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This company was incorporated in 1978 to acquire the Fishing Tackle Division of Ray-O-Vac. Thill Fishing Tackle, maker of balsa floats, was acquired in 1992, and further acquisitions followed with System Tackle Manufacturing in 1997, Old Bayside Fishing Tackle in 2003, and Muskie Greats Tackle (G/T) in 2004.
Al Lindner (born 1944 in Chicago, IL) is a sportsman, television and radio personality, and fishing industry innovator who has invented, along with his older brother Ron Lindner, many fishing lures and rigs including the Lindy Rig which has been used by tens of millions of anglers to catch walleye since it first hit the market in 1968. [1]
Creek Chub Bait Company lures remain popular among collectors. [4] [11]In 2017, the Indiana Historical Bureau, along with the Garrett Historical Society, Garrett State Bank, Dr. Harold Smith, and the National Fishing Lure Collectors Club, installed a historical marker in Garrett, Indiana to commemorate the impact the Creek Chub Bait Company in the Hoosier state and its legacy.
In 2012, the company began construction of a 450,000 square feet (42,000 m 2) climate controlled manufacturing facility on Tellico Lake, close to Knoxville, Tennessee, capable of construction of yachts of over 200 feet (61 m) in composite or steel. To this date this building has not been completed and sits unfinished.
In 1972, 24-year-old Johnny Morris started selling fishing tackle out of his dad's Brown Derby Liquor Store in Springfield, Missouri. [3] His father, John A. Morris, was a World War II veteran and often took the family hunting and fishing, which Johnny Morris cited as what taught him to love the outdoors. [ 4 ]
In 2003, the Penn Fishing Reels Company was acquired by rival tackle companies Sea Striker Inc. and Master Fishing Tackle. [1] It was acquired in 2007 by K2 Sports. Jarden acquired K2 Sports and added Penn Reels to its Pure Fishing portfolio of fishing tackle manufacturers and marketing companies.