Speaking of Paul Grimshaw, Paul has bought a lot of lures wholesale from me over the years and has a sizable catalog so he must have a pretty good clientele of trappers. I have wondered from time to time why I have never in 10 years read anything good, bad or otherwise about Paul. Anyone have any input on Paul Grimshaw??? Ace

who makes ketchikan raccoon bait?

i have done business with Paul off and on for a number of years. i have always found him to be one of the most honest people i have ever dealt with. he still does business the old fashioned way. i think his son has joined him a few yr back also.

LaVerne Israelson,Leonard Pavek.

Thanks Only Live Once, Leonard Pavek was the one I was trying to think of that advertised that he was a Minnesota State predator Controller. And to think we all forgot about'ol Laverne "Swede" Israelson!

First lure I ever bought was LaVerne's.

I bought a couple bottles of LaVerne Israelson's lures many years ago after reading his full page ads in Fur-Fish-Game month after month. He was based out of Thief River Falls, Minnesota (that should have tipped me off and sent up a red flag, right there). His business was known as Northwoods Trapline Supplies. The 1-1/4 ounce plastic squeeze bottles the lures came in were worth more than the contents. I tell you, the "lure" consisted of a bottle of the runny lime green-colored radiator antifreeze, with a hint of some sort of feint tincture of a lure smell to it. Do I have to tell you that I never caught anything on it and I never reordered from him again?

Asa-

Never heard of Roy "Finn" Syrjamaki. What state was he from?

Ingvalsone,

There were two "Call Of the Wild Lures". One was made by Jerry Thomas of Ketchikan, AK. Maybe it was he that made the raccoon bait. Don't know for sure.

Odon Corr