Jig Stick
Jigging sticks are made from a variety of materials. A wooden stick which tethered to the fish decoy by a line. The jigging stick is used to control the decoy in the water in order to attract fish.
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Young, Syrus J. – Lac Du Flambeau, Wisconsin
Syrus Young is from Lac Du Flambeau, Wisconsin and was born in 1967. Sryus got started carving by watching his father, Tom Young Sr, and his Uncle Harold Potts Sr. and cousin Kenneth “Buddy” Wayman Sr. He enjoyed how their …
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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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Englund, Harlan -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=”125″] Harlan Englund was born in 1935 and is from Evansville, Minnesota. It is reported that he carves all of his decoys at the kitchen table. His decoys are well …
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