22-04-2009, 03:37 PM
[quote name='Nautilusly' post='14292' date='Apr 14 2009, 06:54 AM']I came across this squid jig on ebay today:
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The seller claims this is an Australian-made squid jig and its dated back to 1940s, made of wood and cloth with a broken lead. <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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Somehow i have my doubt in this - it looks pretty much like the average jigs on the market today, especially the hooks and pattern. I've seen some vintage fishing lures and they usually look really shabby. 70 years is a long time, and i doubt this is what a squid jig look like 70 years ago, if they were even invented back then! The hook looks like these mass-produced squid hooks. Fishing industry is small in Australia and there aint many tackle manufacturers - why would they mass-produce these special squid hooks? Does anyone know who invented squid jigs/squid hooks, and where was it first mass produced (i would have picked the japanese <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> )
To me, it looks like the seller is trying to sell a cheap broken squid jig for a few bucks <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/zorro.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />
Any thoughts? <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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Here is the link:
[url="http://cgi.ebay.com.au/AUSSIE-1940S-SQUID-FISHING-JIG-LURE-VERY-COLLECTABLE_W0QQitemZ280333036362QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Vintage_Fishing?hash=item280333036362&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318"]http://cgi.ebay.com.au/AUSSIE-1940S-SQUID-...%3A1|240%3A1318[/url][/quote]
This looks like a knockoff of the Yamashita egi sutte, the smallest yamashita squid jig I've seen & own. And if it catches anything like the real deal, lookout, it is a slayer, especially on finicky/smaller squid. And if the price stays that low, I say go for it. You'll never know.
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The seller claims this is an Australian-made squid jig and its dated back to 1940s, made of wood and cloth with a broken lead. <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> Somehow i have my doubt in this - it looks pretty much like the average jigs on the market today, especially the hooks and pattern. I've seen some vintage fishing lures and they usually look really shabby. 70 years is a long time, and i doubt this is what a squid jig look like 70 years ago, if they were even invented back then! The hook looks like these mass-produced squid hooks. Fishing industry is small in Australia and there aint many tackle manufacturers - why would they mass-produce these special squid hooks? Does anyone know who invented squid jigs/squid hooks, and where was it first mass produced (i would have picked the japanese <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> )To me, it looks like the seller is trying to sell a cheap broken squid jig for a few bucks <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/zorro.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> Any thoughts? <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> Here is the link:
[url="http://cgi.ebay.com.au/AUSSIE-1940S-SQUID-FISHING-JIG-LURE-VERY-COLLECTABLE_W0QQitemZ280333036362QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Vintage_Fishing?hash=item280333036362&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318"]http://cgi.ebay.com.au/AUSSIE-1940S-SQUID-...%3A1|240%3A1318[/url][/quote]
This looks like a knockoff of the Yamashita egi sutte, the smallest yamashita squid jig I've seen & own. And if it catches anything like the real deal, lookout, it is a slayer, especially on finicky/smaller squid. And if the price stays that low, I say go for it. You'll never know.