My Bait Shop Blog

Photography Tips for Fishing Trips

April 13, 2024

Fishing Photography can be tricky unless you are prepared. The time to learn that new phone or camera is not after that big fish just...

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Fish Weight Calculator

January 22, 2021

Did you know My Bait Shop has it's own Fish Weight Calculator?  Well we do.  I've always loved these tools and I'm somewhat of a...

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Slammer Topwater Company, Kelliher, MN

October 16, 2017

I was recently going through a large stack of older tackle catalogs I had purchased awhile back and one of the catalogs jumped out at...

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The Original Mickie Spoon - Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

August 13, 2017

The Original Mickie Spoon - Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin Living in Wisconsin I am especially interested in antique Wisconsin made fishing lures.  They are always fun...

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Smithwick 1970 Catalog

June 1, 2017

To be more precise the Jack K. Smithwick & Son catalog, all two pages from 1970.  2 pages showing all of the color patterns for...

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