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Fishing Lures

By Garrett_meade
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    Lures over time

  • First Ever Lure

    First Ever Lure
    James Heddon created the first ever fishing lure by carving a piece of wood in to the shape of a frog and putting hooks on it.

  • world wide distrobution

    world wide distrobution
    The Heddon fishing company went world wide by transferring sales from the US to other country's.

  • first crank bait

    first crank bait
    Creek Chub Wiggler became the first patented lure that had a metal lip and could dive underwater.

  • first bass boat

    first bass boat
    found the flatbottom johnboats everyone used in the bayous and cypress-studded lake

  • first plastic lure

    first plastic lure
    Invented by Nick and Cosma Creme. They called it the Creme Wiggle Worm later renamed the Creme Scoundrel Worm.

  • first bass fishing tournament

    first bass fishing tournament
    it was held at Beaver Lake, Arkansas. A total of 106 anglers from thirteen different states competed

  • first fishing sponsership

    first fishing sponsership
    Ray Scott from Montgomery Alabama was the first guy ever sponsored. he was sponsored by the Cremes lure business.

  • first bass master fishing tournment

    first bass master fishing tournment
    The first Bassmaster Classic was held in Lake Mead, Nevada and a dude named Bobby Murray won with a total of 18 bass weighing in at 43 pounds.

  • whopper plopper

    whopper plopper
    The whopper Plopper is a very popular lure that added noise to top water fishing

  • the first rig

    the first rig
    the Alabama rig was invented in 2009 but the guy that invented it didn't sell any until 2011 for 25 dollars.

  • new fishing league

    new fishing league
    the MLF is the newest pro fishing league there is and all the best fisherman compete for big money in the tournaments

  • the bass master banned the Alabama rig from tournaments

    the bass master banned the Alabama rig from tournaments
    the Alabama fishing rig got banned from the bass-master fishing tournament in 2012 after someone used it and one the competition by a lot and according to the bass-master fishing officials it made catching fish to easy.