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CRA - Crappie




COLOR NAME: Crappie
COLOR CODES: CRA
LURE(S) PICTURED: Punkinseed (740CRA), Preyfish (560CRA), Midget River Runt Spook (9010CRA), Punkinseed (740CRA), Chugger Spook (9540CRA)
DESCRIPTION:

Wood Punkinseed: White body with black spine, black spots on sides, silver scales on sides with a pattern of light yellow scales running down either side and orange eyes. This is a cataloged color for wood Punkinseeds (circa 1940) and later in plastic.

Prey Fish: Same as Punkinseed but without the black spine and has a yellow raised eye .This color is one of the Natural colors produced by Heddon in the late 1970's and early 1980's; cataloged color for this lure.

Midget River Runt Spook: Same as Punkinseed but with white eye; uncataloged for River Runt Spooks; probably circa 1960's or 1970's (Special thanks to Larry Nicholson for providing the picture of the River Runt Spook!)

Chugger Spook: Same as Midget River Runt Spook; dates to the 1960's based on the box. (Pictures of Chugger Spook courtesy of Patrick Keniry!)

 

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