Vintage Wooden Weighted Ice Fishing/spearing Decoy
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VINTAGE WOODEN WEIGHTED ICE FISHING/SPEARING DECOY IS 7 1/2" LONG, 3" WIDE AT FRONT METAL FINS, AND 1 1/2" TALL AT TOP OF BACK. IT HAS A CHARTREUSE COLORED BODY WITH BLACK AND WHITE TACK EYES, RED MOUTH, AND ALL TIN FINS. ALSO AN EYELET ON TOP OF BACK TO ATTACH JIGGING LINE AND A 1 1/2" X 1/2" LEAD WEIGHT IN WHITE BELLY. UNSIGNED, BUT HAS ALL THE HALLMARKS OF A BRU-ELL DECOY MADE BY BRUCE AND HELEN WAKEFIELD, WATKINS, MINN.(BOTH ARE DECEASED BUT BEGAN MAKING DECOYS IN THE LATE 1950'S).... ONLY DEFECT IS A SLIVER OF WOOD MISSING ON ONE SIDE. PART OF MY PERSONAL COLLECTION. I BELIEVE I BOUGHT THIS DECOY IN CASS LAKE, MN. IN THE EARLY 1960'S. I USED IT SEVERAL TIMES WITH SOME SUCCESS. STILL A CLASSIC SPEARING DECOY.
