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Collecting fish decoys
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Hooked on decoys.
HOOKED ON DECOYS
Sixty years ago, when the ravages of the Great Depression erased jobs, emptied cupboards, and made winter even more cruel, the fish decoy suddenly became a vital tool for many upper Midwesterners. They relied on these flashy hookless lures to attract fish so that they could spear them through the ice. Today, the same decoys that might have sold for $1 apiece at the local bait stand are fetching hundreds, even thousands, of dollars as they become a major force in the world of sporting collectibles. But the practice of fishing with decoys was invented long before the depressed days of the 1930's. It's generally believed that Native Americans from nose-numbing climes wer...See the full content of this document
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