Lead weight/Lead Cavity
Lead is used to allow a fish decoy to sink. It is placed by some means a hole or cavity in a fish decoy. Just the right amount is needed to sink the fish and allow it to swim. This …
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Sipler, David Blaine – Trenton, New Jersey
[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”406″] “My full name is David Blaine Sipler; first name David, but go by my middle name Blaine. I was born in Trenton, New Jersey on December 28, 1933 which …
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Petrucco, Lou, Dr. – Grosse Ile, 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=”354″] Lou Petrucco M.D. lives in Grosse lle, Michigan, an island, where the Detroit River enters the western basin of Lake Erie. While the practice of medicine occupied the majority …
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Pickens, Matthew – Witt, Illinois
[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”355″] Matthew Pickens is from Witt, Illinois and was born in 1972. Matt is an avid fisherman. He believes that when it comes to fishing there is nothing better and …
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Nims, Olga – Millington, 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=”332″] Olga NIms is from Millington, Michigan and was born in August 1957. Olga is a member of MDAA and her husband owns Nims Enterprises Inc., which is a long time …
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Nelson, James “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=”327″] James “Judd or Jim” Nelson Master Carver 1926-2013 As was typical of many who grew up in Northern Michigan during the Great Depression, Jim carved his first decoy in …
Mihaescu, Robert L – Saint Clair, 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=”303″] Robert Mihaescu was born in 1967 and and grew up in Algonac, Michigan, which neighbors the nearby marshes, aka St. Clair Flats area and the Anchor Bay which draws …
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Mason, Marvin J. “Mase” Jr – Cheboygan, Michigan
Marvin J. “Mase” Mason, Jr. Cheboygan Michigan 1941 – There is probably no family in Northern Michigan more devoted to the art of fish decoy carving than the Mason family and all it’s branches. In this family it seems as …
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Jensen, Carl – Cape Haze Florida
Carl was born in 1939 and now hails from Cape haze Florida, but is formerly from Schenectady (Niskayuna) New York. Carl started doing ice fishing decoys in the late 80s along with shore bird decoys duck decoys, and fishing folk …
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Hoppe, Albert – Minnetonka Area, Minnesota
Albert Hoppe is from the Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota area and he passed on from Cancer in 1997. After his death his wife Arlene Hoppe gave all of his fish decoys away. Jan Winterhalter-McGough, Albert’s grandchild remembers going out in the …
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