2017 Perham Show Fish Decoys Net Class Winners – Sponsored by Decoypedia.com Class 52 – Predator with Sunfish – Fish Plaque 1st – Eric Wallace – $600 – Pike chasing sunfish on square red barn wood board 2nd – John …
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[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”53″] Shane Blakely is a famous Alaskan spear fisherman. He worked hard at the eradication of pike in winter months. Shane Blakely commercial fished in the ’80s and ’90s when …
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[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”19″] (1958-2004) Tom was born in Port Huron June 3, 1958 and was only 46 years old when he passed away in 2004. He worked and lived in Port Huron, …
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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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A floater decoy is one that does not have any weight in the belly to allow it to sink. It may contain weight to keep it upright. Normally a line tie is on the belly to connect to a weight …
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National Fish Decoy Association (NFDA) is dedicated to the preservation of decoy carving and the sport of dark house spear fishing. Hometown: Perham, Minnesota General Email: perhamshow@gmail.com Website www.nfdadecoys.org Facebook www.facebook.com/nfdafishdecoy Address: National Fish Decoy Assn, PO …
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[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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[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”347″] Ice fishing spear maker, Dave Pawlak, of Algonac, Michigan. Photo courtesy of Dave Pawlak Algonac, Michigan Since he was 4 or 5 years old, Dave Pawlak (born in 1958) …
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[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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[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 …
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