Category: Sunday Sonnett

History Repeats Itself

Posted by Bill Sonnett | Mar 3, 2024 | Retro Ads, Sunday Sonnett |

In today’s Sunday Sonnett, History Repeats Itself, Bill relays a story of one of his best fishing buddy’s experience catching a big double.

The Big Contest – 1910

Posted by Bill Sonnett | Feb 25, 2024 | Sunday Sonnett, Tackle History |

In today’s Sunday Sonnett, The Big Contest – 1910, Bill takes a look back at the first formal bass contest and the lures used.

CCBC’s “New Creek Darter”

Posted by Bill Sonnett | Feb 18, 2024 | Retro Ads, Sunday Sonnett, Tackle History |

In CCBC’s “New Creek Darter” we look back 100 years at a new bait introduced by the Creek Chub Bait Company and see it still catches fish.

Jason Lucas’ Tackle Box

Posted by Bill Sonnett | Feb 11, 2024 | Historic Bass Fishing Pics, Retro Ads, Sunday Sonnett, Tackle History |

In Jason Lucas’ Tackle Box we look back at some tackle box history and specifically Lucas’ Dickson-Clawson The Fisherman’s Chest Delux.

The Millsite “Daily Double”

Posted by Bill Sonnett | Feb 4, 2024 | Sunday Sonnett, Tackle History |

Today in The Millsite “Daily Double” we take another look at one of the first companies to incorporate plastic into their lure line

A Historic Reel — The Dawn of Spinning in America

Posted by Bill Sonnett | Oct 20, 2021 | Retro Ads, Sunday Sonnett, Tackle History |

The advertisement that is shown above is from the July 1939 issue of Outdoor Life. It is truly historic in that it introduces the first spinning reel to the American public.

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