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11-08-2016, 05:49 PM | #27 |
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When I read an article in a book called Pier fishing in California, 2nd addition, written by my friend Ken Jones, I had to give it a try. Apparently back in sixties there were so much barracuda around Los Angeles beaches that the tackle shops ran out of lures for barracuda. An idea was born to use a “church key” can opener as lure. With the use of split ring/s a hook was installed and shape of the key allowed for swimming action. The silver color was a plus as well. Side note: Before the advent of pull tabs on beverage (especially beer) cans, a tool with a triangle shape sharp beak at one end was used to puncture a triangle opening in the can. The other side was for bottle cap opening. The name church key was a reference to monks in Europe that had their beer stock locked in storage rooms and a key was required to get access to the beer. 1-The first fish that I caught with the lure. 2-Caught this needle fish while trolling. John M was kind enough to take this picture when my camera battery was depleted. It turns out that not only he had heard of this lure, he actually had used it. |
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