boat, back in the suds.  
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11-21-2011, 07:31 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 3,596
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the 2nd from top is not a gibbs
Need a better pic Paul
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11-22-2011, 07:16 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: lunenburg, ma
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vineyardblues
the 2nd from top is not a gibbs
Need a better pic Paul
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Are the metal lips Gibbs??? |
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11-22-2011, 09:26 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 3,596
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mag minnow
Are the metal lips Gibbs???
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In Pauls Pic only the top lure is a gibbs
2nd , Conn Yankee ?
3,Atom
4Th Atom |
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11-23-2011, 03:31 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vineyardblues
In Pauls Pic only the top lure is a gibbs
2nd , Conn Yankee ?
3,Atom
4Th Atom
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Pete, I'll post a better close up of the 2nd plug today. It looks to be pretty old. |
No boat, back in the suds.
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11-23-2011, 06:35 AM
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Really Old & Really Grumpy
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: not a clue
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My thought as well ...conn yankee...before it got repainted...those red swirl atoms were from the early 50's...they came with alburn hooks on them before mustad bought them out in 52.Those atoms should have come in a very dark purple box...
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BOAT fish do count.
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11-30-2011, 05:11 PM
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Scarecrow
Join Date: May 2003
Location: bedford ma
Posts: 637
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So I shouldn't fish my red swirl Atoms?...(not mint)
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.......Elvis Lives
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11-30-2011, 06:50 PM
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Really Old & Really Grumpy
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: not a clue
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Fishing them is fine...problem comes if they have brass wire...it gets old and brittle which can snap,away goes the fish...later ones had stainless...I've seen fish bigger then 36" come clear out of the water when going for a amber reverse.
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BOAT fish do count.
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11-30-2011, 08:31 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Buxton, Maine
Posts: 1,727
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Fish one of those red swirls when the squid are around. Don't worry too much about the wire . My 2nd fish over 50 came on one Bob gave me when I was a kid. 51lb 3oz. 8th fish that night ove 25 and used it for a couple more yrs till hooks got twisted by a 27lber tryin to snag it in the rocks to get off. i've been usin them since the 60's an never had a wire break yet. Plenty of twisted hooks but no broken wires. Still have my Scheafer award an pin for it.Ron
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12-01-2011, 03:49 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,892
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Quote:
Originally Posted by stripermaineiac
Fish one of those red swirls when the squid are around. Don't worry too much about the wire . My 2nd fish over 50 came on one Bob gave me when I was a kid. 51lb 3oz. 8th fish that night ove 25 and used it for a couple more yrs till hooks got twisted by a 27lber tryin to snag it in the rocks to get off. i've been usin them since the 60's an never had a wire break yet. Plenty of twisted hooks but no broken wires. Still have my Scheafer award an pin for it.Ron
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WOW!!! Great story from the past.
I think that at some point in time all of us old guys should compile some kind of a electronic memory thread. |
No boat, back in the suds.
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05-13-2012, 11:30 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 34
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Very nice. Got a couple myself. Love the vintage stuff!
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