When Bill Sonnett says he enjoys "old school" bass fishing, he isn't exaggerating. Sonnett not only collects antique fishing gear, he fishes with it. Other bass fishermen can have their high-powered ...

I think it’s fair to say that the average angler gravitates toward the latest and greatest developments in tackle. Don’t get me wrong, I do too. I’m always eager to try a new lure on my home waters, ...

Piled up on the floor are individual gear bags for bass, walleye, steelhead, and salmon, respectively. Small gear bags and ...

The interest in collecting antique fishing tackle has increased in recent years, explained in part by the simple law of supply and demand. But just because a lure looks old doesn’t mean it is ...

GRAND RAPIDS — When someone approaches Terry McBurney with a tackle box, anticipation sets in. “It’s like turning over rocks, hoping to find a gold nugget,” said McBurney, an expert on antique fishing ...

A vintage fishing lure show will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 29, at the Holiday Inn in Weirton, W.Va. Early Americana vintage fishing tackle and lures from the 1890’s to the 1980’s will be on ...

A vintage fishing lure show will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Holiday Inn in Weirton, W.Va. Early Americana vintage fishing tackle and lures from the 1890’s to the 1980’s will be on ...

This is fishing season — at least in some parts — so it's only right that we turn our gaze towards vintage tackle. As with most things in life, size matters … although angling glory in pre-World War ...

Is your grandpa’s old tackle box stashed somewhere in the attic? Might those dusty containers in the basement house the fishing lures Uncle Fred gave you when you were a kid? Is that bamboo flyrod and ...

On Aug. 2, Greenville’s Fletcher Warren Civic Center will once again become a mecca for collectors and enthusiasts of vintage fishing equipment for the second-ever North Texas Antique Fishing Lure and ...

Cast off: Victor Bonutto has had a fixation with vintage tackle since he was a child As a boy, Victor Bonutto would press his face to the plate-glass window of his local fishing tackle shop and fix ...

From Heddon and Pflueger classics to the legendary Haskell Minnow, learn how to identify, value, and collect old fishing lures. Similar to oil painting, the age of the work, the artist’s name and ...