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Four years ago I started collecting vintage Texas made saltwater lures; Bingo, Humps, Sportsman, and Nichols mainly. Anyways , I finally put together my first display case. This one is comprised of Bingo Plugging Shorty Shrimp in their three different sizes of 10 colors from a 1950's advertisement. I'm still missing a few colors in some of the sizes, but it was time to put the case together.



As an added bonus, I custom built the display case in oak. The mitered corners were reinforced with mesquite splines for strength and contrast. I also splurged for museum glass for its anti-glare characteristics.

Anyone else collect old Texas made lures?

I’m sure my dad still has some old bingos, et. al. around as he has never willingly thrown anything away.

Nice box, btw.

nice display Josh
you might like this linked video on corpusfishing
http://www.corpusfishing.com/messageboa ... hp?t=38325

and this link is beter...
https://kristv.com/news/2018/12/09/corp ... professor/

Nice work! I wouldn't have known the case had glass without you pointing it out.

Ron Mc wrote:nice display Josh
you might like this linked video on corpusfishing
http://www.corpusfishing.com/messageboa ... hp?t=38325

and this link is beter...
https://kristv.com/news/2018/12/09/corp ... professor/

Yes, I've watched this many times since it was released.

I fished so many Pico perch as a kid, that I wish I had now. Also used to troll the Pico Texas trailer, though I'd use a white-bass-marked Bomber in front with the Shyster spinner behind.

Ron Mc wrote:I fished so many Pico perch as a kid, that I wish I had now. Also used to troll the Pico Texas trailer, though I'd use a white-bass-marked Bomber in front with the Shyster spinner behind.

Man I haven't heard of pico perch in decades. My grandpaw loved to fish with pico's (when he wasn't using minnows). It what I caught my first bass on.

they still make them, but they were bought from Corpus by an Arkansas manufacturing company.
https://picolures.com/
You can still buy a Texas Trailer rig, too

that's something else, before I-37, we used to drive by their shop on US-181 on every coast trip.

Sure enough! The ones I remember having as a kid the front part of the lure that is tapered was painted bright red. I had the bone white and one that had a perch pattern on it.

Here's the old root-beer/redhead BINGO that hooked me on saltwater fishing!

Back about 1965 my Dad took me and brother Steve to the famous Texas City Dike. First time there, so we drove about 3/4 of its length and started fishing blindly but with youthful hope.

The left side was calmer, so I started casting my new Bingo as far as possible toward the seagulls sitting out on the water. Third cast, BAM! It felt big and was somehow doing that "shake..." My Dad said "we don't have all day" because I was babying the fish, paranoid to lose my first speckled trout!

My brother slid down some rocks and netted my 21" beauty. I think we all remember our first, right? The realization I could catch gamefish on lures propelled me into a lifetime obsession with fishing.
The kayaking part kicked in about 1990.

I bet I could fish that Bingo this weekend and catch more fish. But it remains precious to me along with the fishing to come.



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