Contemporary
Contemporary with regards to fish decoys is a more modern day or present day of fish decoy carvings. In the fish decoy arena many speak of Oscar Peterson as the father of contemporary/modern day fish decoy carving.
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Coaxer
A fish decoy is many times called a Coaxer with the intent to coax a fish into spearing range in the ice hole.
Cheater Fish Decoy
A cheater fish decoy is one that employs hooks in the design like a fish lure does. The story goes that hooks were added when states outlawed spearing in fear of over fishing and depleting a specie or group of …
Cedar
Cedar is a common wood and is used in fish decoy carving because of its tolerance to not splitting or allowing it to rot from being wet a lot.
Bass Wood
Bass wood is called by its genus name of Tilia or another name is linden which are called lime trees but not related to the lime fruit. The wood is soft and easily worked with knive or sharp tool. It …
Avery, John – Minnesota
[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”18″] John Avery is from Staples Minnesota Photos Courtesy of eBay ID flackhappy Stan Kaste – Staples MN.
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Anderson, Roy – Cadillac, Michigan
Roy Anderson (Deceased) is from Cadillac Michigan area and is listed in the Fish Decoy Vol 2 book by the Kinball’s. If you have any further information on this carver, please fill out the form below.
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Anderson, Malcolm – Sturgeon Lake, Minnesota
[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”17″] Malcolm Anderson – Malcolm Anderson is from Sturgeon Lake, MN. Photos courtesy of Steve Nelson
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Anderson, Jim – Moro, Minnesota
[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”16″] Photos and info provided by eBay ID spoollady Jim Anderson is from Mora Minnesota.
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Anderson, Jim – Cadillac, Michigan
[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”15″] Photo above courtesy of Mike Hale. Jim Anderson is from Cadillac, Michigan and is the son of Roy Anderson. One of Jim’s decoys is on the limited edition print …
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