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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 26, 1963)
Weird New Sonic Lure Caught Fish Like Crazy! By Lyman Walton, Co-Inventor As Told to Paul Stag, The Weekend Fisherman Think of it! My new VIBRATING LURE gives loud, GUR GLING, SPLASHING, BUBBLING sounds as you skitter it along the surface of the water! Sends out up to 200 vibrations every minute underneath that water! Looks COMPLETELY UNLIKE ANYTHING THAT ANY FRESH WATER FISH HAS SEEN BEFORE. And has already used this weird sight and weird sound and weird sonic vibrations in one of its very first Summer trials to lure fish into attacking it so savagely that they actually knocked it out of the water. Hauled in trout, bass, muskie, walleye, and pike, even when other lures had caught little or no fish right next to it! H ere's why same time! Fifty seventy ninety fish are caught and released! People along the shore stop to watch the spec tacle ! In one short hour, we have caught and released 120 fish! All WITH the very same weird little lure that can go to work for you next week, without your risking a penny 1 WHAT'S THE SECRET? UNDERWATER SONIC VIBRATIONS! Why did this bat-shaped lure catch fish by the strin,ger-full even after ordi nary lures, and natural bait have caught little or nothing? For this simple rea son Because this lure gives off unique GURGLING, BUBBLING, SPLASH ING SURFACE NOISES plus up to 200 sonic vibrations every minute under neath that water that I believe FISH FIND IRRESISTIBLE! Yes ! I am certain that sonic pulsations are the answer to every fisherman's prayer. I have studied the Navy Fish Biologist reports about the sounds fish make between themselves in the water! I have seen fish follow the propellers of a boat as though they were hypnotized by the sound! And I have always believed that if I could take those gurgling, bubbling, splashing surface sounds and under water vibrations that actually seemed to CALL FISH TO THEM and build that sound into a "Vibrating Lure" then itcould haul irreye-popping-cntclres, even where ordinary lures had cautrht little or nothing at all! Even- in hard-fished waters where the wise old fish run away from ordinary lures! JUST READ THESE FISH-CATCHING ACHIEVEMENTS! TRY IT AT OUR RISK! Yes ! Research showed me that lures, like fish, create Sonic Vibrations in the water by their movements! So I have designed a lure that I estimate FLUTTERS THROUGH THAT WATER UP TO 200 TIMES A MINUTE! Wing-shaped bat-like JERKING AND FLUTTER ING MADLY THROUGH THAT CAUGHT! 120 FISH - IN ONE HOUR! Yes! Imagine that YOU were there at Cattail Lake, Illinois, on August 20, 1961. A hot summer day I A beautiful stream-fed pond 90 by 60 feet wide! Fishermen trying lures, tlies, natural bait! But despite the fact that this is a stocked trout farm with no limit, there is only an occasional strike. It looks like a wasted day ! And then, three die-hard friends de cide to try their luck with me! We start to cast from the edge of the water. At the end of our lines is an ENTIRELY DIFFERENT LURE a weird little metal monster that casts like a bullet, and flutters back through the water like a drowning bat I EVEN EXPERIENCED FISHERMEN WATCHED IN AMAZEMENT! Almost at once THAT QUIET WATER EXPLODES INTO ACTION! The first strike causes a Bhout of excitement I And then a second strike! A third, fourth, sixth, seventh, eighth! Beautiful rain bows and browns still shimmering from the water being pulled in at the rate of more than one every minute ! Now the water is almost exploding witn fish striking! Sometimes four and five trout savagely attack one lure at the V ; "fc Mt Lynun Walton co-Inventor of tilt muinf VIBRA-BAT LURE. I 4 t A sgjCySP)i lff, Y ' " , THIS IS AN ARTIST'S CONCEPTION OF THE VIBRA-BAT LURE AND IT'S SONIC lEFFECT UNDER WATER! I believe It to be irresistible to fish! Try it entirely at our risk! WATER SENDING OUT IRRESIS TIBLE SONIC WA VES GURGLING, SPLASHING, BUBBLING SURFACE SOUNDS THAT TRAVEL THROUGH WATER IN EVERY DIRECTION, AT THE RATE OF 4,760 FEET EVERY SECOND, THE ACTUAL SPEED OF SOUND UNDER WATER! No wonder this "VIBRA-BAT" lure caught a 10 pound 7 ounce Northern on one of its first tests only momenta after it hit the water hauled in six bass in sixty minutes in another test, all 2lk pounds or larger pulled in perch by the dozens in a third test at Belmont Harbor, Illinois, even after live bait and lures had scarcely a strike, and CON TINUED to land so many fish, so quickly, THAT FISHERMEN WATCHED IN AMAZEMENT! No wonder our tests show this revolu tionary new lure hauls in trout, bass, muskie, walleye, pike, salmon and other fresh water fish even in hard fished waters produces strikes even when other fishermen alongside it are going almost unrewarded! MONTHS ENTIRELY AT OUR RISK! We cannot guarantee, of course, that these amazing VIBRA-BAT SONIC LURES will produce for you in every pond, river or lake everytime you go fishing BUT WE DO GUARANTEE that these VIBRA-BAT LURES will definitely catch MORE fish for you . . . make you agree that this is the greatest little lure you've ever used OR SIM PLY RETURN THEM ANYTIME WITHIN SIX FULL MONTHS FOR EVERY CENT OF YOUR PURCHASE PRICE BACK! You and you alone are the only judge! You have nothing to lose! Send in the Six Month Trial Coupon TODAY! SPECIAL NOTICE Harrison Industries has told on this page the amazing story of the VIBRA-BAT as related to us by Lyman Walton. We have received signed statements from Lyman Walton and other fishermen that these facts are correct. Incidentally the words "Gurgling Splashing Bubbling" are Walton's par ticular translation of the weird sound. Ac tually no two fishermen would agree on a description of this sound. But you will agree on its amazing results, or your money back! e Harrison Industries, Inc., 1963 i MAN. AMAZING- r MONTH" TRI At COUPON T0DA1T HARRISON INDUSTRIES, INC. Dept. W-47B 250 Passaic Street. Newark, New Jersey Yes, t want to try VIBRA-BAT Lures on Amazing MONTH TRIAL OFFER. Sand me sat of three different VIBRA-BAT Lures In gleaming Nickel, Yellow and Jet Black color combinations ... all ,n'X.l2 98 14 00 WWI " VIBRA-BAT does not catch more sh . . . and make fishing more fun . . . If VIBRA-BAT is not the greatest lure I've ever used, I can return it within 6 months for full refund. D .'"I!T, f ?Jii-0S5.DA nc!?M0' Is, S B (cash, check or M.O.). Ship me set. of VIBRA-BATI postpaid. I SAVE all CO D. charges. Money Back Guarantee. sr.NO c.o.O. I will pay postman 12.98 plus C.O.D. postage charges. Same Money Back Guarantee. AMAZING 8-MONTH TRIAL OFFER You simply cannot believe the fish catching powers of this amazing lure until you try it yourself, FOR 6 FULL "TV .. . ZONE STATE In Canada. Order from Harrison Tackle Co., 675 King St W., Toronto, Ontario (Ont. Res. add 3 tax.)
