Official Fishing Lures?

keithdagen

OK, now that Merc collectors are seeing the humor in referring to their little pieces of silver as fishing lures, I have a question. Are all dimes fishing lures, or just the Mercs? Everything from Seated to Roosevelts have the same diameter, so I am assuming that they could all be used. Of course, the clads might not be as shiny and might not work. And then, what about the Draped Bust and Capped Bust pieces. They are slightly larger, but might work as well?

dddangerousdan

I've always had better luck with mercs than any other dimes I have used to catch suckers, I mean fish

DAN

supercoin

Most Seated Dimes would be circulated and lackluster, and prohibitively expensive if not. Roosevelt's portrait does not a variety of angles to reflect light as the Mercury portrait does.

So, get a roll of BU Mercs and a drill, and get fishin'!

cosmicdebris

We may put Mepps out of business with these.

Spooly

I saw on the U.S. Coin forum........... I just bought a "braddick" coin. Maybe all PO-1 & FR-2 coin will be known as "braddicks"!

BRdude

All dimes would certainly work. I mean if you were fishin in the river, it might take like a whole typeset of them to keep you on bottom But then for regular pond fishin, maybe just one of any design Unless of course it was very deep, then it might take a few extras. It's ok though, there are plenty of them I think the slabs would work as bobbbers also.........

keithdagen

Most Seated Dimes would be circulated and lackluster

I would assume that Spooly uses circulated Mercs, and many of them are lackluster as well.

dddangerousdan

Circulated ones are the most economical to use and since you are drilling holes in them it wont hurt to buff and whizz them to a nice bright shine.

DAN

supercoin

whizz them to a nice bright shine

Sure, if you want to catch some bottom-feeding sucker. Discriminating game fish prefer original mint brilliance.

Typetone

You lower 48 guys know nothing about fishing.

Take it from an Alaska guy. You have to use PR68 Mercs only. Preferably blast white. Can keep the piece in the holder. Drill 2 holes, in the top and bottom of the holder. Tie the line through the top hole and add weight. Put a nice big hook through the bottom hole. Then go pound on those 10lb silvers.

Greg

Bear

What happens if the fish are not coin collectors? Could you then use toasted marshmellows?

KoinKollector

So this is what happened to the 1873-CC no arrows dime....

keithdagen

I'll be going deep-sea fishing this summer. Anyone got some Silver Eagles that I can "borrow?"

Bear

Keith - Is the silver coin for the fish who was born without the silver spoon in its mouth.

izzy452

The 21 and the 21D work bust for lures,thats why they are so rare.


Walt

cosmicdebris

Here is proto type number 1:

IrishMike

I also discover that if you take them out of the slab they work better. The one I used in an ACG slabbed only caught suckers. I had better luck with the PCGS slabbed ones, but all the fish I caught on them were registered, dying species, so I had to throw them back, and they were overpriced too.

GQ

Thats great!!!!!!! Is that what the FB means (fish bait)??????

Typetone

Cosmic:

You need a bigger hook than that to catch a real fish.

Greg

keithdagen

Maybe he's been testing them on goldfish in his aquarium.

FSB = Fresh Stink Bait?

cosmicdebris

Greg I know you guys got those nice sized salmon to go after up where you are. All I gots is some little old trout that is stocked by the DEP. This year has been bad not one I caught has been over 10 inches, so this will do just fine for me.

MastaHanky

What about those of us who prefer golf to fishing?

supercoin

Cosmic, nice! Don't forget the swivel.

So who's going to be the first to actually try one, and post fish photos?

keithdagen

Tad,

Spooly swears that he uses Mercs for lures, and that's why he coined the nickname. Maybe he'll take a photo of one of his real ones.

quattrocoins

ROFLMAO!

Bill, that is neat! Perhaps you can fix Greg up with a nice Peac*ock Walker!
You can make a complete set from 3 cent silvers to SAEs!

Regards,

Don

M(Merc)S(spinner)67F(fish)B(bait) and

cosmicdebris

Tad the swivel is already tied to the end of my line. You know the kind with the snap hook thingy on them ....

Don that would be cool sorta like one of the MEpps grab bag set of lures.

MS67PLUS

KENNEDY'S AND IKE'S make a lot better lure and you catch those really big sucker fish:

cosmicdebris

This one is for Greg and Tad:

Bear

Cosmic - You could truly say you are "hooked on coins".

Typetone

Cosmic:

Now that hook could catch a real fish!!

Greg

supercoin

Hey, knock that off! It was all fun and games when we're talking Mercs, but that Ike is painful to look at even as a photo!

Fairlaneman

Bill:

The Merc looks to be a Little too Small for the Smallmouth Bass Fishing that I do on the Columbia River here in the North West. But That Ike is Just The Ticket and Almost Colored Correctly. It would Work somewhat Better if a Treble Hook was Hung off from it instead of the Single Hook.

Ken

GQ

The single hook is required to legally fish for "steel head" in the Columbia.....................

Fairlaneman

GQ:

Small Mouth Bass for Me not the Pretty Steelhead. You are Correct on the Single Hook for the Steelies I believe. Crimped Barb also isn't it.

For all of You Guys in the Midwest and East We are Having Another Huge Salmon Run on the Columbia this Year Again. Could be,they say,the Biggest Run since 1938. Really is Something to See at a Fish Viewing Room at One of the Dams.

Ken

Bear

Out here on the West Coast ,we dont catch em we just cook em and eat em. That way we dont have to deal with icky worms and other disgusting and horrible things you fishermen and fisherladies just love to do.

fcloud

There are some fishing lures in this thread.