Commericial Decoy Makers

• Michigan:
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  • Bar Lake Fishing Tackle Company - Area 3: Made fish in the 1930s
  • Bear Creek - Area 2: Made fish since the 1940s under the brand name of Ice King. Produced both wood and plastic fish over the years. Fish under the brand name of Ice King are still being made my a company called K & E Company from Hastings, Michigan.
  • Bob's Fly Tying Shop: Sold fish decoys in three sizes. Numbers are stamped in the bottom of the fish, paint jobs are distinctive.
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  • The "Champion" Fish Decoy - Area 4: Used in Saginaw Bay, run from 3" to 5" and are usually all red or silver with glitter. Cirva 150s or earlier.
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  • Detroit Sporting Goods - Area 6: Made and sold two dofferent styles of fish decoy.
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  • The Heddon Company - Area 5: Made fish decoys from about 1900s to 1930s. Its last offering of a fish decoy was a plastic "fish" called the Ice Spook.
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  • Isle Royal Bait Company - Area 1: Made commerciall fish plugs and decoys during the 1930s
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  • Moonlight Bait Company - Area 5: Started selling fish decoys in the 1930s. Later the similar fish were sold under the Paw Paw Bait Company name.
  • Musky Manor - Area 6: Rented fish decoys to spears in the St. Clair river area. Some of the possible makers of these rented decoys were Mr. Schultz and Gordon Sears.
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  • Paw Paw Bait Company - Area 5: Sold three different sizes in 6 different colors for over ten years.